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US seeking 2 firms to build space taxis for astronauts

Ellen Wallace — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:00:50 +0000

GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The United States is planning to spend $300-500 million on each of at least two firms that will design space taxis to shuttle astronauts to the International Space Station, Nasa, the US space agency, announced Tuesday 8 February. Russia is currently the only country offering this service, reports Reuters: “Russia charges Nasa [...]

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German, Austrian taxis to have new rules in 2012 for Zurich rides

Ellen Wallace — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 11:46:09 +0000

GenevaLunch.com ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – German and Austrian taxis have until July 2012 to freely drop off and pick up Swiss clients who call for them at Zurich Airport, but 1 July of next year new rules kick in. The cross-border taxi business picked up once the Schengen Accord opened the borders, but Swiss federal authorities have [...]

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Geneva taxis strike Monday morning

Ellen Wallace — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 11:07:31 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Several taxi drivers in Geneva are not working Monday morning 11 January in protest against a proposed change to the law, reports the Tribune de Genève, but not all companies have gone along with the strike. There are currently two proposals, and the group Mouvement citoyens genevois is preparing a third, [...]

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Taxi drivers assailed on all sides

Sean Ecker — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 09:17:29 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Lucerne and Lausanne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – A husband and wife taxi driver team in Kriens, canton Lucerne, have received a notice from Billag demanding that they pay the television and radio license fee for the car radio installed in their taxi, reports Blick newspaper, 22 October. Normally, a car radio is covered by the fee [...]

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Nasa taking bids on space taxis

Ellen Wallace — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 07:17:02 +0000

GenevaLunch.com US space shuttles will be taken out of service in 2010 after the International Space Station, a multi-nation construction, is completed. At that point the US will be reliant on Russia for travel to and from the station. Nasa, which oversees the American space programme, is taking bids and expects to award $50 million, part [...]

Geneva airport taxis: passenger rights outlined by Tribune

Ellen Wallace — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 10:31:58 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The Tribune de Geneve 13 February carries a lengthy article about the problems passengers have with taxis at the airport, in particular the illegal refusal of some drivers to accept clients for short drives to nearby hotels. In an interview, the director of the Service du Commerce, which oversees the taxi [...]