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Monday, 12 February 2024

BBC News

• Probe after airport security staff miss trainingTwo managers at Birmingham Airport are sacked after bag-scanning staff failed to have vital training.

Times Online

• Green jet fuel firm Velocys to quit Aim in $40m rescue deal. [subscription]Government-backed company to be taken private as chief executive tells The Times it now has ’a massive export opportunity for the UK’
• Heathrow of the north? Manchester airport cuts ambitions after HS2 debacle. [subscription]Bosses are now backing moves by the mayors of Manchester and Birmingham to revive the high-speed rail link between their cities with private funding

City AM

• Heathrow: Britain has ’shut the door’ on home-grown growth with tourist taxEurope’s largest airport, Heathrow, has warned that Britain has “shut the door” on home grown growth by abolishing VAT-free shopping for overseas visitors.

London Evening Standard

• Another 6 million passengers fly through Heathrow in JanuaryBut Heathrow bosses warned that the lack of VAT-free shopping for international travellers was continuing to hold back the UK

Bucks Free Press

• Heathrow passenger numbers narrowly below pre-coronavirus levelsHeathrow Airport’s passenger numbers in January were narrowly below pre-pandemic levels.

Other News Sources

• Heathrow joins lobby against UK tourism taxHeathrow is adding its weight behind a campaign to re-instate tax free shopping for international tourists ahead of the spring Budget on March 6.