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GO-AHEAD APPOINTS ACTING ENGINEERING DIRECTOR OF LONDON MIDLAND
24 June 2009

Go-Ahead Group plc is pleased to announce the appointment of Mac Mackintosh as Acting Engineering Director of London Midland.

Mr. Mackintosh’s appointment is being made following the departure of John Barlass, who will leave his role at London Midland to become a Contracts Director with Serco. Mac Mackintosh’s appointment will commence on 30 June for an initial 6 month period, subject to review.

Keith Ludeman, Chairman of London Midland, and Chief Executive of Go-Ahead said:

"I am delighted that Mac Mackintosh will be working with London Midland as Acting Engineering Director. Mac is a highly respected and experienced railway engineer and his appointment will ensure London Midland continues to provide the highest standards of engineering professionalism."

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Go-Ahead is one of the UK's leading providers of passenger transport services operating in the bus, rail and aviation services sectors. Employing over 27,500 people across the country, around 920 million passenger journeys are undertaken on our services each year. In addition to the travelling public, customers include the Department for Transport, Transport for London, local authorities, British Airports Authority and major airlines.

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RAIL

The rail operation, Govia, is 65% owned by Go-Ahead and 35% by Keolis. It is the busiest rail operation in the UK, responsible for nearly 30% of all UK passenger rail journeys through its three rail companies: Southern (which includes the Gatwick Express), Southeastern and London Midland. The Southeastern franchise will include the operation of new high speed trains on the domestic Channel Tunnel Rail Link into St Pancras International from 2009, significantly reducing current journey times.

BUS

Go-Ahead is one of the UK's largest bus operators. With a fleet of over 3,400 buses, we carry, on average, around 1.6 million passengers every day. Our operations are focused on high density commuter markets. We have a strong presence in London, with around 20% market share, where we provide regulated services for TfL. We operate deregulated services in the north east; Oxford; the south east and southern England.

AVIATION SERVICES

The Group's aviation services division is one of the UK's largest independent providers of cargo services (primarily Plane Handling), ground handling (primarily Aviance UK) and car parking (Meteor). The division operates from 16 airports and services major airline operators such as British Airways (BA), Virgin and bmi. Market leading services within Meteor include 'Meet & Greet' and 'Pink Elephant' services.