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Saturday, 30 April 2022

Times Online

• Phones unanswered, complaints ignored and no refunds: how to battle BA’s customer service [Subscription]Our national airline can’t cope and it is customers who are paying the price
• Phone chaos at Passport Office and BA puts holidays at risk [Subscription]Travellers are spending weeks battling to get through to call centres at British Airways and the Passport Office in desperate attempts to save their holidays.

Daily Express

• Air France plane ‘went nuts’ as pilot error almost leads to serious accidentAN AIR FRANCE plane

This is Money

• With British Airways in crisis, IAG faces uphill battle to restore imageThe flag carrier's owner, International Consolidated Airlines Group, will on Friday report results for the first three months of the year.

Newcastle Evening Chronicle

• Queues at Manchester Airport a 'joke' for some but a 'dream' for othersOne passenger said they had been in a queue for one hour and had moved '10 feet' on Friday (April 29)

North Wales Live

• Virgin Atlantic starts up news job scheme after Covid break The airline is looking for a diverse range of applicants

Other News Sources

• Gatwick Airport: The reason behind passport renewal delays and how long it should take to processMore than five million people put off renewing their essential document amid the pandemic in 2020 and 2021

EIN News Subscription

• Hundreds queue at Manchester airport at dawn … people flying abroad for European sun for the first … Airways is 'proactively' axing more flights. The Transport … . Appearing before the Commons transport committee, Mr Shapps was … rejected suggestions that other European countries have avoided the …
• EU urged to cut emissions from aviation faster than planned … the European Parliament’s transport committee, has called for the EU’s … pollution released by planes. Aircraft function impacted Despite the … a costly retrofitting, which airlines are unlikely to adopt … uplifted by planes at EU airports will be SAFs by …