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Frontier Airlines’ Florida Seasonal Service Takes Off Dec. 15

transmise le 7 décembre 2011 par Business Wire

Just in time for winter, Frontier Airlines is launching new nonstop seasonal service to Florida from two Midwestern cities and reinstating seasonal Florida service from three others beginning Dec. 15, 2011, and continuing into April 2012.

Boingo CTO Addresses Global Aviation IT Leaders about Public Wi-Fi in Airports

transmise le 7 décembre 2011 par Business Wire

Boingo Wireless, Inc. , the Wi-Fi industry’s leading provider of software and services worldwide, today announced that Niels Jonker, chief technology officer for Boingo Wireless, addressed the 2011 Airport IT conference in London today, covering key topics about public Wi-Fi that are essential for airport IT administrators in planning for 2012 and beyond.

Booz Allen Partners with the Volpe National Transportation Systems Center to Advance the FAA’s NextGen Environmental Management System

transmise le 7 décembre 2011 par Business Wire

Booz Allen Hamilton announced it has been awarded a competitive $9.7 million task order to support the U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe Center) in the development of the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA’s) Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) Environmental Management System (EMS).

UPS No. 1 Shipper on ‘Climate Counts’ Scorecard for Third Year in a Row

transmise le 7 décembre 2011 par Business Wire

For the third year in a row, UPS has earned the top score in the consumer shipping sector on the annual “Climate Counts” scorecard. UPS also shared the 11^th highest score across all industries alongside Sony, Nokia and AB Electrolux among 144 ranked companies.

VG Energy Highlighted in Branson's "Carbon War Room" Jet Fuel Initiative

transmise le 7 décembre 2011 par Business Wire

Viral Genetics' majority owned subsidiary, VG Energy, has been highlighted in Sir Richard Branson’s Carbon War Room effort as one of the approved technologies in the accelerating evolution toward renewable sources for the bio-fuels sector. VG Energy's algae “lipid trigger” technology tricks algae into storing energy as fat, rather than carbohydrates. In ongoing studies, VG Energy's “lipid trigger” technology has been shown to increase the lipid levels in plant, yeast and algal biofuel by a significant percentage.

Non-Cash Ways to Donate to Charity This Holiday Season

transmise le 7 décembre 2011 par Business Wire

Dream Foundation, the first and largest national wish-granting organization for adults in the end stages of life, is offering non-monetary ways to help those in need this holiday season. The 4-Star Charity Navigator-rated organization fulfills nearly 2,000 final dreams each year. Thirty percent - representing approximately 1,000 airline tickets for dream recipients and/or their loved ones - involved travel, including urgent bedside goodbyes, family reunions and final trips with children.

PrivateFly.com Reveals the World’s Top 10 Touchdowns

transmise le 7 décembre 2011 par Business Wire

Tiny Barra Airport in Scotland’s Outer Hebrides tops the list of most stunning airport landings, according to a global poll¹ conducted by the private jet hire booking network, PrivateFly.com.