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Friday, 26 February 2021

BBC News

• Birmingham Airport: Step ladder left on runway as planes landThree passenger aircraft "narrowly missed" a step ladder that fell off the back of an airport maintenance truck and was left on the runway as they landed, an investigation has found.

Financial Times

• IAG records biggest ever loss as pandemic grounds aircraftBritish Airways owner flew just a third of its normal schedule in 2020

The Guardian

• British Airways owner IAG hit by record £7.4bn lossGroup calls for passenger digital health passes to "reopen skies" as Covid takes toll. The owner of British Airways, International Airlines Group, has reported a record £7.4bn loss for last year, and called for the introduction of digital health passes for passengers to enable the airline industry to get back on its feet. IAG said that passenger capacity last year was only a third of 2019 and in the first quarter of this year is running at only a fifth of pre-Covid levels.
• Airbus reveals planes sold in last two years will emit over 1bn tonnes of CO2Landmark emissions disclosures cover 22-year lifetime of 1,429 aircraft sold in 2019 and 2020. Planes sold by Airbus in 2019 and 2020 will produce well over 1bn tonnes of carbon dioxide during their lifetimes, according to landmark first estimates of the aerospace manufacturer's emissions Airbus sold a record 863 planes in 2019, which would translate to 740m tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent over a 22-year period, according to figures seen by the Guardian. It sold 566 planes last year, for which lifetime emissions would be 440m tonnes.

The Independent

• British Airways and partners lose £205 per second during 2020The average domestic flight was less than half full

The Telegraph

• EU inches closer to vaccine passport but warns travel restrictions will stay for months

Times Online

• Covid vaccination passports ‘will be here by summer’ [subscription]Britons dreaming of a beach holiday in the Mediterranean can start planning the trip after EU leaders agreed last night to introduce vaccine passports by the summer.

City AM

• Gatwick crashes to £465.5m loss as passenger numbers collapseGatwick Airport plunged to a £465.5m loss in 2020 as global air traffic and passenger numbers collapsed due to the The post Gatwick crashes to £465.5m loss as passenger numbers collapse appeared first on CityAM.

Sky News

• BA parent demands digital health passes to help reopen skies as it dives to £6.5bn lossThe parent firm of British Airways has called for the introduction of digital health passes to help reopen the skies while revealing a €7.4bn (£6.5bn) annual loss as a result of coronavirus pandemic disruption.

Other News Sources

• Gatwick and Heathrow airports Covid-19 rules to stay safe for essential travelYou can only travel if it's essential