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Wednesday, 19 August 2015

BBC News

• Battle of Britain flypast picturedMore than a dozen Spitfires and handful of Hurricanes carry out a flypast to mark the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Britain's

The Guardian

• Germans to run Greek regional airports in first wave of bailout privatisationsFraport AG taking over 14 airports in deal worth €1.23bn that is among requirements as Greece receives billions in loans to keep it afloat Related: Greece is up for sale to big European corporations | Letters Greece has agreed to sell to a German company the rights to operate 14 regional airports. The deal is the first in a wave of privatisations the government had until recently opposed but must make to qualify for bailout loans. Continue reading...

Daily Express

• WATCH: Is this the 'ghost' of 1943 RAF plane crash pilot caught on camera?THIS

This is Money

• Airlines forced to pay up on flight delays thanks to pressure from the CAA regulator  Jet2 and Wizz Air are paying out when passengers are stranded due to ordinary technical faults. Jet2 has agreed to look at claims as far back as six years.

Liverpool Echo

• Order boost for aircraft maker Airbus from Indian airline IndiGo Carrier signs deal for 250 new A320 planes to coincide with India independence celebrations

London Evening Standard

• Passengers forced to sit next to pool of vomit on Ryanair flight from London to DublinRyanair has been forced to apologise after passengers on a flight from Gatwick to Ireland were made to sit next to a putrid pool of vomit for the entirety of their 90-minute journey.

Northern Echo

• Passenger has half his ear bitten off on flight from Newcastle to Ibiza A PASSENGER has allegedly had half his ear bitten off in an attack on a plane bound for Ibiza.

Yorkshire Post

• Jet2.com among airlines forced to change policyThree major airlines who faced legal action over how they support passengers hit by flight disruption have changed their policies, the aviation regulator has said.

Peterborough Telegraph

• Stansted Airport baggage security workers to strike in pay rowWorkers who operate the security scanners for luggage at Stansted airport are to stage two strikes in a row over pay.

Other Regional Press

• Virgin rubbishes claims hot air balloon hit power lines and ‘crash landed’ in LutonVirgin has hit out at claims that one of its hot air balloons hit power lines before ‘crash landing’ in Luton.

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• Icelandair to launch Aberdeen routeAberdeen International Airport has received a welcome boost after Icelandair announced a new year-round service between the city and Reykjavik. Flights will begin in March next year and operate four times a week. Tickets are due to go on sale on 24 August. The new route, which will be operated on behalf of Icelandair by Air Iceland, will become the Icelandic carrier's second in Scotland and sixth in the UK. Icelandair operates UK flights from London Heathrow and Gatwick, Manchester, Glasgow and Birmingham, all of which connect into the airline's network to North America. Aberdeen Airport ...

Aviation Industry

• Liverpool airport secures investment for expansionFive-year funding programme announced at John Lennon airport
• Gatwick blasts ‘flawed’ Heathrow runway decisionAirport gives first detailed response since Commission’s final report
• Icelandair to launch Aberdeen routeService from Reykjavik starts in March

Other News Sources

• Spitfires and Hurricanes take to the skies to mark the anniversary of the Hardest Day SPITFIRES and Hurricanes roared overhead yesterday to mark the 75 anniversary of what has become known as the Hardest Day.