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Wednesday, 22 April 2015

BBC News

• Airport sues Aer Lingus for £20mBelfast International Airport has begun a legal claim at the High Court for £20m damages from Aer Lingus.
• Passengers' passports 'not checked'An investigation is under way into how a plane-load of passengers were apparently able to enter the UK without having their passports checked.
• Airport to install hi-tech scannerGlasgow Prestwick Airport is to install new X-ray machines and a hi-tech security scanner at a cost of £250,000.
• VIDEO: Brave enough to challenge your boss?Junior staff within the airline industry are encouraged to speak up to more senior staff, including pilots, if they believe they have made a mistake.

Mail Online

• Ryanair passengers at Manchester Airport walk into UK without passports being checked Holidaymakers onboard the delayed from Madrid to Manchester had been due to land at 11.25pm on Friday. But by the time they finally arrived three hours later, they found an empty arrivals hall.
• Toxic air cases in planes rise to 167 in four months The figures have re-opened the debate about prolonged exposure to the air in planes. It follows a coroner's warning after initial investigations into the death of British Airways pilot Richard Westgate.

Aviation Industry

• European associations confirm tie-up talksThe Association of European Airlines (AEA) and the International Air Carrier Association (IACA) have confirmed they are in talks about a possible cooperation, which have been ongoing for “some monthsâ€� and are unrelated to British Airways, Iberia and airberlin recently resigning their AEA memberships, an AEA spokesman told ATW. read more
• Airberlin resigns AEA membership over Gulf carrier disputeEtihad Airways equity partner airberlin has resigned its membership of the Association of European Airlines (AEA), accusing the lobbying organization of taking a protectionist stance against the three major Gulf carriers. read more
• Oman Air begins codeshare with KLMDeal covers KLM’s flights from Amsterdam to Muscat

Other News Sources

• Solar Impulse arrives in NanjingSolar Impulse 2 (ldquo;Si2rdquo;), the worldrsquo;s most advanced solar-powered airplane and the first to fly day and night without fuel, landed successfully in Nanjing, Peoplersquo;s...