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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Virgin Atlantic to restart services in September, almost year after airlines suspended flights owing to Gaza war

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Major European airlines have started to resume flights to and from Israel, with Wizz Air, easyJet and British Airways all now flying to Tel Aviv, and Virgin Atlantic planning a resumption of flights later this year.

Wizz Air said on Wednesday it had restarted flights to Israel from six airports in March, with plans to resume operations on further routes during the next three months. This will include the resumption of flights from Gatwick to Tel Aviv, as well as 16 other paused routes.

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London’s FTSE 100 and Milan’s FTSE MIB are the biggest fallers of the main European stock market indices this morning. Both have lost 0.3%.

There are no major individual movers on the FTSE 100, however: the biggest faller is BT Group, down 1.7%.

EUROPE’S STOXX 600 UP 0.1%

FRANCE’S CAC 40 UP 0.2%, SPAIN’S IBEX UP 0.1%

EURO STOXX INDEX UP 0.2%; EURO ZONE BLUE CHIPS UP 0.3%

GERMANY’S DAX UP 0.2%

TSMC’s safety systems are operating normally. Preventive measures were initiated according to procedure and some fabs were evacuated. All personnel are safe, and those evacuated are beginning to return to their workplaces.

The company is currently confirming the details of the impact. Initial inspections show that construction sites are normal.

Enough votes had been cast as of Tuesday evening to put Disney’s board directors safely ahead of Trian’s two challengers.

10am BST : Euro area inflation rate flash reading (March; previous: 2.6% year-on-year; consensus: 2.6%)

10am BST : Euro area unemployment rate (February; prev.: 6.4%; cons.: 6.4%)

1:15pm BST : US ADP employment change (March; prev.: 140,000 jobs; cons.: 148,000)

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Airline faces delay in receiving new planes as Boeing struggles with production due to manufacturing problems

United Airlines is asking its pilots to take time off in May because of delays in receiving new planes that the airline ordered from Boeing , which is struggling with production due to manufacturing problems.

A United spokesperson said Monday that the offer is voluntary.

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Calhoun announces plans to resign amid biggest safety crisis for Boeing since crashes of two of its Max 8 jets in 2018 and 2019

The CEO of Boeing has announced plans to resign as the planemaker fights to repair its reputation following a terrifying cabin panel blowout.

Dave Calhoun will step down at the end of this year. He plans to “complete the critical work underway to stabilize and position the company for the future” over the coming months, it said.

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Greenhouse gases from sector could make up 44% of continent’s total output by 2030, says transport group

The failure to tackle Europe’s “runaway” transport emissions could lead to the sector pumping out nearly half of the continent’s planet-heating pollution by 2030, a report has found.

Driven by polluting cars and pushed higher by the growing thirst for flights, transport emissions in Europe have grown 26% since 1990 – even as efforts to clean up other areas of the economy have led to an overall emissions fall.

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The Delta airlines employee was caught with a half empty bottle of Jägermeister in his hand luggage

A pilot who was found to be almost two-and-a-half times over the aviation alcohol limit as he prepared to take charge of a transatlantic flight from Edinburgh to New York has been jailed for 10 months.

Capt Lawrence Russell Jr was caught with two bottles of Jägermeister in his hand luggage, one of which was half empty, during a bag search at Edinburgh airport in June last year.

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Carrier says technology could be a reality by end of the next decade, as it launches a base in Birmingham

EasyJet has joined aerospace manufacturers in urging the government to help fund hydrogen-powered flight, as the budget carrier launched an operation out of Birmingham airport – its first new UK base since 2012.

The airline, along with companies including Airbus, Rolls-Royce and GKN, said hydrogen planes could be a reality by the end of the next decade, setting out a detailed roadmap to change the sector.

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In recent weeks, Unites Airlines planes have had a panel missing, rolled onto the grass at an airport and lost a tire after takeoff

United Airlines is reviewing recent safety incidents in which it has been involved and using the insights to update safety training and procedures for employees, CEO Scott Kirby said on Monday.

The Chicago-based airline has experienced several safety emergencies in the past two weeks. Last Friday, an external panel was found to be missing from a United aircraft when it landed in Oregon, prompting an investigation by the US Federal Aviation Administration.

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