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Fate of Heathrow third runway in judge’s hands after Supreme Court showdown
A Supreme Court judge will have the final say on the Heathrow third runway proposal as the airport operator locked horns with environmentalists over expansion plans.
Friday, 09 October 2020
BBC News
- Final flight for British Airways' last two Heathrow-based Boeing 747 planesBritish Airways' last two Heathrow-based Boeing 747 planes have departed from the airport on their final flight.
- EasyJet to make first annual loss in its historyThe airline will fly at 25% capacity into next year, with losses in 2020 possibly topping Ł800m.
Financial Times
- EasyJet latest to call on government for support Low-cost carrier heads for first annual loss in 25-year history as UK industry braces for hard Covid winter
Times Online
- Big send-off as BA’s Boeing 747 jumbo jets fly for the last time [subscription]It’s been crowned the “queen of the skies” and for half a century has arguably been the world’s best-known passenger aircraft.
- Air travel taskforce arriving too late [subscription]Things must be getting dicey in the aviation industry. Six months after lockdown, the government has set up the “Global Travel Taskforce”. And what better way to get people flying again than a navel-gazing talking shop co-piloted by Matt Hancock and Grant Shapps, the health and transport chiefs?
Birmingham Post
- East Midlands Airport cargo teams gear up for busy Christmas“The small corner of North West Leicestershire we occupy is probably the fastest growing jobs area in the East Midlands”
Cambridge News
- Almost 400 job losses feared at Stansted under cost-cutting plansFull-time posts under threat include security officers, engineers, customer service staff, bus drivers and car park attendants
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- Fate of Heathrow third runway in judge’s hands after Supreme Court showdownA Supreme Court judge will have the final say on the Heathrow third runway proposal as the airport operator locked horns with environmentalists over expansion plans.
Transport Network
- Ministers absent as Heathrow runway appeal is heardHeathrow Airport has begun a Supreme Court appeal against a ruling earlier this year that the Government’s support for a third runway was unlawful.
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- British Airways 747 farewell: Watch Queen of the Skies leave Heathrow for the final timeBritish Airways' final two Heathrow based Boeing 747 aircrafts have departed the airport
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