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Tuesday, 12 October 2021

Financial Times

• SpaceX: how Elon Musk’s new rocket could transform the space raceThe entrepreneur hopes the Starship will help take humans to Mars. Rivals fear it will dominate US deep space exploration
• Southwest flight delays drag on into a fourth dayPilots union says widespread disruptions expose ‘brittle’ pandemic-era operations

The Guardian

• Ryanair bans Covid refund passengers from boarding new flightsHolidaymakers say they were given just hours to pay back cash claimed though credit cards. Ryanair has been accused of barring passengers who pursued chargebacks against the airline during the pandemic from taking new flights this year unless they return their refunds.

Times Online

• Shetland blasts off into space race as Britain’s first rocket launch pad Skyrora [subscription]Skyrora, a technology company with its headquarters in Edinburgh, has agreed a deal for scores of rocket launches over the next decade from a site on Unst, the most northerly of the Shetland islands.

City AM

• Wizz Air chief executive calls carbon offsetting "a bit of a joke"Wizz Air’s chief executive Jozsef Varadi has branded carbon offsetting as “a bit of a joke”, despite offering the scheme as part of the airline’s sustainability programme.

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• Ryanair passengers barred from flights unless they return Covid refundsIn one case the customer was informed they would need to return a refund for a previous flight just days before they were due to travel.

New Civil Engineer

• Bristol Airport awaits decision on expansion as inquiry draws to a closeThe public inquiry into Bristol Airport's expansion proposal has drawn to a close, with a decision expected early next year.