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Wednesday, 28 March 2018

The Guardian

• EasyJet announces Berlin expansion and new long-haul link-upsAirline in talks with other carriers to allow booking of more connecting flightsEasyJet Europe, the sister airline set up to preserve easyJet after Brexit, has accelerated its growth by announcing rapid expansion in Berlin and new long-haul connections at Paris and Amsterdam.The easyJet chief executive, Johan Lundgren, said: “There’s no doubt that the growth potential is in Europe. The UK will always be a critical market, but we have more to go at in the European mainland.â€� Continue reading...

The Telegraph

• Qantas chief floats 'cargo class' concept for Australia-to-Britain flights

Times Online

• Easyjet VIP flight ejects very inebriated personDrunken air passengers are never a pleasant addition to a flight. However, when the plane is carrying the airline’s chief executive, half a dozen journalists and landing in front of a crowd of VIPs, they can be particularly unwelcome.

City AM

• Launch of new routes means Easyjet is now Berlin's largest airlineEasyjet has branded itself as Berlin’s “home airline” following the launch of its largest-ever summer schedule that will see eight new routes added from Tegel airport from this summer.

The Mirror

• Paralysed TV presenter left abandoned on empty easyJet plane for 40 MINUTES when Gatwick staff 'took away wheelchair' Channel 4 Paralaympics presenter Sophie Morgan, 33, was left on her plane for 40 minutes by EasyJet staff at Gatwick

London Evening Standard

• British Paralympic athlete Sophia Warner 'asked to prove disability' while boarding EasyJet flightA British Paralympian said she was left devastated after she was told to "prove" she had a disability as she boarded a flight at an airport in Italy.

Aviation Industry

• EU passenger rights audit to be completed in 2018The application of Europe’s passenger-rights rules—often referred to as EU261—is being scrutinized by the European Court of Auditors, but a wider revamp remains in limbo. read more
• Russian passenger traffic up 12.6% in January-FebruaryRussian airlines carried 14.3 million passengers for January and February 2018, up 12.6% year-over-year (YOY). read more