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Thursday, 25 June 2015

BBC News

• The rock star helping an airline flyThe African airline getting help from Iron Maiden's frontman

Financial Times

• New Boeing boss eyes jet output challengeTurning the 787 into a profitable programme, and cutting costs in defence, will be priorities

The Herald

• Budget airline introduces stringent new rules on alcoholA BUDGET airline has called for industry-wide measures to tackle the increasing problem of disruptive passengers.

This is Money

• Minister promises swift action on a new runway at Heathrow or Gatwick as decision expected within weeks The Government cannot afford to 'stall' on deciding whether to build a controversial new runway at Heathrow of Gatwick, aviation minister Robert Goodwill told travel chiefs today.

Manchester Evening News

• Airline boss in warning to drunk passengers: Behave yourself on our Manchester flights, or we'll kick you offManaging director of low-cost airline Jet2.com says his planes are not nightclubs and people 'need to behave themselves'

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• Bristol Airport west terminal expansion plan gets go-aheadPlans to speed up the passenger security scanning process at Bristol Airport have been given the go-ahead. The £24m plan will see a 9,000-sq-m extension to the west terminal building and is expected to be operational by next summer. It is some two-and-a-half times larger than the £8.5m east terminal extension set to be completed next month. An airport spokesman said the change is driven by the increase in hand baggage carried by passengers. 'Clear advantage' The work, which is the biggest construction project at the airport since the current terminal building opened in 2000, is...
• IAG agrees funding deal for Aer Lingus takeoverIAG has said Spain’s Banco Santander has agreed to join with other banks to provide the aviation giant with a €1.4 billion loan to help it fund its proposed takeover of Aer Lingus. The announcement comes amid reports that IAG and Aer Lingus have met with European Commission officials to discuss competition concerns. The owner of British Airways and Iberia said in a statement issued on Tuesday that Banco Santander had joined with Deutsche Bank Luxembourg, Bank of America and BA in providing a bridge facility which will be repayable on May 26th 2016. IAG last week formally announce...

Aviation Industry

• UK's Jet2.com spearheads effort to curtail disruptive passenger behaviorUK leisure airline Jet2.com is spearheading a drive for industry-wide measures to tackle what it describes as a “shocking riseâ€� in disruptive passenger behavior. read more
• Aeroflot to transfer 13 737-800s to LCC Pobeda AirlineRussia’s Aeroflot will transfer 13 Boeing 737-800s to its low-cost subsidiary (LCC) Pobeda Airline on a long-term sublease. read more
• Abu Dhabi partners launch sustainable fuel roadmapAn Abu Dhabi partnership—comprising Etihad Airways, Boeing, French oil company Total, Abu Dhabi oil refiner Takreer and the emirate’s Masdar Institute of Science and Technology—has launched a joint industry roadmap to sustainably produce aviation biofuels in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). read more
• Russia’s UAC president elected to Aeroflot boardRussia’s United Aircraft Corp. (UAC) president Yury Slusar was elected to Aeroflot’s board of directors at the carrier’s annual general meeting of shareholders. read more
• Airberlin re-elects board of directors for three-year terms Oneworld member airberlin has re-elected the five board of director members for a further three-year term. read more
• Anti-Heathrow expansion MP gets approval for mayoral bidGoldsmith given green light to run for London mayor by constituents