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Monday, 04 January 2021

Financial Times

• European airlines demand cuts to landing feesRyanair and Wizz Air want discounts but airports warn they would be unsustainable

Times Online

• ‘Not enough military pilots’ to maintain airborne security [Subscription]The Department of Defence has been told that the number of pilots available in the Air Corps is below the “critical mass” needed for airborne security, new records show.
• Expats turned away from Spain flights after paperwork confusion [Subscription]British expats trying to return home to Spain have been barred from flights after post-Brexit confusion about the residency documents needed for travel.

Daily Express

• UK expats travelling to Spain 'barred' from flight as ID documents not valid post-BrexitBRITONS living in Spain have been refused entry to Spain-bound flights by airline staff, even though both countries have agreed travel for residents remains unaffected amid Brexit and coronavirus measures.

Mail Online

• Stowaway who survived 5,600-mile flight clinging to jumbo jet from Africa to Heathrow has got asylumA stowaway who clung to the undercarriage of a jumbo jet and survived an 11-hour, 5,639-mile flight from South Africa to London has spoken for the first time of his terrifying journey.

This is Money

• Investors back extra runway at GatwickGatwick will now develop the planning application for the project, including environmental surveys, and hopes to launch a public consultation in the summer.

Sky News

• British expats 'barred from boarding flight as ID documents not valid post-Brexit'A number of British expats hoping to return to their homes in Spain say they have been stopped from boarding their flight at Heathrow Airport.

Bristol Live

• How the legal fight on Bristol Airport's expansion will play outCampaigners have raised thousands to bolster North Somerset Council's position

EIN News Subscription

• U.S. Air Travel Hits Pandemic High, Raising Fears of Another Case SurgeU.S. officials are considering giving people half-doses of Moderna’s vaccine, with one saying that could double vaccinations without compromising immunity. India has approved the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine and a local version.
• British Airways denies boarding to UK residents of Spain at HeathrowOn the first weekend since the Brexit transition phase ended, UK residents of Spain seeking to return to their homes have been wrongly turned away by British Airways staff at Heathrow as they prepared to fly home.