The IRU Special Company Award 2009 goes to Flygbussarna Airport Coaches of Sweden for its innovative policy and successful awareness campaign to promote a wider use of bus and coach services.

Kortrijk – The International Road Transport Union (IRU) is pleased to announce that the Special IRU Company Award 2009 was attributed to Flygbussarna Airport Coaches in Sweden for its innovative business policy and successful public campaign to raise customers’ awareness of buses and coaches’ excellent environmental record and to promote a wider use of their services.

Doubling the use of collective bus and coach transport in the next 10 to 15 years through appropriate public transport and travel policies is realistic and crucial if we are to meet ambitious CO2 reduction and road safety targets to provide green and safe mobility to all, say “Smart Movers” IRU and Busworld.

Brussels, 16 October 2009 – On 13 and 14 October the first European Innovation Summit (EIS) took place at the European Parliament, bringing together some 600 stakeholders of the European Innovation Ecosystem, including representatives from the European Institutions, 33 exhibiting organisations and more than 120 speakers with complementary expertise and backgrounds from the public, private and academic sectors.

The European travel and coach travel industry calls upon politicians to place business-friendliness at the heart of EU transport policy if they are to meet ambitious targets in efficient and environmentally friendly mobility for all.

Brussels, 15th October 2009 - The European Parliament, Commission and Council negotiators reached on 1st October, a political agreement on a tyre labelling system similar to that used for domestic appliances. The consumer will be provided with both environment and safety related information.

ETRMA and its 12 leading tyre corporate members fully support and welcome the objective of the mandatory tyre performance information requirement.