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Thursday, 18 June 2020

BBC News

• Menzies Aviation workers face redundancy after global travel slumpMenzies Aviation puts more than 300 staff on notice of imminent redundancy in Glasgow and Edinburgh
• Coronavirus: Qantas axes most overseas flights until OctoberThe Australian airline said it will still fly to New Zealand and ramp up its domestic services.

The Guardian

• Macron expected to ask UK to review 14-day quarantine ruleThe French president visits No 10 for talks on Thursday during trip to commemorate WWII allianceThe French president Emmanuel Macron is expected to call on the UK to revisit its decision of imposing a 14-day quarantine period on visitors from abroad during his trip to the UK on Thursday.Macron, on his first visit abroad since the coronavirus outbreak, is in London to commemorate the 80th anniversary of Gen Charles de Gaulle’s broadcast announcing an alliance with Winston Churchill, “the leader of the British empireâ€�, and the launching of the French resistance. Continue reading...

The Huffington Post

• Boris Johnson's £1m Jet Makeover Is A Slap In The Face For The UK's Most Vulnerable

The Telegraph

• Latest travel news: British Airways bans booze on short-haul flights

Times Online

• Boris Johnson spends £900,000 of taxpayers’ money on ‘Brexit’ plane paint job [Subscription]The prime minister’s decision to repaint the RAF plane that takes him on official business in red, white and blue will cost £900,000, Downing Street has said.

City AM

• Three quarters of customers ready to fly, says London City AirportAhead of restarting services on 21 June, London City Airport has said that over three-quarters of its customers have said The post Three quarters of customers ready to fly, says London City Airport appeared first on CityAM.

Daily Record

• Boris Johnson's £1m jet rebrand cements UK as laughing stock of the worldRecord View says under Johnson’s zipwire act of a Government, the UK is on the runway from global Britain to Little Britain

Mail Online

• Quarantine-free 'air bridges' allowing Britons to holiday and not isolate could arrive in two weeksQuarantine-free 'air bridges' are set to be put in place by the end of June which would allow Britons to travel abroad without the need to quarantine for a set period of time upon arrival.
• Boris Johnson's RAF plane to get £900k 'Austin Powers makeover'The Voyager aircraft used by the PM on foreign trips is to get 'national branding', rather than the standard grey that makes it less visible in the sky.

Birmingham Post

• Emirates is now flying again and has resumed its Manchester to Dubai routeThe resumption of flights from Manchester makes the airport the second Emirates UK gateway to reopen, alongside London Heathrow
• Airbus Broughton will have second shutdown with workers placed back on furloughThe annual summer shutdown will still take place despite an earlier production closure in the spring
• Huge £40m aerospace centre to be built in GloucestershireThe agreement is believed to be one of the biggest deals the industry has seen this year

Leeds Live

• Leeds Bradford Airport reopening this weekend after 12-week closure "I think realistically we'll see a gradual return"

Other Regional Press

• Luton Airport expansion application delayed as focus shifts to delivering ‘greener model’The application to expand Luton Airport has been delayed, as the company looks to make it the “UK’s most sustainable airport over the next 20 years”.

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