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Saturday, 09 November 2019

BBC News

• Manchester Airport chiefs express concern over 95m apartment block plansAnchorage Gateway wants to build a 31-storey block at Salford Quays featuring 290 apartments.
• Thomas Cook airport slots bought by EasyJet and Jet2Slots at Gatwick, Bristol, Manchester, Birmingham and Stansted are bought as the travel firm is dismantled.

Financial Times

• IAG cuts capacity growth targets as chief outlines plans to retirePullback comes as Willie Walsh prepares to step down from BA’s owner within two years
• EasyJet buys Thomas Cook’s slots at Gatwick and Bristol airportsCollapsed travel company’s take-off and landing slots were one of its most valuable assets

City AM

• Jet2 buys Thomas Cook's slots at Stansted, Manchester and Birmingham airportsBudget airline Jet2 has snapped up Thomas Cook’s airport slots at Stansted, Manchester and Birmingham, the collapsed travel company’s liquidators [...] The post Jet2 buys Thomas Cook's slots at Stansted, Manchester and Birmingham airports appeared first on CityAM.

Mail Online

• Ryanair named filthiest airline in Which? surveyIn a Which? Travel survey a quarter of those polled rated the hygiene on Ryanair flights as 'poor'. Airlines that fared well included BA, Air New Zealand and Cathay Pacific.

The Mirror

• Ryanair named worst airline for cleanliness by passengers - see the full listRyanair has been named the worst airline for cleanliness in a new survey by Which? Travel where members were asked to rate a number of airlines

Other Regional Press

• Jet2 acquires Thomas Cook landing slots at Birmingham AirportJet2 has bought the slots at Birmingham, Manchester and Stansted airports

Aviation Industry

• Airbus bullish on A220 in Cambodian marketAirbus believes the A220 will be an attractive platform for carriers in Cambodia as it brings the regional airliner to the seventh leg of an Asia-Pacific demonstration tour. read more
• Finance ministers call for European aviation taxNine European finance ministers have called on the incoming European Commission to make progress on a European aviation tax as part of efforts to reduce the airline industry’s environmental impact. read more
• Lion Air finds cracks on two Boeing 737NGs Indonesian LCC Lion Air has discovered cracks on two of its Boeing 737NGs, each aircraft having fewer than the 22,000 flight cycles stipulated by FAA’s threshold for inspection since cracks were discovered on other airline aircraft. read more
• New Icelandic LCC PLAY announces 2020 operationsEight months after the collapse of WOW Air, a new Icelandic LCC has emerged with plans for services to Europe and North America. read more