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Monday, 30 October 2017
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- Heathrow probe after 'security files found on USB stick'The airport launches an inquiry after a USB stick with security information is given to a newspaper.
- Monarch investor Greybull would repay repatriation costCollapsed airline's former owner tells of
Financial Times
- Chinese capital makes rapid ascent in global aircraft leasingBanks and lessors on path to claim a third of world market by 2022
The Guardian
- Monarch owner accepts 'moral obligation' over repatriation costsPrivate equity firm Greybull Capital agrees with transport secretary it should help if left with profit after administration processThe owner of the collapsed Monarch airline has said it has a “moral obligation” to help meet the costs of flying holidaymakers back to Britain after taxpayers footed the £60m bill.In a letter to the chairman of the Commons transport select committee, the private equity firm Greybull Capital indicated that profits recovered from the failed firm could be shared with the government. It said in a statement that this would mean “helping to defray the costs incurred by ...
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The Telegraph
- Hair-raising video shows powerful crosswinds scupper pilot's landing at Salzburg Airport
- Heathrow investigates after Queen's security details 'found on USB drive discovered lying in street'
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- EasyJet's shares fuelled by Air Berlin dealEasyJet's share price climbed this morning as the airline confirmed its plan to buy part of Air Berlin.
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- Armed police detain man boarding flight to Dubai Armed police arrested a man waiting to board an Emirates flight to Dubai at Manchester Airport today.
- UK's new aircraft would silence critics 'very quickly' State-of-the-art F-35 Lightning II jets will undertake missions from HMS Queen Elizabeth, the new Ł3 billion aircraft carrier which is due to become operational by 2020.
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- Monarch airline’s former owner to pay for rescue Greybull Capital said it agreed that any stakeholder in the company that found themselves in profit after the administration process should contribute to others.
London Evening Standard
- Heathrow Airport probe after man finds top secret counter-terror security files on USB dumped in streetThe files included the route the Queen takes to the airport and security measures used to protect her
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- Hundreds of jobs created at Birmingham Airport - how to applyStaff will be responsible for ensuring that flights depart safely and on time
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- Heathrow Airport open to 'profound terror threat' after detailed security files found on unencrypted memory stick in the street A memory stick detailing private security routes for the Queen, foreign dignitaries and celebrities were on the USB stick
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