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Thursday, 30 June 2022

BBC News

• Aer Lingus: 18 flights cancelled over two days due to Covid outbreakThe airline apologised to people booked on the flights scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday.
• Heathrow Airport announces more flight cancellationsThe cancellations are because more passengers are expected at the airport than it can cope with.

The Independent

• Cancelled flights – live: EasyJet blames Brexit amid further summer cuts as Heathrow suffers ‘meltdown’‘We have to turn down a huge number of EU nationals because of Brexit,’ says easyJet CEO

Times Online

• Airlines forced to cancel flights as Heathrow cannot handle them [subscription]Heathrow staged a rare “schedule intervention” last night, forcing airlines to cancel or change flights taking off this morning, affecting thousands of passengers.

Mail Online

• Heathrow in 'chaos' as it forces airlines to move or cancel 30 flights for this morningIn a rare 'schedule intervention', Heathrow told its 20 biggest carriers to move 30 flights from the morning peak, as it would not be able to cope with the high number of passengers.
• British Airways piles on the misery for travellers as it axes 650 July flights to Europe The airline slashed its Gatwick and Heathrow schedules from 8,383 flights with more than 1.4 million seats to 7,731 services with fewer than 1.3 million seats.

Sky News

• Flights cancelled from Heathrow due to 'higher passenger numbers than airport can serve'More flights from Heathrow have been cancelled today due to passenger numbers exceeding the airport's maximum capacity.

Birmingham Post

• Ryanair adds fifth aircraft and new winter routes at Birmingham AirportBudget airline is investing in West Midlands airport as it mark 35 years of business
• Aviation firm that makes cabins for Airbus and Boeing collapsesAIM Aviation was established in 1940 and makes cabin interiors including lounges and seats for major global airlines

North Wales Live

• Luggage abandoned on Manchester Airport runway for hoursThe passenger branded the airport "a mess" after capturing what happened on camera

Other Regional Press

• Teesside Airport increase security patrols after vandals 'climb onto plane' causing £200k of damageTeesside International Airport confirmed the vandals did not gain access to the airside area