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Tuesday, 31 March 2015

BBC News

• Talks due ahead of airports strikeThe operator of Scotland's regional airports is due to hold talks with union leaders in an effort to stop a 48-hour strike by security staff.

Financial Times

• Co-pilot suffered suicidal tendenciesLubitz had psychotherapy several years ago ‘over a long period’, say Düsseldorf prosecutors

The Guardian

• Can't stop, must fly: 24 hours at Dubai International airport – in picturesDubai International is the world’s busiest airport – so just where is everyone going? Photographers Mathias Braschler and Monika Fischer capture some of the characters travelling through it in a single day. Interviews by Erica Buist‘The most shiny structure in which I’ve ever found myself’: Kamila Shamsie on Dubai’s Terminal 3 Continue reading...

The Herald

• New Oban air service may be taking off this summerNew flights giving Oban an air service to and from Glasgow may take off this summer.
• Germanwings crash pilot had suicidal tendencies, claim prosecutors

The Telegraph

• Children wrongly taxed on summer holiday flightsEasyJet is paying refunds because its iPad and mobile app can't offer the right prices

Mail Online

• Germanwings pilot Andreas Lubitz was treated for suicidal tendencies before Alps crash Killer co-pilot Andreas Lubitz, who deliberately crashed his Germanwings plane into the French Alps killing 149 people, trawled gay porn websites in the days before his death, it has been revealed.

London Evening Standard

• City Spy: Warm words for Willie Walsh as Etihad boss airs views Plain-speaking Etihad Airways chief executive James Hogan had a few things to say in the long-drawn-out debate over which London airport should be allowed to expand at the Aviation Club’s lunch in Pall Mall.

Wales Online

• Cardiff council had 'no involvement' in plans to bring seaplanes and cable cars to the cityCardiff council's cabinet member for transport has revealed that the plans were previously scrapped due to cost

North Wales Live

• Liverpool John Lennon Airport secures new flight link to destinations across the world Regional airline Flybe will connect Liverpool to global hub at Amsterdam Schiphol from September 7

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• Initial report on Manston airport releasedA report into the future of Manston airport in Kent has been published by consultant PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). The airport has been closed since May 15th 2014, despite efforts by Thanet District Council to find a way of keeping it open. This has angered many local residents, who see the facility as a key source of prosperity for the area. One of the main tasks has been to establish RiverOak’s financial status as an indemnity partner, as this will facilitate a compulsory purchase order to allow either local or national government to redevelop or reopen the site. Transport minister...

Aviation Industry

• Government receives 19 bids for regional airport fundingThe government has published the details of 19 bids it received during the first application stage for funding from the Regional Air Connectivity Fund.

Other News Sources

• Aeroflot Group Passenger Traffic Up by 13.5% in February 2015 JSC Aeroflot (Moscow Exchange ticker: AFLT) announces operating results ofnbsp;Aeroflot Group (laquo;the Groupraquo;) and Aeroflot airline (laquo;the Companyraquo; ornbsp;laquo;Aeroflotra...
• Passenger traffic at DXB tops 5.9 million in FebruaryPassenger traffic continued to grow steadily at Dubai International during February with nearly 6 million passengers, according to the latest traffic report issued by operator Dubai Airports.nbs...
• Solar Impulse arrives in ChinaAttempting the First Round-The-World Solar Flight to inspire innovation and encourage the use of clean technologies, the solar powered airplane of Bertrand Piccard and Andreacute; Borschberg...