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Wednesday, 21 September 2011

BBC News

• Car fumes 'trigger heart attacks'Exposure to heavy traffic fumes raises heart attack risk for the following six hours, researchers discover.
• Easyjet expands at city airportLow-fare airline Easyjet adds an extra plane to its Edinburgh base so it can fly to a further two destinations next year.
• Airline profits 'to decline 29%'Profits at airlines will drop by almost a third next year, according to a global airline body.
• Siemens 'in 500m-euro cash move'Engineering group Siemens has withdrawn 500m euros from a French bank over concerns about its stability, according to reports.

Department for Transport

• Green light for tramsLight rail has a future in this country if capital costs can be reduced Local Transport Minister Norman Baker said today as he published a review looking at how trams can be more cost effective in the future.

Financial Times

• Airlines raise profit forecast to $6.9bnThe body which represents airlines has predicted profits will be higher than previously thought for this year but will fall next year
• Lufthansa throttles back over profitsAirline no longer expects 2011 group operating profit to exceed that generated in 2010 as August sales fall short of expectations
• BA begins new chapter with old mottoThe carrier is reviving its company motto “ 'To fly, to serve' “ as part of a campaign that harks back to key moments in the development of commercial flight

The Herald

• Boost for bikesA £2.2 million fund to promote cycling has been launched by Transport Minister Keith Brown.
• Trams bill four times that of similar projects in UK EDINBURGH™S over-budget tram project is expected to cost nearly four times as much per mile of track than similar light rail projects elsewhere in the UK, a Government report has confirmed.
• Flights to US to continue after airlines mergeCONTINENTAL Airlines made a firm commitment yesterday to keep its year-round Edinburgh and Glasgow flights to the US going as it ties up loose ends in a multi-billion pound merger with United Airlines.

The Telegraph

• BA ad 'underlines power of social media' British Airways’s decision to premiere its biggest advertising campaign for a decade on Facebook represents a ’tipping point’ for social media, according to brand analysts.
• BA turns back to imperial heritage in latest campaignBritish Airways, which once stripped the Union flag from its tailfin, is turning back to its imperial heritage in the airline's biggest marketing campaign in a decade.

Mail Online

• British Airways relaunches itself with new slogan that nods to its imperial originsThe 'world's favourite airline' as was uses a 90-second TV ‘brand’ campaign to celebrate its origins from 1919 through to the present day.

ATOC

• Which? research on train tickets is 'dubious and misleading' - ATOCIn response to Which? research about train tickets, a spokesperson for the Association of Train Operating Companies (ATOC) said: “This is a highly dubious and misleading piece of research....

Network Rail

• NETWORK RAIL CHIEF HOPES ELECTRIFICATION PLANS WILL SPARK INTEREST IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING GRADUATES
• MINISTERS SEE BIRMINGHAM NEW STREET PROGRESS

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• VIDEO: London to Bradford in six minutes by train A speeded-up film showing the 221-mile rail journey from London to Bradford in a little more than six minutes has been posted online.

Edinburgh Evening News

• Tram works get back on trackWORK on Edinburgh's troubled tram project is set to resume on sites across the city from next week, it emerged today.

Liverpool Post

• Merseytravel launches Walrus smartcards MERSEYSIDE’S transport smartcard was launched yesterday – and will be known as the Walrus.

London Evening Standard

• Cyclists are run over by bus and lorryA cyclist was fighting for his life and another has serious leg injuries after two accidents in central London

Nottingham Evening Post

• Nottingham Post commented Train named 'Invest in Nottingham' will take business ...Article

The Press and Journal (Aberdeen)

• Minister calls for probe into sudden 3p fuel price riseA Scottish Government minister has asked a Holyrood committee to launch an inquiry into fuel supplies to the Western Isles.
• Memsie road safety campaign scores small victory on speed Members of a Buchan community have claimed a partial victory in the fight to put the brakes on drivers speeding past their homes.

The York Press

• Train fire on East Coast mainline THERE has been a fire on an East Coast train today, leading to delays on services through York.

Yorkshire Post

• Innovative ways to tackle poor service from our railways [ Letter ]MY friend Christopher Lawson rightly castigates the poor service quality regularly experienced by the weary users of the Harrogate line through Horsforth (Yorkshire Post, September 17).

Other Regional Press

• Transport cuts may hit elderly and disabled in Redcar and Cleveland SCHOOLCHILDREN, the elderly and the disabled are among those who could be hit by plans to slash transport spending.

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• BAA puts Heathrow logistics contract out to tenderA new logistics partner is being sought by BAA to run the Heathrow Consolidation Centre.Under the agreement, the chosen company will consolidate retail goods sold at the airport and work on ways of reducing the carbon footprint of the facility as part of the BAA environmental programme.Airports operator BAA has put the contract out to tender, having working for the past two and a half years with DHL, with Labyrinth Logistics Consulting providing support for the process.The exercise will comply with the Official Journal of the European Union, with notification due to be placed on the journal we...

Global Rail News

• Commuters urged to take public transport amid rising petrol costsCommuters in the West Midlands are being urged by Centro to leave their cars at home – after a survey this month revealed the UK had ...
• East Coast™s financial performance remains ˜strong™Directly Operated Railways Limited, the company established in July 2009 and wholly owned by the Secretary of State for Transport, has published its second Annual Report ...
• Merseytravel launches the ˜Walrus™ SmartcardMerseytravel is launching a smarter way to travel the region “ the ‘Walrus’. Walrus is the name of a new Smartcard which will allow public transport ...
• Network Rail hopes electrification plans will spark interest in graduatesMore than 5,000 graduates applied for a place on the 2011 Network Rail graduate training scheme “ more than double the amount in 2008. Today, applications ...
• Ministers see Birmingham New Street progressTwo government ministers today took a behind-the-scenes tour of Birmingham New Street to see how work is progressing on the station™s redevelopment, which will create a ...

Aviation Industry

• John Travolta Signs On to Pitch Bombardier Business JetsBombardier has secured the services of Hollywood star and noted aviator John Travolta to promote their Learjet, Challenger and Global lines of business jets.
• Lufthansa lowers full-year earnings forecastLufthansa (LH) Group on Tuesday lowered its full-year earnings forecast owing to a weaker than expected August.

Other News Sources

• Rail user group joins RMT campaigners in fight against McNulty rail carve-upRail union RMT confirmed today that the Tyne Valley Rail Users Group is the latest passenger organisation to join the fight against the Government's McNulty rail carve-up and will be joining the union in the next leg of its rolling protest against McNulty outside Hexham Station in Station Road on Friday 23rd September 2011 at 4pm.
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