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Thursday, 24 December 2020

BBC News

• Putting a jetpack to the testSpencer Kelly meets Richard Browning, the founder and chief test pilot for Gravity Industries Ltd.
• Lufthansa airlifts food to the UK amid lorry chaosThe German airline is flying in fresh fruit and vegetables for shops such as Tesco and Sainsbury's.

Financial Times

• EasyJet directors suffer shareholder revoltFounder Stelios Haji-Ioannou votes against re-election of several board members

Times Online

• Reasons to be cheerful as connections with Europe are restored [Subscription]Even with half an eye on the clock and a half-day session to come today, investors still found plenty of reasons to trade and even to be cheerful yesterday. True, the FTSE 100 had a slow start, but by lunchtime a handful of losses, a few points at the most, had been pared and the index had moved into positive territory.

Mail Online

• More than 5M people flew from airports in the US between Friday and Tuesday ahead of the holidaysMore than 5 million people passed through the nation's airport security checkpoints between Friday and Tuesday, according to TSA - with millions more expect to travel in the days ahead.
• Heathrow bosses warn passengers they must book Covid swabs BEFORE heading to the airportPassengers continued to flood into the London airport today, despite more than 50 countries across the world imposing restrictions on travellers from the UK.

Sky News

• England bans travel from South Africa after two cases of 'more transmissible' variantEngland has banned travel from South Africa after two cases of a new "more transmissible" COVID-19 variant linked to the country were found in the UK.

London Evening Standard

• Travel ban on South Africa arrivals over another new coronavirus strainThe Government has implemented a travel ban on passengers arriving in England from South Africa after two cases of another new strain of Covid-19 linked to the country were identified in the UK.

Aviation Industry

• AEF December Newsletter: Time to stop airport expansionStop airport expansions to help reach 2050 net zero goal, say government climate advisors There should be no net increase in the UK's airport capacity if emissions from flying are …

EIN News Subscription

• Global air passenger traffic to drop by 60pc to 1.8bn in 2020 … all countries. The International Air Transport Association data showed the number … in 2019. However, the International Air Transport Association data revealed staggering financial … .   Analysed by regions, the European airports are expected to witness the …