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AIR SEYCHELLES AIRBUS A330-200 AIRCRAFT TO DEBUT WITH ENHANCED LIVERY
Air Seychelles today unveiled an exciting new addition to its distinctive, brightly-coloured livery when its second Airbus A330-200 aircraft was delivered.nbsp;The Air Seychelles name now...
Categories: Transport
QATAR AIRWAYS UNVEILS TO MALDIVES, WITH LOVE. QATAR AIRWAYS INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL MEDIA COMPETITION
Qatar Airways announces an international online competition ldquo;To Maldives, With Love. Qatar Airways,rdquo; giving visitors to its social media channels an opportunity to win some exciting...
Categories: Transport
JetBlue Announces 2012 Annual Profit
JetBlue Airways Corporation (NASDAQ: JBLU) today reported its results for the fourth quarter and full year 2012:Operating income of $44 million in the fourth quarter.nbsp; This compares to...
Categories: Transport
Best Buy expands automated kiosks into Halifax Stanfield International Airport
Announcement Highlights:nbsp;sect;nbsp; Best Buy Canada launches its Best Buy Express vending machine in the Halifax Stanfield International Airportsect;nbsp; There are now a total of 14...
Categories: Transport
International tourism to continue robust growth in 2013
International tourist arrivals grew by 4% in 2012 to reach 1.035 billion, according to the latest UNWTO World Tourism Barometer. Emerging economies (+4.1%) regained the lead over advanced...
Categories: Transport
Iberia to assist Germanwings at five Spanish airports
Iberia Airport Services, the Spanish airlinersquo;s handling unit, has renewed its contact to provide airport services to the German carrier Germanwings. The contract, renewed for a two-year...
Categories: Transport
GOL continues to rely on IT solutions from Lufthansa Systems
Lufthansa Systems today announced that the Brazilian airline GOL Transportes Aeacute;reos has renewed its contracts for Lufthansa Systemsrsquo; resource management (NetLine Suite) and MRO (AMOS...
Categories: Transport
Baltic Ground Services successfully launches operations in Italy by serving airBerlin as its first client
Baltic Ground Services (BGS), an international provider of ground handling and into-plane fuelling services is continuously strengthening its presence in the European market, by commencing first ...
Categories: Transport
JAL and Japan Post Cooperate to Offer Trial Express Mail Service (EMS) of Temperature-Sensitive Parcels to Taiwan and Singapore
Japan Airlines (JAL) and Japan Post Co., Ltd. (Japan Post) will begin cooperating to offer "Cool EMS*" - a new international speed post service of small, temperature-sensitive parcels from Japan ...
Categories: Transport
Airport restrictions impacting national productivity and growth: TTF
A new Tourism and Transport Forum (TTF) report demonstrates that making small changes to the existing operating restrictions would unlock productivity, attract more international services to...
Categories: Transport
Perth Airport : MAIN CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT FOR NEW DOMESTIC PIER INTERNATIONAL DEPARTURES AWARDED
Perth Airport Pty Ltd today announced that the main construction contract for the largest component of the Perth Airport redevelopment has been awarded to Built Environs, part of the McConnell...
Categories: Transport
The Network Manager's contribution to Flight Efficiency in 2012 through Airspace Design improvements
Yet more savings have been made in Europe's ATM network, thanks to the latest European Route Network Improvement Plan.
Benefits in Airspace Improvements achieved in 2012 compared with 2011...
Categories: Transport
November 2012 Passenger Airline Employment Down 2.0 Percent from November 2011
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U.S. scheduled passenger airlines employed 381,639 workers in November 2012, 2.0 percent fewer than in November 2011, the U.S....
Categories: Transport
U.S. Transportation Secretary LaHood Announces That He Will Not Serve for a Second Term
This morning, Secretary Ray LaHood announced to the employees of the U.S. Department of Transportation that after serving for four years in President Obamarsquo;s Cabinet, he would not be...
Categories: Transport
29-JAN-2013 - SCAT Air Canadair CL-600-2B19 Regional Jet CRJ-200ER accident
tatus:
Preliminary - official
Date:
29 JAN 2013
Time:
ca 13:13
Type:
Canadair CL-600-2B19 Regional Jet CRJ-200ER
Operator:
SCAT Air
Registration:
UP-CJ006
...
Categories: Transport
SCAC appoints new President
On January 28, 2013 ldquo;Sukhoi Civil Aircraftrdquo; Company (SCAC) Board of Directors appointed the new President.
Mr Andrey Kalinovsky was named President of ldquo;Sukhoi Civil Aircraftrd...
Categories: Transport
GCAA Inks Agreement with Airbus ProSky to Restructure Airspace
UAE General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) and Airbus ProSky signed an agreement today starting the first phase of a major project: restructuring of the UAE Airspace. The agreement was signed...
Categories: Transport
Frontier Announces Nonstop Service Between Denver and Cincinnati Beginning May 16
Frontier Airlines today announced new nonstop service between its Denver, Colo. (DEN), hub and Cincinnati, OH (CVG), with six weekly nonstop flights beginning on May 16. To celebrate the new...
Categories: Transport
ARINC Installs New Passenger Processing Systems at Brussels Airport
ARINC Incorporated announced that it has completed installation ofnbsp; new passenger processing systems at Brussels Airport in Belgium. ARINC is also providing on-site support for the duration ...
Categories: Transport
New destinations in Southeast Europe: airberlin flies from Berlin to Bucharest and Sofia for the first time
Starting today, airberlin is taking off from Berlin to Bucharest and Sofia. From now on, the airline will fly to the capitals of Romania and Bulgaria once a day and hence, continues the...
Categories: Transport
The Bottom Line:If Mr Cable has his way...
"If Mr Cable had his way, all the big banks would be broken up and bonuses would be virtually eliminated - a sure-fire way in my view of guaranteeing an end to the UK’s ability to compete as an international financial centre. Let’s not forget that this is a man who is on record as saying that everyone who works in a bank has an ‘aristocratic lifestyle’ clearly demonstrating his lack of understanding of the sector." A tough line on bankers’ bonuses could make a brain drain of financial talent a distinct possibility, warns Paul Marsden. Read more