Renationalising the Rail Network Could Save Over £1 Billion
Posted on: September 30th, 2011 Posted by Marianna Lee
According to new reports from the Transport for Quality of Life, the renationalising of the rail network will save at least £1 billion per year. Shockingly, this is the level of savings that the report from Sir Roy McNulty set for the Department for Transport in May. This study handled by the Transport for Quality [...]
L Word Actress Kicked Off Southwest Airlines Flight For Kiss
Posted on: September 29th, 2011 Posted by Michael Bond
It seems like Southwest Airlines is the ‘Hitler’ of the skies. People are starting to say this because almost every week, someone is getting kicked off one of their flights. This time, ‘L Word’ actress Leisha Hailey was kicked off with her girlfriend, Camilia Grey. Apparently, the two were removed from the flight after the [...]
Walkouts Cause Cancellations for Philippine Airlines
Posted on: September 28th, 2011 Posted by Lucy Williams
It now seems that Philippine Airlines has had to cancel all of its international and domestic flights. All of this was due to walkouts by its ground staff. Apparently, the staff members were protesting plans to outsource their 2,600 jobs. The carrier said that it plans to outsource these jobs starting next week. However, the [...]
Canadian Pacific Railway Announces Big $300 Million Upgrade
Posted on: September 27th, 2011 Posted by Simon Bracknell
It now seems that the second biggest railway in Canada, Canadian Pacific Railway, is planning on spending more than $300 million to upgrade its northern mainline that runs through the Canadian Prairies. Apparently, it is doing this in order to take advantage of strong international demand for grains and fertilizers. Fred Green, who is actually [...]
Founder of EasyJet Backs Off Threat to Remove a Board Member
Posted on: September 26th, 2011 Posted by Marianna Lee
It now seems that the founder of EasyJet, Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou, has recently backed off his threat to remove an EasyJet board member. Apparently, the founder had called for an extraordinary meeting to consider the removal of Rigas Doganis, who is a non-executive director. However, EasyJet just recently said that this request has now been [...]
High Speed Rails Lose Funding in the United States
Posted on: September 23rd, 2011 Posted by Justin Harper
For people in America that were hoping to see high-speed rails take off, better think again. Reports now show that high-speed trains may not be getting the funding that they need. This news follows a legislation that doesn’t include any money for this high-speed rail scheme. So far, the Senate Appropriations subcommittee has approved the [...]
Christmas Travel This Holiday Season to be Cheaper
Posted on: September 22nd, 2011 Posted by Lucy Williams
Apparently, there is finally some good news for travelers in the United States or people who will be traveling to the US. Reports now show that travel in America could be a lot lower than what was seen last year. This would be great news for not only passengers, but for airlines as well. This [...]
Lufthansa Issues Profit Warning After Poor Sales
Posted on: September 21st, 2011 Posted by Steven Powell
The largest airline in Europe, Lufthansa, has just recently issued a profit warning. This announcement comes after Lufthansa announced that its passenger business in August fell well short of its expectations. Due to this, the airline no longer expects to make an operating profit in 2011 that will exceed what was made in 2010. Of [...]
British Airline Pilots Association Welcomes Holiday Pay Court Ruling
Posted on: September 20th, 2011 Posted by Marianna Lee
It now seems that the British Airline Pilots Association, is claiming a huge victory. The association said that this victory came with the court ruling regarding holiday pay. Although the pilots may be excited about this ruling, many airlines are not. In fact, this ruling could cost airlines millions of pounds. According to the European [...]
International Airlines Group Will Not Bid on Aer Lingus
Posted on: September 19th, 2011 Posted by Michael Bond
It now seems that the chief executive of the International Airlines Group, Willie Walsh, has completely ruled out the chance of his company bidding on Aer Lingus. Mr. Walsh, who used to be the chief executive of British Airways, added that they are much more interested in adding BMI and TAP to his group. The [...]

