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Sunday, 06 January 2019

BBC News

• Scottish airports seek to counter drone threatEdinburgh Airport plans to strengthen security and police step up perimeter patrols after Gatwick chaos.
• Ryanair named 'worst short-haul airline'The low-cost-carrier was ranked at the bottom of the pile by Which survey respondents.

Times Online

• An airport-sized nod to the Big Yin [Subscription]Will air travellers soon find themselves in a holding pattern over Sir Billy Connolly? A petition has been launched calling for Glasgow airport to be renamed after the comedian. According to change.org petitioner Brian Paul: “Glasgow’s greatest son should be honoured before it’s too late for him to recognise and remember how much we are proud that the city of Glasgow is known throughout the world because of his first-class work."

City AM

• Government considers expanding drone exclusion zone around airports after Gatwick chaosThe government will consider expanding the drone exclusion zone around UK airports from 1km to 5km in the wake of the disruption at Gatwick Airport just before Christmas.
• Heathrow proposes up to 25,000 more flights a yearHeathrow is planning to allow an extra 25,000 flights a year to increase capacity ahead of the opening of a third runway.

The Mirror

• Concorde successor hopes to fly in 2023 and will travel at speeds of 1,451 mphThe Boom Overture could get passengers to New York in three and a half hours