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One of the UK’s largest bus and rail operators has launched the country’s first air filtering bus in an effort to tackle air pollution.
Heathrow: screens blank in latest airport information failure
As tens of thousands of passengers converged on Heathrow from across the UK and the world, the flight information screens at Britain’s busiest airport failed.
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After months of disruption, Northern Rail are promising a brighter future thanks to brand new trains
Thursday, 27 September 2018
The Independent
- Heathrow: screens blank in latest airport information failureAs tens of thousands of passengers converged on Heathrow from across the UK and the world, the flight information screens at Britain’s busiest airport failed.
Times Online
- BA put safety rules ahead of dying girl Natasha Ednan-Laperouse, inquest told [Subscription]A senior British Airways steward did not fetch a defibrillator for a teenage girl dying from an allergic reaction because the flight was landing and it was more important to stand by the door, an inquest has been told.
Other Regional Press
- London Heathrow bosses draw up plans for flights to and from Dundee AirportDundee could soon link directly to the UK’s biggest airport under plans by Heathrow bosses....
Aviation Industry
- Supersonic amendment on FAA bill hailed as breakthroughFAA reauthorization legislation agreed by US House and Senate committee leaders on noise standards for civil supersonic aircraft has been lauded by a Colorado startup that is developing a 55-seat, Mach 2.2 airliner.
- FAA to add taxiway detection systems in response to airline incidentsFAA plans to roll out enhancements to airport surface detection systems that will alert air traffic controllers when aircraft are about to land on taxiways, addressing an issue that the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) identified as key during its probe into a 2017 taxiway near-miss incident at San Francisco International Airport (SFO).
- Lufthansa to grow Air Dolomiti, shrink CityLineLufthansa Group is making a major shift to its regional airline portfolio that involves expanding Italian subsidiary Air Dolomiti.
- Air France’s Joon to further expand networkAir France announced five more of its routes that will transfer to hybrid airline Joon from mid-2019.
- Norwegian slashes transatlantic routes; blames Scottish air taxesLong-haul LCC Norwegian is cutting its US routes from Belfast, Northern Ireland, ending transatlantic services from Edinburgh, Scotland, and cutting some European routes from the Scottish capital.
- FAA bill clears way for US government to regulate seat sizeThe global airline industry has come out in strong support for the US Congress's recently announced compromise bill to reauthorize the FAA through 2023. But a provision tucked in the bill that would clear the way for the FAA to regulate minimum seat sizes has some industry-watchers concerned Congress may be overstepping its bounds.
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