The introduction of stricter rules in the Low Emission Zone for Greater London could leave thousands of vehicle owners facing hefty fines. Regulations laid out by Brussels already apply to lorries and coaches, and will now cover older pick-up trucks, horseboxes, ambulances, sports utility vehicles and motorhomes. The LEZ covers most routes which are within [...]

About 150 Qantas pilots are currently on unpaid leave amid cost-cutting efforts, the carrier announced on Tuesday. Australia’s flag carrier said that the news comes as a result of schedule consolidations that it says are necessary in order to recoup ballooning losses from its international division, which amount to around AUD $200 million (£132 million) [...]

Top airline executives in the British Isles are once again urging the Government to axe the UK’s air passenger duty (APD) tax. Willie Walsh, the head official for International Airlines Group (IAG), the parent company of British Airways and Iberia, has united with Ryanair’s Michael O’Leary, Carolyn Mcall of easyJet and Steve Ridgeway, chief executive [...]

Derby-based Bombardier has been given a reprieve by securing a contract to build 130 new Electrostar train carriages to be put into use by rail operator Southern. The Canadian company had said that it was going to have to make half of its staff redundant after it lost out on the bid to build Thameslink [...]

Following a European Court of Justice ruling that an emissions tax on airlines flying to and from destinations across Europe is legal, the US has called on the International Civil Aviation Organisation to examine the issue. Carriers in China, Canada and the US have consistently rejected the idea of having to pay a European Union imposed [...]

The entrance to the Channel Tunnel near Calais, France now boasts a gigantic Olympic logo. The classic five-ring symbol, which is 31ft (9.4m) wide and 15ft (4.6m) high, was unveiled this week at the Coquelles tunnel on 20 December, marking the special date of 20/12. The rings were put together in Lille and later put [...]

Britain’s airports and motorways are set to once again endure heavy travel over the Christmas season. According to the AA, around 18 million vehicles are expected to take to the roadways over the holiday break, with Thursday, 22 December and Friday, 23 December likely to see the heaviest traffic. Additionally, more than 4 million Britons [...]

An argument over bank holiday pay between unions and London Underground has resulted in members of Aslef voting in favour of a series of strikes, including industrial action on Boxing Day. Other walkouts will take place on 16 January, 3 February and 13 February. The decision to strike on Boxing Day is bad news for [...]

Officials from Qatar Airways have said the carrier is to launch its fifth daily service between its home airport in Doha and the British capital. Qatar’s national airline said on Sunday that beginning at the start Northern Summer schedules on 25 March that the new flight would commence, upping its number of weekly Heathrow-bound departures [...]

Qantas has said all passengers stranded in Perth early in the week have now been accommodated on other flights. A spokeswoman for the Australian flag carrier, whose operations in Western Australia were brought to a standstill on Tuesday due to severe thunderstorms, said that although all affected passengers had reached their final destinations that some [...]