A new report suggests that the British rail system is more expensive and poorer value for money than the networks in other European countries. The study of European rail services marked Britain’s effort at the bottom of the table when it came to comfort, efficiency and fares. When the UK’s trains were compared to those [...]

Car rental company Enterprise has announced the launch of its new branch at Leeds airport. The new office opened on Friday and is situated within the airport terminal, meaning that Enterprise rental patrons no longer have to take a 10-minute shuttle ride to reach the rental desk. The company said in a press release that [...]

A request by the Licensed Taxi Drivers Association that drivers be permitted to push fares up during this summer’s Olympic Games by 22 per cent has been denied. Transport for London said that it had rejected the proposal because the majority of taxi drivers said that they did not want the initiative. However, TfL said [...]

Problems with one of the main booking systems for airlines caused significant disruptions early this week. The glitch in the Amadeus system hit the industry for around three hours on Monday causing major backups for check-in procedures on numerous Oneworld carriers including Cathay Pacific, Iberia, Qantas and British Airways. Officials said that the system’s automatic [...]

Thousands of passengers have been left stranded across Europe and Africa after the collapse of Spanair, Spain’s fourth biggest carrier. Operations were halted on Friday resulting in the sudden cancellation of 200 flights. The collapse could possibly lead to the airline being fined as much as 9 million euros by the Spanish authorities. For the [...]

Ferry firm P&O took delivery of its brand new cross-Channel vessel this week. Officials from the company said that the 47,000-tonne, 213-metre ship was received on Tuesday and is able to carry around 2,000 passengers. It is the largest vessel ever made for service across the Dover Strait, the company said. P&O officials took delivery [...]

A report by aviation industry analysts suggest that if a proposed new airport was to be built in the Thames Estuary, then the cost to land a plane there could be as much a seven times what it currently costs to land at Heathrow. Landing a passenger jet at Heathrow costs an airline around £15 [...]

Some 7,200 motorists were convicted of drink driving in the recent Christmas crackdown across England and Wales. Figures released this week by the Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo) showed that around 157,000 drivers were tested for drink driving in Wales and England between 1 December and 1 January. The numbers also revealed that drivers [...]

Transport restrictions due to be imposed in London while it hosts the 2012 Olympic Games could cause problems for blood deliveries to the capital’s hospitals, claims a major courier firm. TNT Express said restrictions on delivery times, parking and access, as well as increased congestion, could be responsible for significant delays. In order to cut [...]

London’s Heathrow airport has reported its busiest December on record. The announcement came via the facility’s operator, the BAA, on Friday. The Spanish-owned firm also said that traffic at all of its airports increased during 2011, whilst Heathrow’s records were broken in the last month of the year both in terms of cargo operations and [...]