As most readers will know many mass produced vans appear under various brand names but most of them are only actually built by two conglomerates. For example Renault, Vauxhall (Opel) and Nissan van products are all clones of each other and similarly Fiat, Peugeot and Citroen vans originate in the same facilities. However, each manufacturer […]
Investment is key to achieving growth, because it can’t be achieved if you haven’t got products that people want, and ADL’s determination to make sure that they can supply buses operators want to run has seen the number of new product development (NPD) projects in hand more than double from 11 in 2011 to 23 […]
That Practice Direction related to the standards expected of local bus services in relation to punctuality. Many operators found the Practice Direction not a model of clarity and on a number of occasions issues on the meaning of the document were appealed to the Transport Tribunal. In December 2011 the Practice Direction was effectively adopted […]
Global Proceedings started with a presentation beamed in from the US by FleetMatics CEO and Chairman of the Board, Jim Travers. He began by highlighting the global nature of the business and mentioned his product was ‘groundbreaking’ in the fleet telematics industry. He stated FleetMatics is a leader in providing a software as a service […]
Entries include the latest additions to the fleet of Parrys International, winners of the coach of the year for the past three years in succession, though their two entries are promised stiff competition from the likes of Jay & Kay, Go Goodwins, Weardale, Edwards, DJ Coaches and others. On the Saturday morning, competitors will complete […]
Last November I had also attended the Comvex Exhibition in Istanbul. It covered all kinds of commercial vehicles but was poorly attended by the bus manufacturers. Clearly, Busworld and its Turkish partners have a formula which is much more attractive to exhibitors and visitors. In a normal year in Turkey, registrations of buses and coaches […]
The 40,000th unit is an 18.13m long articulated Citaro GU intercity model which has been purchased by the Luxembourg operator Voyages Emile Weber. Externally, it is distinguished by a pearlescent metallic paint finish while the interior is trimmed in red. This fifth generation family business has a mixed fleet of 380 vehicles involved in all […]
Speaking at the launch, Martijn Gilbert, business director for Yorkshire Tiger, said: ‘We’re delighted to be launching the new ‘flying tigers’ at the airport, we’re confident that travellers will be really pleased with the new enhanced service. It’s a really exciting time and we are proud to be playing an important part in making sure […]