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Friday, 19 June 2020

BBC News

• The strict new rules for air travel after lockdownHow airlines are keeping passengers safe after lockdown.

Financial Times

• DHL chief warns of increase in air freight costsFrank Appel sees ‘advantage’ in fewer passenger flights squeezing cargo capacity

The Telegraph

• Travellers can pre-book an airport security slot to help with social distancing

Daily Express

• Space travel breakthrough: Start-up set to send ‘cruises’ into the stratosphereA NEW space start-up is ready to launch adrenaline seekers up to 10,000 feet inside a pressurized capsule attached to a massive balloon.

Birmingham Post

• First passenger flights since lockdown returning to East Midlands AirportA total of 16 Ryanair flights to and from EMA are scheduled until the end of June
• New direct cargo flight from China to East Midlands AirportNew weekly link, launched by DHL Express from Hong Kong, is response to growing demand as Asia markets reopen

Northern Echo

• Pictures show Teesside Airport's drastic new social distancing measures A NORTH-EAST airport has unveiled its social distancing measures as it gears up to reopen to the public on Monday.

Other Regional Press

• Eaton aerospace business plans more Hampshire redundanciesMORE than 100 aerospace jobs are being cut at a Hampshire factory – on top of a round of voluntary redundancies.
• Southampton Airport safety measures during coronavirus pandemic SOUTHAMPTON airport has enforced a number of safety measures to protect its staff and passengers.
• Airbus in Stevenage wins European Space Agency contract to build rover to retrieve samples from MarsAirbus Defence and Space in Stevenage has won a contract from the European Space Agency to create a rover that will bring rock samples back from the surface of Mars.
• What Teesside Airport will look like after Covid-19Passengers must abide by six safety steps before they are able to board their flight

EIN News Subscription

• UK flights are slowly returning but Brits warned ‘you’re still at risk’ … talk of ‘air bridges’ to Europe and domestic flights resuming across … as well as services within Europe. All cabin crew and passengers … to wear masks, and the budget airline is also not selling food … start looking at short-haul European flights for the next …
• Travel’s new world: Manchester Airport trials pre-booked security slots … inform passengers about the new measures, the airline has launched an information campaign … Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport has implemented European Union Aviation Safety Agency … they require airports to introduce are adapted to changing data and medical …
• Air freight rates head back to earth as virus-driven boom cools … further declines * Airlines have used empty passenger jets to haul … surging, leading many airlines to fly empty passenger jets as freighters … Accenture data, but capacity is rising as passenger flights return. Air … and May and China-Europe rates were at more …