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Monday, 01 June 2020

BBC News

• Loganair flights relaunch from Aberdeen to Birmingham and NewcastleThe airline will operate two routes from Monday as a first step towards restoring full services.

Financial Times

• Emirates cuts jobs as coronavirus hammers aviationAirline employs about 60,000 people but did not identify total number of redundancies
• UK airports face multimillion-pound business rates billsHeathrow and Gatwick to seek relief after income and passenger numbers plummet
• Frequent flyer: stories from the refund battleAnd the award for how not to handle readers’ refund requests goes to . . .

The Independent

• More than 2 million British travellers able to avoid 14-day quarantine after travelling abroadExclusive: 14-day self-isolation will not apply to police, bus drivers and dentists

Times Online

• Elon Musk defies odds as Crew Dragon astronauts board International Space Station [subscription]o sighs of relief at SpaceX and Nasa, and with an astronaut’s bumped head the only mishap, the United States docked the world’s first private spacecraft at the International Space Station yesterday.
• Coronavirus: Quarantine will destroy travel firms, bosses warn [subscription]The quarantine about to be imposed on arrivals to Britain will “kill” the travel industry and have the same impact as the complete closure of the nation’s borders, ministers have been warned.

City AM

• SpaceX astronauts arrive at ISS in historic moment for private spaceflightThe first US space mission since 2011 has reached its destination, the International Space Station, NASA has confirmed. Astronauts Doug The post SpaceX astronauts arrive at ISS in historic moment for private spaceflight appeared first on CityAM.

Daily Express

• SpaceX astronauts reveal the surprising details of their historic trip to spaceSPACEX astronauts have described their experience during their journey on space station.

Mail Online

• Airlines call for top holiday destinations to be spared 14-day quarantine ruleMinisters have been sent a list of 45 countries to prioritise for quarantine-free 'air bridges', it emerged last night. Airlines drew up the index last week at the request of the Government.

The Mirror

• Aviation bosses warn 14 day quarantine for arrivals 'will kill travel industry'The Government wants to introduce the quarantine scheme within a week but there are concerns it could hit the travel industry - already on the ropes due to coronavirus - a knock out blow

This is Money

• Ryanair to cut fares by HALF in war on rivalsBoss O'Leary declared he is launching a 'pile them high, sell them cheap' sales blitz to lure passengers as he gobbles up flight routes vacated by other airlines.

Birmingham Mail

• Loganair resumes flights from Birmingham as airline restores servicesIt will initially operate services to Aberdeen and Inverness but there are plans to introduce a route to the Isle of Man

Birmingham Post

• Rolls-Royce makes thousands of face visors to help Covid-19 fightEngineering giant reveals firm has so far delivered 18,000 visors made by staff
• Aviation services provider adds to East Midlands Airport fleetRVL Group will use its latest addition for commercial flights

London Evening Standard

• Easyjet and Carnival set to drop out of FTSE 100, analysts say, as coronavirus hits share prices hardEasyjet and cruise operator Carnival are the two most likely candidates to drop out of the FTSE 100 next week, with share prices tumbling due to a ban on travel under coronavirus lockdown rules, analysts have said.

Other Regional Press

• Fears for future of jobs at Bournemouth Airport JOBS at Bournemouth Airport, which employs people from across Dorset, could be at risk if the aviation sector isn’t stabilised, research has revealed.