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Uber Technologies and Wayve launched supervised autonomous robotaxi rides in London on 3 September. Users requesting an UberX, Uber Electric or Uber Comfort trip can now be matched with a Wayve vehicle at no extra cost compared to a standard ride, with the fare displayed...

Having enjoyed a monopoly since 1994, Eurostar is right to be concerned about the opening up of the market to competition. Following Trenitalia a few days ago, it is now the turn of Virgin Trains to make its cross-Channel launch official by 2030. Richard Branson’s group has for this obtained the green light from the Office of Rail &…

Trenitalia France has just formalised its intention to operate Paris-London services from 2029, which will bring an end to Eurostar's monopoly on this cross-Channel route, in place since 1994. For this project, but also to support its development plan in France and Europe, the subsidiary of the Italian railway group FS International is placing an order…

London Gatwick Airport will be able to launch its ambitious second runway project following the rejection of a final legal challenge brought by environmental groups and local residents. The British Court of Appeal has indeed deemed inadmissible the requests seeking to overturn the approval granted by the government for the £2.2 billion extension project...

If flying taxis, announced with much fanfare around 2024-2025, are struggling to get off the ground, robotaxis, on the other hand, have entered a more down-to-earth reality. For some time now, the tech cradle of San Francisco has been opening its streets to the circulation of autonomous and electric taxis, including Alphabet's Waymo, the...

The observation was similar, their trajectories identical. Brands like Sofitel and Fairmont needed to refresh their networks to engage a new dynamic and reassert the standing of their hotels. Hence a wave of renovations for Sofitel to champion the idea of refined French luxury, embodied notably…

A Hyatt Regency hotel today, a CitizenM to come in a few weeks: the hotel industry is participating in the metamorphosis of one of Europe's oldest exhibition venues: the historic Olympia Exhibition Centre, which opened in the 1880s in the Hammersmith district. The project, costing £1.3 billion, aims to bring the venue into...

The new Air France lounge opens its doors on July 7th at London-Heathrow, with a slight delay on the initial schedule which had planned an inauguration in the spring. Business travellers will thus be able to discover this 750 m² space, located within Terminal 4, and equipped with nearly 150 seats. Cap…

London City Airport is set to reach a major milestone in 2027. To mark its 40th anniversary, the London hub plans to inaugurate a new facility aimed at business travellers. A business lounge will open its doors early in the year, thanks to a partnership with Aspire Pre-Flight Hospitality and the Swissport International group. Andy Cliffe...

Nine years late, but we're finally getting there! Announced almost nine years ago, Qantas's "Project Sunrise," aiming to connect Australia non-stop to New York and London, has indeed faced numerous setbacks. Initially considered at the beginning of the decade, then scheduled for the first half of the year…

It was first announced for 2025. Then for the end of 2026. Now, at a minimum, we are talking about the end of the first half of 2027 for Qantas' famous "Sunrise" project, which will allow the Australian airline to offer non-stop flights between Sydney and London, as well as between Sydney and New York. The flight duration…

With the launch of the route to Seattle by Alaska Airlines on Friday 22 May, the oneworld airline alliance is further strengthening its presence at London Heathrow Airport, giving the latter absolute control over Europe's largest hub. Heathrow now welcomes 14 member airlines of the oneworld alliance. During this summer season of 2026,...

The London-to-Switzerland service project is on track. Eurostar, SNCF, and SBB, the Swiss railways, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to this effect, which foresees a feasibility study for a London-Geneva service by 2030. The three rail operators will thus be able to work on…

Uganda Airlines, the national carrier, has been going through a period of financial turbulence for several years, which has resulted in difficulties in maintaining its fleet. Proof of this is the grounding of its two long-haul Airbus A330-800 aircraft for "unscheduled maintenance", the first in mid-January and the second at the end of February. The two aircraft will enable...

Malaysian long-haul low-cost carrier AirAsia X has confirmed the resumption of flights between Kuala Lumpur and London. This route, which operated until 2012, was non-stop at the time. This time it will include a stopover in Bahrain, which has been promoted as a new hub in the AirAsia constellation. Flights will operate from 26 June...

It cost a whopping £1 billion - €1.16 billion - but it was well worth it. Especially for business travellers who frequently use Heathrow airport for their business trips. The London hub has just completed its technological makeover with the deployment of CT security scanners...

The milestone of 200 hotels is in sight for Ennismore. With around twenty lifestyle hotels expected this year, the group created by entrepreneur Sharan Pasricha and the Accor group - its majority shareholder - will continue to grow at a steady pace, having doubled in size in just a few years. "Reaching the 200...

Heathrow airport has made no secret of its desire to invest. The management of the London hub regularly repeats that it is determined to take LHR into a new era. This time, it is an investment of 1.3 billion pounds (1.49 billion euros), which will be released this year with several ambitions. Starting with the...

In the end, there will be no Deutsche Bahn (DB) ICE 3 trains in London as envisaged by the German rail company in 2013. However, DB is reviving its plans to link the British capital to Germany by signing a memorandum with Eurostar to launch London-Frankfurt services in early 2030...

The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has given the go-ahead for a service between London King's Cross station and Glasgow Queen Street station in Scotland from 14 December. A subsidiary of the transport operator FirstGroup, the low-cost rail company Lumo will be offering fares on its website at...