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Saturday, 18 April 2015

The Mirror

• Watch airport security worker 'too busy playing on his phone' to check passengers' baggage An investigation is underway after passengers filmed the video at Barcelona El-Prat airport

Birmingham Post

• Flights from Birmingham to Caribbean as Thomson and First Choice expands Flights to Punta Cana are among five routes being added by the airline in summer 2016, along with Agadir, in Morocco, Sardinia, Izmir in Turkey and Split in Croatia

Derby Telegraph

• Derby Telegraph commented Rolls-Royce savours the joy of six after landing the biggest...THE fortunes of Rolls-Royce are continuing to soar after the Derby aero engine-maker landed its largest order in its history – worth more than £6 billion. It's been placed by Dubai-based carrier Emirates Airlines and is for Trent 900 engines which are developed and designed at Rolls-Royce's civil aerospace division in Sinfin. The engines will power a fleet of 50 Airbus A380 aircraft. Chief executive John Rishton said:

Newcastle Evening Chronicle

• Sunderland workers to play key role in £6.1bn Roll-Royce airline engines contract Rolls' Sunderland Pallion site will benefit from work on engines for Emirates Airbus A380 superjumbos

Sunderland Echo

• Sunderland Rolls Royce plant to play ‘key role’ in company’s £6billion Airbus orderSUNDERLAND’S Rolls-Royce plant will play “a key role” in the company’s biggest ever order.

Other Regional Press

• Boro kick off two-year Leeds Bradford Airport deal with exclusive offers for fansBoro midfielder Adam Clayton launched the partnership with the airport's commercial director and lifelong Boro fan David Gornall

Aviation Industry

• Emirates places $9.2 billion engine order with Rolls-RoyceEmirates Airline announced a $9.2 billion order for Rolls-Royce Friday, choosing the UK powerplant manufacturer to equip the 50 Airbus A380s it ordered at the 2013 Dubai Airshow. read more
• Southampton passenger boost after strong business routes growthTraffic increases 14 per cent for March

Other News Sources

• Passengers at UK airports increase for the fourth year in a rowNew data published by the UK Civil Aviation Authority shows passenger demand at the country's airports is now just shy of the pre-recession boom years. The latest figures show 238 million passengers passed through UK airports during 2014; an increase of 4.4 per cent (10m) on 2013.