Failure to take off: Delta Air Lines ditches order for 18 Boeing Dreamliner 787s worth around $4bn December 28, 2016 US airline Delta has agreed to cancel an order for 18 Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft, which is valued at more than $4bn (£3.2bn) at current list prices. Delta assumed the deal as part of its merger with Northwest Airlines in 2008 (which set it back $2.6bn in shares), though in 2010 it deferred the order [...]
Fog and mist is affecting flights out of Heathrow and City airports December 28, 2016 If you're taking advantage of the Christmas break to venture to sunnier (or snowier) climes, beware: fog is affecting flights into and out of Heathrow airport. The airport tweeted this morning that passengers should check flight status with their airline. Foggy weather may affect scheduled flights today. Please kindly check your flight status with your airline: [...]
Londoners face Christmas travel headache as Paddington closes, Moorgate experiences disruption and M1 shuts down December 24, 2016 Engineering works on railways across the country have left passengers facing disruption, with London one of the most badly affected areas. There are no trains to and from Paddington until next Thursday to make way for Crossrail work, while severe disruption is expected between Finsbury Park and Moorgate until lunchtime at the earliest due to an electricity fault. A number of [...]
Beat the January rail price hike: 10 ways to find cheaper train tickets December 23, 2016 Imagine the scene: It's 2 January, you're feeling a bit bloated and jaded after a week of Christmas excesses. You turn up to the rail station with a heavy heart as the reality of work sets in. The queues to renew your season ticket are horrendous and in the line of morose commuters you can [...]
Unite union suspends British Airways cabin crew’s Christmas strike December 22, 2016 British Airways cabin crew has called off its planned Christmas strike, the Unite union has announced. The union said a revised offer by the airline will be put to a ballot of more than 2,000 of its members. "It will be for our members now to decide if British Airways has done enough to meet [...]
RMT’s Great Western Rail strike will go ahead tomorrow December 22, 2016 A Great Western Railway (GWR) workers' strike will go ahead tomorrow, the RMT union confirmed today. RMT members who are cleaners on the rail network will take industrial action over "serious bullying, claims of discrimination and poverty working conditions" on the GWR train cleaning contract operated by Servest UK. Members have been instructed not to book on for [...]
Southern rail court documents reveal Aslef has grander plans on driver-operated doors December 22, 2016 The drivers union at the centre of the Southern rail dispute doesn't simply want to stop further roll out of driver-operated doors, it is determined to ban the policy across all train services. The question of who operates Southern rail train doors is pivotal in the dispute that has led to waves of industrial action and blighted the network for much [...]
FTSE 100 private equity firm lands Belfast City Airport in Eiser deal December 22, 2016 FTSE 100 private equity group 3i has announced a deal to acquire Belfast City Airport. The company has agreed to buy a portfolio of assets, also including East Surrey Pipelines, from the Eiser Global Infrastructure Fund. Read more: 3i sells debt management business to InvestCorp The acquisition also includes a stake in Italian waste treatment and [...]
Uber halts San Francisco self-driving cars test after state regulator crackdown December 22, 2016 Ride-sharing group Uber has removed its self-driving cars from the streets of San Francisco, after California regulators revoked the registration of its vehicles. The state's department of motor vehicles said yesterday the 16 autonomous cars had not been properly permitted. Uber's programme had only been running for a week, during which time the department demanded it shut down [...]
British car manufacturing speeds ahead to highest level since 1999 December 22, 2016 The number of cars manufactured in Britain accelerated to its highest level this century in November, according to data from official body the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). Car production zoomed ahead by 12.8 per cent to 169,247 last month, in the highest output since 1999. In the first 11 months of this year 1.6m [...]
