A British Airways Boeing 777 has managed to take off from the wrong runway, sparking a demand by air accident investigators that the airline review the way pilots conduct their airfield inspections. According to a report by the Air Accidents Investigations Branch (AAIB) the incident, which took place at an airfield on the Caribbean Island [...]

HarperCollins has won the right to publish a book in which the identity of Top Gear’s most mysterious presenter, The Stig, is apparently revealed. The BBC has been trying to block the publication with a High Court injunction claiming the anonymity of The Stig is something that viewers of Top Gear enjoyed and owned. The [...]

UK car hire leaders, Avis, has been named best car rental company at the 2010 Top Brands Awards hosted by the Sunday Times. This is the seventh time in as many years that Avis has been named number one. Wayne Duvenage, the company’s chief executive, said that winning a Top Brands Award was particularly meaningful [...]

Cardiff council has announced plans to introduce short term hire vehicles to the city’s streets in a bid to reduce congestion. City Car Club has been given the contract to run the scheme which will see 10 low-carbon emission vehicles occupying parking spaces throughout Cardiff from this October.
The scheme is to be funded through the [...]

A tie-up between British Airways and Spanish carrier Iberia is set to be completed before the year is out. The deal, which was agreed in November last year and signed in April this year, will create one of the world’s largest airlines. It is to be called International Airlines Group and its headquarters will be [...]

The UK Highways Agency said it will have completed a number of roadworks and will be suspending others before motorists set out over the bank holiday weekend. The agency also confirmed that it would be removing many lane restrictions and temporary speed limits; although not in areas where doing so would be a risk for [...]

Hotel giant Marriott International has made an agreement with Las Vegas’s newest hotel-casino, the Cosmopolitan, to share its database of customers in return for a percentage of room revenue. When it opens its doors in December this year, the Cosmopolitan will offer close to 3,000 rooms to its guests as well as a casino which [...]

While many of the world’s major airlines struggle to fill their seats, Emirates claims it is facing a shortage of capacity, even though it has promised to add two aircraft every month to its fleet over the next 12 years. In October, the Dubai based giant will celebrate its 25th birthday and executive vice-chairman, Sir [...]

Motoring group, the AA, has released new figures which suggest many drivers in the UK go out of their way to avoid motorways. Last year, according to the AA, motorists travelled a total of over 600 million miles just to make sure that their journeys’ did not lead them onto a motorway.
An online route planner [...]

As the government struggles to find ways to support council funding; motorists may find themselves being charged hundreds of pounds per year to park their cars at work. Initially seen as a way of encouraging the use of public transport and reducing congestion and CO2 emissions, it is now thought that parking levies in the [...]