Shipping titan CMA CGM creates £1.3bn fund to accelerate net-zero September 4, 2022 Shipping titan CMA CGM has created a $1.5bn (£1.3bn) energy fund to accelerate its transition to net-zero. “In the face of the climate emergency it is our duty to do more and accelerate our actions,” said chief executive Rodolphe Saade. The five-year fund will support the industrial production of renewable fuels as well as low-emission [...]
Tui pilots launch lawsuit over sick pay and changes to benefits September 4, 2022 Tui pilots on sick leave have launched a lawsuit against the travel giant over changes to sick pay and pension benefits. Eight employees took the airliner to the London High Court, claiming the carrier “concealed the true nature of the changes” included in a new sick pay plan, which was approved by staff in August [...]
Tube and Elizabeth line journeys to and from Heathrow become peak fares today September 4, 2022 All tube and Elizabeth line journeys to and from Heathrow through zone 1 will be charged a peak fare starting today. Journeys that avoid zone 1 will continue to remain off-peak while services to stations before Heathrow will not be affected. Transport for London (TfL) said this was part of the government’s funding conditions, which [...]
Wizz Air carries 4.9 million people as it pursues post-pandemic turnaround September 1, 2022 Wizz Air’s passenger levels continue to increase as the low-cost carrier pursues a post-pandemic turnaround. The airlines carried 4.9 million travellers in August, up from July’s 4.7 million and June’s 4.3 million. Load factor – the measure of how well an airline fills its seats – grew by 0.8 per cent on last month’s levels [...]
New rail strikes confirmed for Greater London and most of England on 15 and 17 September September 1, 2022 More than 40,000 railway workers at Network Rail and 14 other operators will strike on 15 and 17 September over jobs, salaries and working conditions. The action is expected to effectively shut down both London and the UK’s network as on 15 September the walkout will coincide with the train drivers’ strike. Operational and support [...]
Stansted Airport appoints TfL boss Gareth Powell to top job September 1, 2022 Stansted Airport has appointed TfL executive Gareth Powell to managing director. Powell has spent 19 years at TfL, holding a number of roles including deputy commissioner and chief customer and strategy officer. Powell will replace Steve Griffiths, who will move on to managing East Midlands Airport. East Midlands, alongside Stansted and Manchester airports, is managed [...]
Confidence in ride-sharing apps down as more consumers complain September 1, 2022 Consumer confidence in ride-sharing apps is down, according to data released today. Figures from analytics company Chattermill showed that trust in the likes of Bolt, Uber as well as Singapore’s Grab and Spain’s Cabify went down 25 points in the last year. Drivers cancelling rides as well as prolonged waiting times and increased prices featured [...]
Lufthansa axes 800 flights tomorrow amid German pilots’ strike September 1, 2022 Lufthansa will axe 800 flights on Friday after German pilots announced a 24-hour walkout. The measure is likely to leave 130,000 passengers stranded, impacting Lufthansa’s services from Frankfurt and Munich on Thursday too. The airline said it was doing everything it could to minimise the strike’s impact. The German pilots’ union, the Vereinigung Cockpit (VC), [...]
Tributes paid to long-serving BBC Breakfast presenter Bill Turnbull who dies aged 66 September 1, 2022 Former colleagues and Piers Morgan were among those to pay heartfelt tributes to ex BBC Breakfast presenter Bill Turnbull, who has died aged 66. The broadcaster’s death after a five-year battle with prostate cancer was announced this morning, with former co-presenters remembering his “warmth, humour and being a brilliant journalist,” “Following a challenging and committed [...]
Jet2’s summer seat sales outshine 2019 levels as package holidays boom September 1, 2022 Jet2.com and Jet2holidays’s summer sale seat capacity was 14 per cent higher than 2019 levels as the travel giant banks in on the post-pandemic rush. Executive chairman Philip Meeson told shareholders during Jet2’s AGM package holiday customers continued to display a materially higher mix of the total departing passengers, up 13 per cent in this summer. He [...]
