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Saturday, 11 April 2015

BBC News

• Pensioner held after diverted flightA pensioner is arrested after the flight she was travelling on was forced to divert to Shannon Airport.
• Airport breaks passenger recordManchester Airport breaks its all-time yearly passenger record, with more than 22m people flying from the site over the last 12 months.
• Extra flights tackle strike backlogEasyjet will run

The Herald

• Gatwick announces £20m fund to boost regions if second runway gets go aheadGATWICK Airport will establish a £20 million fund to boost regional connections to and from London in the ten years after opening a second runway, bosses have said, as the battle with Heathrow over expansion intensifies.

The Telegraph

• easyJet repatriates schoolchildren stranded by French air traffic control strikeBurget airline is laying on five special flights and looking to operate larger planes to ease the problems caused by the strike
• Pilot averted disaster with seconds to spare after plane hit by lightningStruggle with autopilot system meant plane dipped to 1,100ft

Daily Record

• Hero airline captain saves Scots passengers with just SEVEN SECONDS to spare after autopilot tries to crash plane into the sea THE drama occurred on December 14 as the Loganair flight from Aberdeen approached its destination at Sumburgh airport, Shetland, at night.

The Mirror

• Woman, 87, arrested after attacking cabin crew and causing transatlantic flight to divert to IrelandThe woman had to be restrained by cabin crew and the plane was forced to divert to Shannon Airport in Ireland

London Evening Standard

• French air strike: easyJet lays on special flights to 'rescue' children from abroad Schoolchildren are being "rescued" from abroad on special flights after they were left stranded by the French air traffic control strike.
• Virgin Atlantic passengers suffer 'nightmare' 33 HOUR delay coming back from Las Vegas More than a hundred passengers whose Virgin Atlantic flight from Las Vegas to London was delayed for 33 hours are demanding compensation for their “nightmareâ€� experience.

Other Regional Press

• Holiday boom boosts airportLondon Luton Airport (LLA) is celebratiing an 18.6% increase in passenger numbers during March 2015 compared to the same month last year.

Aviation Industry

• Gatwick promises to back regional flights Airport says it will set up £20 million fund to support UK routes
• Manchester airport sets passenger recordAirport wants to become the UK’s “global gateway from the northâ€�
• Norwegian counts the cost of pilots strikeAirline had to cancel around 2,000 flights in March

Other News Sources

• Airbus takes charge of system to protect military against cyber-attack A system designed to verify and mitigate cyber attacks on military assets is being developed by Airbus Group Innovations.
• UK “airshipâ€� firm receives €2.5m funding boostUK firm Hybrid Air Vehicles has been awarded €2.5m of European funding to refine the development of it’s “lighter-than-airâ€� hybrid aircraft technology.