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Edward Stephens

Edward Stephens

Low fares war comes to airport

THE air wars battle bringing good news to thousands of Midland holidaymakers took a new twist when low cost airline Ryanair staged a "raid" on Birmingham airport. Read

Wish you were here, Londoners

TUBE travelling Londoners are to be seduced by the charms of a short break in Brum as part of a new £1 million advertising campaign. Read

BA price cuts war on Brum flights

BRITISH Airways is to undergo a major re-vamp at Birmingham in a determined bid to compete with the low cost airlines. Read

New Year seat sale takes off

Flybe, the largest airline flying out of Birmingham International Airport, is staging a New Year sale with five million seats up for grabs. Read

High-fliers at Rover all set for take-off

FORMER high-flying MG Rover designers could soon be asked to live up to their reputation - by helping to create the next generation of passenger aircraft. Read

Spanish signing for Blues and Villa

FOR two teams with historic links to the fallen Rover empire, it's a sign of the times when both Blues and Villa sign up with foreign competition. Read

Brum boom lifts airline

A MAJOR low-cost airline is to double its capacity and add new routes from Birmingham after a record-breaking first summer in the Midlands. Read

Iranian air link takes off

AN Iranian airline has set up its UK headquarters in Birmingham after the success of its service linking the city with Teheran. Read

First glimpse of Jaguar's stunner

JAGUAR today released the first pictures of its stunning all-aluminium sports car, the new Jaguar XK. Read

New Jaguar to be unveiled at show

THE wraps will be taken off Jaguar's new supercar next month when it is expected to be the star of the Frankfurt Motor Show. Read

Land Rovers under fire over reliability

CAR buyers about to order a new '55'-reg vehicle should think twice about choosing a so-called prestige model - like a Land Rover. Read

Brum car hire by the hour!

A RADICAL new way of getting around Birmingham, with drivers hiring cars by the hour, will come to the city if there is enough interest. Read

NEC in top gear again at show

BIRMINGHAM'S NEC may have lost the Motorshow but it is battling back with other car events. Read

Road ahead for Rover!

LONGBRIDGE will rise from the ashes with new models hitting the showroom in just two years, it was claimed today. Read

Rover notch-up record sales

THE last remaining Midland car dealership which belonged directly to MG Rover is doing record business, with customers flocking from across Britain to buy bargain models. Read

Capital route for high-fliers

THE biggest airline operating out of Birmingham today launched its new winter programme with a hefty 3.1 million seats on sale nationally. Read

Sky's the limit for surf fans

SURF'S up and Midlanders have been responding in their thousands. Read

Message of hope from the seaside

REDUNDANT Rover employees still looking for jobs should consider relocating to Blackpool and opening a guest house. Read

Family heads Down Under

MG ROVER worker Andrew Bentley is aiming for a new life down under after losing his job with the Midland car maker. Read

BA hits back at low-cost airlines

BRITISH Airways today fired a salvo at the low cost airlines operating from Birmingham by announcing 250,000 cut price flight tickets. Read

Author Profile

Edward Stephens is the Birmingham Mailýs Motoring and Travel Editor. In addition to producing a 28-page weekly motoring supplement and eight page travel supplement for the Mail he supplies motoring features to Trinity Mirrorýs ýDriving Forceý website for use in other newspapers in the group.

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