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Wednesday, 01 November 2017

BBC News

• Checking in at Singapore's new 'contactless' airport terminalPassengers using Changi Airport's new Terminal 4 can check in and board without having to talk to counter staff.
• Ryanair buoyant despite cancellationsThe low-cost airline still expects record annual profits, despite cancelling 20,000 flights.

Financial Times

• Ryanair shares take off after positive first half results
• Opening Quote: Ryanair counts the cost of cancellations
• Ryanair warns of lower passenger growth and higher pilot costsIrish budget carrier insists pilot rostering crisis will not hit its profit forecast for this year
• Ryanair: pilot liteInvestors will be reassured that the airline can afford pay rises

Times Online

• Airbus admits it broke US corruption rules [Subscription]Corruption allegations hanging over Airbus have spread to America, with the European aircraft giant admitting that it has violated US compliance rules.

Mail Online

• BA cabin crew vote in favour for pay rises to end strikes Unite said 84 per cent of its members backed the deal, adding that staff in the so-called mixed fleet cabin crew will receive increases of between £1,404 to £2,908 by next March.

London Evening Standard

• British Airways boss rubbishes claims flights will be grounded by Brexit and says 'life will go on'Claims passengers may not be able to fly to Europe after Brexit have been rubbished by the boss of British Airways, who said "life will go on".

East Anglian Daily Times

• Ryanair to take £22m hit from flight cancellations but first half profits still climbBudget airline Ryanair will suffer a 25 million euro (£22 million) blow in the wake of its flight cancellation fiasco, but has still bolstered half-year profits by 11%.

West Sussex Gazette

• Gatwick to hold biggest ever jobs fairEmployers from more than 40 companies will be at Gatwick Airport’s biggest ever Jobs Fair next month.

Buying Business Travel

• Flybe launches transatlantic link to Southend via DublinSouthend airport is operating a new Flybe service to Dublin, allowing passengers to connect onwards to 11 North American destinations.

EIN News Subscription

• Jim Armitage: Scandal-ridden Airbus boss has a sense of an ending … hugely important employers such as Airbus, the Reichstag, Elysée Palace and … always operated more like a European Parliament-style morass than a business … and delays with the A400 transport carrier. And let’s not … equipment. Details are thin but Airbus says it made “inaccurateâ€� declarations …
• Airbus details latest charge against delayed A400M … with its European customers over delays to the tactical transport. Detailed on 31 October, the new sum – which Airbus says … impact the programme significantly." Airbus Defence & Space Chief financial …