Vueling now second airline in Spain

Spanish budget airlines Vueling and Clickair are due to complete a merger this week. They are set to formally combine on July 9 to create what the new Vueling CEO Alex Cruz calls ‘a merger of equals.’
The move follows the Spanish stock market regulator CNMW exempted Iberia from making a takeover bid for the new [...]

GAO Month in Review: June 2009

Here are the latest US Government Accountability Office (US GAO) reports about transportation, published in June 2009.

Aviation Safety: Better Data and Targeted FAA Efforts Needed to Identify and Address Safety Issues of Small Air Cargo Carriers. GAO-09-614, June 24, 2009 (55 pages).
http://www.gao.gov/docdblite/details.php?rptno=GAO-09-614
Highway Trust Fund: Options for Improving Sustainability and Mechanisms to Manage Solvency. GAO-09-845T, June 25, 2009 (14 pages).
http://www.gao.gov/docdblite/details.php?rptno=GAO-09-845T
International [...]

RATP: live transit schedules on iPhone Application

RATP, Paris transit operator, developped an application specially designed for iPhone users, that allow public transport users to check live schedule of any metro, light-rail, bus that runs on RATP network. The system also provides a full clickable map of the whole network, itinerary planning, localisation of the nearest station using the iPhone’s embedded GPS, [...]