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Monday, 09 November 2020

Financial Times

• Travel agent boss blasts airlines over refundsLastminute.com chief renews attack on carriers for withholding funds for cancelled flights

The Telegraph

• Scrap air passenger taxes or risk 8,000 jobs, MPs tell Rishi Sunak [subscription]Twenty-nine MPs and peers have written to Rishi Sunak to urge him to scrap air passenger taxes for a year or risk losing nearly half the air routes that could be otherwise saved and 8,000 jobs.

Times Online

• Easyjet and British Airways refuse to refund unused travel vouchers [subscription]Passengers face losing thousands of pounds from flights grounded by the pandemic as leading airlines refuse to refund unused travel vouchers.

Manchester Evening News

• The second lockdown threatens 65,000 aviation jobs at Manchester Airport, says Andy BurnhamSome 65,000 jobs in and around Manchester Airport are at risk because of the second national lockdown.

Other Regional Press

• Winchester City Council on Southampton Airport expansionWINCHESTER City Council is still likely to object against the expansion of Southampton Airport – despite the application being updated recently.
• Southend Airport Amazon flights: Could cargo planes move to daytime?Glyn Jones, the CEO of Stobart Air, Southend Airport’s owners, insisted the Amazon operated night flights would most likely be remaining overnight, despite a lack of passenger flights during the day.
• Southend Airport sets out coronavirus recovery planSOUTHEND Airport is facing a four to five-year battle back to normality from the devastating impact of Covid-19, its boss has revealed.
• Southend Airport become pre-travel coronavirus test centreSOUTHEND Airport could become a test centre with bosses eyeing up the possibility of passengers using self testing kits before departing the country.

Other News Sources

• Manchester Airport moves all operations into Terminal OneWith England returning to a national lockdown for a minimum period of four weeks from Thursday 5 November, Manchester Airport is moving all its operations into Terminal One in response to the drop in passenger numbers. The airport is also issuing the latest advice for any passengers who still need to fly on what to expect when using the airport.