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Saturday, 04 November 2017

Times Online

• Travellers wait for hours at airports to enter UK [Subscription]Airport authorities criticised “unacceptable” delays at passport control desks yesterday as new figures showed that tourists were being forced to queue for up to two-and-a-half hours to enter Britain.
• ‘Baffling’ airline rules blamed for 4,000 complaints [Subscription]Almost 4,000 complaints were made against airlines including British Airways and EasyJet last year amid warnings that carriers were hiding behind red tape to deny passengers their rights.

City AM

• This airline is weighing passengers before they board flightsA Finnish airline is asking passengers to step on the scales before boarding their flight.
• EasyJet agrees employment terms to save 1,000 Air Berlin jobsEasyJet has settled on terms for former Air Berlin employees with a German aviation union.

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• Town Council opposes flight path changes A TOWN council has objected to new flight paths into Leeds Bradford Airport, saying planes would be flying over a much more densely-populated area.

London Evening Standard

• More woes for Gama Aviation as finance boss jets offGama Aviation's troubles multiplied on Friday as the private jet operator, which is being sued by a former director, revealed it is losing its finance chief.

Other Regional Press

• Tourism flights could take off for Bedford’s AirlanderWealthy tourists could be paying a six figure sum to jump aboard Cardington’s Airlander for the luxury holiday of a lifetime.

Buying Business Travel

• Easyjet opens Bristol-Stockholm routeCarrier will operate two flights a week
• Flybe to launch Cardiff-Venice routeFlybe will launch a direct flight from Cardiff airport to Venice for the summer 2018 flying season between March 27 and September 9.The new route will operate twice a week on Tuesday and Saturday. It is Flybe’s fourth service to Italy from the Welsh airport.

Aviation Industry

• Bombardier CEO: CSeries is ‘largely a US product’The Bombardier CSeries is “already largely a US productâ€� and contains more US-produced content than the Boeing 787, Bombardier president and CEO Alain Bellemare said. read more
• Clark sees potential for 200 A380s at new Dubai airportThe new Dubai World Central Airport (DWC) would allow Emirates Airline to operate 200 Airbus A380s – twice as many as it has today, the carrier’s president said Friday. read more