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Monday, 18 December 2017

BBC News

• Ryanair pilots in Ireland suspend strike plansRyanair pilots in Ireland join other unions in Europe and suspend strike planned for Wednesday

Financial Times

• World’s busiest airport in Atlanta comes to near-standstillPower failure forces cancellation of more than 1,000 flights and strands travellers

The Independent

• Mea Culpa: A meltdown in the snow and ice at HeathrowA superheated metaphor and other (alleged) glitches in this week’s Independent

Times Online

• Heathrow cuts back its expansion to £14bn, with a mini Terminal 5 [SubscriptionHeathrow is planning to build a mini version of Terminal 5 as part of slimmed-down proposals to expand Europe’s biggest airport.

City AM

• Airlines are struggling to keep pace with rising passenger expectations as competition fliesAirlines are facing rising turbulence from sky-high customer expectations amid a tough competitive environment that has seen the likes of Monarch, Air Berlin and Alitalia run into trouble this year.

Daily Record

• Angry passengers forced to abandon luggage at Aberdeen Airport after lack of staff leaves cases stuck on planeOne irate passenger clambered onto the carousel and tried to crawl through the luggage entrance to find his baggage.

Mail Online

• Ryanair pilots suspend pre-Christmas strike Impact, which represents the Irish-based pilots, said it will meet the airline's management on Tuesday evening for crunch talks, ahead of the planned strike this Wednesday, December 20.

Birmingham Mail

• Ryanair pilots SUSPEND pre-Christmas one-day strike Some 117 directly-employed Ryanair pilots are involved in the dispute

London Evening Standard

• Ryanair pilots in Ireland cancel strike action days ahead of ChristmasRyanair pilots have suspended a planned strike which was set to take place just days before Christmas.

North Wales Live

• Manchester Airport evacuated after 'false alarm' Incident was believed to have been caused by a passenger accidentally knocking an alarm panel

Other Regional Press

• Consultation on new flight paths plan to launch next monthHeathrow is launching a major consultation as it prepares to embark on the biggest reorganisation of its airspace since 1946.

Other News Sources

• New Heathrow consultation tries to 'force parliament's hand'Councils say a decision by Heathrow bosses to press ahead with consulting on detailed expansion proposals at a time when there is growing evidence that the extra runway is unbuildable is a desperate attempt to force Parliament’s hand.
• Drop in rail users blamed on unreliable train serviceTHE number of passengers using the ScotRail train service between Inverness and Wick has fallen in the past year. The figures from the Office of Road and Rail (ORR) show there were 56,864 fewer bottoms on seats on the line where 1.6 million tickets were sold this year.