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Thursday, 30 November 2017

Financial Times

• Thousands of American Airlines flights without pilots because of computer glitch
• Lufthansa must offer EU concessions to seal Air Berlin dealBrussels regulator concerned that move will hurt competition and raise prices

City AM

• Moody's expects a slowdown in traffic growth at UK airports as airlines move capacity elsewhereWhile Europe's airport sector as a whole is poised to reap the rewards from robust traffic growth over the next year and a half, the UK faces the prospect of a slowdown as airlines shift capacity elsewhere, according to a new report from Moody's.
• Heathrow has revealed the latest rankings of the nosiest and dirtiest airlines at the airportHeathrow has revealed the latest rankings of the nosiest and dirtiest airlines at the airport
• Wizz Air eyes greater expansion in London as it picks up Monarch's Luton slotsHungarian airline Wizz Air has secured a number of take-off and landing slots at Luton from collapsed airline Monarch.

Mail Online

• Electronic passport gates 'helping people smugglers' Electronic passport gates at airports could be hampering the fight against people smuggling, David Bolt, the chief inspector of borders and immigration, has said.

Birmingham Post

• Qatar Airways chief says Birmingham has contributed to the airline's success Birmingham Post Power 250's principal sponsors outlines why airline is enjoying successful boom period

Buying Business Travel

• Air France-KLM seals ‘enhanced’ deal with Jet AirwaysAirlines extend their co-operation agreement between Europe, India and North America

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• IAG secures Monarch's Gatwick slots (Image source: BBC) British Airways owner IAG has secured take-off and landing slots at London's Gatwick Airport that used to belong to Monarch before it collapsed. IAG said the deal would enable its airlines - primarily BA - to offer more flights and new routes from Gatwick. Monarch collapsed in early October and thousands of its customers had to be returned on government rescue flights. Its administrator, KPMG, won a court appeal last week for the right to sell Monarch's slots at Gatwick. KPMG's lawyers said at the time that the slots were its
• Firms team up on hybrid electric plane technology (Image source: BBC) Airbus, Rolls-Royce and Siemens are to develop hybrid electric engine plane technology as part of a push towards cleaner aviation. The E-Fan X programme will first put an electric engine with three jet engines on a BAe 146 aircraft. The firms want to fly a demonstrator version of the plane by 2020, with a commercial application by 2025. Firms are racing to develop electric engines for planes after pressure from the EU to cut aviation pollution. Each of the partners in the programme will be investing tens of millions of pounds, they said on a press call. The firms are d...

Aviation Industry

• First Airbus A330-800 on final assembly lineAirbus has begun final assembly of the first A330-800, the second member of the A330neo family. read more
• Wizz Air acquires Luton slots from Monarch AirlinesCenter European LCC Wizz Air said it would further increase its fleet at the UK’s London Luton Airport, as it acquires a number of slots from insolvent Monarch Airlines, just a few days after it unveiled a major expansion at the airport. read more
• American’s pilot scheduling glitch threatens holiday flyingA technical glitch in American Airlines’ pilot scheduling system has left the Dallas/Fort Worth-based carrier without enough pilots during the upcoming holiday season, igniting a social media uproar Nov. 29 when news of the situation became public. read more

Other News Sources

• Heathrow Airport report shows 15% fewer households are impacted by noise compared to 2006 - the lowest level ever recordedThe data comes after a public consultation on the planned third runway at the airport was reopened in October this year