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Tuesday, 02 June 2015

BBC News

• Manchester Airport £1bn plan launchedA £1bn programme to
• Airport adds four directors to boardEfforts to revive the fortunes of Glasgow Prestwick Airport are stepped up with the appointment of four non-executive directors to the board.
• Malaysia Airlines is 'bankrupt'Malaysia Airlines is

Financial Times

• Malaysia Airlines seeks break-even by 2018Flag carrier to cut one-third of workforce and reduce fleet under three-year turnround plan
• NetJets replaces chief executive HansellDeparture comes as two-year pay stand-off with pilots drags on

The Guardian

• US airport security shakeup after fake weapons missed by screeningsHead of Transportation Security Administration Security reassigned after staff did not find mock explosives and guns in 95% of tests at dozens of US airportsThe US homeland security secretary, Jeh Johnson, has ordered improved security at airports and reassigned the top Transportation Security Administration official to another role after reports that screenings failed to detect mock explosives and weapons in 95% of tests carried out by undercover agents.Airport screeners, who are employed by the Transportation Security Administration, did not detect banned weapons in 67 of 70 tests at dozens ...

Reuters News

• Manchester Airport to get 1 billion pound upgradeLONDON (Reuters) - The owners of Manchester Airport plan to invest 1 billion pounds over 10 years to upgrade Britain's third largest airport and help it compete harder with Heathrow for passengers.

Manchester Evening News

• £1bn Manchester Airport transformation: Super-sized terminal, faster security, more passengers, more routesAirlines and politicians welcome 'biggest single construction project Greater Manchester has seen'

Other Regional Press

• Heathrow hits back over Gatwick claim third runway would be 'unlawful'Latest war of words comes after Airports Commission closes air quality consultation

Aviation Industry

• Lufthansa LCC Eurowings to operate under two Austrian AOCsLufthansa, which is transforming its Eurowings subsidiary into a pan-European platform to operate low-cost flights from several bases outside Germany, will place the carrier’s two air operator’s certificates (AOC) in Austria. read more
• Delta takes delivery of increased MTOW A330; imports Virgin IT systemDelta Air Lines has become the first airline to take delivery of the Airbus A330-300 increased maximum take-off weight (MTOW) variant. read more
• Heathrow welcomes new finance chiefMichael Uzielli joins from British Gas