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Thursday, 22 August 2019

BBC News

• Qantas to run test flights on world's longest routeThe airline will track the health impacts of the 19-hour journeys from Sydney to New York and London.
• Ryanair flights take off despite pilots' strikeUK pilots at the airline have begun a two-day walkout in a row over pay and conditions.
• Ryanair loses court battle to block UK pilot strikesThe airline won in a bid to stop Ireland-based pilots from striking, but lost the larger UK battle

The Guardian

• Ryanair fails in court attempt to stop 48-hour strike by UK pilots Airline says it can still run full schedule and passengers are unlikely to be affected

The Independent

• Ryanair: Can the airline keep its promise to passengers during pilots' union strike?If Europe's biggest budget airline can pull this one off, it will change the dynamic of industrial relations in aviation
• How we will travel the world in 2050, from electric planes to helium airshipsMore than a century since humans learnt to fly, we need to revolutionise how we stay up there

Times Online

• Heathrow can’t be trusted on third runway, says IAG chief Willie Walsh [Subscription]The boss of the parent company of British Airways has stepped up his criticism of the cost of building a third runway at Heathrow, claiming that the potential bill is spiralling out of control and that the airport is covering it up.
• High Court grounds Ryanair pilots strike [Subscription]Ryanair has welcomed a High Court ruling that blocks a planned strike by its Irish-based pilots this week.

Mail Online

• Ryanair insists passengers face only 'small delays' today as thousands head to UK airports after pilots began 48-hour strike to demand 'unreasonable' £375,000 salaryRyanair insists that passengers will face only 'small delays' today as thousands head to airports after pilots began their strike for a £375,000 salary.

London Evening Standard

• Ryanair strike update: Airline loses High Court bid to halt UK pilots walkoutRyanair has lost its High Court bid to block strike action by its UK pilots.

North Wales Live

• Airbus A380 superjumbos face engine safety checks after US aviation chiefs issue directiveThe US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issue Airworthiness Directive

Aviation Industry

• IAG’s Walsh calls Heathrow expansion ‘massive gravy train’International Airlines Group (IAG) CEO Willie Walsh said he has “no confidenceâ€� in London Heathrow Airport’s expansion plans and described the cost of the project as a “heist.â€� read more
• Ryanair averts Irish strike, but faces UK and Spanish walkoutsAs Irish LCC Ryanair continues to deal with labor issues among its various pilot and cabin crew unions, passengers are bracing for travel disruptions across Europe through September. read more
• Germany wants to divert aviation tax for environmental research Germany’s Transport Minister Andreas Scheuer said proceeds from the country’s aviation tax should in the future be dedicated to environmental research. read more

EIN News Subscription

• Air traffic will not collapse on Brexit - German junior minister … Germany (Reuters) - German air transport is prepared for every scenario … planned exit from the European Union, a junior minister … scenarios for everything,â€� junior transport minister Steffen Bilger said … of Leipzig, adding that air traffic would not collapse. …