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Tuesday, 06 October 2020

Financial Times

• Brussels reaffirms post-Brexit stance on airline ownership rules BA parent IAG says it has agreed contingency plans with national regulators on non-EU shareholdings

The Guardian

• Airline passengers 'wait for refunds despite agents being repaid'Customers say Opodo and others fail to repay after easyJet and Ryanair cancelled flightsThousands of passengers have been left waiting for refunds after their flights were cancelled, even though the online travel agents they booked through have been paid by the airlines.Some customers are still owed money two months after their fares were refunded to their booking agents. Continue reading...
• Grant Shapps signals testing plan to cut 14-day quarantine for travellersGovernment considering single test after shorter isolation, rather than tests at airportsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageA plan to introduce Covid-19 testing for international arrivals in an effort to cut the 14-day quarantine period is due to be unveiled, the transport secretary, Grant Shapps, has indicated.The beleaguered aviation industry had been lobbying for a two-test system, whereby travellers are tested at an airport on arrival from at-risk countries and again five or eight days later – with negative results allowing them to leave isolation earlier. Continue...

The Telegraph

• 'Hopefully not another anti-climax' – travel industry weighs in on upcoming airport testing announcement [subscription]Members of the UK’s travel industry have reacted to the news that the Government will make an announcement about airport testing "in the coming days".

Times Online

• Airport coronavirus tests cleared for take-off in bid to rescue foreign travel [subscription]A coronavirus testing system for arrivals into the UK is expected to be introduced this month under plans to halve the existing 14-day quarantine for people from “high-risk” countries.

City AM

• Heathrow boss: PM told me airport testing will be in place 'in October'Boris Johnson has told the chief executive of Heathrow Airport that the UK will begin airport testing for coronavirus in two weeks time.

Other Regional Press

• 'Amazon night flights are keeping Southend Airport going'KEVIN Buck is shadow councillor in charge of transport. Of course he would like all night flights to stop but an agreement in place means the flights can continue. No-one can stop them although many have asked.
• Clean air call from airport campaignersCAMPAIGNERS are calling on councillors to 'say yes to clean air' - by opposing the expansion of Leeds Bradford Airport.
• Virgin Atlantic trials pre-flight Covid-19 testing for crew at HeathrowVirgin Atlantic has begun trials of rapid pre-flight Covid-19 tests for cabin crew and pilots departing Heathrow airport.

Business Live

• Airbus boss says reducing working week could save Broughton jobsAirbus vice president Paul McKinlay says they have lost 40% of their business due to the pandemic

Other News Sources

• Edinburgh Airport publishes COVID-19 data on websiteEdinburgh Airport has created COVID-19 Dashboards and published them on its website in a bid to allow passengers to make more informed travel decisions.
• Southend Airport’s ‘strong and modest’ start to Covid recoveryAIRPORT bosses have insisted Southend will survive EasyJet’s decision to pull out, with “modest passenger numbers” and a “strong income” recorded despite the Covid-19 pandemic.