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Rail industry resists calls from passenger groups to release data on risk of contracting Covid on trainsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageTrain operators have been urged to release research showing the risk of contracting Covid on trains, with the chances now believed to be substantially higher than the figure publicised by the rail industry last year.The industry-funded Rail Research and Safety Board (RSSB) said in July 2020 that the risk was just one infection in 11,000 average journeys in Great Britain. Continue reading...
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The great summer escape is about to begin with Londoners hitting the road on what could be the hottest weekend of the year so far.
Saturday, 17 July 2021
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- The case for taxing European flightsMaking holidays more expensive will inevitably be politically difficult
Mail Online
- Delta Air Lines execs 'privately grumbling' about the Indian COVID-19 strain having the same nameExecutives with Delta Air Lines are unhappy the latest coronavirus variant shares the same name as their company. Atlanta-based airline says despite the crossover, there has been no drop in bookings.
- UK holidaymakers in Ibiza race to airport before Balearic Islands removed from green travel listPassengers could be seen queueing at a clinic in San Antonio to get PCR tests and racing to Ibiza Airport today, after Grant Shapps announced Ibiza, Majorca and Menorca will be demoted to the amber list.
Birmingham Post
- 'Pingdemic' sees increase in Airbus Broughton workers self-isolatingAerospace giant did say though that with summer shutdown looming it should not impact its production schedules
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- Net zero aviation plan: Government pins hopes on future technologies and fuels delivering 'clean growth'AEF and others had been calling for a different approach to aviation as the UK emerges from the pandemic. The key phrase from ministers on Wednesday, however, seemed to be …
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- Police stop XR's plans to shut down Farnborough AirportThey were going to protest against the 'high levels of CO2 caused by private flights'
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- Scramble home from Ibiza: Hundreds of British holidaymakers queue for PCR tests and race to airport … racing to Ibiza Airport today, after Transport Secretary Grant Shapps … returning to its Ł1billion European headquarters in London on Monday … not recognised by NHS or EU; Pub in Norwich becomes … who sits on the Transport Select Committee, criticised the …
- Biden hints at lifting Europe travel ban, boosting airlines … though European governments allow vaccinated Americans to travel to most EU countries … though European governments allow vaccinated Americans to travel to most EU … sales, according to the International Air Transport Association. While the market accounted …
- Brussels' green rules to make European air travel more expensive … as part of the European Union’s "Fit … ”. EU policymakers unveiled the scheme this week. The European Commission … which became the first European carrier to fully offset … director-general of the International Air Transport Association, said: “Aviation …
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