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Wednesday, 29 June 2022

BBC News

• Heathrow told to reduce passenger chargeThe airport is told to cut its charges for airlines each year until 2026 by the UK's aviation regulator.

Financial Times

• Are we protecting airlines from their own shortcomings?Allowing carriers to curb summer schedules may be a necessary evil but underlines issues with take-off and landing slots

The Guardian

• Air New Zealand to install world-first economy bunk beds on long-haul flightsBy 2024, passengers will be able to book four-hour sessions in flat sleeping pods on ultra-long-haul routes. Air New Zealand will soon allow economy passengers to lie down and take a nap in communal, bunk bed-style sleeping pods on its planes, as it attempts to entice passengers on to its more than 17-hour ultra-long-haul flights.In what the airline says will be a world first when its new cabins are installed by 2024, premium and regular economy passengers will still be sold traditional seats that do not recline into a bed.

Times Online

• Heathrow boss is out of runway [subscription]Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s the human hot air balloon, John Holland-Kaye, crashing to earth. Poor old Heathrow boss — finally punctured by the Civil Aviation Authority.

Daily Record

• Baggage chaos at Glasgow airport leaves passengers facing '90-minute wait' for luggagePeople using easyJet reported waiting almost two hours for their luggage to be offloaded from their inbound flight at the busy travel hub on Tuesday morning.

Manchester Evening News

• Manchester Airport is the 'second best in the UK', claims number-crunching travel firm - yes, really..."As we emerge from the pandemic, we are working tirelessly to recover both the international connections we offer, and the service levels we deliver, to what they were previously.â€�

Wales Online

• Cardiff Airport flights to Belfast to return six months after service was suspendedFares for the reintroduced service are starting at less than £40