by SASIG | Dec 22, 2010 | Uncategorized
16 November 2010 EasyJet has announced a near trebling of its annual profits, driven by growing passenger numbers and a lower fuel bill, and said it would pay its first dividend in 2012 whilst continuing to grow. The budget airline’s underlying pre-tax profit...
by SASIG | Dec 22, 2010 | Uncategorized
11 November 2010 Airport capacity expansion can have impacts on UK international business activity that are not captured in current transport appraisal, according to a study for the DfT. Consultancy NERA undertook case studies of London Heathrow, London City and...
by SASIG | Dec 22, 2010 | Uncategorized
19 November 2010 A United Nations body set up after the 2009 Copenhagen Climate Change Summit has recommended increased taxes on carbon emissions from air and sea transport with the aim of raising £67 billion ($100 billion) a year to help poorer nations fight global...
by SASIG | Dec 22, 2010 | Uncategorized
19 November 2010 The gap between the transport sector’s increased greenhouse gas emissions and cuts from other sectors grew again in 2008, as reported by European group, T&E ‘Transport & Environment’. Between 1990 and 2008, transport emissions...
by SASIG | Dec 22, 2010 | Uncategorized
19 November 2010 The former Chairman of airline BMI has been appointed to the House of Lords. Sir Michael Bishop, a long-standing member of the Conservative Party, is to become a peer. Sir Michael took control of the airline in 1978 after a management buy-out and...
