Researchers in the US have found scientific reasons behind the common complaint that airline food tastes bad. In a study conducted by Cornell University, researchers found that a plane's noise was the biggest factor impacting the taste of ...
Tags: Airline Foods, Tasting Factors
Most every company says they’re customer centric. Some actually believe it. But companies that are truly customer centric walk the talk. They translate high-minded words into daily deeds. These companies serve the customer at every ...
Tags: Empathy, economic sense, Electronics
China will accelerate price reform this year in sectors such as electric power, head of the country's top price regulator said Thursday. The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) will further strengthen its efforts on price ...
Tags: Price Reform, electric power
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently recognized the Dallas Stars of the National Hockey League for the team’s achievements in reducing food waste. The Stars participated in EPA’s Food Recovery Challenge, which ...
GD Development, a PV EPC (engineering, procurement, construction) contractor established by Taiwan-based solar cell maker Gintech Energy, has announced the completion of a rooftop PV system at Kaohsiung International Airport and another at ...
China's airlines are encouraged to use Chinese aircraft, including the regional jet model ARJ21, an official with China's civil aviation authority said Thursday. The country should accelerate the development of routes in central and ...
Tags: Jets
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has released its air cargo report and outlook. Air freight volumes continue to show solid gains on a year ago, supported by improving growth in trade in some regions, but weakness in load ...
Tags: load factors, yields, Service
No, it’s not April’s fool day… Boeing and South African Airways are looking forward to the first harvest of energy-rich tobacco to make sustainable aviation biofuel. The pioneering project supports South Africa’s ...
Tags: energy-rich tobacco, Service
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has reported an improvement in airlines’ financial well-being. Worldwide airline share prices rose 14% in November, supported by continued decline in the price of crude oil and jet ...
File photo courtesy of Qantas. Deutsche Bahn’s (DB) logistics subsidiary, Schenker AG, will seek damages estimated at USD 2.5 billion — approximately $370 million in the US and $2.19 billion in Germany including interest ...
Sunny Queen Farms launches new gourmet egg dishes for foodservice Australian egg supplier Sunny Queen Farms has launched a range of new gourmet egg dishes for foodservice outlets. Sunny Queen Farms said it developed the new flavours to ...
Tags: Gourmet Egg Dishes, Agriculture
This holiday season, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) encourages people to save money and protect the environment by reducing the amount of wasted food that gets thrown away. In 2011 alone, Americans generated 36 million tons ...
Tags: Food Waste, Agriculture
A Volga-Dnepr Airlines’ An-124-100 freighter has transported a Sukhoi Superjet 100 fuselage, as well as the aircraft’s wings and tail section, from Komsomolsk-na-Amure in Khabarovsk Krai to Zhukovsky, southeast of Moscow – ...
The machine-tool manufacturer, Fair Friend Enterprise Group, broke ground on Oct.18 to construct a plant in the Zhengzhou Airport Economic Experimental Zone (ZAEZ) in Henan Province, China as part of its goal to lead the global machine-tool ...
Tags: machine-tool
Earlier this month Volga-Dnepr Airlines transported Mi-8 helicopters for the latest United Nations (UN) emergency health mission in response to the Ebola virus outbreak. The flight was operated using one of Volga-Dnepr’s An-124 ...
Tags: Helicopter, logistics