Avanti trims GEO exposure with Hylas-3 sale

TAMPA, Fla. — Avanti Communications is moving to close a chapter on the debt-fueled geostationary expansion that once defined the British satellite operator, with plans to sell the youngest payload [&...

Reserving a space for my bike on InterCity #trains is hard. It's easy if I only want to book a ticket that's only for the InterCity portion (in this case, #Avanti). Adding on my source (#SWR) and destination (#NorthernRailway) stations, and it says I can't book a space on the outbound service (as far as I can tell, neither provider has reservations or restrictions on bikes).

I will go to my local station tomorrow to see if they can sort it all out.

#railways #rail #cycling #UK #bikeTooter

Avanti are running one direct train per hour to Manchester today (whether that’s normal Sunday service or special Bank Holiday shenanigans, I don’t know, nor do I care) - do we dare hope that WCML will be next on the list for being taken back into public ownership?

#Avanti #UKRail #WCML

Except that it totally did. #avanti
despite already telling you the train is late, I will hover all over your phone in multiple places with the text *on time* #trainpal #avanti
Shop *inaudible* *inaudible* something something connect to the wifi *inaudible* #avanti
Seat reservations are unavailable like always. Note I will ram that YOU DIDNT PAY FOR A RESERVATION down your throat before you whinge #avanti
Please use the front 5 carriages only cos the rest of the train is going nowhere #avanti