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Monday, 06 February 2012

BBC News

• Airport re-opens after snowfallBirmingham Airport re-opens after snow causes the cancellation of six flights.
• Heathrow getting 'back to normal'BAA has said services at Heathrow are expected to be back to normal and that some 500 fewer flights operated out of the airport on Sunday.
• China in EU carbon scheme 'ban'China tells its airlines not to pay charges to the EU's Emissions Trading Scheme, aimed at cutting carbon emissions.
• Qantas CEO warns on airline lawsThe chief executive of Qantas says the airline would be forced to cut services and jobs should pro-Australia airline bills be passed.

Financial Times

• China bars airlines from EU tax planBeijing™s ban on Chinese airlines complying with a European Union charge on carbon emissions, escalates a dispute that risks becoming a trade war
• Border inquiry slows Heathrow e-gates planAn investigation into the immigration controls security affair last year is holding up a scheme to allow fast-track entry in time for the Olympics

The Independent

• Thousands grounded as 'snow plan' at Heathrow fails again Tens of thousands of airline passengers found their flights cancelled yesterday in a replay of last winter's disruption as Heathrow Airport's

Mail Online

• Snow-go at Heathrow and it's our own faultSafety trumps all other arguments. Rightly so, most of us would say. But isn’t it often used as an excuse rather than an objective reason for inconveniencing the public?

London Evening Standard

• 400 air passengers stranded by snowAlmost 400 transatlantic airline passengers bound for London have been stranded overnight in Ireland.

Metro

• London Heathrow Airport grounds half its flights as fog forecast after snowLondon Heathrow Airport has axed half of their flights even though it stopped snowing hours ago as fog is predicted to arrive.

Yorkshire Post

• ˜Worst of the snowfall over™ - but transport is crippledTRAVELLERS expressed disbelief as Britain’s busiest airport axed half of all flights tonight amid forecasts of dry weather following a nationwide blanket of snow.

Crewe Chronicle

• UK & World News: 400 air passengers stranded by snowAlmost 400 transatlantic airline passengers bound for London have been stranded overnight in Ireland.