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Tuesday, 19 December 2017

BBC News

• Manchester Airport: Heavy fog and runway 'defect' suspends flightsHeavy fog and repair work on a runway at Manchester Airport led to all flights being temporarily suspended.
• Heathrow cost of third runway cut by £2.5bnTerminals 2 and 5 could be expanded instead of constructing a new terminal building, Heathrow says.
• Boeing and Bombardier set out defence in trade rowBoeing and Bombardier trade verbal blows over claims that the Canadian company gets state aid.

Financial Times

• Keeping festive grins is worth more to Ryanair than €1.5bnO’Leary’s shift to ingratiation follows threat of pilots’ strike over holidays

The Guardian

• Road, rail and air travel set to be disrupted as fog sweeps into BritainFlights likely to be cancelled and delays probable on bus and train services as visibility falls to below 100 metresForecasters have warned of likely travel disruption on Tuesday, including cancelled flights, with severe fog forecast to hit much of the UK.Some patches of freezing fog overnight are also likely and the extreme conditions are expected to last until midday on Tuesday. Continue reading...

City AM

• Easyjet confirms "milestone" Air Berlin acquisitionEasyjet this morning confirmed it has acquired a substantial part of collapsed carrier Air Berlin's German operations.

Mail Online

• Ryanair bosses 'don't treat crew like humans', say staff Dozens of stewards, including former Italian worker Giulia (pictured), contacted the Daily Mail after we revealed how they are exploited by budget airline Ryanair.

Birmingham Mail

• Emirates has announced these New Year flight deals from Birmingham Airport Airline's sale slashes prices to destinations including Dubai, Thailand, Australia and South Africa

Manchester Evening News

• Manchester Airport's two runways were shut down as thick fog caused travel chaos across the region All flights in and out of the airport were suspended on Monday afternoon

Northern Echo

• 7 new destinations on offer at Durham Tees Valley Airport CHARTERED flights for seven new destinations flying out of Durham Tees Valley Airport have been announced as the site reveals a programme of summer getaways.

Buying Business Travel

• Heathrow reveals plans to cut third runway costsAirport’s revised proposals could shave £2.5 billion from project cost

Aviation Industry

• Boeing says it cannot, will not stop Bombardier trade dispute Boeing is beyond the point of no return in its price-dumping trade dispute against Bombardier, company representatives told reporters Dec. 15, and the results are expected to be finalized by Washington officials this week. read more
• Canada counters Boeing claims in Bombardier disputeBoeing's price-dumping case against Bombardier is based on œconjecture, Canada's ambassador to the US told trade commissioners Dec. 18 in Washington DC.