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Friday, 08 June 2018

The Guardian

• Heathrow airport’s polluting new runway is a macho follyhe building of a third runway at Heathrow must be the worst decision taken by a British government in modern times. There is nothing in it but private profit for a Spanish company that appears to have the British cabinet in thrall. That a rich European city should expand rather than contract a major airport in a built-up area defies belief.

The Independent

• Flights to Italy severely disrupted amid travel chaos across EuropeDozens of flights between the UK and Italy have been cancelled as Italian air-traffic controllers join a day of industrial action by public servants.

Times Online

• Clause in Heathrow third runway deal ‘may cost taxpayers billions’ [subscription]A former transport minister has claimed that Heathrow may be able to recover “billions of pounds” from the taxpayer if the government shelves the airport’s third runway.

City AM

• Former Airports Commission chairs urge MPs to back Heathrow third runway in summer voteTwo former chairs of the Airports Commission have written to MPs urging them to vote in favour of a third runway at Heathrow after the Cabinet approved the government's controversial expansion plans earlier this week.
• Former Airports Commission chairs urge MPs to back Heathrow third runway in summer voteTwo former chairs of the Airports Commission have written to MPs urging them to vote in favour of a third runway at Heathrow after the Cabinet approved the government's controversial expansion plans earlier this week.
• Political paralysis is nothing new – look at the decades of dithering on HeathrowI, too, have been part of the crowds of people lamenting how indecisive and slow the Brexit negotiations have been thus far.

Get West London

• The Heathrow Airport long read: What Harmondsworth residents REALLY think of the third runwayA third runway would slice the picturesque village in two - but the plans also divide opinion

Aviation Industry

• Flybe CEO addresses sexism in the airline industry UK regional Flybe CEO Christine Ourmières-Widener outlined the scale of inequality facing women in the airline industry in London June 7. read more
• Lufthansa warns on airport capacity crunch Tensions between increasing passenger numbers and limited airport expansion will lead to airport-based services being further decentralized, according to Lufthansa Group senior director-product management ground & digital services Bjorn Becker. read more