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Wednesday, 03 September 2014

BBC News

• Boris Island airport plan 'not dead'Mayor of London Boris Johnson says plans for an airport in the Thames Estuary, dubbed

Financial Times

• Call for decision on new airport runwayAs the Airports Commission grinds towards a conclusion, its findings still face a fog of political disagreement that has throttled airport expansion
• Lib Dems oppose UK airport expansionThe announcement will come after Sir Howard Davies rules out ‘Boris Island’, a four-runway airport in the Thames Estuary championed by London’s mayor

The Guardian

• Boris Johnson attacks 'myopic' Airports Commission as estuary plan is rejectedPanel set up to decide on additional runways in the south-east rules out mayor's plan for hub in the Thames estuary
• Estuary airport rejected: for Boris Johnson, this is personalThe London mayor sees a new estuary airport as representing everything that’s great about London, Britain...and Boris Johnson

The Independent

• Boris Island rejected: Mayor lashes out as his London airport plan is rejected Boris Johnson launched an intemperate and scathing attack on the Government's 'irrelevant' and 'myopic'� Airports Commission, after it firmly rejected his cherished plan for a £90bn Heathrow replacement to be built in the Thames Estuary.

Mail Online

• Boris Johnson hits out at report rejecting plan for Boris Island airport Boris Johnson claimed the aviation debate had been set back by half a century after his four-runway plan for the Thames Estuary was rejected by report author Sir Howard Davies.
• I won't give up on island airport dream says Boris: London mayor causes dismay among Tory ranks by saying he will fight any expansion of Heathrow  Vowing to fight any expansion of Heathrow, the mayor of London said his Thames estuary vision was not dead despite it being ditched from an official shortlist.

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• Leeds Bradford Airport's new Dublin service to open up transatlantic travel A NEW air link to Ireland designed to boost transatlantic travel has been announced at Leeds Bradford Airport.

Doncaster Free Press

• Aircraft which crash landed at Doncaster Robin Hood Airport had similar problems two years agoThe LinksAir aircraft that crash landed at Robin Hood Airport last month had a similar problem before, according to an air accident report.

East Anglian Daily Times

• ‘Boris Island’ airport rejection a ‘huge missed opportunity’ for Essex - Bernard JenkinThe spurning of the “Boris Island” Thames Estuary airport plan is a “huge missed opportunity” for Essex, Bernard Jenkin has said, as he fired a warning shot that it was not the end of the story.

Aviation Industry

• Airlines forced to share passenger data in anti-terror crackdownDavid Cameron announces new measures to help intelligence agencies
• Amsterdam Schiphol launches free wifiAirport rolls out complimentary 24hr unlimited access wifi

Other News Sources

• Boris Johnson: airport boss guided by Whitehall - videoSpeaking after his airport plan was rejected, Boris Johnson tells Channel 4 News that Sir Howard Davies of the commission had been
• London Stansted outlines growth potential and benefits of existing runwayLondon Stansted Airport has launched a consultation on its draft Sustainable Development Plan (SDP) that sets out how the airport will develop to make use of the existing capacity of its single runway.