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Luis Gallego and Eddie Wilson say planes should still fly over France when air traffic controllers strike

Heathrow flights are first step in ambitious plan to reach 100 destinations within five years

New system will come into force in October across all European borders

Dyson is axing about 1,000 jobs in the UK, more than a quarter of its workforce in the country. Staff at the vacuum cleaner and air filter manufacturer were told on Tuesday morning about the redundancies, which are part of a wider move to reduce the company’s 15,000-strong global workforce, according to people familiar with the matter. The job cuts are a blow to the UK and come on the same day that the new secretary of state for business, Jonathan Reynolds, gathered more than 100 business lead…

In decades past, the company car was a symbol of professional status, prized by employees as a visible marker of seniority. It is now making a comeback in a different guise as a popular workplace perk — and has quietly become the biggest driver of electric vehicle sales across the UK. Employers are increasingly allowing staff to lease electric vehicles for their personal use through salary sacrifice schemes, which means they can make big tax and national insurance savings. The benefit signific…

Elon Musk appears to be on the cusp of deploying Tesla’s “full self-driving” system in the world’s biggest car market. Musk flew out of Beijing on Monday after meeting China’s premier, Li Qiang, on Sunday and sealing a deal with Chinese tech giant Baidu to use the group’s mapping and navigation systems. Hours earlier, a Chinese industry group said Tesla’s electric vehicles were among more than 70 cars that had been successfully tested for data security compliance. Taken together, Musk appears…

The head of Chrysler has warned that tampering with the US-Mexico trade agreement risked making pick-up trucks unaffordable for Americans, after a suggestion from Donald Trump that he could curtail imports across the southern border if re-elected. Trump hinted he would prevent cars built by Chinese companies coming in from Mexico if he became president again, in response to China’s BYD planning a new electric vehicle plant south of the US border. “You’re not going to be able to sell those cars…

Britain’s electric vehicle policy is “terrible” and threatens to bankrupt carmakers, the head of Vauxhall owner Stellantis warned on Thursday. Carlos Tavares said the UK’s quota regime, which requires manufacturers to meet EV sales targets that rise annually, was set at “double the natural demand of the market” and would mean carmakers would have to sell vehicles at a loss to avoid fines. “To survive, companies have to stay in the black,” he said. “I will not sell cars at a loss.” He had urge…