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Wednesday, 10 March 2021

BBC News

• Air passenger duty: Review of tax on domestic flights plannedBoris Johnson says he wants to see air passenger duties on UK flights fall to help neglected areas.
• Cathay Pacific posts record $2.8bn loss for 2020The Hong Kong airline cut thousands of jobs and received a $5bn government bailout last year.

Department for Transport

• Move to boost transport connections across the whole of the UK as interim report of Union Connectivity Review publishedPrime Minister Boris Johnson sets out vision to level up and boost connectivity across the UK through improved transport infrastructure.
• Union connectivity reviewTransport connectivity is vital to economic growth, job creation, social cohesion and quality of life.

Financial Times

• Johnson backs cut in air passenger duty to aid UK domestic flightsRecommendation to form part of wider Hendy review of national transport links out on Wednesday

The Guardian

• UK set to cut air passenger duty on domestic flightsGreen groups say move ’beggars belief’ but cut will offer some relief to troubled aviation industry

The Telegraph

• Strengthening the sinews of our transport network will make the road to recovery smootherA segmented, regional approach has left us with needless bottlenecks and endless delays, but a new strategy will get us back up to speed

Times Online

• Air quality soars in school streets that banished cars [subscription]Closing roads around schools to traffic at pick-up and drop-off times has cut toxic nitrogen dioxide levels by up to 23 per cent, research has found.
• Flight duty may be cut to ’level up’ the regions [subscription]Tax on domestic flights could be almost halved under plans to improve transport connections between different parts of Britain.

City AM

• Ministers to consult on cutting air passenger duty for domestic flightsThe government today confirmed that it was launching a consultation on cutting air passenger duty (APD) on domestic flights in The post Ministers to consult on cutting air passenger duty for domestic flights appeared first on CityAM.

The Mirror

• Record rise in bus and coach fares but no mention Rishi Sunak's Budget Exclusive: Shadow Transport Secretary Jim McMahon accused ministers of leaving struggling communities to 'bear the brunt' of the economic hit from the pandemic
• Ship captured 'floating in the sky' in bizarre optical illusion photoA giant cruise liner appears to float across the blue sky above the water off the Cornish coastline, in yet another display of an eerie mirage phenomenon

Birmingham Post

• Transport giant signs £11m deal for almost 130 new lorriesBoughey works with the likes of Asda, Tesco and Waitrose

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• Holme Wood and Bierley 'robbed' of bus services by vandals A SPATE of bus attacks in two Bradford estates is “robbing” residents of a vital service and an MP has vowed to put a stop to the vandalism.

Daily Post (North Wales)

• North Wales rail links with England on Union Connectivity Review priority listNorth Wales's rail links with England are on the initial Union Connectivity Review priority list to boost transport across the UK. In June, Sir Peter Hendy CBE was tasked by the Prime Minister with exploring ways in which transport can better connect all parts of the United Kingdom.

Bucks Free Press

• Bucks cycleways: Residents react to proposed Marlow 'quietway' After a letter has been sent to homes about a proposed

Other Regional Press

• Uxbridge residents criticize PM's Heathrow Airport responseUxbridge residents and Heathrow Airport campaigners have hit out at Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s response to potential job losses at Heathrow Airport.
• Southampton councillor wants rethink on M27 smart motorway THE M27 smart motorway scheme has been branded as a “death trap” by a Southampton councillor who is calling on the Government to “rethink” plans.

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• Kuehne+Nagel enters into agreement with American Airlines to deploy 11 million litres of sustainable fuelKuehne+Nagel and American Airlines join forces to act on climate change, entering into an agreement to deploy more than 11 million litres of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). 11 million litres (3 million gallons) of SAF would enable a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner passenger aircraft to fly 25 times carbon neutral around the world or transport 13 million kg of cargo from London to Dallas on a Boeing 777F cargo aircraft. Kuehne+Nagel customers can now benefit from immediately available SAF solutions to avoid CO2 emissions of their air freight globally. As part of the Net Zero Carbon programme, Kuehne+...
• Alstom extends and expands Wincanton contract for three yearsAlstom, a provider of the widest range of smart solutions in the UK rail market, has renewed and expanded its contract for a further three years with Wincanton, a leading supply chain partner for UK business.    Under the new contract, Wincanton will extend the breadth of services which it offers Alstom, through the creation of a logistics facility designed to meet Alstom’s future service needs. Wincanton will provide a dedicated warehouse solution for the refurbishment of Alstom’s high-speed passenger train fleet - Class 390 Pendolino.  Wincanton will support the re...
• Cross-party group of Parliamentarians calls on government and transport industry to challenge macho cultureYesterday (International Women’s Day), parliamentarians from across the political spectrum called on government and the transport industry to challenge macho behaviours and culture in the transport workplace, following the publication of new research by the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Women in Transport and the industry group, Women in Transport.  The survey of 567 transport industry professionals showed over two-thirds (69%) of women felt the transport industry has a macho culture. 70% of women also perceived the industry to have an image problem.  Alarmingly, 70...
• River Thames to slash carbon footprint thanks to a new green floating fuel stationA new collaboration between the biggest commercial vessel operator on the Thames, GPS Marine and Green Biofuels, the UK’s leading provider of clean advanced fuel GreenD+, will help reduce London’s carbon emissions, improve local air quality, and boost the Thames’ drive to clean up and reduce pollution. GPS Marine and Green Biofuels commenced their partnership last year, by fuelling with GreenD+ the Thames Tideway Tug pulling barges to one of London’s largest construction projects: the new ’Super Sewer’.  This week their new fuel bunker barge, the &lsqu...

New Civil Engineer

• Who is to blame for the Hammersmith Bridge saga?Not a day goes by where I don’t receive an email from a despondent constituent, justifiably angry with the ongoing saga at Hammersmith Bridge and rightly demanding answers.
• Crossrail training programme under ’pressure’ as academy hit by Covid outbreak A Covid-19 outbreak at Transport for London’s (TfL) Tunnelling and Underground Construction Academy has hit Crossrail’s training programme.

Rail Business Daily

• Move to boost transport connections across the whole of the UK as interim report of Union Connectivity Review publishedPrime Minister Boris Johnson has today set out his vision to build back better from coronavirus by boosting transport connectivity across and between the whole of the UK, as part of ambitions to truly level up across the country.