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Thursday, 13 October 2016

BBC News

• Heathrow accused by cleaners over living wage dealCleaners at Heathrow have written to the airport's boss saying they are not getting a living wage agreed in plans for a third runway.
• Heathrow is top business rate payer in England and WalesLondon's Heathrow airport will continue to pay the highest rate bill of any business in England and Wales when the new rateable values are applied in 2017.

Financial Times

• Monarch secures new funds and licenceControlling shareholder Greybull Capital agrees to inject cash into UK budget airline
• Airline resists paying for bigger HeathrowLeading carrier threatens to divert resources elsewhere if there were immediate price rises

The Guardian

• How would you be affected by a third runway at Heathrow?Do you live near the proposed runway? Would your job or business benefit from the plans? Share your views with usThere is growing expectation that Theresa May will accept the recommendation of Sir Howard Davies’s airports commission to expand Heathrow rather than Gatwick, with cabinet ministers telling the Guardian that the west London plans offered much higher-value returns than the alternative.A government committee chaired by the prime minister is understood to be on the verge of deciding whether new runway capacity will be added at Gatwick or Heathrow, and industry insiders expect a verdic...

The Herald

• Aviation chiefs urge passengers not to use Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smartphonesIreland's aviation chiefs have urged plane passengers not to use Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smartphones on flights.

Times Online

• Passengers ‘shouldn’t pay for third runway’ [subscription]With days to go before the expected announcement of a third runway at Heathrow, British Airways has said that it would be “totally unacceptable” for carriers and passengers to bear the construction cost.

Reuters News

• British Airways opposed to any expansion-driven hike in Heathrow fees - CEOThe chief executive of British Airways said the airline would oppose any move by its main airport, Heathrow, to raise its charges if the London hub is given permission to expand.

London Evening Standard

• Evening Standard comment: Airport expansion: there's another solutionAt last the Government is set to make a decision on airport expansion in the South East. Theresa May has made it clear that she wants to take important decisions on the basis of the evidence; well, in the case of airport expansion there is a superabundance of evidence, notably the report written by Sir Howard Davies which unambiguously recommended expansion at Heathrow. That conclusion has been vigorously contested, not least on the basis that he did not sufficiently take into account the effect on pollution of construction of a new runway and traffic to a bigger hub.

Other Regional Press

• Careers could take off at London Luton Airport!Ambitious job seekers had access to over 32 employers as London Luton Airport hosted an inspiring careers fair.

Aviation Industry

• ATR CEO de Castelbajac to become Airbus chief of staff ATR CEO Patrick de Castelbajac is to become Airbus corporate secretary and chief of staff after he hands over his current role to Christian Scherer in November. read more
• Aircraft Leasing News-Oct. 12, 2016Aircraft Leasing News-Oct. 12, 2016 read more
• American, flight instructors reach tentative agreementAmerican Airlines has reached a tentative agreement with its 300 flight crew training and simulator instructors on a new labor contract. read more