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Monday, 03 August 2020
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- Aviation buckles up for turbulent timesIt was the first industry into coronavirus crisis. It's the reason the virus spread so fast. And aviation is still among the worst affected parts of the economy.
- Coronavirus: Irish government to introduce random testing at airportsRandom coronavirus testing will be introduced at airports in the Republic of Ireland, the country's health minister has said. Speaking to RTÉ's This Week programme, Stephen Donnelly said the move was needed because the "international situation is becoming more volatile".
- Coronavirus: How the travel downturn is sending jet planes to 'boneyards'Amid the pandemic, commercial air fleets are grounded in some of the world's most remote locations.
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- Aviation firms braced for quarantine ‘suffocation’Manchester Airports Group chairman Sir Adrian Montague warns that airport testing will not save the industry
The Mirror
- Heathrow chaos as travellers queue for hours at border and chant "get more staff"Passengers were forced to wait for up to an hour just to have their passports checked with just three Border Force staff on duty at Heathrow Terminal 5 on Saturday
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- BA's unique VIP Airbus heir to Concorde set to be retiredThe A318 flies under the same flight number as Concorde
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- Hundreds packed into long queues at Heathrow again with ‘no social distancing’Frustrated travellers chanted ‘we want more staff’ as they were forced to queue for hours at passport control at Heathrow Airport this weekend.
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- NASA-SpaceX mission: Astronauts splash down after historic missionSpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft — carrying NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley — landed safely on Sunday in the Gulf of Mexico.
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- Punjab-born UK MP Virendra Sharma leads campaign to save Heathrow jobsHeathrow has historically employed a large number of Indian-origin people, who over the years took up residence in nearby London suburbs such as Southall
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