Budget long-haul carrier Air Asia X has revealed that its flight to Europe and India will soon be discontinued. The Malaysia-based airline’s Facebook page said on Friday that the move comes as a result of sky-high fuel prices and taxes. The announcement includes its A330 service to both Paris and London as well as to [...]

US-based carmakers Ford and GM have reported record sales in China last year. General Motors said on Monday that it and its Chinese partners had sold 2.5 million vehicles in 2011, a rise of 8.3 per cent from the previous year. Similarly, Ford sold just over a half million cars in China last year, marking [...]

Ahead of next weeks final decision on whether plans to build a high-speed rail link connecting London to Birmingham will go ahead or not, Network Rail has said that alternative plans would fail to deliver the same capacity. The initial phase of the HS2 project is slated to be constructed between 2016 and 2026, and [...]

The historic Las Vegas Hilton is changing its name and will no longer be affiliated with the Hilton brand. The hotel, set east of the central part of the famous Las Vegas Strip, announced this week that it’s official name – The Las Vegas Hilton hotel-casino – will be trimmed to become simply The Las [...]

Scotland’s Transport Minister, Keith Brown, is urging people to swap their cars for alternative means of transport through 2012. He admitted that he used his car a great deal of the time as a mobile office, but added that there were journeys he could make where he did not need to get behind the wheel, [...]

Motorway closures are soon to be reduced via new 3D technology, the Government has announced. Some 27 police authorities around England will employ new imaging technology, thanks to a recently signed £2.7 million deal, officials said last week. Police say that the tool will enable them to investigate crashes offsite via 3D images, meaning crash [...]

Travellers attempting to use public transport on Boxing Day were severely hampered by a 24-hour strike by Tube workers in the capital, and a reduction of overland rail services across the rest of the country. Those trying to travel in London were forced to rely on the bus network after a row over bank holiday [...]

Qantas officials have reported lower domestic passenger figures for the month of November. The carrier said on Friday that some 1.47 million passengers had travelled on its domestic network last month, marking a drop of 1.3 per cent from November of 2010. However, the company’s international division saw more optimistic news via a 1.5 per [...]

Melbourne Emirates passengers will soon be able to travel on the A380 superjumbo aircraft to Dubai without a connection. The UAE-based airline announced this week that starting in October of 2012 that it would be commissioning the Airbus A380 on one of its daily flights between Auckland and Dubai with a stopover in Melbourne, offering [...]

United Arab Emirates’ national airline Etihad Airways has announced that it will be increasing its Air Berlin stake to over 29 per cent from its current three per cent share. The deal includes Etihad providing around £165 million in financing over the coming half-decade. Although Air Berlin is currently the second largest carrier in Germany, [...]