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Monday, 09 July 2012

Financial Times

• Airbus and Boeing push supply mergersDominant two aircraft makers fear supply-chain weakness could hit ambitious plans to increase production of passenger jets by 40 per cent
• New funding plan eyed for estuary airportA funding model has been devised to raise £33bn to pay for the airport, mainly through landing charges and the closure and redevelopment of Heathrow

The Guardian

• Tory MPs press George Osborne to build more runways at HeathrowSajid Javid, Osborne's parliamentary private secretary, is backing the Free Enterprise Group seeking extra runways Key allies of George Osborne will on Monday call for a doubling of the number of runways at Heathrow airport to avoid London losing its status as a world business hub.

The Independent

• Yvette Cooper: Two-hour waits at passport control 'a disgrace' With just three weeks until Olympics athletes beginning arriving at Heathrow, people are waiting longer than two hours to pass through immigration control – a situation branded a "disgrace" by the shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper yesterday.

The Telegraph

• Heathrow opens special passport lanes for 'low-risk' travellers Heathrow is opening new passport lanes for “low-risk” tourists such as Americans and Australians, in a final attempt to cut queues before the Olympics influx.

Press Association

• Cooper condemns Heathrow 'disgrace' It is a disgrace that with three weeks until the Olympics international athletes arriving at Heathrow are waiting longer than two hours to pass through immigration control, shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper says.

Daily Express

• BAE to land £7bn US jet dealBRITAIN'S biggest defence engineer BAE Systems is set to land a £7billion deal to supply the US Air Force with a new fleet of jet aircraft.

London Evening Standard

• Cooper condemns Heathrow 'disgrace'It is a disgrace that with three weeks until the Olympics international athletes arriving at Heathrow are waiting longer than two hours to pass through immigration control, shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper says.

Other Regional Press

• UK & World News: Cooper condemns Heathrow 'disgrace'It is a disgrace that with three weeks until the Olympics international athletes arriving at Heathrow are waiting longer than two hours to pass through immigration control, shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper says.

Other News Sources

• Campaigners say Heathrow runway is 'fighting history' The Heathrow residents group Hacan has claimed the group of MPs who are proposing a third and fourth runway at Heathrow are ‘fighting the tide of history’. Tomorrow a group of Conservative MPs are expected to call for two more runways at Heathrow to stimulate the economy.