London - Parliament approved plans to make Europe’s biggest airport even bigger, backing on Monday what the government described as the most important transportation decision in a generation. The House of Commons voted overwhelmingly, 415-119, to build a third runway at Heathrow Airport after hours of debate on the 14
Year: 2018
Lagos-Ibadan road: FG remobilises Julius Berger to site
Lagos - The construction firm, Julius Berger Nigeria Plc has been mobilized the federal government to commence work on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. According to the Punch, it was gathered that the firm was expecting huge payment from the Federal Government following the signing of the 2018 Appropriation Bill by President Muhammadu Buhari after
Harley-Davidson to make more motorcycles outside the US
Harley-Davidson plans to shift some motorcycle production away from the US to avoid the "substantial" burden of European Union tariffs. Last week, the EU imposed retaliatory tariffs on US goods, including bourbon, orange juice and motorcycles. The measures are a response to new US duties on steel and aluminium imports. Wisconsin-based Harley-Davidson said
DHL adding e-commerce operation to existing Aussie facility
The increase in e-commerce exports from Australia has prompted DHL to add an e-commerce-specific distribution center to its already-existing 16,700-square-meter Melbourne cargo facility, operated by DHL’s Global Forwarding division. The co-located operation are situated in the Melbourne suburb of Tullamarine. The new addition, operated by DHL’s eCommerce division, will mostly handle
Uber told London court ‘we needed to change’ in licence appeal
Taxi app firm Uber has told a court it accepted its London operating licence should not have been renewed last year over safety concerns but says there has been "wholesale change" since then. Westminster Magistrates' Court is considering if Uber is "fit and proper" to hold a licence in the capital. Last
NCAA defends figures on 2017 air passenger traffic, revenues
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has reaffirmed the veracity of the recently released 2017 statistical data on the aviation industry on passenger traffic and revenues earned by both domestic and international airlines. In a recent presentation at the Aviation Round Table (ART) breakfast forum in Lagos, the regulatory authority said
India’s plan to sell national airline to a private buyer for $12 billion risk flop
Trump pushing private USPS, Air Traffic Control
A sweeping Office of Management and Budget report proposes converting the Postal Service into a privately held corporation and spinning off air traffic control functions from the FAA. United States' President Donald Trump is looking to privatize the United States Postal Service despite ongoing stakeholders meetings with the White House Postal
Canada is changing where cars are imported
Funding green-lighted for vehicle-processing centre at Port of Nanaimo. Canada’s Minister of Transport Marc Garneau on Wednesday announced an investment of more than C$6.3 million for a project at the Port of Nanaimo, on the east coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, that is expected to change the way cars
