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Friday, 19 September 2014

BBC News

• Villages protest at Heathrow noiseHundreds of people in Surrey say increased noise from Heathrow is depriving them of sleep and disturbing their life.
• Airlines' luggage surcharges 'legal'Airlines are within their rights to charge a supplement to customers checking-in their luggage, a court rules.

Financial Times

• EasyJet to raise dividend and expand fleetBudget airline to increase payout to 40% of post-tax profit from a third now, and expands its fleet with 27 Airbus narrow-body aircraft

The Guardian

• Malaysia Airlines MH370 underwater hunt to resumeGO Phoenix ship to begin searching a remote patch of the Indian Ocean where investigators believe the plane ran out of fuelCrews will resume the underwater hunt for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 at the end of September, moving the search area further south than initially planned, a senior Australian official has announced.The search had been due to start next week but the first of three ships that will scour a remote patch of the Indian Ocean for the plane that vanished in March needed some additional work done in Indonesia, said Martin Dolan of the Australian Transport Safety Bureau....

Mail Online

• Budget airlines CAN charge travellers extra for checked luggage, EU's top court rules The EU's top court says a Spanish consumer court was wrong to fine Vueling Airlines more than £2,000 for charging a fee of £31 on a round-trip flight between Spain and the Netherlands.

The Mirror

• Hunt for flight MH370 will resume underwater by the end of the month The search team - led by Australia - will use specially-adapted ships to scour the Indian Ocean in the hope of resolving the mystery

This is Money

• Mixed response from Sir Stelios as easyJet raises dividend and buys 27 planes With easyJet on course to beat last year's record profit, Stelios is expected to see the dividend on his family's 35 per cent stake rise by at least £10million.

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• New £9 million airline training base opens in Bradford TRAINEE airline staff are hitting new heights after Jet2.com officially opened its new £9.5 million training centre in Bradford.

Aviation Industry

• Virgin partners with Gogo to offer in-flight wifiAirline's entire fleet will have high-speed connectivity
• French PM: Air France strike damaging image of the countryManuel Valls calls for an end to week-long strike
• Court rules airlines’ luggage fees are legalChecked-in baggage not considered ‘compulsory or necessary’

Other News Sources

• Anger as Heathrow's latest flight trials fill skies over Surrey villagesNew trial Heathrow flight paths have been blamed for the