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Wednesday, 03 January 2018

BBC News

• Ryanair applies for UK air operator licenceThe airline says it may need a UK licence in the event of a hard Brexit.

Financial Times

• IAGs Niki deal still leaves low-cost rivals on front footEasyJet and Ryanair may prove the bigger short-term winners
• Ryanair seeks UK operating permit in Brexit moveEurope’s biggest low-cost airline moves to safeguard intra-UK flights

The Guardian

• 'I'm going via the wing': fed-up Ryanair passenger takes the emergency exitMan is arrested after shocking fellow travellers on delayed flight to Malaga by opening door and getting out on to the wing – taking hand luggage with himAn impatient Ryanair passenger shocked fellow travellers when he forced his way out of the emergency exit after getting fed up with waiting to disembark after a flight from the UK to Spain.The man, reportedly a 57-year-old Polish national, ended up perching on the wing of flight FR8164 with his hand luggage as the plane sat on the tarmac at Malaga airport.

The Telegraph

• Airport blunders have potentially allowed thousands of passengers into UK without passing through immigration checks 
• Ryanair passenger 'tired of waiting' jumps out of emergency exit at airport following delay 

Times Online

• Ryanair seeks post-Brexit UK flying licence amid chaos fears [Subscription]Ryanair recently applied for a British air operating licence in a move that it said might be required to keep its small domestic UK service operating in the event of a hard Brexit.

City AM

• BBA Aviation appoints Mark Johnstone as its new chief executiveJohnstone, currently president and chief operating officer of the group's engine repair and overhaul division, will join the board as group chief executive on 1 April, and will be based in Orlando, Florida.
• Norwegian ships in new chief financial officer as part of management shake-upLow-cost airline Norwegian has announced a management shake-up, including the appointment of a new chief financial officer, as it looks to keep the pressure up on rising competition.

Aviation Industry

• Norwegian regional FlyViking to cease operationsRecently created Norwegian regional airline FlyViking will halt all operations Jan. 12 following a series of technical and other problems. read more