Actualité aéronautique

Myers Industries Declares Quarterly Dividend

transmise le 28 octobre 2009 par Business Wire

The Board of Directors of Myers Industries, Inc. today declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.06 per share payable January 4, 2010, to shareholders of record as of November 30, 2009.

Follow Cathay Pacific All the Way to Hong Kong

transmise le 28 octobre 2009 par Business Wire

Cathay Pacific Airways announced an exciting new contest on Twitter, taking the word “follow” to a whole new level. The “Follow the Crew Dolls” contest features the limited edition Cathay Pacific historical uniform dolls which showcase the airline’s uniforms for the past 63 years.

US Airways Announces Strategic Plan to Strengthen Core Network

transmise le 28 octobre 2009 par Business Wire

US Airways today announced it is realigning its operations to focus on the airline’s core network strengths, which include hubs in Charlotte (CLT), Philadelphia (PHL) and Phoenix (PHX), and a focus city at Washington’s National Airport (DCA). These four cities, as well as the airline’s popular hourly Shuttle service between New York’s LaGuardia Airport (LGA), Boston (BOS) and Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA), will serve as the cornerstone of the airline’s network. By the end of 2010 they will represent 99 percent of the airline’s available seat miles (ASMs) versus roughly 93 percent today.

DHL Express Transports Soil from Around the World to U.S. as Part of Large Scale Art Project

transmise le 28 octobre 2009 par Business Wire

In 2001, artist Gary Simpson envisioned a way to transcend national boundaries through natural artistic expression, collecting soil samples from each of the United Nations member states as the basis of his artwork. Approximately 190 samples later and through the help of DHL Express, the world’s leading express delivery and logistics company, Common Ground 191™ culminates eight painstaking years of work by Simpson to create a metaphor about the world and the interaction of mankind.

Air China multiplie ses vols domestiques et internationaux

transmise le 28 octobre 2009 par PRNewswire

Allant dans le sens de la rapide reprise de l'industrie aeronautique chinoise au cours des six derniers mois, Air China a annonce qu'elle allait etendre un certain nombre de ses lignes aeriennes domestiques et internationales. Cote domestique, Air China a lance quatre nouvelles lignes. Cote international, Air China a lance deux nouvelles lignes, une entre l'aeroport international de Beijing et l'aeroport international de Tokyo-Haneda, l'autre entre Hangzhou et Francfort.

American Express Clients Expect China to Lead Business Travel Recovery

transmise le 28 octobre 2009 par Business Wire

American Express Business Travel announced today the findings of two surveys which offered separate yet similar predictions on the health and future of business travel heading into 2010. The company surveyed its Global Business Partnership (GBP) clients, its largest global clients, as well as 180 client organizations based across Shanghai, Beijing, and Guangzhou in China through its annual China Business Travel Survey (The Barometer). The findings indicate that clients expect China will lead business travel recovery. Further, investment by global companies and local companies in China should increase over the next 12 months. The results of the company’s GBP survey and Barometer were revealed during the fifth annual American Express China Business Travel Forum (CBTF) held in Shanghai this week.

Telephonics Wins Follow-on Contract for Counter IED Jammer Production

transmise le 28 octobre 2009 par Business Wire

Telephonics Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Griffon Corporation , announced today that its Electronic Systems Division received a follow-on contract award in excess of $45M from the Sierra Nevada Corporation for continued production for the Counter Radio Frequency Improvised Explosive Device – Electronic Warfare (CREW) 3.1 Program. This follow-on award extends delivery of the CREW 3.1 devices through March 2010.

Rolls-Royce Success on U.S. Navy MissionCare Contract Leads to Expanded $90 Million Award

transmise le 28 octobre 2009 par Business Wire

Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has been awarded a $90 million MissionCare™ contract by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) at NATC Patuxent River to provide support for the F405-RR-401 (Adour) engines that power the U.S. Navy’s T-45 training aircraft.

Thousands of Visitors Expected at Ratchaphruek Festival 2009

transmise le 28 octobre 2009 par PRNewswire

More than 200,000 visitors are expected to attend a grand festival designed to celebrate and honour His Majesty the King, now the world's longest reigning monarch, who will be celebrating his 82nd birthday on 5 December, 2009.

DHL encourage le recours au fluvial, au benefice de ses clients

transmise le 28 octobre 2009 par PRNewswire

Mode de transport ecologique par excellence, la barge emet 2,5 fois moins de CO2 par tonne transportee que la route. C'est pourquoi DHL valorise cette solution aupres de ses clients et s'est fixe l'objectif de faire passer de 15 % a 20 %, d'ici a 2012, la proportion de marchandises transportee par barge au niveau europeen.