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Wednesday, 12 November 2014

BBC News

• Airports boosted by new flightsScottish airports see a boost in passengers last month as new flights are added to their schedules.
• Sturgeon to address airport's futureThe deputy first minister is to answer questions before a committee about the long-term future of state-owned Prestwick Airport.

Financial Times

• Heathrow expansion offers greatest benefitDavies commission says all schemes are likely to cost billions more than forecast
• China accelerates passenger plane projectState-owned manufacturer aims to take on Boeing and Airbus with range of commercial aircraft
• Comac’s C919 a twist on 1960s technologyChinese aircraft project to use structural aluminium instead of composite materials
• Q&A: Airports Commission reportCosts of all three options likely to be more than bidders indicated

The Herald

• Boss of Prestwick Airport firm hits out at Government after lease is axed THE boss of a Prestwick Airport-based ground handling firm has accused the Scottish Government of putting his company

The Scotsman

• London airports to clash over rival Scottish plansRIVAL airports Heathrow and Gatwick will clash tomorrow over the impact of their competing new runway plans on Scottish passengers at a major aviation conference in Glasgow organised by business group SCDI.
• Firm chief hits out at Prestwick nationalisationTHE head of aircraft handling firm Greer Aviation today condemned ministers for evicting it and counterparts Landmark Aviation from Scottish Government-run Prestwick Airport.

Mail Online

• British Airways unveils giant red poppy on Boeing 747 'poppy plane' The 8ft by 8ft tribute was seen on the aircraft as it flew to New York's John F Kennedy Airport today on an 8.20am flight, to mark Armistice Day.

Birmingham Post

• Birmingham Airport is going places The Birmingham Post Business Awards is back and bigger than ever. Sponsor Birmingham Airport explains why it is getting behind the awards

London Evening Standard

• Evening Standard Comment: Decide over airports as quickly as possible The Airports Commission’s report on the three main options for the expansion of airport capacity in the South-East has not come down in favour of any one of them. Yet by setting out a clear analysis of the options now that alternative proposals have been seen off, Sir Howard Davies, head of the Commission, has underlined the sheer irresponsibility of deferring a decision on the matter for so long. This could have been decided a decade ago when costs would have been far lower; the fact it wasn’t is down to political cowardice.
• Gatwick second runway: Planes would be just 400 yards from village homes, claim residents planning to fight expansion plans Villagers today vowed to keep fighting a second runway at Gatwick, claiming that planes would take off a few hundred yards from their properties.
• London's new airport runway: Passengers face higher charges ... whichever option is chosen Ed Balls and George Osborne are impatient over it. Nick Clegg is agonising. Boris Johnson is fuming. Yet we still have no decision over where the South-East’s new airport runway will be built.

Other Regional Press

• Airport debate soarsBusiness leaders have called for the expansion of Heathrow Airport. But Manchester has hit back. David Nowell reports.
• Airports Commission opens consultation on proposals to expand Gatwick to increase air capacity - costing £9.3 billionWest Kent families are to have their say on huge plans which could transform Gatwick - and potentially redirect flight paths over the county.

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• Stansted expansion 'could create 10,000 jobs'Ten thousand jobs could be created if Stansted Airport is allowed to accommodate more passengers, according to managing director Andrew Harrison. Mr Harrison has written a letter to the Airports Commission, co-signed by local business leaders, urging it to allow Stansted to expand its business. The airport is currently limited to a capacity of five million passengers a year by its planning permission but wishes to increase this to 40 to 45 million a year. "Making the best use of Stansted's single runway will be vital to both the region and to London over the next 10-15 years,&...

Aviation Industry

• Falcon Aviation Services firms up Bombardier Q400 orderAbu Dhabi’s Falcon Aviation Services has confirmed an order for three Bombardier Q400 NextGen turboprops. Bombardier said the aircraft form part of a letter of intent for five Q400 NextGens signed by Falcon at last July’s Farnborough Airshow. read more
• Heathrow and Gatwick plans to cost billions more than forecastAirports Commission publishes latest analysis of runway bids
• Public back airport expansion in south east, ABTA study findsAlmost half want expansion at either Heathrow or Gatwick

Other News Sources

• Public consultation launched on Gatwick and Heathrow expansion proposals The Airports Commission is seeking feedback from the public after publishing analysis of three options to increase runway capacity which were shortlisted last year