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Monday, 01 June 2020

BBC News

• Loganair flights relaunch from Aberdeen to Birmingham and NewcastleThe airline will operate two routes from Monday as a first step towards restoring full services.
• Make Covid-19 recovery green, say business leadersWell-known firms such as Asda and Lloyds Bank are urging ministers to prioritise the environment.

Financial Times

• Emirates cuts jobs as coronavirus hammers aviationAirline employs about 60,000 people but did not identify total number of redundancies
• UK airports face multimillion-pound business rates billsHeathrow and Gatwick to seek relief after income and passenger numbers plummet
• Frequent flyer: stories from the refund battleAnd the award for how not to handle readers’ refund requests goes to . . .

The Guardian

• Greece to resume flights from UK on 15 June with strict rulesInternational passengers from ‘high risk’ Covid-19 areas will be tested and potentially quarantinedCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageGreece has announced it is ready to “welcome the worldâ€�, and that it will resume flights to the country’s two major airports as of mid-June, including from the UK. Seeking to clarify a previous announcement, the centre-right government said all air links with Athens and Thessaloniki, the northern capital, will be reinstated from 15 June “in a bridge phaseâ€� before direct flights to mainland and island destinations restart on 1 Ju...

The Independent

• More than 2 million British travellers able to avoid 14-day quarantine after travelling abroadExclusive: 14-day self-isolation will not apply to police, bus drivers and dentists

The Telegraph

• Car dealers tell buyers to book ahead as they prepare to reopen

Times Online

• Here’s how No 10 can get more of us on our bikes [subscription]While public transport use has dropped by more than 90 per cent since lockdown began, and car journeys by 60 per cent, cycling has risen. Last month there were a record 170,000 extra bicycle trips in Greater Manchester in just one day
• Elon Musk defies odds as Crew Dragon astronauts board International Space Station [subscription]o sighs of relief at SpaceX and Nasa, and with an astronaut’s bumped head the only mishap, the United States docked the world’s first private spacecraft at the International Space Station yesterday.
• Hauliers attack ‘bias’ in plan to turn roads into cycle lanes [subscription]Hauliers have responded furiously to government plans to transform roads across the country into cycle lanes and pedestrian routes, claiming they risk disrupting food and medical supplies.
• Coronavirus: Quarantine will destroy travel firms, bosses warn [subscription]The quarantine about to be imposed on arrivals to Britain will “kill” the travel industry and have the same impact as the complete closure of the nation’s borders, ministers have been warned.

City AM

• TfL urges Londoners to walk and cycle as schools reopenTfL has urged people to consider alternatives to using public transport as schools start to gradually reopen from Monday.
• SpaceX astronauts arrive at ISS in historic moment for private spaceflightThe first US space mission since 2011 has reached its destination, the International Space Station, NASA has confirmed. Astronauts Doug The post SpaceX astronauts arrive at ISS in historic moment for private spaceflight appeared first on CityAM.

Daily Express

• SpaceX astronauts reveal the surprising details of their historic trip to spaceSPACEX astronauts have described their experience during their journey on space station.

Mail Online

• Airlines call for top holiday destinations to be spared 14-day quarantine ruleMinisters have been sent a list of 45 countries to prioritise for quarantine-free 'air bridges', it emerged last night. Airlines drew up the index last week at the request of the Government.

The Mirror

• Aviation bosses warn 14 day quarantine for arrivals 'will kill travel industry'The Government wants to introduce the quarantine scheme within a week but there are concerns it could hit the travel industry - already on the ropes due to coronavirus - a knock out blow

This is Money

• Ryanair to cut fares by HALF in war on rivalsBoss O'Leary declared he is launching a 'pile them high, sell them cheap' sales blitz to lure passengers as he gobbles up flight routes vacated by other airlines.

Birmingham Mail

• Loganair resumes flights from Birmingham as airline restores servicesIt will initially operate services to Aberdeen and Inverness but there are plans to introduce a route to the Isle of Man

Birmingham Post

• Rolls-Royce makes thousands of face visors to help Covid-19 fightEngineering giant reveals firm has so far delivered 18,000 visors made by staff
• Aviation services provider adds to East Midlands Airport fleetRVL Group will use its latest addition for commercial flights

London Evening Standard

• Easyjet and Carnival set to drop out of FTSE 100, analysts say, as coronavirus hits share prices hardEasyjet and cruise operator Carnival are the two most likely candidates to drop out of the FTSE 100 next week, with share prices tumbling due to a ban on travel under coronavirus lockdown rules, analysts have said.

Newcastle Evening Chronicle

• Bid launched to reopen rail line between Newcastle, Gateshead and the Team ValleyThe Department for Transport is considering an application for funding to bring the forgotten line back to life

The York Press

• Boss of Barnitts in York makes plea for free parking and toiletsONE of York’s most popular independent retailers has called for free car parking and public toilets to be open to help the city’s revival.

Bucks Free Press

• Parents urged not to put children on school buses as pupils prepare to return tomorrow Many Bucks schools are preparing to welcome back more pupils from tomorrow - and parents are being urged to take them to school themselves instead of putting them on school buses.

Cambridge News

• The plan to fix potholes and problems caused during the A14 closureDrivers claim the overnight diversions caused problematic pot holes and damaged local roads

Reading Evening Post

• Why Reading is on the London tube mapReading, Twyford, Maidenhead, Slough and Langley are officially on the TfL map

Other Regional Press

• Welsh Government to invest up to £65 million in train servicesTHE WELSH Government will invest up to a further £65 million into train services over the next six months.
• Oxford University calls for swift action on temporary cycling plans for lifting lockdownONE of the most senior figures at Oxford University has called for swift action to be taken to make roads around the city ready for bikes, as he prepares for 5,000 of his workers to return.
• First Bus announces timetable changes across Yorkshire for 'safe' travelServices have been increased
• Fears for future of jobs at Bournemouth Airport JOBS at Bournemouth Airport, which employs people from across Dorset, could be at risk if the aviation sector isn’t stabilised, research has revealed.
• All the changes being made to Nuneaton's bus servicesServices are being restored and some increased

Other News Sources

• ScotRails delays in Glasgow after train tracks melted in the heatSCOTRAIL has warned of a 10 minute delay to rail services going through Glasgow after today's high temperatures caused tracks to melt.
• Motorists slapped with fines at Virginia Water beauty spot for ‘highly dangerous and illegal parking’ Fixed penalty notices have been a regular occurrence due to parking issues around the site throughout the lockdown period
• University of Manchester targets net-zero investment portfolio The University of Manchester has announced a new commitment to end investments into fossil fuel projects and organisations by 2022, in line to creating a net-zero investment portfolio by 2038 at the latest.

EIN News Subscription

• Mobile data shows which European countries took lockdown seriously - Neos KosmosA substantial part of humanity is slowly emerging from weeks of lockdown. What we have experienced is truly rare: a real global threat, menacing to all wherever we lived. But how did humanity respond to this pandemic? Did people consistently stay at home …
• How lockdown converted the world to cycling, and the speedbumps that lie ahead“ARE SALES up?” asks Enrico Lepore in disbelief. “Did you see the queue outside the door?” Mr Lepore, co-owner of ProBike, a shop in a Florence suburb, estimates that his turnover is almost twice as high as at the same time last year. At least he still has bikes to sell. A shop down the road ran out of stock long ago.