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New train stations project is derailed by winter freeze
Rail passengers are being forced to take replacement buses a month after the official opening of a £300 million route, due to problems completing three stations.
Ferrovial in move to cut its stake in BAA
SPANISH infrastructure group Ferrovial is in talks with investors to offload 10 per cent of UK airport operator BAA in a move to slash €20.5 billion (£17.3bn) of debt.
RMT union blasts TfL after Bombadier and Invensys shortlisted for Tube contract
Two companies who were paid an estimated £110m to walk away from a signalling contract following the collapse of Metronet have been shortlisted for the same work by Transport for London (TfL).
Cost of air travel could rise by a fifth under VAT proposal
VAT could be imposed on all flights under proposals being considered by the European Commission.
Bus and train operator FirstGroup vows to drive up shareholder payouts
DECEMBER’S bad weather cost bus and train operator FirstGroup £7m, it revealed in a trading update today.
Transition Evesham Vale respond to transport plans
A LOCAL focus group has outlined ambitious plans for low carbon transport throughout the Vale in response to the county council’s own review of local transport. Transition Evesham Vale (TEV), which was established two years ago to support local solutions to the global problems of peak oil and climate change, has released a 14-page response to the county council’s BOLD public transport proposals in which it calls for improved bus services for rural communities, not route cuts.
Friday, 14 January 2011
BBC News
- New jobs on way to wings factoryA deal dubbed the biggest single order in commercial aviation history is to create jobs at Airbus' Flintshire factory.
Financial Times
- BAA warns on cost of protecting against snowAir passengers may be forced to pay higher fares to cover the cost of protecting Britain's airports against snow if winters turn permanently colder, BAA has said
The Scotsman
- Ferrovial in move to cut its stake in BAA SPANISH infrastructure group Ferrovial is in talks with investors to offload 10 per cent of UK airport operator BAA in a move to slash €20.5 billion (£17.3bn) of debt.
The Telegraph
- Cost of air travel could rise by a fifth under VAT proposal VAT could be imposed on all flights under proposals being considered by the European Commission.
Liverpool Post
- Broughton Airbus plant celebrates £10bn planes order AIRBUS is celebrating after securing the world’s biggest ever commercial plane order.
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- 5,000 queue for 100 jobs at airport MORE than 5,000 hopefuls turned up for just 100 jobs advertised at Southampton Airport.
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- AEA warns of fragile aviation recoveryNatural events and industrial action hampered recovery of the European airline industry last year, new figures show
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- Call for trade to unite against airlines™ direct-sell questA trade-wide lobby group has been founded in the US to fight attempts by airlines to bypass global distribution systems and hide ancillary charges
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