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Thursday, 21 January 2021

ITV News

• Airport bosses welcome positive news of G7 summit for CornwallBosses at Newquay Airport say welcoming world leaders to Cornwall this summer gives them hope after a "dark and difficult" year.

Financial Times

• BA owner agrees cut-price deal of €500m for Air EuropaIAG pays half original amount for Spanish carrier and defers payment for six years
• Air France-KLM still struggles amid Franco-Dutch illusionsPoliticians must stop obsessing over national icons and let airline become more efficient
• United promises more cost cuts as cash burn risesUS carrier went through $33m a day in the fourth quarter

Times Online

• Hotel quarantine to slow Covid variants [subscription]Ministers will hold talks about accelerating plans for hotel quarantine, with mounting concern about the risk of travellers importing variants of the coronavirus.

Manchester Evening News

• Manchester Airport to drastically cut flight arrival and departure timesIn 'exceptional circumstances', departures may be scheduled up to 5.30pm.

Other Regional Press

• easyJet in Southend: A127 and A13 upgrades will lure back budget carrierA HOST of major transport improvements will be made in a bid to lure easyJet back to Southend Airport.

Train Operators

• An airline takeover that might fly [subscription]as if IAG doesn’t own enough grounded airlines already: British Airways, Iberia, Aer Lingus, Vueling. Why’s it buying another one: Air Europa, winging in for €500 million?