Aircraft seats New York (NYT) - Spirit Airlines, at least, is honest about the tight quarters on its planes. “We’re a cozy airline,” it says on its website. “We add extra seats to our planes so we can fly with more people. This lowers ticket prices for everyone, just like a carpool.” It’s
Year: 2017
Uber passenger caught on camera stealing driver’s tips
Toyota forecasts tough outlook for U.S. sales, yen boost to overall profit
TOKYO (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp upgraded its full-year operating profit forecast by 8 percent on expectations of a weaker yen but flagged a dour outlook for North America, its biggest market, where quarterly sales fell to the lowest in nearly three years. The automaker is struggling to sell more cars
Uber bullish on Africa despite opposition from local taxi firms
Janet Kemboi, Uber East Africa Spokesperson. File Photo | NMG CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - Ride-hailing service Uber Technologies Inc. is growing rapidly in sub-Saharan Africa and considering moves into more markets, despite sometimes violent opposition from metered taxi drivers, a senior executive said on Tuesday. Uber’s service has triggered protests by rivals
The Future Of The Transport Industry – IoT, Big Data, AI And Autonomous Vehicles
Transportation trends Tremendous strides by innovators have resulted in some fascinating and intriguing enhancements to the transportation industry. In fact, in many ways, it feels like the future of the transportation industry is already here. These developments will cause transportation companies to rethink job descriptions and figure out when humans should
AF-KLM says third-quarter cargo gains are evidence of ‘cargo turnaround’
AF-KLM says cargo revenues up 1.2 percent to €493 million Air France-KLM’s self-described “cargo turnaround” seems to have finally pushed the carrier’s third-quarter results back into the black, with total cargo revenues up 1.2 percent to €493 million. Across a longer timeline, however, year-to-date cargo statistics at the carrier still indicate
Lagos to demolish bridges to make way for New regional railway lines
Costain bridge Lagos, marked for demolition Lagos (NAN) - Nigeria's Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, said on Monday that the laying of tracks of Lagos-Ibadan standard gauge rail line would start in December. He also said that Jibowu and Costain bridges in Lagos would be demolished to give way for the new railway
Why Murtala Mohammed International Airport 2 terminal Lagos is 50% utilized
Murtala Mohammed International Airport 2, Lagos Lagos - The operator of the Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal Two, Lagos Nigeria, Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited, has said that the terminal which has the capacity to process over 4 million passengers annually but currently processing only about 2 million is utilizing just about 50 percent
U.S. truck firms accelerate into the merging lane
A transport truck passes through the Allegheny Mountain Tunnel in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, U.S. on September 3, 2017. Picture taken on September 3. The consolidation of the U.S. trucking industry is picking up speed, with big trucking companies and private equity funds scooping up smaller firms as a U.S. regulatory mandate
Nissan resumes some production amid scandal, fresh wrongdoing found
The logo of Nissan Motor Co is pictured at a showroom at the carmaker's headquarters in Yokohama, Japan May 11, 2017. REUTERS/Toru Hanai TOKYO (Reuters) - Nissan Motor Co Ltd resumed on Tuesday most of the domestic car production that had been suspended in the wake of a scandal over uncertified technicians