A glitch in the computer system which thousands of airline customers use to book tickets, reserve seats and check in caused frustration yesterday as it effectively closed down for three hours. The situation was also bad news for travel companies who use the Amadeus system to book flights. Among the airlines hit by the problem [...]

The prototype of a new electric car is to be launched today in Brussels by European Commission president, Jose Manuel Barroso. The vehicle has been designed to fold in on itself, which will allow it to park in smaller spaces. Each of its four wheels is powered by an individual motor, and the car is [...]

Written evidence supplied by HS2 to the Transport Select Committee suggests that the construction of a new high-speed rail link from London to Birmingham and beyond will cause significant disruption for passengers attempting to use Euston Station. The hub is one of the busiest stations in the UK, and redevelopment work to accommodate HS2 could [...]

A French court has liquidated ferry company SeaFrance which went into receivership late last year. The decision by the Tribunal de Commerce means that 127 jobs will be lost in Dover. The fate of the company was decided following an earlier ruling by the European Union that a bailout package offered by the French government [...]

This year’s Olympic Games in London is being billed as the greenest ever. However, this claim has been thrown into question after it was revealed that 4,000 BMWs are to be shipped in to take officials and dignitaries to events. The German car fleet will include saloons from the 3 and 5 Series, and the [...]

Emissions from cars and other vehicles have been blamed for a number of cities across Scotland failing to hit European targets for reducing levels of pollution, according to a report released by environmental charity, the WWF. Nitrogen dioxide levels in areas of Perth, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dundee and Aberdeen have been shown to be at higher [...]

Car hire firm Sixt has said it is experiencing an increase in enquires from Brits about vehicle rental ahead of expected severe weather across much of the UK, as well as engineering work and strikes on Underground and rail networks. The company said that its switchboard was seeing a 72 per cent rise in calls. [...]

The race is still on between British Airways owner International Airlines Group, and Virgin Atlantic, for the acquisition of troubled airline Bmi from present owner Lufthansa. In November, IAG signed an agreement with the German giant to work towards a deal. However, Lufthansa said that its dealings with IAG were not exclusive, and that it [...]

The UK’s leading car hire price comparison website, Carrentals.co.uk, has announced that it is teaming up with road safety charity Brake to launch an annual road safety campaign, called Road Sense. Each year the scheme chooses a particular safety issue and encourages motorists to focus on it. This year it is getting car tyres and [...]

Troubled travel operator Thomas Cook has seen share prices recover slightly after it confirmed that it has reached a new deal with lenders to provide financing. A deal for a short-term credit agreement which was announced in October this year, and which was worth £100 million, has now been replaced with a new agreement to [...]