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Disabled rail passengers will benefit from a range of accessibility improvements across the rail network.

The companies which run buses in Leeds have been told to significantly improve the service they provide and been set 'very ambitious targets'.

Gatwick Airport’s train station will undergo a £150M upgrade, after the Department for Transport (DfT) promised…

British Airways faces record £183m fine for data breachBritish Airways says it is facing a record fine of £183m for last year's breach of its security systems. The airline, owned by IAG, says it was "surprised and disappointed" by the penalty from the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO).
Boeing loses big order for 737 Max aircraftSaudi Arabian carrier flyadeal halts plan to buy Boeing planes and switches to Airbus fleet.
British Airways in talks to avert pilots' strikeThe airline and pilots' union will hold talks to avoid a potentially disruptive summer walkout.

DfT to focus on surface access in regional airport strategySurface access will prove “fundamental” to the government’s approach to regional airports in its aviation strategy, a Department for Transport aviation boss has claimed. Ian Elston, the head of the airport policy & competition branch and the DfT’s aviation policy division, made the remarks as regional airports such as Bristol and Manchester are seeking to expand.

Environmentalists should work with us to scale up solutions for net-zero aviation, not demonise our expansion - HeathrowHeathrow's Sustainability and Environment Director writes about progress being made to reduce emissions from aviation through technological improvements and carbon offsetting, including peat bog restoration.

Airports in bid to achieve 'Net Zero' emissions by 2050 Dublin and Cork airports have signed a landmark commitment to become net zero for their carbon emissions by 2050 at the latest. Dublin and Cork Airports made the commitment as part of ACI EUROPE, the trade association for the European airport industry, announcing a new resolution formally committing the European airport industry to achieve net zero emissions by 2050.