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Saturday, 24 June 2017

BBC News

• Edinburgh Airport 'most likely' for delaysMore than 27% of flights to and from the capital faced delays of at least 15 minutes in the past year.

The Guardian

• Risk of air accidents up after CAA cost-cutting, leaked report warnsDraft Civil Aviation Authority report criticised failings, including in monitoring of flight training and licensing of pilots

Times Online

• Crowded skies lead to delays affecting one in four flights [Subscription]Delays at Scotland’s busiest airports are getting worse, with new research showing that a quarter of all flights fail to arrive or depart on time.
• Drone came within metre of hitting passenger plane [Subscription]Ministers are preparing to crack down on drones in British airspace after it emerged that a device came within a metre of a potentially catastrophic collision with a passenger jet.

Reuters News

• British Airways applies to use Qatar planes, staff during cabin crew strikeLONDON (Reuters) - British Airways has applied to use Qatar Airways planes and crew to help the airline to fly all passengers to their destinations during planned strikes by some of its cabin staff next month.

Daily Record

• Quarter of Scottish flights hit by delays with Edinburgh airport the country's worst offender A Which? study reveals passengers were kept waiting at least 15 minutes on 27 per cent of flights in 2016-17.

Aviation Industry

• Alitalia short-listed bidders given deadlineA short list of interested parties will get access to Alitalia’s data room and have until July 21 to submit non-binding proposals for the carrier’s future to its special administrators, Alitalia said in a statement. read more
• Air France-KLM MRO arm to push digital and partnershipsAir France-KLM Group chairman and CEO Jean Marc Janaillac is eyeing digital innovations and partnerships as the future for Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance (AFI KLM E&M). read more