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Monday, 30 July 2018

City AM

• Car nations including EU mull meeting without US to discuss threat of tariffs on car importsA number of the world's biggest car exporting nations are reportedly planning to meet in the absence of US to discuss their response to President Donald Trump's tariff threat on car imports.
• UK aerospace flying high with record deliveriesBritain's aerospace industry hit new highs in the first six months of the year after a record 693 aircraft, worth £13bn, were delivered.
• Rival scheme threatens Heathrow third runway legal challengeThe backers of a rival project to expand Heathrow Airport have launched a legal challenge against the government’s decision to approve the third runway at the airport, Sky News reported.

Sky News

• Heathrow runway rival launches legal battle over £14bn projectMinisters' backing for Heathrow's third runway was based on flawed information and analysis, a letter seen by Sky News alleges.

London Evening Standard

• Stansted delays: Holidaymakers face THIRD day of travel misery as Ryanair flight cancellations continueHolidaymakers are facing a third day of travel misery at Stansted Airport after storms grounded flights earlier this week.

Manchester Evening News

• What's going wrong at Manchester Airport?With the security queues, drop off charges, cars being broken into and a collapsing waiting room it's been a tough start to summer at the airport. Charlotte Cox investigates what's going wrong and how bosses intend to fix it

The Press and Journal (Aberdeen)

• Public consulted on ‘Loch Ness’ rebranding of Inverness AirportA Twitter poll has been lauched by Inverness Airport which asks the question: “Should we change our name to Inverness Loch Ness Airport?”

New Civil Engineer

• Airport design engineers urged to factor in space missionsEngineers designing airports today should be factoring in space flights, a leading aerospace expert has said.