First, some news about Heathrow and BAA:
- British Airways would rather see a third runway built at Heathrow than have BAA broken up. Not sure why those are mutually exclusive. [ATW Daily News]
- Heathrow’s third runway has become a political football: David Cameron and his newly green Tories oppose it; Labour transport minister Ruth Kelly believes growth at Heathrow is necessary. [FT]
Now for a few entries from Europe:
- The United States and European Union have inked a cooperation agreement for aviation safety. [ATW Daily News]
- Alitalia, says its chairman, is on its “last chance” to survive, but I’m not sure what that means — this airline has had as many last chances as Richard Nixon. [FT]
- British Airways would like the United States to lift its restrictions on foreign ownership of airlines. [Today in the Sky]
- The European Parliament has reached an agreement to include aviation (including overseas airlines) in its emissions trading scheme by 2012. [ATW Daily News]
- There’s debate over the centralization of European air traffic control in Eurocontrol. [Things with Wings]
Wrapping things up. . . .
- After the FAA safety inspection fiasco this spring, the Department of Transportation’s inspector general will investigate. [ATW Daily News]
- The United States and Brazil have expanded their bilateral aviation agreement. [ATW Daily News]
- The controllers union for Airservices Australia, the commercialized air navigation service provider for Down Under, reports that it is severely understaffed. [ABC News via Get the Flick]
- Finally, Benet Wilson has a great post about how airports and airlines can use blogs and other social media successfully. [Towers and Tarmacs]
