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Friday, 29 June 2018

BBC News

• BA owner IAG expands budget airline Level to short-haul routesIAG's Level airline will compete with EasyJet and Ryanair with short-haul routes out of Vienna.

The Guardian

• Wake up, Britain. We’ve been betrayed over HeathrowMPs need to understand the whirlwind they will reap if they keep backing commercial interests over humanity’s survival

City AM

• Forget Concorde: Boeing unveils hypersonic passenger jet concept that could slash London to New York flight timesBoeing has unveiled a hypersonic concept of a passenger jet - and it is just as futuristic and swanky as you'd expect.
• British Airways owner IAG expands low-cost airline Level into short-haul routes with Austrian subsidiaryBritish Airways owner IAG has announced its latest expansion plans, launching a new budget Austrian subsidiary that will branded as its low-cost carrier Level and operate short-haul routes.

Mail Online

• Ryanair passengers are charged £2.65 for water Clive Block, 70, from Poole, was travelling with his wife, Bev, a counsellor. She asked for a glass of water once they landed - after the Boeing 737 shook for 40 minutes when they were diverted to Madrid.

The Press and Journal (Aberdeen)

• Heathrow expansion welcomed by Highland councillorsCouncil leader Margaret Davidson said the expansion of Heathrow was the best opportunity to improve connectivity between Inverness, London and the wider world.

Bucks Free Press

• Villages 'being hit from all sides' by controversial Heathrow projects A group of south Bucks villages are being “hit from all sidesâ€� by “nationally needed construction projectsâ€�, transport bosses have claimed.

Other Regional Press

• Heathrow expansion go-ahead is great news for this area After decades of debate and delay, the House of Commons finally made a decision on the expansion of Heathrow Airport this week.

The Economist

• Heathrow’s third runway could be blown off course by pollutionEmissions may breach the government’s clean-air targets

Aviation Industry

• French minister wants new Air France-KLM CEO named soonFrance’s transport minister is urging Air France-KLM to name a Group CEO in July and for that person to be someone with airline industry expertise. read more
• Delta CEO says don’t overbuild “797â€�; skeptical on hypersonic airlinerDelta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian reaffirmed his interest in the Boeing new mid-market aircraft (NMA), which he dubbed the 797, but is far less certain of the need for another potential new airliner that Boeing unveiled this week, a Mach 5 hypersonic aircraft. read more

Other News Sources

• Hounslow Council Responds On Heathrow Third Runway VoteMeasures to mitigate the negative effects on quality of life do not go far enough