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Overcrowding on trains at near-record high and is going to get even worse, Labour warns
Overcrowding on trains has reached one its highest levels and is set to worsen, Labour has warned.
Heathrow must put residents 'central' to plans for third runway
Campaigners are calling on Heathrow to put the interests of residents “central” to plans for a third runway.
Sir Terry Morgan called to City Hall following Khan’s Crossrail accusations
Sir Terry Morgan is the latest senior HS2 figure to be summoned to City Hall and face questions on the Crossrail fallout after the mayor of London accused the former chair of “misremembering” whether he had given warnings about delays to the project.
Thursday, 03 January 2019
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- Gatwick drones: 'Military capability' withdrawn from airportMore than 140,000 passengers were affected by cancellations and delays during 36 hours of disruption.
- Cathay Pacific to honour $16,000 fares sold for $675Cathay Pacific business class seats worth up to $16,000 were sold for as little as $675 return.
The Guardian
- MoD removes anti-drone military hardware from GatwickSignal-jamming tech believed to have been used during chaotic shutdown just before Christmas
London Evening Standard
- Cathay Pacific discounts: Airline promises to honour tickets mistakenly sold for £535 instead of £12,000Cathay Pacific has promised to honour discounted first class and business class flights which were mistakenly sold at a fraction of their true value.
- Gatwick drone chaos latest: Military removes anti-drone hardware at airport after travel mayhemMilitary hardware deployed to stop drones disrupting flights at Gatwick amid a total shutdown of the airport has been withdrawn.
Other Regional Press
- Heathrow must put residents 'central' to plans for third runwayCampaigners are calling on Heathrow to put the interests of residents “central” to plans for a third runway.
Aviation Industry
- Russia's passenger traffic up 10.6% from January-November 2018Russian airlines carried 107.7 million passengers in the first 11 months of 2018, up 10.6% year-over-year (YOY).
- US government shutdown forces FAA to close ATC academyThe partial shutdown of the US government has caused FAA to close its air traffic controller academy in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma—delaying controller training during a staffing shortage.
- Commercial aviation fatalities in 2018 exceeded five-year averageWith more than 500 fatalities, 2018 was a setback for commercial aviation safety following the record safe performance of 2017.
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