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Willie Walsh, chief executive of British Airways’ owner, says ministers should not be bound to third runway proposalThe alternative, cheaper scheme to expand Heathrow airport should be put back on the table if the government gives the go-ahead for a new runway, according to the boss of British Airways’ owner.Willie Walsh, the chief executive of IAG, whose airlines, including BA, operate the majority of services at Heathrow, said he did not expect a decision soon – but the “prohibitive costs” meant ministers should not be bound to the airport’s own proposals for a third, north-west runway.
Arriva owners confirm plan to sell off part of the business to fund rail investment in Germany
Deutsche Bahn will finalise plans in the autumn to sell off minority stakes in Sunderland-based transport group
Welsh franchise and Metro plans takes major step forward
Contract for engineering consultancy services for procurement of next Wales & Borders franchise and development and delivery of the South Wales Metro awarded.
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- Cutting-edge transport management system harnesses the operational excellence of Henkel Implementing a standardized transport management process across Henkel’s entire outbound supply chain has supported faster and more agile responses to the changing needs of its customers, while leveraging transport consolidation potentials. Read more here.
- Waitrose changes its trucks from gas to bio-methaneSupermarket chain Waitrose has introduced two new gas-fuelled tractor units to its RDC at Leyland in a bid to make the company more green. This is the first effort by the chain to attempt to remove as much diesel from its tractors and replace it with bio-methane, reports Logistics Manager. Waitrose's green initiative was inspired by the opening of a gas refuelling station in Leyland by CNG Fuels, which is connected to the national high-pressure grid. As it's part of this grid, the station can refuel up to 500 trucks a day, which is the largest amount of any other facility in Europe. The bio-m...
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