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Saturday, 03 October 2009

BBC News

• EU queries airline tie-up plansThe European Commission raises concerns over the transatlantic plans of British Airways, American Airlines and Iberia.

Financial Times

• May Gurney ready for spending cutsEssential public spending on roads, street lighting and waste disposal has buoyed revenue at May Gurney

The Independent

• IT expert sentenced for rail ticket forgery A computer whiz-kid who created forged rail tickets to avoid paying for his daily commute for more than two years was given a suspended sentence and ordered to pay the fares today.

Daily Express

• EC could squash planned BA alliancePLANS for a transatlantic tie-up between British Airways, American Airlines and Spanish group Iberia were dealt a blow yesterday after the European Commission warned the deal could be anticompetitive.
• BA gets flak THE regulatory flak is starting to burst around British Airways and the other two main members of its transatlantic Oneworld alliance, American Airlines and Spanish group Iberia.

Daily Record

• Exclusive: Traders furious as tram workers pinch shoppers parking spacesBRASS-NECKED tram workers are nicking free parking spaces set aside to help shoppers avoid chaos caused by the project.

Network Rail

• £5M ST ALBANS STATION UPGRADE GETS OFFICIAL WELCOME
• MORE GOOD NEWS FOR NETWORK RAIL'S READING REVAMP AS TRANSPORT SECRETARY SUPPORTS PROGRESS

London Evening Standard

• Ten years on, Paddington crash survivors tell of battle to recoverBereaved families and survivors of the Paddington rail disaster describe their harrowing battle to rebuild their lives

The News (Portsmouth)

• Safety spotlight on older drivers to reduce casualties on the roadAn initiative has been launched to make sure older drivers are fit to drive.

The Press and Journal (Aberdeen)

• Councillors reject Heathrow callAberdeenshire councillors have rejected a call to support their party pledges to cancel the expansion of London™s Heathrow Airport.
• Family of top cyclist killed in crash sue councilThe family of champion Scottish cyclist Jason MacIntyre, who died in a road accident while on a training run, is suing Highland Council for £500,000 damages.
• Railman urges barriers to be fitted at every level crossingA Network Rail employee, who had to be cut free from his car after it was hit by a train near Inverness, yesterday called for barriers to be installed at every level crossing.

Blackpool Gazette

• Rail station fight goes to the topTHE fight to save Blackpool South station is being taken right to the top.

Northants Evening Telegraph

• M1 fully reopened in both directions after lorry crashA lorry crashed through the central reservation of the M1, causing the motorway to be shut in both directions throughout the night.

Peterborough Telegraph

• Man who stole 83 bicycles imprisonedA bicycle thief who fed his gambling addiction by stealing 83 bikes worth £33,000 from dozens of railway stations, including some in Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, and Cambridge

Sunderland Echo

• Mayor joins drive to go greenThe Mayor of Sunderland hit the road to find out how to go green behind the wheel.

Aviation Industry

• Airline chief warns over departure tax riseThis autumn's rise in the Air Passenger Duty airport departure tax is ``insanely stupid'' and will ``destroy'' tourism, Ryanair chief executive Michael O'Leary said today.

Other News Sources

• Crossrail spending approaching £1 billionCrossrail chairman Terry Morgan says his company will have spent £1bn by the second quarter of 2010 and cancelling the project would be a: “huge waste”
• High Output Track RenewalAmey Colas has been selected as the preferred bidder for a new contract from Network Rail to operate and maintain its fleet of high-output track renewal systems.
• Commuters leafleted over train fare risesCommuters at Temple Meads in Bristol were handed out leaflets by rail campaigners angry at increasing fare prices. St Andrew's transport campaigner Julie Boston, secretary of Friends of Suburban Bristol Railways, joined Cat Hobbs from Campaign for Better Transport at the protest on the station forecourt.
• Last Call for an Elegant Rail StationSTUTTGART, GERMANY — The clash between builders and preservationists is as old as architecture itself, but it reached a fever pitch in the recent gilded age. And it is especially fraught in Germa...
• Minnesota/Wisconsin / Eau Claire in running for high-speed railIn what has been regarded up to now as a two-horse race to reach the Twin Cities by rail, a third competitor seems to be coming up fast on the right. Eau Claire, Wis., has reasons why it — befo...
• French cabin crew on strike over pay and conditionsCabin crew workers in France have been on strike for two weeks in protest over pay and employment conditions.
• International settlement for seafarersInternational negotiations between maritime employers and the ITF have resulted in improvements in seafarers’ working conditions despite the economic crisis.
• Amadeus signs deal with VirginAmadeus has signed a three year deal with Virgin Atlantic, the IT company said today (October 2). The agreement will give the GDS access to the niche carrier's full content with no surcharges or opt-in fees for agents.
• Thirty airlines ignore FAA™s œCall to Action FAA today said 30 airlines failed to respond with written commitments to use best practices as part of a
• Phils typhoon hits portsTHE PHILIPPINES suspended operations of passenger-cargo ships on affected seaport routes as Super Typhoon Parma started to hit areas of the country.
• EC grabs green Italian schemeTHE EUROPEAN Commission could adopt an Italian subsidy programme that encourages sea-freight when it reviews its Marco Polo funding programme next year.
• Commission queries airline co-operation plansConcerns that tie-up could break EU competition laws.
• Transport bosses plan Tory train talksRepresentatives of the Greater Manchester Integrated Transport Authority (GMITA) will meet Shadow Transport Minister Stephen Hammond next week when the Conservative Party Conference comes to Manchester.
• Amadeus signs deal with VirginAmadeus has signed a three year deal with Virgin Atlantic, the IT company said today (October 2). The agreement will give the GDS access to the niche carrier's full content with no surcharges or opt-in fees for agents.

Other Subscription Services

• UK flag gets 100% clean bill of healthFOUR national flag states have been given a 100% clean bill of health in the annual performance table issued jointly by the leading shipping trade associations.
• Maersk abandons recovery hopes and looks to slash officer jobsBox giant seeks over 280 voluntary redundancies from UK and Denmark and refuses to rule out more could be on the way.