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Friday, 13 September 2019

BBC News

• Frustration as £500m Edinburgh airport plans called inPlans to build an international business hub next to Edinburgh Airport will now be decided by the Scottish government.
• BA cancels 27 Sept flights ahead of next pilot strikeBritish Airways has begun emailing thousands of passengers ahead of another day of strike action.

The Guardian

• Heathrow protests: two held near airport as activists threaten drone disruptionFlights operate as normal after police made five other pre-emptive arrests of Heathrow Pause members

London Evening Standard

• EasyJet co-pilot suffered mid-air anxiety attack ahead of landing, report saysAn EasyJet co-pilot suffered a mid-air anxiety attack and left the cockpit as the plane approached Glasgow International, an accident report has said.
• Pilot's coffee spillage forced transatlantic flight to turn backA pilot's coffee spillage in the cockpit of a plane flying over the Atlantic Ocean forced the flight to turn back and land in Ireland.
• Heathrow drone protest: Two arrests at airport as climate activists plan to disrupt flights with dronesTwo men have been arrested at Heathrow as climate change protestors were due to cause disruption at the airport by using drones.

Aviation Industry

• Protesters to begin five days of drone disruption at Heathrow Environment protest group Heathrow Pause plans to disrupt flights at London Heathrow Airport for at least five days from Sept. 13 by illegally flying unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), or drones, within the airport's exclusion zone.
• Russia's S7 Airlines appoints new CEO, unites Globus and SibirRussia's S7 Airlines has named Vadim Klebanov as CEO to succeed Vladimir Obyedkov, who has stepped down from the position.
• US-China trade tensions a growing widebody risk to BoeingBoeing is warning that escalating trade tensions between the US and China ”the US manufacturer's largest single market may soon threaten prospective aircraft sales, particularly the company's lucrative twinjet 777 and 787 families.
• Blockchain experts see limited aviation use cases After an initially flurry of interest in blockchain, the secure database that underpins Bitcoin and many other cryptocurrencies, panelists at the World Aviation Festival in London last week said relatively few aviation use cases actually justify the complexity of blockchain.
• European groups call for final push toward Single European SkyMore than 20 European aerospace stakeholders have urged European Union (EU) institutions and member states to finally fulfill long-held plans to implement the Single European Sky (SAS) air traffic control initiative.

Other News Sources

• Devolved air passenger duty for Wales rejectedThe government has rejected proposals to devolve responsibility over air passenger duty (APD) to Wales, unlike in Scotland and Northern Ireland, citing concerns about the possible impact on competition

EIN News Subscription

• UK Air Transport Braces For No Deal Brexit ConsequencesThe prospect of the UK leaving the European Union (EU) on October 31 without a deal on future relations now appears to be the working assumption of the country’s air transport industry, and it is not a prospect it relishes with less than 50 days to complete preparations. The UK industry’s morale has not been improved this week by the publication of the government’s “reasonable worst-case planning assumptions” for the so-called No Deal Brexit (see below).
• Airbus to develop technology for ultra-high-resolution satellites for UK MODAirbus has won a design study from the UK’s Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) to develop the technologies for a cluster of ultra-high-resolution Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellites for the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD). The satellites will also have the ability to collect radio frequency (RF) signals.