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The cut comes at a time when the industry is suffering from low passenger numbers due to the pandemic.

TWO MPs are continuing to battle over the future of a disused railway line that could be used to strengthen links to a small town.

OBC increase Airline services to help students returning home for ChristmasThe Oxford Bus Company reinstated its Airline coach service to Gatwick Airport on 29 November, and added more services to Heathrow Airport.
Bus Users welcomes ambitious ‘network of alternatives’ for the M4The South East Wales Transport Commission is recommending an ambitious ‘network of alternatives’ in its final report on sustainable transport options for South Wales. The Commission was set up to identify alternative options to expanding the M4 motorway as a way to tackle congestion.
Irizar incorporates natural gas into range of power optionsUK coach operators are to benefit from the option of further green-powered coaches from the Irizar range
First Bus app scoops ‘App of the Year’ awardFirst Bus has won the Travel App of the Year award at the UK App Awards with app partner Future Platforms. Judges announcing the win praised the implementation of its ‘customer-first’ features that were fast-tracked during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Optare to become Switch Mobility with global aspirationsOptare is to be renamed Switch Mobility by Ashok Leyland, subject to regulatory approval. The name change “signals our strategic ambitions in electric and green mobility,” says Dheeraj Hinduja, Chairman of Optare’s Indian owner Ashok Leyland.
WebTicketManager 360 platform set to benefit coach tourismWebTicketManager has developed a COVID-secure online ticketing platform that it says will benefit coach tourism operators as the market for day trips and holidays begins to reopen.
Scottish Power takes Scotland’s first Yutong electric busScottish Power has taken delivery of the first Yutong battery-electric bus to enter service in Scotland. It is a seatbelt-equipped E10 that is powered by renewable electricity.
Hopes rise for Scottish coach industry support packageHopes of a sector-specific support package for the coach industry in Scotland have risen after Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness and Nairn and Cabinet Secretary for Rural Economy, committed to taking operators’ case for backing to his ministerial colleagues.