Rail regulator appoints interim CEO to replace government-bound boss October 2, 2018 The rail regulator has appointed an internal candidate as chief executive to replace its outgoing boss Joanna Whittington, who is to take up a position in government. The Office for Road and Rail (ORR), which recently carried out a review into the disastrous May timetable upgrade, has appointed John Larkinson, its current director of railway markets [...]
Easyjet and Virgin Atlantic team up to offer transatlantic connections October 2, 2018 Low-cost airline Easyjet has partnered with Virgin Atlantic to connect passengers through Gatwick Airport to destinations including the US. Easyjet has chosen Virgin Atlantic as its flight partner for its Worldwide scheme to allow passengers to connect to places in the US such as Orlando and Las Vegas, as well Antigua and St Lucia in the [...]
Aslef union to hold 24-hour strike on Central Line on Friday October 2, 2018 Hundreds of thousands of Londoners face a chaotic day on Friday after tube drivers with the Aslef union voted for industrial action. The entire Central line will be out of service for the whole day, with drivers citing a "breakdown of industrial relations" with Transport for London (TfL). Aslef’s organiser on the Underground Finn Brennan said: "Industrial [...]
Renault offers car owners in Germany up to €10,000 to trade in old diesel models for new cars October 2, 2018 French car giant Renault is trying to persuade car owners to trade in their old diesel models in Germany in exchange for newer and cleaner alternatives. European car makers are coming under increasing pressure from governments to ditch diesel in favour of low-emissions vehicles. Manufacturers have been hit with new emissions standards that came into [...]
Ryanair passengers swelled to 13m last month despite staff strikes October 2, 2018 Ryanair carried 13.1m passengers in September, an 11 per cent increase on the same time last year. Laudamotion, the airline founded by Formula One giant Niki Lauda that Ryanair acquired a 75 per cent stake in, carried 0.5m passengers last month, with a load factor – a measure of how full aircraft is – of 93 per [...]
Primera Air customers told not to travel to Stansted airport following airline’s sudden collapse October 2, 2018 Stansted Airport has advised all Primera Air customers not to travel to the airport after the Nordic airline ceased trading yesterday, leaving thousands of passengers and employees stranded. The low-cost Danish airline, which offered cheap flights to the US and Europe from Stansted, Manchester and Birmingham airports, last night ceased operating after 14 years in [...]
Transport operator Go-Ahead calls for national strategy to tackle falling bus use October 1, 2018 Leading transport operator the Go-Ahead Group has called for a national bus strategy to address decline in the use of buses in the wake of a massive shakeup of the London network. The Go-Ahead Group, which carries over two million passengers a day on its buses, has raised alarm at the decline in the use of [...]
Addison Lee says Sadiq Khan’s congestion charge plans could cost it £4m a year October 1, 2018 Addison Lee has said Sadiq Khan's plans to remove the congestion charge exemption for private hire taxi companies could cost it £4m a year. Uber rival Addison Lee has commissioned research that suggests levying a congestion charge on minicabs in London would make the capital more congested and polluted. Read more: London Assembly votes against Sadiq [...]
Chris Grayling announces ‘one-click’ commuter compensation as train delay payouts rocket October 1, 2018 Transport secretary Chris Grayling has launched plans to make it easier for passengers to claim compensation for delayed or cancelled journeys as the latest figures show that payouts by train companies have rocketed since 2009. Future train operators under government-awarded franchises will be required to speed up claims by circumventing the need for passengers to enter [...]
Tesla shares bounce back after Elon Musk agrees to step down as chairman October 1, 2018 Tesla shares have jumped over 16 per cent following a backlash last week over the company's $40m (£31m) fine from the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Musk has been pursued by the SEC over a tweet he sent in August saying he has secured funding to take Tesla private at $420 per share. The SEC said [...]
