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Airports are thrown into chaos AGAIN as school holidays start
Shocking scenes from Melbourne Airport show passengers waiting in huge lines on the first Saturday of the break, after many started arriving from 6am.
Saturday, 25 June 2022
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- Are Scotland's airports facing holiday disruption?The main summer holiday getaway has begun as schools in Glasgow and the surrounding areas break up.
- Risk of further BA strikes as more staff consultedThe airline's engineers and call centre workers in the UK are being consulted over industrial action.
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- UK gave airlines 4.4m free pollution permits in 2021, study findsGovernment generosity meant industry could pollute for free, and airlines were left with 900,000 excess permits they could keep or sellThe UK government gave airlines nearly a quarter of a billion pounds in free pollution permits in a single year, enough for the entire industry to dodge a carbon emissions cap and trade scheme entirely, according to research.In 2021 the UK Emissions Trading Scheme (UK ETS), which charges polluters per tonne of carbon emitted, handed airlines 4.4m free allowances and the industry only surrendered 3.4m back. In effect, UK taxpayers covered the entire cost of avia...
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- Airports are thrown into chaos AGAIN as school holidays startShocking scenes from Melbourne Airport show passengers waiting in huge lines on the first Saturday of the break, after many started arriving from 6am.
- Spain crushes Ryanair strike by making it ILLEGAL for most staff to walkout amid airport chaosThe first of six days of strikes by the budget airline is going largely unnoticed today, as travellers around Europe face hours-long delays due to staff shortages.
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- Bristol Airport named best in Europe for eco initiativesThe airport won the accolade jointly with Istanbul Airport in Turkey
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- 'Absolute shambles' at Manchester Airport as passengers arrive eight hours early for flightsPeople flying with TUI were also forced to check in at the desk, as the website was down
- Birmingham Airport boss saw pay jump 49% to £595,000As with airports across the country, Birmingham Airport has been struggling with the return to normality of travel following the pandemic
Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport
- Government announces 'amnesty' on airport slots rule to prevent last-minute summer flight cancellationsThe new regulations will allow a one-off “amnesty” on airport slots rules, enabling airlines to plan ahead and deliver a realistic summer schedule. This is being provided as an exceptional measure while industry makes progress in recruiting necessary staff. Slots are used to manage capacity at the busiest airports. A slot gives permission to use the full range of airport infrastructure (runway, terminal and gates, for instance) necessary to operate an air service at an airport on a specific date and time. Highly valuable commercial assets, airlines must use slots a certain ...
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