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Council must prove tram extension is sanity, not vanity

Edinburgh council is expected to press ahead on a tram extension, amid fears of repeating earlier mistakes, writes BRIAN MONTEITH

New option for travellers

Carlisle Lake District flights launch after 25 year gap

Loganair CEO Jonathan Hinkles
Jonathan Hinkles: ‘significant benefits’   Travellers in the south of Scotland and northwest England will have another flying option from this summer when Carlisle Lake District Airport launches its firstRead More

US firm heads for Q1 loss

Musk launches cheaper Tesla but plans to close stores

Tesla store in Edinburgh
Tesla has a store in Multrees Walk, Edinburgh (pic: Terry Murden)   Tesla is launching a long-awaited cheaper model but expects to make a further loss and will be closingRead More

Data poses key questions

Travel by car rises as Scots take fewer bus journeys

M8 road works
Scots are increasingly turning to their cars in spite of campaigns encouraging greater use of public transport. Over the past five years road, air, rail and ferry traffic have increasedRead More

Call for review of network

Reopen rail lines to reconnect Scotland say Lib Dems

Borders railway
Extending the Borders Railway to Carlisle is among the suggestions   Scottish Liberal Democrats have called for disused rail lines to be brought back into use and new stations opened inRead More

Rally planned at Holyrood

Rail depot ‘should be brought under public control’

St Rollox Works (date and photog unknown)
St Rollox’s future is uncertain   Union leaders and Scottish Labour have called on the Scottish Government to take the threatened Gemini Rail Services depot in Springburn into public ownership.Read More

Another airline in trouble

Loganair takes over routes from failed airline Flybmi

Loganair
Scottish routes will continue to be operated by Loganair   Loganair has taken over three routes serving Aberdeen from collapsed airline Flybmi amid chaos for passengers left stranded across Europe.Read More

Figures were fiddled says Labour

Ministers gave ScotRail ‘secret’ licence to fail targets

Waverley station
Trains have been allowed to run below target, says Labour   SNP ministers ‘secretly fiddled’ targets for ScotRail to allow the operator to underperform without telling the public, Labour hasRead More

Boost to journey experience

Airport launches valet car parking for 5,000 motorists

Edinburgh airport key
Key to the future: technology will be used to improve car parking   Flight passengers are to be offered an innovative valet-style car parking service at Edinburgh Airport which aimsRead More

No more planes to be built

Airbus abandons A380 superjumbo after orders slide

Airbus A380
No more superjumbos will be built (pic: Airbus)    European aircraft manufacturer Airbus will stop making its A380 “superjumbo”, the world’s largest passenger aircraft after Emirates, its biggest customer, reduced itsRead More