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Tuesday, 02 February 2016

BBC News

• 'Rocket-shaped object' shot past AirbusA rocket-shaped object the size of two

Financial Times

• Ryanair plans largest ever share buybackEurope’s largest budget airline shows strongest evidence yet of revival after 2013 profit warnings
• EasyJet to trial hybrid aircraftAirline says hydrogen fuel cell system could save about 50,000 tonnes of fuel per year

The Independent

• Dubai International stretches its lead over Heathrow for international airline passengersDXB, as it is coded, handled a record 78 million travellers in 2015 - an average of one passenger flying in or out every 2.5 seconds

The Mirror

• Fancy a drink? EasyJet could serve passengers WASTE water from hydrogen batteries during flightsLow-cost airline EasyJet has unveiled plans to serve wasta water from hydrogen batteries on its flights

London Evening Standard

• Drone in near-miss with plane above Houses of ParliamentA drone came within 20 metres of collision with a passenger jet as it flew above the Houses of Parliament, according to an official report.

Aviation Industry

• Ryanair Doubles Quarterly Profit, Announces $868 Million BuybackRyanair Holdings Plc doubled fiscal third-quarter earnings as passenger numbers surged and said it will return 800 million euros to investors via a share-buyback program. Profit after tax increased to 103 million euros in the three months ended Dec. 31 from 49 million euros a year earlier, aided by a 25 percent surge in passenger numbers to 20 million, Dublin-based Ryanair said Monday.
• Ryanair boosts passenger numbers by fifth with price cuts after terror attacksBudget airline Ryanair has seen passenger numbers rise by a fifth as it cut prices to boost bookings in the wake of recent terrorist attacks. The carrier's decision to drive down fares in the face of weakening demand caused by the atrocities in Brussels and Paris sparked a 20% rise in traffic to 24.9 million in the third quarter.
• Ryanair predicts fares to drop 6% Airline pledges to pass savings from low fuel costs onto passengers
• Bmi Regional adds double daily Southampton-Munich service12-times weekly route to start on April 15
• Easyjet opens Venice baseAirline to introduce 10 new routes including four-times weekly flights to Edinburgh