Organisers of the Innovation and Technology in Transport – ITT Hub, report exhibitor numbers to the event continue to rise. The exhibition supports the shift to net-zero for passenger and commercial fleets. The organisers say it is one of the UK’s first major business events to take place in more than a year, and the […]
Organisers of the Euro Bus Expo have postponed the event until 2022. The exhibition was originally scheduled for last year, but the affects of the pandemic meant it was rescheduled to take place later this year. It has now been put back to 1-3 November 2022, again due to the affects of Covid-19. The show […]
Travel product management service provider, 2020 Travel Partners, has secured a partnership with TJs Travel. It sees the new company provide the operator with bespoke, freelance travel product management services and create the operator’s first UK tour programme for 2021. Set up at the end of 2020 by ex-Shearings Holidays product managers Andrew Sowry and […]
AEC Routemasters are no longer operating on TfL heritage bus services in London. An answer to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request confirmed the AEC Routemasters on London’s 15H heritage route are no longer to operate. The 15H’s withdrawal follows the retirement of the 9H heritage route in 2014. The Stagecoach-operated heritage service on route […]
SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon has promised that if re-elected, her party will deliver a £120m investment in zero-emission buses. The pledge is part of the SNP’s proposed transport revolution. This would see a target to reduce the use of cars, measured as ‘car kilometres’, by 20% by 2030, alongside a £500m investment to improve bus […]
Having relaunched services after a cessation of operations due to the lockdown imposed in January, National Express reports that demand for coach travel is strong. In response, it has added routes and increased its timetable. A spokesperson from the company said: “We have added eight new routes to our timetable and increased the frequency of […]
Using Heathrow Airport’s West Ramp Coach Park is set to double in price to £56.54 per movement from 1 July 2021. A Heathrow spokesperson said: “Covid-19 continues to have a devastating impact on the aviation sector and the many businesses that rely on the movement of goods and people. Unfortunately, the sharp decline in passenger […]
FlixBus, thought to be the world’s largest intercity coach-travel provider, is launching new domestic connections in the UK. With lockdown easing, the company is running an initial 18 routes between 12 cities from 15 April. As a result of the accelerated vaccination campaign and the ongoing easing of the restrictions in this country, the UK […]