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Saturday, 21 September 2019

Financial Times

• BA restores half of September 27 flights as strike avertedAirline offers passengers who changed travel plans option to rebook

Times Online

• Rome blowout turns up heat on Rolls-Royce’s Trent engine [Subscription]A Norwegian Air Boeing 787 engine failure that sent molten shards raining down on the southern suburbs of Rome last month is responsible for the latest setback for Rolls-Royce and its troubled Trent 1000 engine.

Daily Record

• Pilot delays Stornoway takeoff after spotting baby hedgehog on runwayThe Loganair plane bound for Inverness was delayed after the after sharp-eyed pilot spotted a prickly problem.

Mail Online

• Ground crew grab smoking passenger as he tries to board easyJet plane while it is being refuelledThe unnamed man in his 40s was boarding a flight to Geneva at 7.30am yesterday at Luton airport when he decided to pull out a cigarette and start smoking.

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• Here's where Jet2 will be flying to from Leeds Bradford Airport for winter 20/21 season JET2 has announced its Winter 20/21 programme from Leeds Bradford airport.

London Evening Standard

• Ryanair strikes: Five planned pilot walkouts called offFive planned strikes by Ryanair pilots have been called off, the British Airline Pilots' Association (Balpa) has said.

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• An electric revolution in the skiesDelivered by Grant Shapps on 19 September 2019 Good afternoon everyone. It’s fantastic to be at Cranfield. A place that has played an integral role in the story of flight in this country. So, this is a very apt location for one of my first aviation speeches as Transport Secretary – especially as a pilot who chaired Parliament’s All Party Group on Aviation. Now just as Cranfield has shaped UK aviation past and present… This place will play a major part in its future too. And today I want to talk about that future, both its challenges and the opportunities – an...

Aviation Industry

• Germany doubles aviation tax, imposes minimum fare ruleGermany’s coalition government has agreed to double the country’s short-haul aviation tax and impose a minimum fare rule in 2020. read more
• Study: Aviation climate challenge ‘worse than expected’The International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) has declared the “climate challenge for aviation is worse than expected,â€� after a study found commercial airline emissions are increasing 70% faster than current ICAO projections. read more

Other News Sources

• Service at Southampton Airport ranked third in the country by passengersSOUTHAMPTON Airport has been rated among the best in the country for passenger experience.

EIN News Subscription

• Security Your ugly mug may be scanned yet again – but at least you'll be able to board faster at Gatwick Brit airport to extend facial recog after easyJet trial … 2016 and 2018. The Information Commissioner's Office … relevant data protection laws. We've contacted the airport and … a whole range of European destinations. More than 90 … aircraft for the airline and a significant reduction in queue time for passengers …