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Tuesday, 24 July 2018

BBC News

• Ministers pay £1m to Qatar Airways to market WalesThe Welsh government had previously refused to release the value and structure of the contract.
• Heathrow scanner trial could ease airport liquid banAdvanced X-ray machines are on trial that can detect explosives and screen items inside bags.
• Ryanair profits hit by higher wage costsThe Irish airline is forced to improve its pay as staff take strike action to get a better deal.

Times Online

• O’Leary diverted from flight path [subscription]No point asking for an upgrade on Ryanair. There’s only one cabin, with the nearest thing to first class extra legroom. But at least the airline’s boss, Michael O’Leary, has come up with the next best thing: upgrading the passenger nomenclature.
• Ryanair is flying under a cloud [subscription]The weather. The World Cup. Having to pay pilots more money. Pilots going on strike anyway. People not flying because they are worried about pilot strikes. Air traffic control going on strike. Having to pay compensation to passengers hit by air traffic control and pilot strikes. The price of fuel. Brexit. Easter.

City AM

• Heathrow bullish as it records busiest-ever first halfHeathrow has recorded its busiest-ever first half, with the London airport serving an all-time high of 38.1m passengers in the first six months of the year.

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• New city break flight route from Leeds Bradford NEW flights to Iceland have been launched from Leeds Bradford Airport.

Aviation Industry

• Qatar Airways increases Scandinavian servicesQatar Airways plans to further expand its European network with the start of services to Gothenburg. read more

Other News Sources

• When 'Ghost Flights' From London's Heathrow Airport Caused an Environmental ScandalFor a period of time back in 2007, "ghost flights" with no passengers onboard plagued London's Heathrow Airport and caused an uproar among environmentalists, as Jalopnik reports.
• Heathrow expansion plan facing council legal actionFive councils have pledged to challenge parliament’s decision to back plans to expand Heathrow airport with a third runway.