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Monday, 18 November 2019

BBC News

• Dubai Air Show: The man putting a jolt into electric air racingAn Airbus-backed competition to race electric aircraft hopes to revolutionise engine technology.

The Guardian

• The big picture: alone in the airportThe loneliness of the long-distance traveller, captured by photographer Harry GruyaertThe Belgian photographer Harry Gruyaert became famous for breathing originality into colour photography from “exoticâ€� locations. His breakthrough work came on assignment in Morocco and India in the 1970s, and in Egypt in the 1980s. He subsequently travelled more widely, having been elected to the famous Magnum picture agency – among the first of its members to establish a visual language for colour rather than black and white.Gruyaert was fascinated by the aesthetics of transit, in particular the loneliness o...

Birmingham Mail

• Birmingham Airport named one of cheapest in UK for breakfastBirmingham Airport came fifth on the list for cheapest full English breakfasts in the UK and second for vegetarian breakfasts, which is great news for local holidaymakers

Birmingham Post

• Fiji Airways becomes latest airline to take delivery of new Rolls-Royce powered jetAirline becomes the first operator in the South Pacific to take delivery of the A350 XWB