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Former transport boss: Give workers £400 to ditch their cars
Drivers who switch their commute from car to public transport should be paid a £400 a year bonus from the proposed workplace parking levy, a transport expert urged today.
Boris Johnson drops opposition to Heathrow third runway [Subscription]
Boris Johnson has suggested that he will drop his longstanding opposition to a third runway at Heathrow if he becomes prime minister.
The next prime minister has to get serious about transport in the north [Subscription]
Andy Burnham and Sir John Armitt. On Monday, 33 northern news titles came together to demand politicians of all colours commit to tackling the North-South divide. This unprecedented intervention turns up the temperature on the candidates vying to be our next prime minister, many of whom have made overtures about bringing the country back together.
Scania writes open letter on apprenticeship funding cuts
Sarah Taylor, Human Resources Director at Scania, has written an open letter to Secretary of State for Education Damian Hinds MP, Minister of State for Apprenticeships and Skills Anne Milton MP and Chair of the Education Select Committee Robert Halfon MP regarding proposed cuts to apprenticeship funding.
DfT to publish Heathrow southern rail guidelines after months of silence
The Department for Transport (DfT) is to publish guidelines for a southern rail connection into Heathrow next month, over a year after it first invited bids for the route.
Friday, 14 June 2019
BBC News
- More Aberdeen International Airport strikes announced by UniteThe action follows stalled talks between the AGS Airports group and the Unite union over pay and pensions.
- Publicly-owned Prestwick Airport put up for saleThe Scottish government, which bought the airport for £1 in 2013, is looking to return it to the private sector.
Times Online
- Boris Johnson drops opposition to Heathrow third runway [Subscription]Boris Johnson has suggested that he will drop his longstanding opposition to a third runway at Heathrow if he becomes prime minister.
- Invitation for bids as state looks to sell Prestwick airportThe Scottish government is aiming to drum up interest in Prestwick airport in a bid to return it to private ownership.
City AM
- Scottish government puts Glasgow Prestwick Airport up for saleThe Scottish government has put the publicly owned Glasgow Prestwick Airport up for sale, just six years after taking ownership of it.
North Wales Live
- Airbus site that developed Concorde reveals plane that could revolutionise wing-designThe AlbatrossOne could transform the wings made at Broughton in the future
Aviation Industry
- New bidder emerges for Alitalia; deadline may be delayed again The chairman of Rome’s S.S. Lazio football club, Claudio Lotito, has become the latest possible investor to express interest in Italian flag carrier Alitalia, which has been under special administration since May 2017. read more
- Iceland’s Keflavik airport reopens for restricted flight testsIceland’s airport and air navigation services operator Isavia is re-opening Keflavik International Airport for the limited use of crosswind flight testing of new aircraft. read more
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