United States Airlines Could Make Money Off European Union Emissions Trading Scheme
Posted on: January 13th, 2012 Posted by Justin Harper
The United States has been against the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme since the start of it. However, new reports now show that airlines in the US could actually make a surplus of money off it. Thus, why are so many airlines against it? Reports from US analysis say that airlines could net almost £1.6 [...]
Washington Metro to Increase Prices by 5 Percent
Posted on: January 12th, 2012 Posted by Marianna Lee
Metro has announced that it plans to increase its bus and rail fares by about 5 percent. Not only that but they plan on raising parking rates and eliminate a controversial rush-hour surcharge this summer to overcome a $116 million shortfall in its next operating budget. This will more than likely come as bad news [...]
Malev Airlines Now Ordered to Pay Back Government Aid
Posted on: January 11th, 2012 Posted by Simon Bracknell
Things are not looking promising for Malev Airlines. For people who do not know, Malev Airlines is a Hungary state-owned airline that has been extremely unprofitable. Just recently, the airline was ordered by the European Union regulators to repay loans and guarantees it got from the Hungarian government. The European Commission apparently said that Hungary [...]
A4 Flyover to Be Open in Time for Olympic Games
Posted on: January 10th, 2012 Posted by Lucy Williams
It now seems that Transport for London has assured that repairs on the Hammersmith flyover will be finished in time for the 2012 Summer Olympic games. It has been announced that this section of the A4 will have to stay closed to traffic for at least another week at minimum. This will be done so [...]
Hong Kong Airlines Signs Deal with Airbus
Posted on: January 9th, 2012 Posted by Steven Powell
It now appears that plane manufacturer Airbus and Hong Kong Airlines have struck a deal worth about $3.8 billion at list price. Apparently, the deal will see Hong Kong Airlines buy 10 super jumbo A380 jets. This will be a big deal for, not only Hong Kong Airlines, but for Airbus as well. Airbus, which [...]
Breakdown Costs Alec Baldwin Commercial Gig
Posted on: January 6th, 2012 Posted by Marianna Lee
New reports show that Alec Baldwin may have just lost a commercial gig due to his airline meltdown. The reports show that this gig was lost (and later given back) because of the problems the actor has with American Airlines. This is not the first time that Alec has found himself in trouble because of [...]
Yemeni President Won’t be Traveling to United States
Posted on: January 5th, 2012 Posted by Michael Bond
According to the most-recent reports, the Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh will not be traveling to the United States. This was what a senior aide said to the press on Wednesday of this week. This of course reverses a pledge by this President to visit the States. Saleh has been able to withstand nearly a [...]
United States Airlines Voted Safest of 2011
Posted on: January 4th, 2012 Posted by Lucy Williams
According to new reports, it has never been safer to fly in America. In fact, 2011 proved to be a great year for most carriers, as far as safety goes. There were only 153 fatalities in the last ten years. This actually equals just two deaths for every 100 million commercial passengers. Just ten years [...]
British Train Firm Cutting Off-peak Travel Times
Posted on: January 3rd, 2012 Posted by Justin Harper
Reports now show that millions of commuters could be facing increasing ticket prices. This is because one of Britain’s biggest train firms has announced that it will be cutting its off-peak travel period. This will of course double the cost of most long-distance fares. Experts say that passengers will be spending at least 5.9 percent [...]
Four hospitalised after holiday park blaze
Posted on: January 2nd, 2012 Posted by Simon Bracknell
Four people were sent to hospital following a fire at a Somerset holiday village early this morning. A cluster of chalets at Pontins’ Brean Sands holiday complex close to Weston-super-Mare was destroyed in the blaze. The alarm was raised shortly after 02:00 today and local fire crews raced to the scene. Firefighters used breathing equipment [...]

