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Friday, 11 October 2019

BBC News

• Extinction Rebellion: Man climbs on top of plane in climate protestThe Met Police calls the action

Financial Times

• Delta confident about US demand after earnings soarCarrier hails rise in domestic revenues and points to strong bookings for holiday season
• Qantas hopes its ultra-long-haul flights will take offRoutes from Sydney to London and New York force Boeing and Airbus to push innovation

The Scotsman

• Extinction Rebellion activists glue themselves to floor at London's City AirportHundreds of Extinction Rebellion activists have attempted to shut down a London airport by blocking the main entrance for passengers.

The Telegraph

• British Airways boss says Heathrow is unlikely to get a third runway due to environmental concernsThe boss of British Airways owner IAG believes the £14bn third runway at Heathrow Airport is unlikely to go ahead due to a growing backlash over the environment.
• Extinction Rebellion protester climbs on top of British Airways plane amid security questions for police

Times Online

• Third Heathrow runway is unlikely, says Willie Walsh [subscription]Regulators must ensure that Heathrow passengers do not end up paying for a third runway that is “unlikely to ever actually be built”, Willie Walsh, chief executive of International Airlines Group, has said.
• British start-up Spacebit will send rover to the moonA small robot could soon lift Britain into an exclusive club by landing on the moon. Spacebit, a London start-up focused on the “lunar economy”, revealed plans yesterday to send the rover in 2021.

Reuters News

• Climate protester lies on plane as London arrests top 1,000A protester lay on top of a plane while another forced a jet to turn around on the runway as climate change activists descended on London City Airport on Thursday, causing some flight disruption as the number of arrests this week topped 1,000.

Birmingham Post

• UK's first green jet fuel refinery to be carbon capture readyBritish Airways and Shell backed Velocys has signed up with partner in US and wants to replicate in the Humber

London Evening Standard

• Extinction Rebellion protests LIVE: More than 1,000 arrests as activists continue action and descend on London City AirportExtinction Rebellion activists have continued their action in the capital with more than 1,000 now arrested.

Aviation Industry

• Mitsubishi eyes more SpaceJet customers by year-end Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. hopes to sign up new customers for its SpaceJet aircraft family program by the end of the year, as it pushes ahead with type certification testing for the aircraft. read more
• Lufthansa’s Hohmeister: Condor takeover unlikely Lufthansa’s executive board member Harry Hohmeister sees “a lot of difficultiesâ€� if the company tries to take over leisure carrier Condor. read more
• European regionals expect tough times to continue European regional airlines are expecting a difficult operating environment to continue in the coming months, with macroeconomic and political uncertainty, as well as hefty fuel bills causing headaches for smaller carriers in a region that has already seen four airline collapses in the past month. read more
• Taiwan startup Starlux unveils new A321neo cabin productsTaiwan’s Starlux Airlines has introduced its Airbus A321neo cabin products ahead of the startup carrier’s launch in January 2020. read more
• Munich Airport CEO sees limited European impact from new global hubsThe recent openings of two global hubs—Beijing Daxing and the new Istanbul Airport—will have a limited impact on Europe’s hub systems, Munich Airport president and CEO Michael Kerkloh said. read more
• American reshuffles management teams after turbulent summer American Airlines is reorganizing its operations and customer service management teams following a tumultuous summer that led to a spike in delays and cancellations. read more

Other News Sources

• Heathrow calls for further industry-wide action on carbon as the airport’s biggest airline commits to net zeroPlans to combine Reading Buses’ Thames Valley and Courtney Buses’ operations in Windsor and Slough have been announced. Heathrow Chief Executive John Holland-Kaye, said: “Heathrow is committed to achieving net zero emissions in aviation and is working to decarbonise airport operations as quickly as possible. IAG’s announcement of net zero emissions from flight by 2050 shows that the aviation sector as a whole can decarbonise and protect the benefits of global travel and trade. We will work with them to achieve this and call on other airlines to follow their lead.”
• Heathrow Airport commits to being net carbon neutralHeathrow Airport said on Friday that it was committed to achieving net zero emissions and that it was hoping to quickly decarbonise its airport operations.
• Slotting in: The enduring problem of airport capacityThe International Air Transport Association recently warned that governments need to take a more harmonised approach in allocating airport slots. Scrapping archaic slot guidelines might also help to alleviate longstanding capacity issues. airport slot managementIATA recently warned that governments need to take a more harmonised approach in allocating airport slots.
• Havering Council opposes plans for third runway at HeathrowHavering Council has officially opposed plans for a third runway at Heathrow Airport and an increase in flights at London City Airport.