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Thursday, 18 September 2014

BBC News

• Heathrow flight path: 'Relentless' noise for residentsPeople living under flight paths being trialled by Heathrow Airport have spoken of the "relentless" noise.

Financial Times

• PM demands end to Air France strikeStrikes are grounding thousands of flights and costing Air France-KLM millions of euros, in a dispute over plans to expand group’s low-cost division
• Flybe cancels order for 20 passenger jetsExeter-based carrier aims for profitable growth by ditching plans to buy 20 Embraer passenger jets in favour of leasing 24 Bombardier turboprop aircraft

The Telegraph

• Gatwick claims it is 'public's choice' for next runwayWest Sussex airport publishes YouGov polls showing that Londoners, Gatwick residents and people living near Heathrow favour its second runway proposals
• Heathrow launches world’s first ‘on-board picnic’ servicePassengers can take hampers prepared by Heathrow restaurants on flights, including pizzas and meals by Heston Blumenthal and Gordon Ramsay

This is Money

• Flybe fancies second-hand option in rejigged jet deal Flybe has jettisoned plans to buy 20 brand new jets from the Brazilian aviation giant Embraer and will settle for second-hand propeller aircraft instead.

Other Regional Press

• Heathrow promises 50,000 jobs if third runway goes aheadReport claims expansion could end youth unemployment in west London but anti-third runway campaigners say the airport has 'no basis' for such claims
• Bracknell councillors' frustration at Heathrow flight path changeThe airport is trialling new flight paths which increase air traffic over Bracknell and Ascot but Bracknell Forest Councillors are annoyed at not being consulted.
• Anger over Heathrow flight path trials grows at parish council meetingAnger over aircraft noise is spreading as Heathrow tries out new flight paths across ther Royal Borough.

Aviation Industry

• Lufthansa Group orders 15 A320neos for SWISS subsidiaryLufthansa Group has ordered 15 Airbus A320neos, with 10 options for its subsidiary Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS). read more
• Quarter of travellers would use European airports to avoid APDABTA study highlights ‘potential loss of business’ for UK airports