In 2012, 947,600 passengers used Erbil’s new International Airport, a 53% increase on the previous year, whilst cargo tonnage also increased dramatically, with a 54% increase to 27,849 tonnes per annum. The 2012 passenger count ...
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Kuwait MPs have overwhelmingly ratified the $500-million settlement deal to end the 22-year-old dispute between Kuwaiti Airways Corporation (KAC) and Iraqi Airways. Iraqi Airways agreed in July to pay the compensation to KAC for damages ...
John Lewis is hiring an extra 100 IT staff as it continues its drive into online following a successful Christmas and sales trading season. And according to Paul Coby, IT director at the department stores chain, a high proportion of ...
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The FAA said airlines would have to demonstrate that the lithium ion batteries involved were safe before they could resume flying Boeing's newest commercial airliner, but gave no details on when that could occur. Boeing did not ...
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Jan. 17, United States Federal Space Agency announced temporary grounding of Boeing 787 "Dream" aircrafts due to consecutive security incidents. Jan. 16th, a Boeing 787 of All Nippon Airways leaked smoke in flight and landed emergently in ...
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Situated 20 miles(32 kilometres)south of Amman,(the capital city of Jordan),Queen Alia International Airport is the home of Royal Jordanian Airlines,Jordan's national flag carrying airline.It also acts as a major hub for Jazeera ...
The British Airways(BA)network infrastructure is being simulated at its new testing centre using an emulation appliance from iTrinegy. BA's Skylab testing facility based in Waterside is using iTrinegy,to test the readiness of its ...
Taipei, Dec.27, 2012 (CENS)-- Taiwan's EVA Airways Corp. (EVA Air) confirmed that Kuo-Wei Chang, the general manager, has been promoted to chairman to help EVA Air in modernization and globalization. The airline's parent company Evergreen ...
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Australia’s competition watchdog gave its preliminary approval yesterday to a global alliance between struggling carrier Qantas and Dubai based Emirates, but only for five years initially. The Australian Competition and Consumer ...
BT is trialling a 10Gbps broadband connection to a business in Cornwall in an attempt to future proof its network. The line runs from the Truro exchange in the centre of the county to Arcol's factory in Threemilestone, where the firm ...
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As Hurricane Sandy roars up the East Coast, residents, news organizations and government agencies are taking to social networks to get their messages out. The hurricane is bearing down, bringing rain, wind gusts over 70 mph and flooding. ...
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The Federal Court in Sydney has ordered Thai Airways International Public Company to pay $7.5 million in penalties for engaging in cartel conduct in breach of the Trade Practices Act 1974 (now the Competition and Consumer Act 2010). ...
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Paul Coby faces his second Christmas as IT director at department store chain John Lewis. Since joining the retailer in March 2011, after many years as CIO at British Airways, he has embraced what he calls the "retail revolution" brought ...
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The UK government has injected a second round of cash into its pound 25m Higher Apprenticeship Fund. The funding aims to develop 4,230 new Higher Apprenticeships in sectors including low-carbon engineering, space engineering, legal ...
The Federal Court has ordered Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd and Singapore Airlines Cargo Pte Ltd to pay a total of $23 million in penalties for engaging in cartel conduct in breach of the Trade Practices Act 1974 (now the Competition and ...
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