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Monday, 23 December 2019

Financial Times

• Heathrow shows detailed costings for third runwayOptions including early opening or delay including extra investment

The Guardian

• Boeing's Starliner capsule lands safely in New Mexico after failed missionAborted flight threatens to derail the company's efforts to launch astronauts on behalf of Nasa next yearBoeing safely landed its crew capsule in the New Mexico desert Sunday after an aborted flight to the international space station that threatened to derail the company's effort to launch astronauts on behalf of Nasa next year. The Starliner un-manned spacecraft descended into the US army’s White Sands Missile Range in the predawn darkness, ending a two-day demonstration that should have lasted more than a week.

The Independent

• Boeing Starliner spacecraft lands in US desert after botched missionIt marks first time US orbital space capsule designed for humans has landed on land

Times Online

• Third runway could result in lift-off for Heathrow airport’s passenger landing charges [subscription]Passenger landing charges at Heathrow could increase by 25 per cent after a third runway is built despite a pledge to keep them unchanged. A business plan to be submitted to the aviation watchdog this week says that fees levied on airlines may rise by between 9.5 per cent and 25 per cent by 2029 to pay for better facilities.

Mail Online

• 737 Max crisis rocking Boeing casts doubt on whether a second new factory will get the go aheadExecutives at the US manufacturer had said it was keen to build a bigger plant following the success of the £40million facility it opened in Sheffield last year.

Birmingham Post

• Rolls-Royce unveils all-electric aircraft that will attempt speed world recordThe ACCEL aircraft aims to smash the 300mph barrier

London Evening Standard

• Boeing Starliner lands safely after aborted flight to International Space StationBoeing's Starliner has safely landed in the New Mexico desert after an aborted flight to the International Space Station.

Leeds Live

• MPs praise decision to scrap Leeds Bradford Airport link road plans"It made no sense to destroy greenbelt land to build this road and impose the further congestion"
• Leeds transport boss urges government to tackle plane emissions Leeds City Council has refused to say whether it supports the expansion of Leeds Bradford Airport, but is calling on the government to draw up a national strategy for reducing aviation emissions