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Tuesday, 18 February 2025

Department for Transport

• New funding to help create the next generation of aviators and boost the economyLatest round of Reach for the Sky programme awarded £810,000 to 16 organisations across the UK.

Financial Times

• All 80 on board safe after Delta plane flips over on landing at TorontoRegional jet crash injures 19 on flight from Minneapolis but no fatalities reported

The Mirror

• Inside the Delta miracle escape for 80 passengers in Toronto crash before plane 'exploded'A passenger filmed remarkable footage of people being helped from a Delta Airlines plane that was upside down on the runway at Toronto Pearson Airport after flipping upside-down on landing

Bristol Live

• Airport accused of 'doing nothing about climate change' as plans are revealedBristol Airport's Master Plan to 2040 sets out proposals to increase passenger capacity

London Evening Standard

• Heathrow expansion branded 'criminal' as fourth-generation Sipson villagers fear homes will be destroyedVillagers in Sipson have lived in the shadow of Heathrow airport for decades. As new expansion plans are unveiled, locals once again fear losing their homes

Yorkshire Post

• Merit in the idea of sharing the risk on reopening costs for Doncaster Sheffield AirportWith the financial risk becoming increasingly apparent when it comes to reopening Doncaster Sheffield Airport (DSA), the suggestion by the Tories on Doncaster Council merits serious consideration.

Aviation Industry

• Doncaster-Sheffield Airport (UK) a blueprint to reopen an ex-private sector airport as a PPPIts prospects were scorned by many industry analysts, mainly on account of local opposition, but it did surprisingly well, eventually reaching almost 1.5 mppa in 2019.