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Saturday, 28 September 2019

Financial Times

• Top trio who oversaw Thomas Cook’s rise and fallDebt-fuelled growth brought scale needed to compete but sowed seeds of group’s collapse

Times Online

• Lift the cap and end Heathrow mess [subscription]Drop your ’aitches. For years, that’s been Nigel Wilson’s mantra over the government’s three pet infrastructure projects. The Legal & General chief’s case is getting better by the week.

Birmingham Post

• Roger Lewis extends chairmanship of Cardiff Airport A preferred successor has been identified but will not be in post until June

Bolton News

• Huge jobs fair at Manchester Airport following collapse of Thomas Cook A dedicated employment fair for the thousands of North West workers who have lost their jobs following the demise of Thomas Cook will be held at Manchester Airport on Thursday.

Wales Online

• Airbus Beluga declares emergency en route to Wales from GermanyThe cargo plane set off from Hamburg, Germany, before declaring an emergency en route

Aviation Industry

• O’Leary: Buying LaudaMotion ‘very painful,’ but eyes profit next year Ryanair subsidiary LaudaMotion is losing around €1 million ($1.1 million) per week, Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary said, adding that the purchase of the Austrian LCC has been “very painful.â€� read more
• ALPA wants action on secondary cockpit barrier directiveAir Line Pilots Association (ALPA) First VP Bob Fox told US lawmakers that the pilot union is “deeply dismayedâ€� over the FAA’s lack of follow-through on a directive that would mandate the installation of secondary cockpit barriers. read more
• Air France-KLM: No interest in XL Airways rescueAir France-KLM will not step in to rescue long-haul LCC XL Airways, which faces liquidation as the deadline approaches for bids for the insolvent airline. read more
• Boeing CEO Muilenburg to testify at MAX hearing Oct. 30Boeing president and CEO Dennis Muilenburg and two other company representatives, including the 737 chief pilot, will testify before a US House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee hearing on the 737 MAX scheduled for Oct. 30, the committee said Sept. 27. read more
• Icelandair renews labor agreement with pilotsIcelandair has renewed a collective bargaining agreement with the Icelandic Airline Pilots Association (FIA) through September 2020. read more
• Airbus begins flight tests of upgraded A300 freighters for UPSAirbus started flight tests Sept. 12 of the first of 52 UPS Airlines A300-600 freighters undergoing major flight deck upgrades designed to keep the fleet operating until at least 2030. read more