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Wednesday, 09 September 2020

BBC News

• British Airways passengers 'stunned' over cash refunds stand-offPassengers have been told they had accepted vouchers for cancellations so cannot get their cash back.

Financial Times

• British Airways owner suffers big shareholder revolt over payMore than 20% of investors vote against remuneration of outgoing IAG chief and other executives
• Electric air taxis face turbulence before take-offNascent industry faces regulatory challenges it can transform our skies

City AM

• Four challenges facing new BA owner IAG's boss Luis GallegoTaking over a multinational corporation is a daunting prospect even at the best of times, but when the corporation is in a sector that is currently undergoing its worst ever crisis, the challenge takes on several extra layers of difficulty.
• Business leaders back switch to airport testingThe majority of UK business leaders believe the government should scrap the current quarantine regime on air travel and replace it with airport testing, new data has shown.

Other News Sources

• Lufthansa makes case for expanding airport Covid testing schemeLufthansa has disclosed that 150,000 passengers were monitored for Covid-19 at the Frankfurt airport testing facility it opened in late June with Fraport and Centogene, and about 1% of samples taken over the last six weeks gave a positive result for the disease.