The group said that passenger numbers were now about 70 per cent of pre-pandemic levelsOne of the UK’s leading bus operators has reported getting back up to 80 per cent of usual passenger levels at certain times of the day. Go-Ahead Group, which runs nearly 6,000 buses around the country, is responsible for one in four buses in London. It has operations in big provincial markets such as Greater Manchester, the northeast and southwest, and in areas such as Oxford and Brighton. SponsoredIn a trading update for the end of its financial year in three weeks’ time, the FTSE 250 company said that the recovery after the third lockdowns had been stronger than expected. It also signalled that while its buses and trains had been on taxpayer life-support throughout the pandemic, it would be looking at paying a final

Source: The Times June 10, 2021 22:52 UTC