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Chairman's frank admission on transport firm

FirstGroup profits jump ‘reflects previous poor performance’

The head of transport company FirstGroup today admitted that a sharp increase in profits was a result of its “past under performance”. Retiring chairman John McFarlane noted how he foundRead More

Billionaire Trump throws lifeline to struggling Prestwick Airport

Prestwick Airport was thrown an unlikely lifeline today with the unveiling of a partnership with US tycoon Donald Trump who will be basing his private jet and helicopter at theRead More

Do ministers have a Plan B for Prestwick Airport?

More taxpayers’ money loaned to loss-making airport Does government have a secret it needs to share? The Scottish government is pouring another £10 million of taxpayers’ money into Prestwick AirportRead More

Spanish firm buys Glasgow and Aberdeen airports

The Spanish firm Ferrovial has bought Glasgow, Aberdeen and Southampton airports in a deal worth £1.05 billion, exactly as I predicted last November. Heathrow, the renamed BAA, has offloaded theRead More

Update: Travel trade on alert as ebola spreads

International trade facing new restrictions on free movement More than half of Americans want ban on flights from West Africa The worst health scare in a generation threatens to disruptRead More

Blow for FirstGroup as Dutch firm wins right to run Scotland’s trains

FirstGroup suffers another setback Pressure mounts on chief executive A Dutch state-owned firm has won the right to operate Scotland’s trains, delivering another blow to the prospects of FirstGroup, the currentRead More

Ryanair rescues Branson’s Edinburgh flights

Budget airlines now dominating Scottish domestic flights More pressure mounting on future of Prestwick No surprise that Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary is to step in and take on some ofRead More

Branson axes Little Red flights to London

Sir Richard Branson is to withdraw Virgin’s Little Red service after finally conceding to my revelation  in May last year http://bit.ly/1pHoEzE – that passengers using the service from Aberdeen and EdinburghRead More