PASSENGERS' TRANSPORT INDUSTRY * UK - Bus firm reports operating loss

Lothian Buses have blamed rising fuel prices and a reduction in passenger numbers for a huge drop in profits

London,UK -BBC News -4 Augt 2009: -- The bus company made an operating loss of £800,000 in 2008 after passenger numbers fell by a million from the previous year... This was a big drop from the £5.9m profit the company made in 2007... It admitted the results were "disappointing", but said it was confident it had already taken action to improve profits in 2009... (Picture: Lothian Buses saw passenger numbers drop by a million in 2008)