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Tuesday, 07 February 2012

BBC News

• Heathrow service back to normalHeathrow Airport plans to run a full schedule as passengers criticise it for operating about 500 fewer flights after Saturday night's snow.

Financial Times

• Europe holds China to carbon tax paymentsEU remains determined to include all airlines that take off or land in the 27-member bloc in the green scheme

The Independent

• The big freeze continues as PM backs Heathrow's decision to cancel flightsForecasters warned that winter is expected to grip much of Britain for the rest of the week as Downing Street defended Heathrow's decision to cancel hundreds of flights over the weekend before a snowflake fell.Related StoriesTen ways to weatherproof BritainAll the King's horses join the Queen's jubilee celebrationsDefeat on female bishops would be a 'huge shock'Sentamu is sent racist emails after row over gay marriageSmacking children 'causes long-term damage'

The Telegraph

• Weather chaos: Heathrow can't cope in snow, admits ownerBAA admits Heathrow will always struggle to cope with snow because the airport is full, but remains unrepentant about decision to cancel flights before snow had started to fall.

Daily Express

• virgin atlantic targets high-flyersVIRGIN Atlantic is launching a £100million upgrade of its business class cabins to cash in on buoyant trade from high-flying captains of industry.

Manchester Evening News

• Manchester Airport passenger numbers up 4 per centA surge in late bookings to ski resorts helped Manchester Airport achieve a 4.42 increase in passenger numbers last month, figures showed today.

Metro

• BAE pledges to take on 265 British apprentices this yearBAE Systems has announced hundreds of new places to kick off National Apprenticeships Week.

Yorkshire Evening Post

• Leeds Bradford Airport bosses vow to change Canada Geese cull EXCLUSIVEAirport chiefs, who ordered a cull of geese at a Leeds beauty spot, have pledged to find other ways to control the population.

Aviation Industry

• Wizz Air invests $100 million to expand Budapest operationsHungarian-based Wizz Air (W6) announced it will invest HUF25 billion ($100 million) into expanding its Budapest operations after state-owned Malev Hungarian Airlines ceased operations Friday.
• Virgin Atlantic to spend £100 million enhancing business classImproved seat and 'futuristic' bar to feature in roll-out of new Upper Class

Other News Sources

• American Airlines Reports January 2012 TrafficAmerican Airlines reported a January load factor of 78.5 percent, an increase of 2.7 points versus the same period last year. Traffic increased 1.4 percent, while capacity was lower by 2.1...
• Boeing Delivers First 747-8 and 777 Freighters to Korean AirBoeing (NYSE: BA) and Korean Air today celebrated delivery of the airline's first 747-8 and 777 Freighters. With the milestone delivery, Korean Air becomes the first airline in the world to...