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Sunday, 15 April 2018

Financial Times

• Berlin’s airport travails bruise German prideProject nears completion, almost a decade late and regarded as national joke

The Herald

• John Menzies growth plans include acquisition and refuelling deals with oil majorsJOHN Menzies strategy to consolidate its position as a global leader in aviation support includes further acquisitions, geographic expansion and taking over refuelling services from oil and gas majors.
• Kevin Scott: Faced with the road or the air, Menzies is flyingWHEN plotting its future course, 185 year-old John Menzies decided to cut ties with the newspaper and magazine distribution business which has been core to its offer for so many decades and concentrate exclusively on an industry it has worked in for less than 30 years.

Times Online

• John Collingridge: Flybe still needs a strong tailwind [Subscription]Simon Laffin has seen a fair few takeover approaches in his time. The chairman of short-haul regional airline Flybe discusses the spectrum of takeovers in his blog “Notes from a non-executive director”.
• Gatwick airport investor mulls sale of 42% stake [Subscription]Gatwick could be put up for sale imminently, with a price tag of up to £10bn, according to City sources.

This is Money

• DAILY BRIEFING: Heathrow Airport recorded its busiest ever departures day on Good Friday High flying airport Heathrow recorded its busiest ever departures day last month.More than 136,000 passengers boarded flights from the West London hub on Good Friday.

Wales Online

• Mother's pain over new non-stop flight to Australia after daughter dies from DVTRuth Christoffersen’s daughter Emma collapsed in Heathrow Airport after landing from the holiday of a lifetime

Other Regional Press

• Jet2 passengers claim coach driver fell asleep at wheel on M62Yorkshire airline investigating incident 'as a matter of absolute urgency'

EIN News Subscription

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