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Saturday, 07 March 2020

BBC News

• Eastern Airways takes over three Flybe routesThe airline will run services from Aberdeen, Birmingham, Southampton, Manchester and Newcastle.
• Flybe's collapse could be 'first of many' airlinesThe airline industry is under huge financial pressure as passenger numbers drop during the coronavirus.

Financial Times

• House report blames Boeing and FAA for 737 Max failuresCongressional inquiry finds faulty design and lax oversight contributed to fatal crashes
• UK aerospace industry warns of risk from leaving EU agencyTrade body highlights threat to jobs and investment of withdrawal from aviation safety regime
• Norwegian Air shares plunge to 15-year lowAnalysts warn airline will have to raise fresh capital, prompting 27% fall in stock
• UK rules out flight tax relief, despite Flybe collapseGovernment fears falling foul of EU state aid rules

The Guardian

• Grounded: why Heathrow's third runway may never happenLast week the Court of Appeal ruled the decision to allow the Heathrow expansion was unlawful because it did not take climate commitments into account. Is this the end of the third runway? And: how our quest for a good night’s sleep is leading to a landfill crisisOver the last 20 years, climate campaigners opposing aviation expansion have seen the proposed third runway at Heathrow killed off, rise again on the back of reneged promises and government U-turns, and be given political propulsion when MPs voted in 2018 for it to go ahead.But last week, the appeal court declared the government’s pla...
• Boeing's 'culture of concealment' led to fatal 737 Max crashes, report findsPreliminary findings conclude Boeing ‘jeopardized the safety of the flying public’ in its attempts to get Max approved by regulatorsA “culture of concealmentâ€�, cost cutting and “grossly insufficientâ€� oversight led to two fatal crashes of Boeing 737 Max aircraft that claimed 346 lives, a congressional report has concluded.The preliminary findings, issued by Democrats on the House transportation committee, conclude that Boeing “jeopardized the safety of the flying publicâ€� in its attempts to get the Max approved by regulators. Continue reading...

Times Online

• Fears grow for future of troubled Norwegian [Subscription]Investors have started betting that Norwegian could be the next casualty of the collapse in airline bookings amid fears over the spread of covid-19
• Airbus decides it’s grounded in Britain [Subscription]Aircraft maker wants concessions in case of hard Brexit but plans to keep production going

The Mirror

• Axed Flybe staff face losing pensions as collapsed airline is registered in tax havenFlybe’s employee pension scheme is not protected by rescue body the Pension Protection Fund because the company is registered in the Isle of Man tax haven

This is Money

• Flybe fallout: As another British carrier collapses, what next for the beleaguered airline industry?The carrier only just managed to avoid its life support machine being switched off in January. But the coronavirus outbreak was just too much for the airline.

Birmingham Post

• Third airline steps in to replace Flybe routes at Birmingham AirportAurigny is planning to operate a Birmingham to Guernsey service commencing next week following the collapse of Flybe

Other Regional Press

• New Teesside Airport flight bookings unveiled following collapse of Flybe - including to AlicanteEastern Airways acted quickly to allow passengers to once again book flights from Teesside Airport

EIN News Subscription

• Coronavirus: Airlines forced to operate ‘almost empty’ flights to keep airport slots amid global outbreak The Independent … away. Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has written to Airport Co-ordination … co-ordinator and the European Commission need to now … it’ rule on airport slots – an airline’s right to take … circumstances to force airlines to fly empty aircraft, wasting money and …