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Sunday, 21 September 2008

BBC News

• MPs criticise fuel watchdog axingA move to scrap the consumer watchdog Energywatch is criticised by MPs as a spectacularly bad idea.

The Observer

• Gatwick vulnerable to foreign state biddersAirports operator BAA put Gatwick up for sale yesterday and paved the way for a politically charged auction by admitting it expects interest from state-backed foreign investors.

The Telegraph

• BA rethinks management shake-upBritish Airways is reviewing its plans to appoint a chief operating officer after parting company with Whitehead Mann, the headhunter hired to find a suitable candidate.

Times Online

• Mayor wants to close HeathrowThe London mayor Boris Johnson is proposing to close down Heathrow and replace it with a 24-hour airport in the Thames estuary.
• Looking for the roads to recoveryAt the end of a torrid week, European stock markets notched up their best-ever one-day increase on Friday. Hank Paulson, the US treasury secretary, played a strong hand in reviving equities with a plan to corral the toxic assets stalking Wall Street banks.

Newcastle Evening Chronicle

• £32m boost for Tyne & Wear bus routesPlans to entice drivers to ditch their cars were revealed today. Transport chiefs are planning to spend £15m in Gateshead and Sunderland on the first stage of a £32m scheme to boost major bus corridors across Tyne & Wear.

The Press and Journal (Aberdeen)

• Chance to step aboard last Clyde pufferIf Dougie was here he would tell you . . . the last seagoing coal-fired Clyde puffer ship in existence has docked at Muirtown Basin on the Caledonian Canal at Inverness, and will be open to the public todayand tomorrow.
• No longer a bridge too far “ thanks to new roadA temporary traffic measure “ put in place 23 years ago “ was replaced yesterday with a new stretch of road.

The York Press

• Fuel pumps war as prices drop MOTORISTS look set to benefit from a fuel price war as the cost of petrol was slashed at forecourts across York.

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• MSC Napoli salvage work suspended over winterWork to salvage the wreck of the MSC Napoli, which ran aground off the Devon coast last year, has been suspended for the winter.

Aviation Industry

• £31 million airport extension set for take off in 31 daysIt's the size of a football pitch, took 18 months to build and cost £31 million - and in 31 days, the first phase of Glasgow Airport's terminal extension will open its doors to passengers...
• Air Canada Simplifies Fees as Fuel Prices DropAs fuel prices fall, Air Canada has become the first major North American airline to drop its second-checked-bag fee and to fold its fuel surcharges into its base airfares.
• Global Sales Conference for the ExecuJet Aviation GroupThe ExecuJet Aviation Group has just finished their first Global Sales Conference last week in Johannesburg, South Africa.
• Eurostar announces extra servicesExtra tickets on sale despite restrictions

Other News Sources

• Rail feat rained offInto the storm: Corey Pederson (left) and Mike Kim disembark in Tokyo (top), the halfway point in their attempt to break the Guinness world record for the furthest distance traveled by train in 24 ho...
• Greens outline public transport visionThe party has lined up a bus against 48 cars on Wellington's waterfront today to show just how many vehicles could be taken off our roads if there was more government support for public transport. Gr...
• Lockheed to perform first UK flight of Desert Hawk UAVBritish Army operations using Lockheed Martin's Desert Hawk III unmanned air vehicle will receive a significant boost later this month, with the type to be flown for the first time in UK airspace.
• Biomethane Trials Hit the RoadTwo trials of biomethane-powered vehicles began over the summer.
• Noise Levels Used to Assess Health Impacts of Airports Too High?Defra publish consultation on noise action planning for airport operators.

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