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Train firm ‘reviewing’ distancing guidance after backlash
LNER had said it was following the English rules, meaning no masks or physical distancing required.
UK bus privatisation breached basic rights, says ex-UN rapporteur
Report blasts more expensive, unreliable routes outside London that have cut people off from communities and essential services. Britain's bus services outside London were so damaged by privatisation that people were unable to access basic needs such as work, education and healthcare, according to a scathing report by the former UN special rapporteur on human rights. Many people in Britain had lost jobs and benefits, been forced to give up on education, or been cut off from communities and healthcare as bus services grew more expensive, unreliable, and dysfunctional after the 1985 reform
Crossrail services could start in February at the earliest, MPs are told
Crossrail's chief exec tells the Public Accounts Committee of MPs that it has recovered time lost to COVID disruption but the pandemic has added to its already inflated costs.
Tuesday, 20 July 2021
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- AirAsia plots more digital deals to navigate Covid troublesTony Fernandes says pivot to ride-hailing and ecommerce could involve Spac listing
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- Bristol Airport expansion inquiry beginsThe public inquiry into Bristol Airport's expansion proposal begins today, with the airport hoping to overturn North Somerset Council's decision to refuse the expansion plans last year.
Aviation Industry
- “It Doesn’t Fly With Us”: New campaign sees aviation industry stepping up to protect threatened wildlifeThe ROUTES Partnership and United For Wildlife have launched a new ‘Step Up to Stop Wildlife Trafficking’ campaign and are encouraging all aviation companies that want to help to end wildlife trafficking in air transport to get involved. For International Airport Review, Michelle Owen, ROUTES’ Lead, discusses the campaign and how airports can work to combat the global issue of wildlife trafficking.
- Swiss flies on sustainable aviation fuelThe fuel has been in use in the country since July 1 thanks to new customs provisions
- Joby Aviation, JetBlue and Signature to create pathway for utilisation of electric and hydrogen aviation creditsJoby Aviation is working with JetBlue Airways and Signature Flight Support to forge a new path toward net-zero emissions in the aviation industry, which will incentivise the rapid commercialisation of clean propulsion systems.
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