Climate scientists have slammed EasyJet for creating the shortest mainland UK link, describing it as a “pointless waste of carbon”. The airline has announced a new 250 mile flight from Birmingham to Edinburgh which will take around 70 minutes from gate to gate. The domestic connection will operate 13 times a week with flights launching March 29 2020. It aims to fly 500 passengers a day. However, climate scientists have criticised the decision amid concern about escalating emissions from UK airlines at a time when the country drastically needs to cut emissions. Aviation is one of the fastest growing sources of greenhouse gases, and UK airports are set to increase capacity by 59% by 2050. That’s more than double the increase accounted for in a report outlining the net-zero target by the Committee on Climate Change. <br/>
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The final report on the crash of a Lion Air Boeing 737 MAX jet that killed 189 people last year will be published in the first half of November, Indonesia’s civil aviation authority said Wednesday. “The draft was already sent to the relevant parties,” a KNKT spokesman said. “The parties have 60 days to respond to the final draft.” Officials said in August that the draft would be sent to all parties involved, including Boeing, Lion Air, and the US FAA. Boeing’s best-selling jet was grounded globally in March after 2 fatal crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia, within 5 months. Boeing said in July it would give US$100m over multiple years to govts and non-profit organisations to help families and communities affected by the crashes. <br/>
Lion Air Group’s Malindo Air has confirmed a data breach on its Amazon cloud system, in which the data of around 30m passengers was leaked. Russian cybersecurity company Kaspersky Lab released a report saying that personal and passport details of around 30mi passengers from Lion Air subsidiaries Malindo Air and Thai Lion Air were posted on online forums and the dark web. Malindo Air CE Chandran Rama Muthy said the breach was discovered last week. “Malindo Air has put in adequate measures to ensure that the data of our passengers is not compromised in line with the Malaysian Personal Data Protection Act 2010,” the airline said, adding that no payment details were stored in the system. This situation comes a less than a year since another data breach hit Cathay Pacific Airways. <br/>