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Union Connectivity Review: what it could mean for travel within the UK Simon Calder These are the key recommendations – and the analysis by The Independent. What’s the problem? “Inadequate connections, needless bottlenecks and endless delays on the vital links between one part of the UK and another”: that is how Boris Johnson sums up travel within the United Kingdom in an article on transport infrastructure. Mr Johnson, the third Conservative prime minister in the past 11 years, asked Sir Peter Hendy to look at the quality and availability of transport infrastructure ...

Updated: March 10, 2021, 3:54 pm Tui has reduced its summer programme from Aberdeen. Sign up for our daily Politics briefing for political exclusives, analysis and debate. Thank you for signing up to our Politics newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up North-east MSP Liam Kerr has pressed the Scottish Government to come up with an initiative to safeguard jobs after Tui announced it was to axe more than half of its city flights. The UK’s largest holiday provider confirmed last month it will reduce its summer programme from Aberdeen this year due to the “c...

The chief executive of Glasgow Airport has welcomed suggestions that the UK could cut air passenger duty (APD) on domestic flights in a bid to boost…

BBC News Published image copyrightReuters Job losses are "inevitable" following the decision by package holiday firm Tui to reduce flights from Aberdeen, the airport's operator has warned. Tui said it would no longer base an aircraft at Aberdeen while flights offered from the city are reduced from 10 to four each week this summer. It said it had "no choice" due to the continued uncertainty over holidays. Operator AGS Airports said further job losses would happen unless there was a recovery plan. Tui hopes to continue to take customers on summer holidays from Aberdeen to Dalaman in Turkey, the...

by Alastair Gossip and Kieran Beattie February 24, 2021, 7:44 am Updated: February 24, 2021, 11:05 am © Kenny Elrick / DCT Media Sign up for our daily Politics briefing for political exclusives, analysis and debate. Thank you for signing up to our Politics newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up The Scottish Government’s roadmap out of lockdown was criticised last night for failing to address the need for travel – both at home and abroad. And retail, tourism and aviation chiefs were quick to hit out at the continued cloud hanging over them, as hopes ...