Held every other year, the FIAA show in Madrid is a significant event on the European exhibition circuit and especially so for the Spanish and Portuguese markets, which have pretty much returned to pre-pandemic levels. The latest edition, the 15th, was staged as usual at the IFEMA complex, one Metro stop away from Madrid airport, […]
ShuttleID has launched a new package designed specifically for use with local authorities. The package from the digital school bus pass platform includes a number of key features aimed at authorities and a no obligation 90-day free trial. The system provides e-ticketing, payments, service alerts, reporting, live vehicle tracking and boarding notifications in a single […]
Scottish Citylink-owned Megabus is to pull out of internal services in England and Wales. The network cull takes effect on 4 December, but the following services will continue all services within Scotland (under the Scottish Citylink and Megabus brands) all cross-border services between Scotland and England and Wales all Falcon services in the Southwest of […]
Alfa Travel has won the Silver Standout for Solos award at the Silver Travel Advisor Silver Travel Awards. It has also been highly commended as Best UK Breaks Operator in the Awards. Silver Travel Advisor, who have unrivalled experience in providing holidays for the over 50s, revealed the winners of their consumer voted Silver Travel […]
FirstGroup has acquired Shropshire-based Lakeside Group comprising Lakeside Coaches, Merediths Coaches and A. T. Brown Coaches. Lakeside operates a fleet of around 145 buses and coaches of various sizes primarily from a central, owned depot in Ellesmere, Shropshire and from five smaller depots – one owned in Shrewsbury and the others leased – in Shropshire, […]
National Express is once again to run coach services throughout the festive season, including Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day. On Christmas Day alone, the operator is providing over 340 journeys and serving nearly 95 locations including towns, cities and airport locations across the UK. “As always, we’re here to help bring families […]
FirstGroup has acquired Anderson Travel, a central London based coach company comprising three trading entities: Anderson Travel Ltd, Anderson Tours Ltd and London Mini Coaches Ltd. Anderson Travel currently operates around 40 coaches of varying sizes in and around London from a depot near Tower Bridge in central London and a new, smaller depot near […]
New independent research commissioned by the Confederation of Passenger Transport (CPT) emphasises the strong economic benefit the coach sector has across Britain. Conducted by KPMG, ‘The Economic Impact of Coach Services’ quantifies the financial benefits of coach services to the British economy, including direct impacts for passengers and operators, and additional benefits that arise for […]