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Tuesday, 28 November 2017

BBC News

• Road and rail lines affected by overnight floodingHeavy rain disrupts travel with roads and rail services affected.
• Queensferry Crossing to partially close for five daysWork is necessary on the bridge expansion joints to allow it to carry traffic travelling at 70 mph.
• BA owner IAG secures Monarch's Gatwick slotsAirline group IAG has secured most of the collapsed carrier's take-off slots at Gatwick.

Financial Times

• Tesla truck will need energy of 4,000 homes to rechargeResearch raises questions about viability of quick charging time for new vehicle
• The Uber data breach has implications for us allEurope is at a turning point when it comes to the regulation of personal details
• British Airways owner IAG buys Gatwick slots from collapsed Monarch‘New destinations and extra frequencies’ planned from Britain’s second airport
• Personal touch is glue for online aircraft chartering servicesInformation gives more power to customers, with each flight built for the client
• Helicopter manufacturers’ hopes rise with near 8% lift in salesA recovery in orders follows several years of muted demand
• Bombardier tries to recapture prime slot in corporate jet marketCanadian maker pins its hopes on success with its Global 7000 model
• Supersize me! Boeing and Airbus report higher sales private jetsPrivate airliners offer an experience far above first class for those prepared to pay
• Light jets and turboprops remain vital to business aviationCompact aircraft are increasing their presence in the wider transport market
• Lower prices tempt buyers into private jet marketRatio of second-hand business aircraft for sale falls to pre-financial crisis level

The Scotsman

• Report calls for ScotRail to be taken into public ownership by 2020ScotRail could be taken into public ownership by 2020, a new report has said, with the authors claiming the move could lead to average fare cuts of 6.5 per cent across the service.

Times Online

• BA grounded me because of my wheelchair, says musician [Subscription]An Israeli musician with a muscle-wasting disease claims that he was prevented from boarding a British Airways flight because staff did not have time to put his mobility scooter on board.
• Ban on parking spaces in bid to cut air pollution [subscription]Parking spaces will be banned from homes and office blocks in parts of London under radical plans to cut the number of journeys made by car.

City AM

• Shell teams up with car giants including BMW and Ford to take ultra-fast electric vehicle charging across Europe's highwaysEnergy firm Royal Dutch Shell is teaming up with a raft of car giants including BMW, Daimler and Ford, to rapidly improve Europe's charging infrastructure ahead of an expected surge in electric cars.
• Transport for London blames Brexit uncertainty for surprise fall in passenger numbersTransport for London (TfL) has blamed an unexpected fall in passenger numbers on Brexit uncertainty and "economic factors affecting the whole of the UK".
• EasyJet's gender pay gap: Male staff are paid 45.5 per cent more than women as airline blames shortage of female pilotsEasyJet has revealed that its gender pay gap stands at 45.5 per cent, citing the make-up of its pilot community as a key reason for the disparity.
• Cashing in on Crossrail: Elizabeth Line to bring in £3bn for Transport for London over the next five yearsTransport for London (TfL) may be dealing with an unexpected dip in passengers of late, but it is also banking on the £14.8bn Crossrail project bringing in more people from outside London onto the Tube.
• British Airways owner snaps up Monarch Gatwick slotsThe owner of British Airways has beaten off the competition to secure Monarch Airline's Gatwick take-off and landing slots.
• London firms back Transport for London's English tests for private hire driversLondon businesses are in favour of a controversial planned English test that private hire drivers face, according to a new poll from the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Mail Online

• Bali airport is expected to be closed for another 24 hours More than 400 flights to and from Bali were cancelled and nearly 60,000 travelers have been stranded.

Birmingham Post

• Should UK drivers buy winter tyres? We ask an ex-pat in Norway about the need for winter tyres in the Scandinavian country. But do we need them here?

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• Bus partnership announces £23.5m investmentA MULTI-million pound investment has been ploughed into new buses for West Yorkshire.
• Set-back for local cab firms in long-running dispute with Bradford Council A STRING of local cab firms hoping to give transport giant Uber a run for its money have received a set-back in a long-running dispute with Bradford Council.
• Attacks on buses 'becoming a habit among young people' fears driverATTACKING buses seems to have “become a habitâ€� among young people in Bradford, says a driver who hit out following another string of attacks on vehicles in the city.

London Evening Standard

• Central line delays: Rush hour chaos as signal failure brings major London Tube line to grinding haltFurious commuters faced rush hour chaos after a signal failure caused a major Tube line to come to a grinding halt.
• United Airlines flight makes emergency diversion to London after passengers complain of feeling lightheaded and nauseousA United Airlines flight from Germany to the US was forced to make an emergency landing in London after several passengers reported feeling lightheaded and nauseous.
• Tube to have full 4G mobile phone coverage from 2019, Transport for London announcesThe Tube will have full 4G mobile coverage from 2019, Transport for London has announced.
• Father who bought first-class ticket fined £484 - for getting on the wrong trainVirgin Trains customer accuses firm of 'out of proportion' penalty
• Hundreds of thousands of passengers face rail chaos as bad weather hits London Hundreds of thousands of mainline rail passengers, including 100,000 using Waterloo station, were today told to expect delays all week due to the wave of bad weather sweeping across the country.
• Jailed: Man who climbed railway gantry at Seven Sisters leaving Network Rail with £400,000 bill More than 100 trains were cancelled in the time Adam Kozlowski was on the gantry
• Bali volcano: Airport shut for second day as Mount Agung spews more ash Bali's international airport has been shut for a second day as Mount Agung continues to spew towering columns of volcanic ash.

Morning Star

• Takeover Of ScotRail ‘Will Slash Train Fares’PLANS for a “people’s railway” could transform Scotland’s economy if rail is taken into public ownership by 2020, according to a report published by rail union TSSA today.

East Anglian Daily Times

• Industry Minister Claire Perry launches work on Stansted Airport CollegeThe construction of a new £11m technical college at Stansted Airport was officially started yesterday as part of the launch of the Government’s Industrial Strategy White Paper.
• Major shake-up of free school bus service will hit parents and schools, Labour fearsParents and schools may have to fork out if major proposals to overhaul the free school transport system in Suffolk are approved, it is feared.

Other Regional Press

• A465 Heads of the Valleys Road project '23% over budget' A PROJECT aiming to convert parts of the A465 Heads of the Valleys Road between Brynmawr and Abergavenny into a dual carriageway is 23 per cent over budget, the Welsh Government has said.
• Government Industrial Strategy will boost economy in Newport, says Secretary of State for Wales on visit to AirbusSECRETARY of State for Wales Alun Cairns has said the government's new Industrial Strategy will help boost economic growth in Newport.
• Councils scoop extra £800,000 from parking chargesCOUNCILS made an extra £800,000 on parking last year and have been urged to spend the surplus on improving transport around Oxford.
• Green light for new Huddersfield driving test centreRoad ahead looks clear but no indication from Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency over what their plans are

Buying Business Travel

• FCM chatbot goes live globallyArtificial intelligence gathers information for travellers
• IAG lands Monarch's Gatwick slotsGroup reportedly wins auction on majority of slots
• CWT and Lyft partner in USRideshare app to be offered to clients

Rail Magazine

• Final Class 387 Electrostar rolls off production lineBombardier completes final Electrostar completed at Derby Litchurch Lane.

Rail Technology Magazine

• Successful trial means Tube on track for 4G coverage by 2019The Tube network will see 4G connectivity arrive in 2019, TfL has confirmed, meaning mayor Sadiq Khan’s original ambitions will be able to go ahead. The news comes following a successful trial of the technology on the Waterloo & City line, where 4G technology was tested in tunnels and...
• Rail passengers still want value for money above all elseRail passengers want value for money to improve above anything else, according to a recent survey. Independent watchdog Transport Focus quizzed almost 13,000 people about factors that would improve their journey experience, with value for money coming out top. Passengers also rated finding a...
• TfL still eyeing £700m annual savings in final 5-year business planTfL has published its updated five-year Business Plan, which confirms how the organisation will deliver the Mayor’s Transport Strategy to make the capital a greener, more prosperous city. It will need to absorb £700m annually over five years following government funding cuts, with...

Aviation Industry

• Lufthansa unveils first details of new business class Lufthansa has given initial information about its new business class that will roll out from 2020, beginning with its new Boeing 777Xs. read more
• Swiss regional Darwin Airline enters insolvency proceedingsDarwin Airline, the Lugano, Switzerland-based regional carrier, has entered reorganization under Swiss insolvency regulations just four months after the airline changed ownership. read more

Other News Sources

• Publicly-owned ScotRail could allow for 6.5% fare cutsA report found that having the company privately owned is 'hard to justify'.
• South Western Railway’s station development manager wins prestigious awardSouth Western Railway’s station development manager, Steve Smith walked off with the highly prized Cycle Champion award at the recent 2017 National Cycle-Rail Awards.
• South Western Railway’s station development manager wins prestigious awardSouth Western Railway’s station development manager, Steve Smith walked off with the highly prized Cycle Champion award at the recent 2017 National Cycle-Rail Awards.
• Putting ScotRail back into public hands could 'allow for 6.5% average fare cut'A new report says the rail service could be nationalised by 2020 and mean cheaper fares for passengers too
• Work begins on Stansted Airport's new technical college as Industrial Strategy is launchedThe Minister of State for Climate Change and Industry, Claire Perry MP, was at London Stansted Airport yesterday (Monday) to see the start of the construction phase of the new on-site technical college and to also launch the Government's Industrial Strategy.