BA, Ryanair and Vueling were the three airlines at the bottom of the list After a year of IT failures, rota blunders and catering complaints, watchdog Which? says airlines need to "step up their game". British Airways has plunged to third from bottom in an annual survey of customer satisfaction on
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In UK Local buses could be replaced by Uber-style services
A rural bus service makes its way through the Lake District Labour and campaigners angry at transport secretary’s suggestion bus services could be demand-led after funding falls by 33% London (The Guardian) - Local buses could be replaced by “Uber-style” rides, the transport secretary has said, sparking a backlash from Labour, trade
UPS Loses Family’s $846K Inheritance, Offers to Refund $32 Shipping Fee
A Canadian man says he’s broke after the United Parcel Service lost track of his inheritance. The intended $846,000 delivery was a bank draft from TD Canada Trust, which still hasn’t refunded the lost fortune 10 months later. Instead, UPS offered an apology and $32 to pay for the mailing costs, according to
Shanghai hits 4 million tonnes of cargo for 2017
Shanghai Pudong International Airport cargo Shanghai, as of today, has joined a prestigious and exclusive ‘4-million tonne club’ to which only two other cities in the world can claim access. The airport authority reported this morning that its annual airfreight traffic surpassed 4 million tonnes, for the first time. Before this
Air Traffic Controllers End Strike At New Senegal Airport
The New Senegal Airport Dakar (Reuters) - Air traffic controllers ended a strike at Senegal’s main airport on Friday, a union leader said, after shutting it down for most of the day over demands for more training and transportation stipends. The government says the new $680 million airport, which was inaugurated on
Unprecedented volumes force Lufthansa Cargo to add additional seasonal flights
Lufthansa Cargo Lufthansa Cargo has temporarily expanded its freight capacity for Deutsche Post AG, in response to the enormous volume of Christmas mail and parcels between Germany and the United States. From mid-November until Dec. 19, Lufthansa Cargo is operating an MD-11 each Monday on the Frankfurt-New York / JFK –
Driverless Merc takes on SA’s chaotic roads
Mercedes Benz on SA road Cape Town - Although it’s impressive to hear of the progress that autonomous cars are making in tests abroad, we’ve often wondered how these advanced machines would cope on South Africa’s hectic road network. Now Mercedes-Benz is taking up that challenge with the fourth leg of its
Ships to switch off engines at Mombasa port to curb increase pollution
Kenyan port security personnel guard an American ship Mombasa (Business Daily) - Kenyan government has embarked on an air pollution project aimed at ensuring that in the next three years, all ships docking at the port of Mombasa switch off their engines after for more than two hours. The rule will be
Brussels cargo milestone harks back to its DHL Express hub days
Emirates Airlines resumes Flights to Abuja after one year
Emirates Airlines Abuja (NAN) -Emirates Airlines, on Friday returned to Abuja route with 95 passengers and 17 crew members on board its Boeing 777-300 from Dubai after it has closed the route for over a year. According to reports, the aircraft landed at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja at 3:00pm with