Low-cost carriers to boost Middle East aviation market
February 20, 2020
Low-cost carriers (LCC) are driving growth in the Middle East aviation market, recording a 9.3 per cent increase in seat capacity in 2019, according to CAPA Centre for Aviation.
Indeed, LCC’s share of total seat capacity across the Middle East increased from 14.9 per cent in 2018 to 16.5 per cent in 2019, with a larger share of the region’s airline passengers now opting to fly with no-thrills airlines in more modest and affordable cabin surroundings.
Over the next 12 months, LCCs are"...
American Airlines targets Middle East carriers with direct flight to Bengaluru
February 17, 2020
American Airlines announced plans to operate a daily service from India’s tech city Bengaluru to Seattle on the west coast from October this year, a move which is expected to increase competition for Middle East-based carriers and airports.
The new American Airlines flight will be the first non-stop flight connecting Benguluru to any US city, and the announcement comes ahead of President Donald Trump’s visit to India on February 24-25.
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JEOL: Release of a New Ultrahigh Atomic Resolution Analytical Electron Microscope JEM-ARM300F2 (GRAND ARM(TM)2)
February 15, 2020
JEOL Ltd. (TOKYO:6951) (President & COO Izumi Oi) announces the release of a new atomic resolution analytical electron microscope, JEM-ARM300F2 (GRAND ARM(TM)2) to be released in February 2020.
Product development background
In Electron Microscopy, a great number of microscopists and engineers have continued to pursue the improvement of resolution. Meanwhile, JEOL"...
Mary Kay Participates in 2020 Generational Dermatology Palm Springs Symposium
February 15, 2020
Mary Kay Inc., a global beauty company and leader in skin care innovation, continued its decades-long support of the beauty and scientific communities by recently supporting the 2020 Generational Dermatology Palm Springs Symposium from Feb. 14 – 16. Generational Dermatology, founded by Dr. Wendy E. Roberts, takes a multi-decade approach to the evolving aging patient, including medical, surgical and aesthetic dermatology. This symposium is targeted toward dermatologists and other core specialists at all stages of their careers. Participants join extraordinary faculty and key opinion leaders at the Omni Rancho Las Palmas, Rancho Mirage. “Our commitment to skin care science isn’t just about making new Mary Kay products,” said Dr. Lucy Gildea, Chief Scientific Officer at Mary Kay. ”Our involvement with events like Generational Dermatology allows us to exchange innovative......
Boeing sounds alarm about virus impact on aviation
February 13, 2020
SINGAPORE: Boeing issued a stark warning yesterday about the impact of the deadly coronavirus outbreak, saying there was “no question” it would hammer the aviation industry and the broader economy. The virus has killed more than 1,100 people and infected tens of thousands in China, and spread to over two dozen other countries in what is now considered a global health emergency.
Major airlines have halted flights in and out of China,"...
Spirit slashes dividend due to 737 MAX crisis
February 10, 2020
WASHINGTON: Spirit AeroSystems Inc, Boeing Co’s largest supplier, said on Friday it would slash its quarterly dividend to just 1 cent per share as it grapples with the grounding of the planemaker’s 737 MAX jets.
“The Company’s Board will consider further action with respect to the dividend in the future, upon the MAX’s return to service and further production stabilisation,” Spirit Chief Executive Officer Tom Gentile said in a statement. Spirit last paid a dividend of 12 cents per"...
Asia jet fuel demand slumps after flights canceled over outbreak
January 30, 2020
SINGAPORE: Asian jet fuel demand is taking a beating from an outbreak of a flu-like virus in China that has led airlines to cancel scores of flights during the peak lunar new year travel season.
Jet fuel prices have dropped and refiners’ profits for the product have slumped to the lowest in more than two and a half years, while industry analysts are cutting their 2020 forecasts for jet fuel and overall oil demand.
Airlines"...
Boeing’s new 777X airliner makes first flight
January 27, 2020
WASHINGTON: Boeing’s new long-haul 777X airliner made its first flight on Saturday, a step forward for the company whose broader prospects remain clouded by the 737 MAX crisis.
The world’s largest twin-engine aircraft landed at Boeing Field near Seattle after approximately four hours in the air, following months of delays and erratic weather in recent days.
High winds led to the maiden flight’s postponement on Friday, and the company blamed weather for an earlier delay on Thursday, which was"...