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Road and rail travellers in Scotland have been experiencing disruption because of heavy snow across much of the country. The A9 in the Highlands was closed for an extended period after a crash which involved seven vehicles. The central belt has been experiencing winds of up to 70mph, and rail services have been severely affected.
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The race is still on between British Airways owner International Airlines Group, and Virgin Atlantic, for the acquisition of troubled airline Bmi from present owner Lufthansa. In November, IAG signed an agreement with the German giant to work towards a deal. However, Lufthansa said that its dealings with IAG were not exclusive, and that it [...]

Following an agreement to purchase Northern Rock for £747 million, Sir Richard Branson has said that he will consider opening banks in railway stations between London and the north. Sir Richard is currently looking to have the Virgin Trains franchise on the west coast route renewed. The service carries around 30 million passengers annually between [...]

A new device is being tested by scientists, which airlines hope will deliver the answer to volcanic ash-cloud disruption. The Airborne Volcanic Object Imaging Detector has been designed by Dr Fred Prata from Britain. It combines thermal cameras with data provided by satellites and atmospheric modelling so that pilots know where the ash cloud is [...]

Virgin Trains boss, Sir Richard Branson, has said that the government needs to judge the bids for the west coast mainline on the quality of service companies will deliver, rather than the amount of money they are prepared to put up. Virgin is up against French firm Keolis, backed by SNCF, and Dutch operator Abelio, [...]

Flag carrier British Airways has said that it will not be able to hire as many staff next year as it had planned to. The airline claims that the decision to hike Air Passenger Duty next year is the reason it will have to reduce the number of new jobs from 800 to just 400. [...]

The UK’s leading car hire price comparison website, Carrentals.co.uk, has announced that it is teaming up with road safety charity Brake to launch an annual road safety campaign, called Road Sense. Each year the scheme chooses a particular safety issue and encourages motorists to focus on it. This year it is getting car tyres and [...]

As Thomas Cook struggles to survive by placing itself further in debt, Europe’s number one travel operator could be heading for its best ever summer next year, according to analysts.
The firm is due to announce its first financial update since Thomas Cook’s ongoing troubles saw around 60 per cent wiped off its share value. Industry [...]

Air France has announced that it will not be allowing further maintenance work on its passenger jets by Chinese company Taeco. The decision was made after the French flag-carrier discovered that 30 screws on one of its ‘planes were missing. The incident occurred in the middle of last month.
The airline said that a protective panel [...]

Chancellor George Osborne has green lit 35 new rail and road schemes across the country which the government hopes will improve infrastructure and give a boost to the UK’s economy. Over the coming three years, £1 billion is to be spent on Network Rail, and a further £5 billion of tax payer’s money will go [...]