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Tuesday, 31 July 2012

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  • Air France-KLM suffers €895m net lossShares rise after the Franco-German airline forecast that cost cutting will help improve its performance in the second half of the year
  • Rongsheng tumbles on SEC probeShares of the Chinese shipbuilder fall over 16%, also hit by a profit warning, after news of an insider trading investigation at a related company
  • European airlines “ bumpy ridesNeither Ryanair nor Air France-KLM care to predict in any detail how the difficult economic climate “ and prospect of more airline failures “ will play out
  • Eurozone woes drag on Ryanair faresAverage ticket price rises just 4% at airline in first quarter, compared with 16% last year, reflecting customers™ unwillingness to spend

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  • Threat of ferry strike is avertedTHE threat of industrial action on lifeline ferry services to Orkney and Shetland was lifted yesterday after an agreement between a shipping union and the route's new operators.

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  • London 2012: Many Olympic 'Games lanes' reopened to public after officials opt to travel by public transport Many of the Games Lanes, lengthy sections of the capital™s roads reserved for London 2012 VIPs, have been reopened to the public after officials such as International Olympics Committee chief Jacques Rogge opted to take buses and trains instead.Related StoriesOpening ceremony's top stars paid £1 for appearancesLondon 2012: American athletes launch protest against strict sponsorship rules forbidding them promoting non-official Olympic brandsIt's rush hour in London “ so where are all the commuters?
  • It's rush hour in London “ so where are all the commuters? Londoners, put down your Kendal mint cake and survival blankets: the widely predicted travel chaos which was predicted to hit the capital failed to materialise yesterday, even as the Games were confirmed as the biggest crowd-puller ever held in the city.Related StoriesLondon 2012: Cleaners and security staff recruited to catch Olympic athletes using performance enhancing drugsOpening ceremony's top stars paid £1 for appearancesLondon 2012: American athletes launch protest against strict sponsorship rules forbidding them promoting non-official Olympic brands

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  • Organisers warn of ˜exceptionally™ busy day on rail networkOlympics organisers have issued travel advice ahead of what they predict will be the busiest day of the Games for the Docklands Light Railway (DLR). Around 50,000 spectators are expected to make their way to the Equestrian Cross Country event at Greenwich Park today. Many stations across the network are expecting a huge rise in [...]
  • Indian Railways to get bio-toilets on all trains by 2017The world™s fourth largest railway network, Indian Railways, will get bio-toilets on all trains by 2017. œIndian Railway is the largest open toilet in the world, said the country’s Minister for Rural Development and Drinking Water and Sanitation, Jairam Ramesh. An estimated 11 million passengers travel every day by train and at present, waste is [...]
  • Etihad Rail tenders first contracts for Stage Two of UAE networkEtihad Rail has invited bids for the first three contracts in the second phase of the national rail network’s construction. Stage Two will see the railway connect with the planned GCC network – linking with Saudi Arabia at Ghweifat and Oman at Al Ain. The three invitations to tender, which were issued to all pre-qualified [...]
  • Rail to receive £9.4 billion funding bonanzaThe government has announced plans to invest £9.4 billion on rail enhancements  between April 1 2014 and March 31, 2019 as part of the High Level Output Specification (HLOS ) for Control Period 5. The money includes £ 5. 2 billion of schemes that are already committed including Thameslink, Crossrail, electrification of the London to [...]
  • First incline lifts to be installed at UK rail stationsCrossrail and Transport for London (TfL) have awarded a major contract to Kone for around 50 incline lifts for the new Crossrail stations. The contract, which also includes five lifts for Bank, Greenford and Hammersmith Tube stations, will see Crossrail pioneer the use of incline lifts to deliver step-free access at two of the major [...]
  • Drugs in the workplaceEmployers should be aware of rising drug use in Britain, says a leading screening provider. One in 30 employees has drugs in their system while at work, statistics released by Concateno, a European drug and alcohol screening specialist, show. These figures are general and not specific to the rail industry, which has strict drugs and [...]

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