Actualité aéronautique

New Flight Charters Unveils New Private Jets with Lower Pricing

transmise le 8 juin 2009 par Business Wire

Worldwide private jet provider New Flight Charters announces the addition of two aircraft dedicated to one-way charters. These “floating” aircraft are non-based and so are available for lower cost one-way flights anywhere in North America.

GreenChek Manufacturing Update

transmise le 8 juin 2009 par Business Wire

GreenChek Technologies Inc., a leading globally focused provider of hydrogen fuel cell technology for commercial transportation and stationary power generation applications, is pleased to announce that the Tianjin Sherma plant in Tianjin, China, has been retrofitted and is prepared to handle the production of Greenchek’s ERD 2.0 machine, pending orders from potential customers. Management is extremely confident that the plants capacity of 1050 units per month will be adequate when the anticipated orders from Europe and the UK begin to materialize. The 4000sq ft facility will not only enable our company to address the growing demand for emission reduction devices but allows the company to do this more efficiently, particularly with regards to quality assurance. The company is also negotiating additional square footage in anticipation of future growth. The new European EPA, coupled with standards, indicate that there is an increased demand for these devices. This manufacturing facility further illustrates that GreenChek is well positioned at the forefront of this new green economy.

L’évènement Eclipse Time, organisé par la société Anyware Technologies experte de la technologie open source Eclipse, se déroulera à Toulouse pour la 4ème année consécutive, les 23 et 24 Juin 2009

transmise le 8 juin 2009 par Business Wire

Soutenu par Airbus et de nombreux sponsors, l’événement dédié à la plate-forme open source Eclipse, permettra aux participants techniques et décideurs de suivre de nombreuses conférences et de participer à des ateliers de formations

Research and Markets: The Global Airline Industry - Definitive Introduction to Our Air Transportation System

transmise le 8 juin 2009 par Business Wire

Research and Markets has announced the addition of John Wiley and Sons Ltd's new report "The Global Airline Industry" to their offering.

FedEx Ranks Number One in Customer Satisfaction Among Express Delivery Companies For 12th Consecutive Year

transmise le 8 juin 2009 par Business Wire

FedEx Corp. today ranked number one in customer satisfaction in the Express Delivery industry and also first among 81 companies whose customers are surveyed in the first quarter by the University of Michigan's American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI).

Starwood Completes Sale of Timeshare Loans

transmise le 8 juin 2009 par Business Wire

On June 5^th, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: HOT) completed a private placement of approximately $125 million floating rate Timeshare Loan Backed Notes by SVO 2009-A VOI Mortgage Corporation with a commercial paper conduit. The floating rate will be swapped into a fixed rate of 8.0%. Starwood contributed approximately $181 million in timeshare mortgages to the Issuer and retained a 31 percent residual interest in the Issuer. Cash flow from the timeshare mortgages will be paid entirely to the holder of the Notes for the initial 12 to 24 months; thereafter, Starwood expects to begin receiving its return on its residual interest. Starwood expects that the securitization will result in a small loss on the sale as well as lost interest income for the second quarter and the balance of the year. The notes have not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any state securities laws.

Music Matters – the Asia Pacific Music Forum : Jamie Cullum, l’artiste de jazz qui a vendu plusieurs millions d’albums, s’est produit au concert de clôture de Music Matters

transmise le 8 juin 2009 par Business Wire

Jamie Cullum a interprété de manière brillante et inoubliable Hi and Dry de Radiohead pour clôturer, ce 4 juin à Hong Kong, la quatrième conférence annuelle de Music Matters. Devant plus de 600 spectateurs du monde entier, le chanteur-pianiste de jazz moderne lauréat du Golden Globe a présenté de nombreuses autres chansons avec accompagnement de piano tout en racontant des anecdotes sur sa carrière. Le thème du seul forum musical organisé en Asie-Pacifique avait beau être « From Content To Context » (du contenu au contexte), les chansons et les artistes ont éclipsé tous les débats commerciaux.

Norfolk Airport, ACS and MasterCard Worldwide Introduce Contactless Payments to Airport Parking

transmise le 8 juin 2009 par Business Wire

Affiliated Computer Services, Inc. and Norfolk Airport today announced that the airport is now accepting MasterCard^®PayPass™ contactless payments in its major parking lots. The Norfolk International Airport PayPass implementation is being managed by ACS, an industry leader in airport parking systems.

Travelocity Business’ Lesley Harris Wins Ascendancy Award

transmise le 8 juin 2009 par Business Wire

w2wlink, the premier professional online community for women, honored Travelocity Business President Lesley Harris with an Ascendancy Award on May 28 in Dallas. Presented in seven other locations nationwide, the Ascendancy Awards honor women for their professional achievements, as well as their role as mentors to other women. Candidates for the awards were nominated for achievement in corporate, entrepreneurial and career transition settings.

Emirates Airline Partners with GlobalCollect for Introduction of Worldwide Alternative Payment Processing

transmise le 8 juin 2009 par Business Wire

Emirates, a fast-growing international airline based in the Middle East, has implemented GlobalCollect’s payment processing service to offer alternative payment solutions for bookings on www.emirates.com. Starting in 37 countries across the world, customers can choose from a wide range of popular alternative payment methods hosted by GlobalCollect, including local credit and debit cards, local bank transfers, real time bank transfers, cash (Western Union Quick Pay), direct debits, and eWallets (PayPal). Future plans include adding further countries and payment products.