Final talks to stop Monday’s massive Tube strike are being held today January 7, 2017 A last-ditch attempt to put off a massive 24-hour Tube strike by London Underground workers is taking place today. After talks between the unions and Transport for London (TfL) to avert the strike fell apart yesterday, the Transport Salaried Staffs' Association TSSA union said more talks would be held today, the Press Association reported. The strike, which will affect most London Underground [...]
Boeing deliveries hit target but orders fail to match up in 2016 January 6, 2017 Boeing has announced it hit its delivery target of new planes in 2016, but new orders for the aircraft manufacturer failed to match up. 748 planes were delivered in 2016, according to the American aircraft manufacturer, compared to 762 airplanes delivered the year before. Boeing had previously said it would receive orders for new aircraft [...]
British Airways reassures travellers ahead of next week’s strike but says some Heathrow flights will be affected January 6, 2017 British Airways (BA) has assured customers proposed strike action by the Unite union will have little effect on flights. BA cabin crew announced Tuesday they would hold a 48-hour strike next week due to an ongoing dispute over "poverty pay" with the airline. The strike dates are set for January 10 and 11. After confirming flights from London [...]
Important: EasyJet is trying to reunite this lost teddy bear with its owner January 6, 2017 Stop everything – there's a lost teddy bear that needs to be reunited with its owner. The bear, which has been temporarily nicknamed Shackleton, was left on an EasyJet flight and has been travelling around Europe ever since. Read more: Easyjet passenger numbers are on the up despite a tough year But aircraft captain Matthew Clutterbuck (also a [...]
Five days in to 2017, London exceeded its air pollution limit January 6, 2017 Finding the city smoggier than usual today? It's no wonder. Five days into the year, London has already broken air pollution limits set for the whole of 2017. Brixton Road is to blame. The road exceeded the hourly limit of 200 micrograms of nitrogen dioxide per cubic metre of air for the 19th time last night. Under EU pollution [...]
Now transport secretary Chris Grayling has waded into Southern rail peace talks January 6, 2017 The much-maligned RMT union has said it is willing to sit down with transport secretary Chris Grayling to thrash things out over its dispute with Southern rail. Millions of Southern commuters look set to endure more misery next week as the dispute between unions Aslef and RMT and Govia Thameslink (GTR), the company behind Southern, rumbles [...]
Easyjet passenger numbers are on the up despite tough year January 6, 2017 EasyJet had a rough ride in 2016, but has kicked off the new year with a bit of good news, reporting this morning that passenger numbers were up in December. The budget airline transported 5,579,978 passengers around the globe in December, up 15 per cent on the year before. That brought the company's passenger number [...]
Southern rail driver-operated doors: Rail regulator satisfied they are “a safe method of working” January 5, 2017 The chief inspector of railways has concluded Southern rail's plans for driver-operated doors are safe. Nevertheless, unions highlighted a series of recommendations in the report by Ian Prosser on behalf of regulator, the Office of Rail and Road (ORR). Driver-operated doors are at the heart of the Southern rail dispute that has blighted the network for almost a year, [...]
Treasury committee chair calls into question the government’s HS2 figures January 4, 2017 The reliability of the HS2 passenger demand figures have been called into question by the chairman of the treasury select committee. Andrew Tyrie, who has previously questioned the economic justification for HS2, has taken aim at government numbers in letter to transport secretary Chris Grayling. Read more: New franchise will combine HS2 with Inter City [...]
It’s official: City Airport really is the only airport in London January 4, 2017 It turns out the City's favourite airport really is the only airport in London – after one of its advertising claims was upheld by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA). London City Airport was criticised for being misleading after its assertion in a radio ad that it was "the only airport actually located in the city [...]