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Wednesday, 07 October 2015

BBC News

• Heathrow releases new runway imagesWhat a third runway could look like

The Guardian

• The Air France protesters were desperate, frightened people, not a violent mobYet again under the Hollande presidency, workers are scared about the future of their jobs and their families. Is it any wonder they couldn’t contain their anger?On Monday, about 100 employees stormed an Air France management and union official meeting that was discussing dramatic job cuts. As the negotiations had been making no progress, the staff became angry, and tussled with some company officials. Two Air France executives had their shirts torn off. Xavier Broseta, the airline’s head of human resources, escaped the scene by climbing a chain-link fence, bare-chested, while Pierre Plissonni...
• British Airways jet fire: parts from other General Electric engines examinedSafety authority and GE Aviation say Las Vegas emergency, in which plane aborted take-off, traced to compressor spool in engine used on most Boeing 777sGeneral Electric Aviation, maker of the jet engine that caught fire on a British Airways plane taking off from Las Vegas, has said it is inspecting parts from other engines of the same types as part of a US federal investigation.On 8 September BA flight 2276 was on a McCarran international airport runway bound for London when the left engine burst into flames. Takeoff was aborted and all 157 passengers and 13 crew members survived; some had min...

Times Online

• You shame us, Hollande tells shirt-rippers {Subscription]France’s socialist government rejected union demands yesterday for state intervention to save Air France as the country reacted with anger to the assault on senior executives by protesting employees.

Daily Post (North Wales)

• Airbus files patent for stacking passengers on top of each other during flightsDesigners for the Broughton-based wing manufacturer has filed designs for a split-level plane cabin which would ensure a "high level of comfort"

Aviation Industry

• Heathrow lags behind US airports in ‘Megahub’ studyOAG study ranks global airports in terms of connectivity
• Finnair offers free wifi to A350 premium passengersFinnair has announced it will offer free wifi access to premium passengers flying on its new A350 XWB.
• Lack of direct flights to ‘growth cities’ hurting British economyGTMC booking data shows cities such as Bogota and Jakarta are reached by airports outside the UK