Boeing’s new mid-size passenger airplane, the 787 Dreamliner, touched down here today for the Singapore Airshow. The airplane will be on static display Feb. 14 -17.
The Dreamliner demonstrated its long-range capabilities a few days ago, flying nonstop from Seattle’s Boeing Field to Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi International Airport — a distance of 7,679 miles (12,358 km).
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Oman Air has announced that it is to be the Official Airline of the Extreme Sailing Series, one of the most exciting elements in the yacht racing calendar.
The Official Airline positioning takes the sponsorship by the Sultanate of Oman’s national carrier to a higher, enhanced level. Oman Sail has had significant success in the Extreme Sailing Series over the last two years.
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RCI recently launched RCIMarketplace.com, a new way for affiliated resorts to shop and save on the products and services they use every day. This free online ordering tool from Strategic Sourcing, RCI’s global procurement program, aims to save affiliates time and money by providing instant access to high-quality suppliers at competitive prices.
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Easy (Ez) Revenue Management Solutions Ltd (EasyRMS) is proud to announce a new technology partner, REALTA, the leading provider of hotel management solutions in Indonesia.
REALTA is well known by international and Indonesia’s hotel chains in providing superior hotel management system namely Rhapsody®, for more than 28 years. REALTA will now market the EzRMS™ Internet Product Suite to new hotel clients in Indonesia.
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In its third week, hosted this time by Rotana at the Beach Rotana Abu Dhabi, the T6 Leadership Development Program delivered by Altaaat Leadership Development Institute continues its journey to explore more leadership experiences and lessons that are enriched by the interactive discussions and real case studies derived from actual challenges which program participants had been observing at the various working environments around them.
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Cebu Pacific won Low-Cost Carrier (LCC) of the Year, and its President and CEO Lance Gokongwei was named LCC CEO of the Year during the Budgie$ and Travel Awards 2012 last February 9, 2012.
The Budgie$ and Travel Awards 2012 was one of the highlights of the 2012 Low-Cost Airlines World Asia Pacific Conference held at the Marina Bay Sands in Singapore last week.
Representing the Philippines, CEB bested other airlines such as Air Asia, Jetstar, IndiGo, Spring Airlines and SpiceJet for LCC and LCC CEO of the Year, two Budgie$ Awards categories that were introduced just this year. CEB won Friendliest LCC of the Year award in 2011.
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Qatar Airways once again welcomes some of the world’s top female tennis players to Doha this week as the carrier is named Official Airline of the prestigious Qatar Total Open, now in its 10th year.
Newly-crowned World Number 1 Victoria Azarenka from Belarus will take to the courts alongside other top-seeded players including last year’s winner, Russian Vera Zvonareva and the world’s former top player, Denmark’s Caroline Wozniacki.
Azarenka earned the number one spot last month after winning the Australian Open women’s singles title – her first Grand Slam.
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The International Air Transport Association (IATA) urged policy-makers to use aviation as a strategic asset. “When the relationship between industry and government works, the results are brilliant. Policies that support aviation’s competitiveness deliver wide-ranging benefits across economies by connecting business to markets,” said Tony Tyler, IATA’s Director General and CEO.
Aviation is a key economic contributor. In Singapore, for example, where the government has supported aviation as a strategic industry, it contributes 119,000 quality jobs and 5.4% of GDP. This is according to Oxford Economics studies commissioned by IATA to demonstrate to governments the catalytic impact of a healthy aviation sector on national economies. “The connectivity that aviation provides to Singapore has enabled it to develop as a successful regional hub for sectors as diverse as finance, healthcare, culture and education,” said Tyler in a keynote address to the Singapore Airshow Aviation Leadership Summit.
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The Latin American Forum, the first private sector led initiative of this type in the UK seeks to boost business opportunities between the UK and Latin America.
Latin America was at London City Hall on February 6th 2012 in an event including the presence of the mayor of London Boris Johnson as keynote speaker, along with officials and senior professionals from local and national agencies and corporations.
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Boeing announced that the final phase of wind tunnel testing, a major milestone in airplane development, will begin on the 737 MAX program next week.
“Wind tunnel testing is on the critical design path of the program,” said Michael Teal, chief project engineer and deputy program manager, 737 MAX program. “Based on previous work in the wind tunnel, we are confident this final phase of testing will substantiate our predictions of the aerodynamic performance of the airplane.”
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