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Spat over airport name takes San Francisco-Oakland feud to new heights

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Friday, 19 April - 18:28

California city sues neighbor after Oakland votes to rename airport to include ‘San Francisco Bay’, arguing consumers will be confused

San Francisco and neighboring Oakland have long maintained a friendly rivalry, whether over sports or tacos . But a spat over an airport name is taking the feud to new heights.

San Francisco on Thursday sued Oakland over that city’s decision to change the name of its airport to the San Francisco Bay Oakland international airport.

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Birmingham airport suspends operations after plane security incident

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Tuesday, 16 April - 17:03

Spokesperson says aircraft has landed safely and all passengers and crew have disembarked

Birmingham airport has temporarily suspended operations because of a security incident on an aircraft.

A spokesperson for the airport said: “The aircraft landed safely and all passengers and crew have disembarked. All customers due to travel should make their way to the airport and check in as normal.”

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UK startup lifts lid on plan to turn human waste into aircraft fuel

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Thursday, 11 April - 16:29

Low-cost airline Wizz Air puts in 525,000-tonne order for product of Firefly’s proposed refinery in Essex

Aircraft could one day take off on fuel made from human waste under plans revealed by Wizz Air and the British sustainable aviation company Firefly to build a commercial refinery in Essex.

Firefly, based in Bristol, said it had developed a process to convert treated sewage into sustainable aviation fuel , or SAF.

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Heathrow urges government to scrap £10 fee for transit passengers

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Thursday, 11 April - 07:10

London hub says charge for overseas travellers using UK airports puts country at competitive disadvantage

Heathrow has called on the government to scrap a new £10 charge for overseas travellers using UK airports to connect to other flights, warning that it puts UK airports at a competitive disadvantage compared with other European rivals.

The government introduced the Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) in November for non-UK residents travelling to the UK from Qatar, with a wider rollout for other countries throughout 2024.

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In-flight canoodling: is it ever acceptable to spoon at 40,000ft?

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Tuesday, 9 April - 16:29

It’s icky, it’s embarrassing and it must be uncomfortable: who spends four hours stretched out smooching on a plane?

Name: Plane PDA.

Age: There’s a record of a bet between two members of Brooks’s gentlemen’s club about sex in a hot-air balloon back in 1785, so probably since the dawn of staffed flight.

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‘This is a game-changer’: Australia, once home of glamour flying boats, eyes a seaplane revival

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Saturday, 6 April - 20:00

In a nod to aviation history and the original ‘kangaroo route’, manufacturers are betting on the aircraft finding its niche again

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Six decades on from the arrival of the jet age, aviation is looking back to the future as niche business demands and infrastructure gaps pave the way for a revival of seaplane production.

Seaplanes were prominent around the world in the first half of the 20th century, and are a key feature of Australia’s aviation history. The country’s first international airport, Sydney’s Rose Bay, opened in 1938 and served as a base for flights to Europe.

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Two passenger planes clip wings on Heathrow runway

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Saturday, 6 April - 14:55

Footage on social media shows wing of Virgin Atlantic plane overlapping wing of BA aircraft

Two passenger planes clipped wings on the runway while one of the aircraft was being towed at Heathrow.

Footage on social media shows the wing of a Virgin Atlantic plane overlapping the wing of a British Airways aircraft while emergency services surround the area at the UK’s busiest airport.

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Liquid restrictions at UK airports to remain in place until June 2025

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Wednesday, 3 April - 23:01

Travellers will have to wait another year for 100ml limit to be lifted after government extends deadline for new scanners

Holidaymakers will continue to face limits on the amount of liquid they can carry on flights out of the UK this summer after the government extended the deadline for airports to install new security scanners by a year.

The Department for Transport had previously set a target for the introduction of 3D scanners in all UK airports by 1 June, but this has now been extended by 12 months because some major airports will not be ready in time.

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Heathrow Border Force staff vote to strike in dispute over shift patterns

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Friday, 22 March - 19:31

No dates announced for industrial action, but stoppages could begin as soon as 8 April, says PCS union

Border Force staff at Heathrow have voted to strike in a dispute over shift patterns.

The Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) said 600 of its members, who carry out immigration controls and passport checks, voted 90% in favour of strike action.