Gatwick just announced it had a record-breaking 2017 as passenger numbers near 46m January 12, 2018 Gatwick Airport rounded off a trio of records for London airports, announcing today it welcomed 45.6m passengers last year. It comes after both Heathrow and Stansted reported their best years to date yesterday. Gatwick had its busiest December on record, with 3.2m passengers travelling through the airport, up 1.5 per cent on the same time [...]
Ranked: London’s worst Tube lines for delays January 12, 2018 Londoners have already declared their favourite Tube line, but this ranking of which Tube lines face the most delays may give passengers more food for thought. Over a year from 1 September 2016 to 1 September 2017, the District Line faced the highest number of days with delays to service (which could include anything and [...]
Wizz Air has just announced a new European base in Vienna and 17 new routes for 2018 January 9, 2018 Low-cost Hungarian airline Wizz Air is making Austria its next choice for a base as it plugs $331m (£245m) into setting up in Vienna in June. The carrier said it will establish base operations at Vienna Airport with one Airbus A320 initially, followed by two Airbus A321 aircraft in November. Wizz Air plans to operate [...]
What you need to know about this week’s mass rail strikes across South Western Railway, Southern and Greater Anglia January 8, 2018 Commuters may still be smarting from the rail fare rise that greeted them at the start of the year, but there's more misery on the way in the form of a series of strikes next week. The Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union has announced 24-hour walkouts across Northern, Merseyrail, Greater Anglia, Southern, South Western [...]
TfL faces funding crunch as bosses say end of government subsidy isn’t sustainable for London January 4, 2018 London’s transport funding crunch has been put back in the spotlight after Transport for London (TfL) bosses said yesterday that the withdrawal of government subsidy will not be sustainable for the capital in the long-term. At a meeting of the London Assembly Budget and Performance Committee, they also revealed plans to sell part of TfL’s [...]
Emirates is launching London Stansted flights to Dubai for the first time – and they’ll feature private suites in First Class December 20, 2017 London Stansted has announced a significant step in its long-haul ambitions with the launch of a new daily Emirates service to Dubai starting next year. It marks the first time the airport has secured a route to one of the Middle Eastern hubs. Emirates will have 10 daily flights between Dubai and three London airports [...]
The new Concorde? Japan Airlines has invested $10m in Richard Branson’s supersonic jet startup December 5, 2017 Boom Supersonic, the jet startup which is working with Richard Branson to build a Concorde-style passenger plane, has received a $10m (£7.5m) boost from Japan Airlines. The two companies unveiled a strategic partnership today, with the Japanese company saying it had pre-ordered 20 jets, dubbed the "mini Concorde". Last year Branson teamed up with the [...]
Transport for London blames Brexit uncertainty for surprise fall in passenger numbers November 27, 2017 Transport for London (TfL) has blamed an unexpected fall in passenger numbers on Brexit uncertainty and "economic factors affecting the whole of the UK". The transport body said in its draft business plan for 2018/19 to 2022/23: We have seen lower growth in demand for our services than previously forecast for this year, largely owing [...]
Here are the six London routes Ford’s Chariot commuter shuttle is planning to start next year November 21, 2017 Earlier this month, Ford confirmed it was eyeing plans to take its Chariot commuter shuttle bus service to the capital, and today, the London routes it is plotting have been revealed. The car giant said it is planning six initial routes for the capital, which have now been published by Transport for London (TfL) in [...]
Ranked: The UK regions with the longest and shortest daily commutes November 17, 2017 Commuters in the capital are now battling an 81 minute daily journey in and out of work, the equivalent of 38 working days a year, according to new analysis by the Trades Union Congress (TUC). The one hour 21 minute journey for Londoners is 23 minutes longer than the national average journey for commuters, which [...]