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Saturday, 21 February 2015

Financial Times

• Emirates attacks Delta chief’s credibilityEscalation of competition row draws in US terror attacks

Mail Online

• Is the air in your holiday plane poisoning you? Memory loss, chronic fatigue, breathing problems, even cancer. One former BA captain lifts the lid on aviations darkest secret...  SPECIAL REPORT: Former airline captain Tristan Loraine, pictured, was forced to retire in 2006 on health grounds, and has directed an independent film on 'aerotoxic syndrome'.

Blackpool Gazette

• Sales dip but profits rise for Fylde Coast jets makerBAE Systems has delivered a “solid” performance” over the past year according to its annual results.
• No guarantee of flights at Blackpool Airport until deal is agreedBlackpool Airport is facing a race against time to return commercial flights to Squires Gate.

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• Minister inspects Cornwall transport investmentsThe transport secretary Patrick McLoughlin has paid a visit to Cornwall to see the effects of government investment on the area’s connectivity. His day began at Newquay Airport, which has recently received £2.5 million of government funding to bolster its route to Gatwick. It is increasingly busy, as about 100,000 people use the facility for business and leisure transport each year. The Camborne Pool-Redruth Link Road was another stop on the itinerary, as it is expected to create 5,500 jobs in the area, and space for 6,200 new homes ahead of its opening later this year. Mr ...

Transportxtra

• Cabinet member Cable joins rainbow coalition at anti-Heathrow expansion demoThe challenge of implementing any recommendation to expand Heathrow from the Davies Commission into how the U.K can maintain its status as an aviation hub has been underlined by a cross-party demo.

Aviation Industry

• Bmi Regional adds three new Bristol routesCarrier to fly to Paris, Dusseldorf and Nantes this summer

Green Miscellany

• Heathrow and Buckingham Palace face being among UK's most polluted roads for years to comeDefra forecasts show airport will enter top 50 for nitrogen dioxide levels by 2025, even without a new runway. Heathrow Airport would still have some of the worst air pollution in the country in 10 years' time even if it does not build another runway, government projections revealed this week.

Other News Sources

• VIRGIN AMERICA REPORTS FOURTH QUARTER AND FULL YEAR 2014 EARNINGSVirgin America (NASDAQ: VA) today reports its financial results for the fourthnbsp;and full year 2014. nbsp;Key points include: Fourth quarter 2014 operating income of $34.2 million and...