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Saturday, 04 July 2015

BBC News

• Airport's first China flights startCharter flights begin between Beijing and Birmingham Airport in a move bosses say will boost the West Midlands' economy.

Financial Times

• Ryanair threatens to exit DenmarkWarning follows Danish court ruling allowing strike action unless airline signs collective agreement
• History and the Heathrow expansionHistory shows that UK eventually builds the infrastructure it needs, writes Andrew Adonis

The Guardian

• Solar Impulse lands in Hawaii after longest non-stop solo flight in historyVeteran pilot tested to the limit of endurance on record-breaking solar-powered flight across the Pacific, on the eighth leg of round-the-world journeyA solar plane attempting the world’s first flight around the globe has landed in Hawaii, after breaking the record for the longest non-stop solo flight in history.Solar Impulse 2, piloted by the Swiss pilot André Borschberg, took off from Nagoya in Japan at 3am on Monday, for the five-day crossing of the Pacific Ocean, the riskiest leg of its journey. Continue reading...

Manchester Evening News

• Manchester Airport to fast-track families with autistic children Booklet and videos give children a step-by-step guide of what to expect at the airport

Newcastle Evening Chronicle

• North East businesses join forces with Scotland and Northern Ireland in call for Heathrow backing The North East Chamber of Commerce said the region will be shut out of the Northern Powerhouse agenda if the PM fails to back the third runway

Other Regional Press

• History to be made with first cross-Channel electric flight A Kent airport is set to host the first ever cross-Channel flight powered entirely by electricity.

Aviation Industry

• The Heathrow noise sweeteners that act as a smokescreen for third runway pollutionThe Airports Commission has finally published its report on UK airport capacity,emphatically supporting a third runway at Heathrow over its rivals – a Gatwick second runway or the Heathrow Hub option (a runway on the end of one of Heathrow’s …
• Cityjet announces Cork-London City serviceAirline to operate route 18-times weekly