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Friday, 10 July 2020

Financial Times

• Boeing faces FAA investigation over safety programmeComplaints from five engineers add to scrutiny over aeroplane maker’s culture after Max grounding

The Guardian

• NHS expands drone transport of samples from Scottish islandsWinter testing of drone flights to mainland raises hope of fast medical deliveries A test project using powerful drones to fly urgent medical samples from isolated Scottish islands is being expanded this winter after successful recent trials.The tests will involve flying blood and fluid samples from Hebridean islands such as Coll and Tiree to hospital labs on the mainland in a fraction of the time needed to take them by road and ferry. Continue reading...

The Herald

• Rolls-Royce cash-burn hits £3bn after world's airlines groundedROLLS-ROYCE, the engineering and aerospace giant, has shed £3 billion over six months with most being lost to the dramatic decrease in flights and lack of need for new engines as well as maintenance under the cloud of coronavirus.
• Funding boost for drone project delivering Covid-19 test kits to Scottish islandsA scheme which sees drones deliver vital Covid-19 testing kits to some of Scotland's islands has received a funding boo

The Independent

• Quarantine: What are the latest rules and what do they mean for my holiday plans?Travellers from Portugal must self-isolate on arrival to England, Wales and Northern Ireland, while Scotland has the requirement for both Portugal and Spain

Times Online

• Cash flies out the door with Rolls-Royce caught in storm [Subscription]Rolls-Royce has burnt through £3 billion during the pandemic and the global shutdown of the commercial aviation industry.
• Dart sees sunnier skies ahead after jettisoning jobs at Jet2 [Subscription]Jet2 has become the latest airline to lay off employees, despite saying that it is confident that holidaymakers in its northern heartlands will be seeking the sun in the Mediterranean in the next few months.
• Virgin Atlantic plays latest card in £1bn rescue [Subscription]Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Atlantic is in talks with its payment-processing providers in an attempt to deliver a £1 billion rescue of the Heathrow-based airline.

City AM

• London City Airport resumes international flights after three-month suspensionInternational flights have resumed from London City Airport after a three month suspension due to the UK’s coronavirus lockdown. It The post London City Airport resumes international flights after three-month suspension appeared first on CityAM.
• UK quarantine ends for 59 countriesPassengers from abroad landing in England, Wales and Northern Ireland no longer have to self-isolate for two weeks as the The post UK quarantine ends for 59 countries appeared first on CityAM.

This is Money

• Easyjet founder Stelios to grill airline's bosses over Airbus orderEntrepreneur Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou has been at loggerheads with the board for months over a £4.5bn order with Airbus for more than 100 planes, which he believes the group should cancel.

Sky News

• UK quarantine rules end for travellers from dozens of countriesQuarantine rules end today for people travelling to the UK from more than 70 countries and British Overseas Territories.

Bristol Live

• Ryanair announces route from Bristol Airport - and it's a bargainIt's known for its rich culture and amazing Christmas markets
• Bristol Airport to cut workforce by nearly a quarterThe airport has seen passenger numbers drop significantly in recent months

Cambridge News

• Exact times you'll be able to see a Spitfire over Cambs tomorrow - twiceThe plane bears the message 'THANK U NHS' on the underside of its wings.

Other Regional Press

• Plans for Manston Airport approvedPlans to transform Manston Airport into a freight cargo air hub have been given the green light - paving the way for hundreds of jobs to be created.
• Why an enormous A400M Airbus Atlas was spotted in our skiesThe plane took off from Brize Norton, in Oxfordshire

Other News Sources

• Air France’s promise to nix domestic flights: Not good enough for the environmentAir France's pledge to end some of its domestic flights in return for billions of euros in government aid is a weak contribution to climate action, as weak railway infrastructure stands in the way of a plane-to-train shift. EURACTIV France reports.

EIN News Subscription

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• Passenger numbers handled by Dublin Airport plunge 65 pct in H1 … s largest airport Dublin Airport handled over 5.3 million passengers in … just over 94,000 passengers traveled through Dublin Airport, down 97 percent … airport in June, 47,000 traveled to and from continental Europe … total, according to the airport's data.
• Filling middle seats nearly doubles airline passenger risk of catching COVID-19, says MIT researcher … look at an airplane, airplanes don't have social … distancing. The International Air Transport Association, which counts 290 airlines as members, … airborne diseases on planes, particularly influenza, noted a 2016 study by scientists at the European …