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EasyJet picks Austrian base for post-Brexit plan
The UK airline wants to set up a new company in Austria to protect its European business after Brexit.
Channel Tunnel rail link sold on to consortium for £3bn
Canadian pension funds Borealis and Ontario Teachers sell HS1 in deal thought to value track, stations and lease at £3bn
MP calls for action on Wales' 'creaking transport system'
Jonathan Edwards believes more should be spent on rural roads, rather than concentrating investment in south east Wales
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Siemens and Bombardier are reportedly in talks to merge their rail operations to compete more effectively with Chinese state-backed giant CRRC. The challenges and implications, however, should not be understated.
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- EasyJet picks Austrian base for post-Brexit planThe UK airline wants to set up a new company in Austria to protect its European business after Brexit.
Financial Times
- EasyJet to set up Vienna-based airline to ease Brexit pressuresNew group will allow carrier to continue European operations after UK leaves the EU
The Guardian
- EasyJet to set up Austrian HQ to operate EU flights after BrexitAirline still faces legal uncertainty about whether it will be able to fly between the UK and EU, and on what termsEasyJet is to open a new European headquarters in Austria to enable it to continue to operate flights within the EU after Brexit.The airline said it intended to establish a new airline, easyJet Europe, which would be headquartered in Vienna. Continue reading...
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- How airport car parking costs vary MASSIVELY across the UKExeter was the cheapest, where an equivalent space cost just £65
Aviation Industry
- Pilot groups decry BA use of Qatar aircraft during strikePilot representatives from the European Cockpit Association (ECA) and the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) have voiced concerns about British Airways’ (BA) use of aircraft and crews from Qatar Airways to fill gaps in BA’s schedule caused by a long-running industrial dispute at the UK national carrier. read more
- Preliminary report: Air Canada A320 overflew four aircraft at SFOA preliminary summary issued by the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) said Air Canada flight 759 overflew four aircraft on the taxiway parallel to runway 28R at the San Francisco International Airport (SFO) near midnight on July 7. read more
- Eurowings CCO: Airberlin wet lease delivers 23,000 more flights Lufthansa Group low-cost (LCC) subsidiary Eurowings said the wet lease of 33 Airbus A319/320s from airberlin allows the carrier to offer 23,000 additional flights, 60 new routes and to generate an additional 3 million passengers. read more
- London Heathrow runway process delayed yet againA further delay in providing a third runway at London Heathrow Airport has been discovered, because of a quirk of UK parliamentary procedure. read more
Green Miscellany
- Why do we subsidise air travel for the wealthy?It’s an inconvenient truth that most of us choose to forget; it is our own behaviour that is responsible for carbon emissions and the resulting change in our climate. After all, while we might be aware that driving a car and having children are both significant sources of pollution, we�consider both to be a right. �In the absence of a… The post Why do we subsidise air travel for the wealthy? appeared first on ETA.
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- London Stansted sets new passenger record for June as cargo total hits all-time highLondon Stansted welcomed over 2.3 million passengers to the airport during June this year, up 7.9% over the same month in 2016 and a new record for the month of June, surpassing the previous high set 11 years ago in 2006.
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