Exclusive: Tram risk audit at time of Croydon crash was never revealed to TfL safety panel October 26, 2020 The Croydon tram network was undergoing a safety audit at the time of the fatal Sandilands crash in 2016 – a fact not revealed to the chair of TfL’s safety panel at the time. The former board member, tasked with overseeing investigations into the disaster, described the failure to inform him as “beyond shocking.” Over [...]
Aircraft orders flatline in September after worst ever quarter October 26, 2020 No commercial aircraft were ordered last month as the global aviation industry recorded its worst ever quarter on record due to the coronavirus pandemic. From July to September, there were just 13 orders placed for planes, a decline of 91.4 per cent on the same quarter last year. There were four orders in July, and [...]
Canary Islands and Maldives added to quarantine free travel list October 23, 2020 The Canary Islands, the Maldives, Denmark and Mykonos have all been added back on to the UK's travel corridors list, transport secretary Grant Shapps has confirmed.
Travel corridors: ’50 per cent’ chance of London-New York travel by end of November October 23, 2020 There is a 50:50 chance that a travel corridor between London and New York could be set up before Thanksgiving, Heathrow Airport’s chief executive said today. John Holland-Kaye said that preparations for a trial testing scheme to enable business travel were advancing rapidly. Speaking to the Evening Standard, he said that the national holiday, which [...]
US airlines continue to bleed cash as wait for stimulus package goes on October 22, 2020 US airlines laid out the continued cost of the coronavirus pandemic today as the wait for a new stimulus package from federal authorities went on. American Airlines fell to a loss of $2.4bn (£1.8bn) in the period from July to September, its third consecutive quarterly loss. The Texas-headquartered carrier revenue fell 73 per cent compared [...]
Travel quarantine: Germany and Sweden in line to be added to ‘red list’ October 22, 2020 Germany and Sweden could be added to the UK’s travel quarantine list this afternoon, with both reporting rising numbers of new coronavirus cases. The two countries are among the last places in Europe to which travellers can go without needing to self-isolate for 14 days on their return to the UK. However, both are now [...]
Government ‘significantly underestimating’ airport testing effectiveness, new study finds October 22, 2020 New independent analysis has emerged which calls into question the government’s claim that airport testing for coronavirus will only detect seven per cent of cases. The research, from consultancies Oxera and Edge Health, along with Dr Kit Yates from the University of Bath, says that the methodology used by Public Health England (PHE) was flawed. [...]
Tesla cracks revenue record and beats estimates, shares take off October 21, 2020 Tesla on Wednesday reported its fifth consecutive quarterly profit on record revenue of $8.8bn (£6.7bn), boosted by an uptick in vehicle deliveries and sales of environmental regulatory credits to other automakers. The electric car maker also affirmed its target to deliver half a million vehicles by the end of this year, a goal that will [...]
Rail franchises paid out £90m in delay refunds last year October 21, 2020 Rail franchises paid out nearly £90m to passengers in refunds for delays last year, new figures from the Department for Transport showed today. In total, the 27 franchises paid out £89.4m, £10m more than they did the prior year. Nearly a quarter of that figure came from London North Eastern Rail, which gave passengers £21.4m [...]
Business bodies slam government’s TfL bailout conditions as a ‘mockery’ October 21, 2020 London business bodies have slammed the government’s demands for a potential bailout for Transport for London (TfL) as a “mockery”, accusing ministers of “railroading” policy through while the transport network is on its knees during the pandemic. Ministers last night threatened to take direct control of TfL unless London mayor Sadiq Khan accepts a raft [...]