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Thursday, 27 July 2017

Times Online

• Heathrow to freeze passenger costs after runway expansion [Subscription]Heathrow will guarantee to effectively freeze passenger landing charges when a third runway is built by scrapping plans for a new terminal, The Times has learnt.

Bristol Live

• Bristol region bidding to become partner in Heathrow Airport expansionIf secured, the hub status could bring hundreds of jobs to the West of England. The Bristol region is vying to become a key partner in the expansion of Heathrow Airport which could bring hundreds of jobs and millions of pounds to the local economy.

London Evening Standard

• An airline you've never heard of is selling 121 flights to New YorkIf you can deal with the cramped conditions
• Businessmen sue United Airlines over death of giant rabbit SimonThe owners of a giant rabbit that died after a flight from London Heathrow to Chicago are suing United Airlines.

Other Regional Press

• Flights delayed at Birmingham Airport - because ground handlers call in sickThe problems are down to ground handler Swissport experiencing staff issues which the airport admitted were severely� impacting on passengers
• Planned new Birmingham Airport route SCRAPPEDAer Southeast was due to commence flights on July 24 with three weekly services to Birmingham

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• Schiphol Cargo puts focus on pharma and e-commerce (Image Source: I Am In Amsterdam) Cargo volumes at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol grew 8.7 per cent to 866,713 tonnes between January and June 2017, up from 797,069 tonnes during the same period in 2016. Europes third busiest hub welcomed an additional 153 full freighter flights in the first half of the year, making a total number of 8,954 freight ATMs, and handled a record 148,765 tonnes in June, up 9.8 per cent on June 2016 figures of 135,528 tonnes. Volumes to the Far East grew to 27,706 tonnes in June 2017, up 15 per cent on June 2016 figures of 24,091 tonnes, with inbound Far ...

Aviation Industry

• UK aviation emissions: whats the plan?While governments may come and go, our legal climate change commitments remain unchanged. In this context, the Committee on Climate Change had been hoping that its latest annual progress report would be an opportunity to assess the Governments long-awaited Emissions
• New Flybe CEO working on unit costsUK regional airline Flybe has posted improvements to its first-quarter load factor and yield, but new CEO Christine Ourmieres-Widener said further work is still needed. read more
• US House transportation chair defends legality of ATC proposalA proposal by US House Republicans to privatize the US air traffic control (ATC) system appears to be mostly constitutional, although there could be causes for legal challenges, according to a new report from nonpartisan congressional researchers. read more