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Saturday, 27 November 2021

BBC News

• 737 Max: Boeing refutes new safety concernsCritics claim publicly available data shows worrying failures on the 737 Max since its return to service.

Financial Times

• Airline shares tumble as new Covid variant triggers travel restrictionsProspect of return to widespread curbs on international flights revives concerns for sector

Times Online

• Heathrow’s price plans don’t fly [Subscription]So much for the aviation recovery. Up pops a new variant and look at the turbulence: share price falls of at least 9 per cent across the big European flag carriers, with British Airways owner IAG dropping 15 per cent to 131½p.

This is Money

• Easyjet shares 40% lower than this time last yearThe low-cost airline was battered again as the latest Covid variant raised fears of another lockdown and countries re-imposed travel restrictions.

Birmingham Post

• City backs green jet fuel development as Velocys secures £25m investment'Significantly oversubscribed' bookbuild completed in hours with cash raised to back Humber development and bag expansion land

Cambridge News

• Jet2, TUI, easyJet, Ryanair, BA: Red list gets six new countries because of new 'worst' variantThis variant has been described as the "worst one we've seen so far."

Other News Sources

• Gatwick and Heathrow: Red List countries requiring quarantine and latest rules as foreign arrivals bannedThe news comes after all countries were removed in a previous update

EIN News Subscription

• New virus variant emerges in Africa, some nations halt air travel … 27-nation European Union imposed a temporary ban on air travel … spike in cases recently. EU Commission President Ursula von der … widely distributed. Speaking before the EU announcement, Dr. Michael Ryan, … will only be able to transport German citizens home, and …