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Tuesday, 15 April 2014

BBC News

• Australia: Second airport for SydneyAustralia approves construction of a second international airport in Sydney, nearly 70 years after the idea was first debated.

Financial Times

• City airport attacks call for closureLondon City has attacked a report that called for its closure, and has pointed to the expansion plans that are being driven through by shareholders
• Internet of things at London CityPossibility of sending messages to passengers telling them when to set off from a railway, or alerting border staff before big queues form

Daily Express

• Private sector has £137m ‘solution’ to Glasgow Airport’s missing rail linkA BLUEPRINT for a long-awaited rail link for Glasgow Airport has been unveiled by campaigners who say they will use private investment to turn it into a reality.

This is Money

• Gatwick airport boosted by sun seekers as more people head to the Caribbean and Canary IslandsMore than 2.7million passengers flew from or landed at the West Sussex airport, 5.1 per cent higher than last year.

Manchester Evening News

• Trainee guide dogs take to the skies - with a little help from Virgin The trainee guide dogs hopped on the Virgin Atlantic Little Red flight on a trip that will help them lead their future owners when they need to fly – before disem-barking at Heathrow

Other News Sources

• Batteries 'dead' on black boxFollowing four strong underwater signals in the past week, all has gone quiet in the hunt for the missing Malaysia Airlines jet, meaning the batteries in the plane's all-important black boxes may finally have died.
• UK Flights' punctuality improves in the last quarter of 2013UK airport flight punctuality, last quarter of 2013
• Sabre partners with Tripadvisor to launch appApp enables agents access to seat and in-flight amenity information