Australia’s Flexicar car sharing scheme has been acquired by US car hire giant Hertz. The deal is due to be completed at the beginning of December and will be Hertz’s first venture in the Australian market. Run out of the city of Melbourne, Flexicar currently offers rental solutions to customers in Sydney, as well. Chairman [...]
Ahead of this weekend’s clock change, motorists are being warned of the dangers of sun glare. In the morning and the evening, dazzle from a low sun puts drivers at risk. The Institute for Advanced Motorists claims that accident figures for 2009 prove being dazzled by the suns rays was the cause of more accidents [...]
Virgin is playing down rumours that it plans to take on Eurostar by operating high speed trains from London to cities on the continent. The suggestion that it might be, allegedly came from Eurotunnel last week. However, a spokesman for Virgin has denied that there is any interest in expansion to Europe as the market [...]
A tourist complaining that it was a bit of a shock to see fish swimming in the sea is just one of a long list of bizarre complaints received by travel companies from their customers. Another complained of the lack of kangaroos hopping around the streets of Sydney and one woman was incensed to find [...]
BMW has announced it will be following a handful of other European manufacturers into the short term leasing market. As vehicle ownership shows signs of declining in large cities around the globe manufacturers are looking at new ways to encourage drivers into their brands. Daimler is already doing it with its Car2go scheme which offers [...]
The world’s largest manufacturer of cars, Toyota, has issued a recall for vehicles it suspects may have problems with brakes and starter motors. In the last year, Toyota has had to recall around 10 million vehicles around the globe because of a variety of problems. In the UK the Department for Transport is helping to [...]
Singapore Airlines’ budget subsidiary Tiger Airways has reacted to a comment made by rival low cost carrier Air Asia that it is ‘tiny’. The comment was made to a website by Air Asia boss Tony Fernandez. Tony Davis, president and group chief executive at Tiger, said his airline intended to grow to become a top-three [...]
Argentina’s flag-carrier, Aerolineas Argentinas, is to become a member of the SkyTeam airline alliance. The announcement was made on Tuesday, and the airline, when fully incorporated, will become the alliance’s first South American member. Full integration is expected to be completed by 2012. Strong performance by Latin American carriers has meant SkyTeam has been looking [...]
Europcar is gearing up for the international launch of Daimler’s car2go in the spring of next year. A fleet of 300 two-seater smart cars is due to hit the streets of central Hamburg by March 2011. The new mobility concept will allow those who have joined the scheme to simply turn up, get into one [...]
Disruption to public transport services across France is continuing as unions keep up their pressure on President Sarkozy over his controversial retirement reforms. Mr Sarkozy is standing by his position and says the country cannot afford not to revise the pension rules. The unions are signalling that they are also not prepared to back down [...]
