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Saturday, 06 November 2021

Financial Times

• BA owner IAG banks on reopening of transatlantic routes to revive businessAirline group warns it will lose £3bn this year after being shut out of its most lucrative market

Times Online

• British Airways owner IAG warns of approaching £3bn annual loss [Subscription]The owner of British Airways will plunge to losses of €3 billion this year, despite getting its flying schedule back up to more than half the levels it was operating before the pandemic.

Daily Express

• Palma airport shut down after passengers illegally invade runway - 'Made a run for it'PALMA AIRPORT has been paralysed after a plane made an urgent landing to save a passenger's life.

Mail Online

• Majorca's airport on security lockdown after 20 people on flight bound for Morocco barged off planeThe flight was diverted to the holiday island so a passenger suffering diabetes could be taken off the plane. The plane was heading from Casablanca in Morocco to Istanbul in Turkey.

The Mirror

• Airport shutdown after passengers flee plane forced into emergency landingFlights bound for Majorca were diverted to Menorca, Ibiza and the Spanish mainland after Palma Airport closed following a reported runway invasion by passengers

Other Regional Press

• Passengers flying from Amsterdam grounded due to Teesside International Airport 'closure'An aircraft experienced 'technical issues' on landing and has led to a delay to services