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STATE OF QATAR PREPARES FOR OPENING OF HAMAD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN DOHA ON APRIL 1
The State of Qatar is ready to welcome a new chapter in the countryrsquo;s remarkable aviation industry with preparations well underway for the April 1 first phase opening of the new Hamad...
Categories: Transport
Copa Holdings Closes Sale-leaseback Transaction for Four New 737-800 Aircraft
Copa Holdings, S.A. (NYSE: CPA), today announced it has closed sale-leaseback transactions for four new Boeing B737-800 aircraft with MC Aviation Partners (MCAP), the aircraft leasing and...
Categories: Transport
Horizon Air Names Mary Hefty Managing Director of Station Operations
Alaska Airlines' Mary Hefty has been named managing director of station operations for Horizon Air, where she is responsible for airport and customer service operations in 31 cities spanning...
Categories: Transport
Royal Jordanian signs two contracts at Dubai MRO 2013
Royal Jordanian and Liebherr-Aerospace sealed a deal on Jan. 22, whereby Liebherr is to provide repair and overhaul services for landing gears of RJrsquo;s 3 Embraer 175s and 5 Embraer 195s, as ...
Categories: Transport
Delta Air Lines Announces December Quarter Profit
Delta Air Lines (NYSE:DAL) today reported financial results for the December 2012 quarter.nbsp; Key points include:Delta's net income for the December 2012 quarter was $238 million, or $0.28...
Categories: Transport
airBaltic First in Europe to Start Green Flying for Turboprop Aircraft
Latvian national airline airBaltic together with its consortium partners Quovadis and Latvijas Gaisa Satiksme launched a new project under the Atlantic Interoperability Initiative to Reduce...
Categories: Transport
NAV CANADA reports December traffic figures
NAV CANADA announced today its traffic figures for the month of December 2012 as measured in weighted charging units for en-route, terminal and oceanic air navigation services, in comparison to...
Categories: Transport
AMES sets its sights on future expansion in engine nacelle repair services
Aerostructures Middle East Services (AMES) will further expand its jet engine nacelle repair capabilities as this joint venture of Safran's Aircelle and Air France Industries KLM Engineering amp...
Categories: Transport
Malta International Airport: +4.1% traffic in 2012 - Increase of 1.5% estimated for 2013
Malta International Airport plc is forecasting that passenger numbers for 2013 will be around 1.5% more than the record 3.65 million achieved in 2012, i.e. c. 3.7 million. This was announced by...
Categories: Transport
LOTOS starts fuel deliveries at the Warsaw Chopin Airport
ldquo;This is an important event and a success for LOTOS,rdquo; said Maciej Szozda, Vice-President of the Management Board and Chief Commercial Officer of Grupa LOTOS S.A.
ldquo;This is...
Categories: Transport
Etihad To Increase Capacity On Dublin Flights
DAA welcomes Etihad Airways announcement today that they are to increase capacity on their Dublin to Abu Dhabi flights by deploying a Boeing 777-300ER on the route from July 2, 2013.
The B777-30...
Categories: Transport
New schedule to Zurich from Domodedovo with Swiss
Switzerlandrsquo;s national airline Swiss prepared a nice surprise for passengers: starting from March 31, 2013 an updated schedule for the route Moscow ndash; Zurich will be launched. Second...
Categories: Transport
Exchange of electronic data between pilots and air traffic controllers: skyguide at the forefront in Europe
Skyguide has commissioned a new electronic communication tool intended to be used between the aircraft cockpit and its Geneva and Duuml;bendorf area control centres (ACCs). The goal is to...
Categories: Transport
Dubai Airports seeks bids for Concourse D advertising concession
Dubai Airports is inviting specialist advertising companies to submit expressions of interest to be awarded the official concession for Concourse D, currently under construction at Dubai...
Categories: Transport
Gulf Air Achieves ISO Certification for Information Security Management System
Bahrainrsquo;s national carrier Gulf Air has begun the New Year with a major achievement by earning the prestigious ISO certification for its information security management system. By...
Categories: Transport
Sharjah Aviation Services launches Go Green initiatives in partnership with Air Arabia and Sharjah Airport
Sharjah Aviation Services (SAS), one of the leading airport ground handling company in the UAE, announced that it has launched a lsquo;Go Greenrsquo; initiative in order to offset carbon...
Categories: Transport
ANA Group Domestic Route Network 2013 Summer Timetable
ANA Group, Japanrsquo;s largest airline group, today announces that it has submitted its proposed route network for the summer timetable commencing March 31, 2013 to October 26, 2013 to the...
Categories: Transport
JOINT QANTAS-EMIRATES NETWORK OPEN FOR BUSINESS
Qantas customers can start booking on the joint Qantas-Emirates network for travel from 31 March.
This follows interim authorisation from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC...
Categories: Transport
airberlin non-stop Berlin-Abu Dhabi flight celebrates one year anniversary
Only non-stop service between Berlin and the UAE provides transfer guests with even more flights to worldwide destinations in 2013
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On 15th January 2012 at 21:35, an airberlin Airbus...
Categories: Transport
easyJet comment on the sale of Stansted Airport
Commenting on the news that Manchester Airports Group will be the new owner of Stansted Airport, Hugh Aitken, easyJet UK Commercial Manager said:
"We welcome the news that the sale of Stansted...
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