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The Yorkshire Post says: Action stations over rail chaos – time for Ministers to respond
IT IS probably too much to expect Transport Secretary Chris Grayling to respond in person to today’s Parliamentary debate on the unacceptable state of the North’s rail services that has been tabled by Dewsbury MP Paula Sherriff. The Macavity-like Minister has not done so previously and still appears to be in denial about the disquiet here.
Rival operators to run on same rail routes in bid to drive up competition
Passengers will have the choice of choosing which train operators they travel with under new plans to allow rival TOCs to operate on the same routes to drive up competition. The new competitive system will be introduced to the rail network from April, allowing ‘open-access’ operators...
Wednesday, 19 December 2018
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- Bristol airport plans to expand by a third by 2025Bristol Airport has submitted plans to increase its capacity by 30%. Airport bosses want up to 12 million passengers a year to use Bristol by the mid-2020s and said operational changes were needed to cope with the demand.
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- Bristol Airport reveals more details of major expansion plansThere are some big changes coming
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- London Luton Airport names new CEOLondon Luton Airport has promoted planning and investment director Alberto Martin to the role of CEO, replacing Nick Barton who is stepping down to take up another role in 2019. read more
- Aer Lingus to bring back short-haul premium service with A321neo LR Aer Lingus will re-enter the short-haul, business-class market when the Ireland flag carrier begins operating the long-range Airbus A321LR next summer. read more
- British Airways resumes flights to Islamabad, PakistanBritish Airways will resume nonstop flights to Islamabad, Pakistan next year, more than a decade after withdrawing the route because of security concerns. read more
- Europe to test safety of UAVs, aircraft sharing low-altitude airspaceThe European Safedrone project will mount flight demonstrations of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and aircraft sharing low-altitude airspace in Spain. read more
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