By: Guy Taylor

Transport Reporter Guy Taylor is the Transport and Infrastructure Correspondent at City A.M. He covers anything from rail and aviation to the UK's biggest infrastructure projects.

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Ryanair slams EU chief for ‘ignoring’ a million passengers during French strikes

June 5, 2023

Ryanair has hit out at the President of the EU Commission Ursula von der Leyen, for “ignoring” over a million passengers calling for the protection of overflights during ongoing strikes action. The budget airline said it is “utterly unacceptable” that von der Leyen is “ignoring these more than 1.1 million passengers, who are sick and [...]
Addison Lee drivers hit by Khan’s anti-car policies, chief exec says

June 4, 2023

Addison Lee’s chief executive Liam Griffin has hit out at Sadiq Khan arguing that his policies, such as the congestion charge and expansion of ULEZ, are hurting the firm’s drivers. Griffin told Bloomberg that there has been “an agenda to slow London down rather than speed it up.” “When you look at bus lanes, when [...]
E-bikes and scooters could disappear from UK without Government action, warns industry

June 4, 2023

Delays to legislation covering electric bikes and scooters is preventing manufacturers from expanding in the UK, and could even see them leave the British market altogether if new rules aren't passed soon, the government has been warned.
Wizz Air to report heavy losses after fuel price spike – but is a recovery on the horizon?

June 4, 2023

Analysts expect Wizz Air to report a net loss of nearly half a billion pounds this week as soaring jet fuel costs weigh the budget airline down. Aarin Chiekrie, equity analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown, said while a strengthening Euro offered some relief to rising fuel costs, “these still rose by north of 60 per cent [...]
Car industry: Throwing money at the issue won’t solve UK’s post Brexit problems, think tank warns

June 2, 2023

The UK must not enter a subsidy race with the US and EU to save its auto industry from problems such as a flagging electric vehicle (EV) segment and a post-Brexit drop in investment, an influential Tory think tank has warned. A new report from the centre-right Policy Exchange argues that targeted government subsidies will [...]
ULEZ: Khan expands vehicle scrappage grants to help London businesses cope

June 1, 2023

Sadiq Khan will extend grants to small businesses so they can replace vehicles which don’t meet emissions standards, ahead of August’s expansion of the controversial ULEZ scheme. The London mayor intends to expand the £110m ‘scrappage scheme’ from the end of July, with “tens of thousands more Londoners” to benefit as the Ultra Low Emissions [...]
Auto Trader still motoring despite ‘fly in the ointment’ Autorama losses

June 1, 2023

Auto Trader saw group operating profits dip 9 per cent this morning, down from £303.6m to £277.6m in its full year results, but saw a spike in sales of 16 per cent on the back of strong demand. The car trader saw revenues up 9 per cent, and said it had resisted a tough economic [...]
Supermarkets scramble to cut diesel pump prices amid watchdog probe

June 1, 2023

Supermarkets are rushing to cut the cost of diesel after the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced a probe into whether a “failure in competition” between supermarkets is leaving Brits paying more than they should be at the pumps. According to RAC analysis, major retailers have “quickened the pace” of diesel cuts, with the average [...]
Government must ‘urgently reform’ road taxes to avoid £10bn shortfall created by EV transition, says think tank

June 1, 2023

The government must “urgently reform” its road taxes in order to avoid a multi-billion pound revenue shortfall created by the EV transition, says a new think tank report. According to research from the Resolution Foundation, lower taxation of EVs, particularly the absence of a fuel duty, will create a growing £10bn “fiscal hole,” within the [...]
Over a third of Londoners now travelling into the office more frequently as strikes fail to deter commuters

May 31, 2023

Rail strikes have failed to stop Londoners heading into the office this year, new data shows. Almost two in five Londoners (38 per cent) are commuting more frequently than they were at the start of the year, according to new data from Virgin Media’s O2 Business Mover Index, covering January to March. Wednesday was the [...]

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