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Tuesday, 20 January 2015

BBC News

• Gatwick expansion: Second council makes runway U-turnA second county council has withdrawn its support for another runway at Gatwick airport because of the high level of local opposition.
• Hare headcount at airport runwayBelfast International Airport's runway is being used to conduct a headcount of Irish hares for a conservation study.
• Plane skids off airport taxiwayAn aircraft with 48 passengers and four crew onboard comes off the taxiway after landing at Inverness Airport.

Daily Record

• Passenger plane careers off runway and onto grass verge at Inverness Airport amid sub zero temperaturesTHE Flybe flight, carrying 47 passengers and two crew, came to rest on grass after landing shortly after 10am.

Mail Online

• No check-in queues, automated security and just seven minutes from boarding to take-off... Gatwick unveils plans to become 'world's most efficient two-runway airport'Gatwick Airport have unveiled plans which they say will 'elimate' airport queues and speed up boarding times.
• Owen Thomas films 'grimy conditions on board first class British Airways flight TV news presenter Owen Thomas was flying with BA to St Lucia for the 'trip of a lifetime' when the conditions prompted him to film the dirty area near his seat in the first class cabin, dubbing it 'filth class'

Other Regional Press

• East Surrey MP Sam Gyimah accuses Gatwick of trying to kick flightpath issue 'into the long grass'EAST Surrey MP Sam Gyimah has called on Gatwick to come clean over controversial flight path changes – accusing airport bosses of trying to "kick [the issue] into the long grass".

Aviation Industry

• Ryanair in Twitter spat after Aer Lingus photobombs adRyanair has engaged in a social media spat after Aer Lingus
• Birmingham airport posts record passengers numbers for 2014Annual traffic up 6.5% at midlands airport