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Thursday, 29 July 2021

BBC News

• Inverness, Sumburgh and Dundee among airports shut by strikeInverness, Sumburgh, Kirkwall and Dundee are among those closed for 24 hours in a dispute over centralisation.

The Independent

• Someone’s got to do it: worst job in aviation up for grabsThe average stint of a UK transport secretary is under two years. Our man or woman in Pyongyang typically manages three years as British ambassador to North Korea. But Alejandra Ruiz has somehow borne the burden of the worst job in aviation for four full years.

Times Online

• Fears over Covid health risk from US and UK travellers [subscription]Ministers approved plans to reopen the border to foreign travellers yesterday in defiance of official warnings that the move posed a “clear public health risk”.

London Evening Standard

• Lack of quarantine at borders ‘risks importing new variants’, ministers warnedBoris Johnson risks allowing a new Covid variant to “run rampantâ€� through the country by further easing restrictions for EU and US travellers, Labour has claimed.

Aviation Industry

• Lilium Announces New Partnership to Manufacture Batteries for its eVTOL AircraftThe German electric air taxi company Lilium announced a new partnership with battery manufacturer CUSTOMCELLS to provide batteries for Lilium’s 7-Seater Jet, the company said in a July 28 press release.