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Monday, 27 June 2022

Financial Times

• ‘Like flying with a baby’: Southwest Airlines rides turbulent oil marketHedging strategy run by four-person team reaps $1.2bn in savings as jet fuel tops $4 a gallon

The Guardian

• Union accuses Labour of ‘direct attack’ on airline staff by not backing their pay demandComments by shadow minister David Lammy aimed at showing party is fit for government provoke angry response from Unite bossDavid Lammy sparked a fresh row with a key trade union on Sunday by saying Labour should categorically refuse to back demands from airline workers for a pay rise of about 10%.Unite – which says staff are just asking to reverse a pay cut that occurred during the pandemic – accused the shadow foreign secretary of launching a “direct attackâ€� on the workers it represents. The general secretary, Sharon Graham, said his comments were a “new lowâ€� for Labour, which could not be r...

The Mirror

• Flying hotel that 'never lands' could see 5,000 guests soar through the skies in luxuryThe AI-piloted Sky Cruise would have 20 engines powered by nuclear fusion and would never need to land on Earth, according to an ambitious new design that has just been unveiled

Birmingham Post

• Rolls-Royce develops tech for electric flights across longer routesThe aerospace giant said it would mean more passengers will be able to travel further on low-to-net-zero emissions aircraft

Other Regional Press

• 'The press are causing the issues' at Birmingham Airport, not staff shortagesBirmingham Airport tweeted in agreement with claims that the press are causing the delays, despite the hub admitting it is understaffed