Transport and Travel

Sector Overview

• Rail
• Airlines and Air services
• Bus and Coach
• Logistics - road freight and Post
• Shipping, Maritime and Ports
• Transport Infrastructure
• Travel Services

Today's transport and travel market, like many other markets is changing as a result of competition, de-regulation, increasing consolidation and a meeting of public and private organisations delivering services in this area.

Rail services remain high on the public agenda from reliability, safety and customer service.

Organisations bidding for franchises are keen to exploit areas of efficiency and develop customer strategies more akin to the Retail market.

Postal Operators are for the first time facing, competition from overseas providers who challenge the domestic status quo.

Forced by a need to expand services both upstream and downstream, transport and logistics companies are making significant changes to improve their supply chains as the struggle between road and rail continues, and this remains a significant area for change.

In the aviation sector, low cost airlines are reshaping pricing structures, forcing air carriers not only to look at improving operational efficiency but also customer service.

Travel Services are under continuous pressure to adapt to an internet led consumer driven market for choice and value for money and changes here again are driven by on going consolidation.