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Malaysia Airlines seeks partners for Hajj-focused service using A380s
July 26, 2017
Malaysia Airlines is in talks with potential investors for new charter flights to carry Muslim travellers on the annual Hajj pilgrimage, a service planned to give a new lease of life to surplus A380 superjumbos at the unprofitable carrier. The carrier will apply for a license with Malaysian authorities this quarter and expects the service -- a separate venture from the main airline -- to be fully operational in about a year, CEO Peter Bellew said"...
Dassault delivers 2,500th Falcon business jet
July 25, 2017
Dassault Aviation recently delivered its 2,500th business jet, marking yet another landmark event in the storied saga of the Falcon line. The aircraft, a Falcon 900LX, was handed over at the Little Rock Completion Center to a longtime Falcon customer based in the United States. The delivery represents a significant milestone for both the company and the Dassault Falcon line which has lead the industry in performance, comfort, economy and efficiency ever since the first Falcon was delivered in 1965. Over 50 years of innovation in business aviation In the half century since the legendary Falcon 20 introduced executives to business jet travel, operators around the globe have been attracted by the passion for excellence, quality and technological innovation reflected in the Falcon brand. A passion handed down by company founder Marcel Dassault and shared by the engineers, technicians, craftsmen......
LUG adds Emirates to customer portfolio in Frankfurt-Main
July 22, 2017
LUG aircargo handling has announced that it has agreed on a service contract with Emirates, headquartered in Dubai effective October 2, 2017. Emirates’ operates passenger aircraft (A380 and B777) three times a day between Frankfurt-Main and Dubai. In addition, Emirates offers eight all-cargo flights with B777F per week. LUG will handle the belly cargo as well as"...
Cheap Flights Are Booming in Asia. Can Airports Keep Up?
July 18, 2017
Johan Farid Khairuddin steps aboard the Airbus A330 and looks for his seat. It’s fairly easy to find. His place, as detailed in his Twitter profile, is “Seat 0B. Soon 0A.” Khairuddin is being coy — he’s the co-pilot of the plane, and today he’s helping the pilot in Seat 0A fly some 350 passengers from Melbourne, Australia, back home to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It’s an eight-hour trip along one of almost 200 routes offered by AirAsia, a Malaysia-based low-cost"...
FedEx Files 10-K with Additional Disclosure on Cyber-Attack Affecting TNT Express Systems
July 18, 2017
(ME NewsWire)-- FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) (“FedEx”) today filed its annual report on Form 10-K for fiscal year 2017 with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The filing includes additional information regarding the June 2017 cyber-attack on the worldwide information systems of TNT Express B.V. (“TNT”), the international express transportation, small-package ground delivery and freight transportation company FedEx acquired in May 2016. TNT"...
Philippine Airlines to reinstate Abu Dhabi ops from 4Q17
July 16, 2017
Philippine Airlines (PR, Manila Ninoy Aquino Int'l) has announced it will resume flights to Abu Dhabi Int'l with the onset of the Winter 2017/18 season. The carrier suspended flights to the capital of the United Arab Emirates on July 8 around the same time Cebu Pacific Air (5J, Manila Ninoy Aquino Int'l) announced its own cessation of flights to Kuwait, Doha Hamad Int'l, and Riyadh. Collectively, the two Filipino operators blamed their respective moves on capacity dumping by the Middle Eastern carriers. However, PAL announced on July 13 that it will resume its 3x weekly Manila Ninoy Aquino Int'l-Abu Dhabi service from October 31 'after experiencing increased demand for flights on the route.' The airline's other Middle Eastern destinations include Dammam (5x weekly), Dubai Int'l (daily), Jeddah (3x weekly), Kuwait (4x weekly); and Riyadh (daily). aviation......
Gulf air's latest commercial developments rolled out for Abu Dhabi's travel trade
July 13, 2017
Gulf Air recently hosted key travel trade industry representatives in Abu Dhabi at an event that showcased the airline's latest developments and customer-focused initiatives while thanking guests for their longstanding support. The event was hosted by Gulf Air’s Country Manager in Abu Dhabi, Ms. Madina Abdulla Albalushi. Recently,"...
AHF Pays Tribute to a Courageous Advocate from South Africa - Prudence Mabele
July 13, 2017
(ME NewsWire)-- “Today we have lost a giant, an HIV-struggle legend and a fierce advocate of women’s rights and access to HIV treatment,” says Larissa Klazinga, Regional Policy and Advocacy Manager: Southern Africa · AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), paying tribute to the sudden passing of Positive Women’s Network Director, Prudence Mabele on Monday, 10 July. “Prudence, a long-time friend and partner of AHF (in fact, as recently as mid-June she was marching with us at the SA AIDS conference in Durban), was a groundbreaker in South Africa when she became one of the first black women to publicly reveal her HIV-positive status in 1992,” Klazinga says. “Prudence was an important voice for all women, but especially women living with HIV,” adds Hilary Thulare, Country Programme Director, AHF South Africa. “Her passing is a terrible loss.”......
GE, Global Good Licensing Deal with Access Bio Brings Asymptomatic Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Tests to Market
July 13, 2017
(ME NewsWire)-- Intellectual Ventures’ Global Good Fund and GE (NYSE:GE), have signed a licensing agreement with the diagnostics technology company Access Bio (KOSDAQ:950130) to manufacture and distribute innovative diagnostic technologies that will help global health workers to more rapidly identify asymptomatic malaria in low-resource regions around the world. Identifying these low-level infections is considered critical to directing efforts towards malaria elimination. "...
Bose Wins Global Supplier Award from Nissan for Automotive Innovation
July 13, 2017
(ME NewsWire)-- Nissan Motor Corporation has selected Bose for a 2017 Global Supplier Award in the field of automotive innovation for creating the first-of-its-kind Bose® Personal® sound system in the all-new Nissan Micra. Each year, Nissan recognizes quality, excellence, and innovation from its global network of suppliers. And Bose is just one of eight suppliers -- among the thousands of companies"...
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