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Wednesday, 25 July 2018

BBC News

• Ryanair: Dublin-based pilots third day of strikesMore than 100,000 customers across Europe will be affected by industrial action at Ryanair.
• Manchester Airport parking: Crackdown on meet-and-greet firmsCars left on residential streets by rogue companies could be towed away, the council says.
• Ministers pay £1m to Qatar Airways to market WalesThe Welsh Government had previously refused to release the value and structure of the contract.
• Airlines say French air traffic controllers' strikes break EU lawsFour European airlines claim strikes by air traffic controllers in France restrict freedom of movement.

Times Online

• Heathrow passenger figures jump to 38m [Subscription]Heathrow may have won the parliamentary case for the construction of a third runway, but its latest financial results show that the supposedly full-up airport is continuing to expand and, unlike the high street, is raking in money from passengers’ spending.

Aviation Industry

• Aeroflot Group reports 1H traffic up 8.2% Russia’s Aeroflot Group carried 24.9 million passengers in the 2018 first half, up 8.2% year-over-year (YOY). read more
• European Space Agency, SESAR program to collaborate The Single European Sky ATM Research Deployment Manager (SESAR DM) and the European Space Agency (ESA) signed a memorandum of cooperation July 19, marking the start of a formal collaboration on a new satellite-based communications capability for aviation. read more
• US airlines to change how they refer to TaiwanFour US international airlines are reportedly about to change how they refer to Taiwan. read more