Singapore’s reputation as one of the busiest transportation hubs in the world and its strategic location made it an ideal venue for an international training course designed to fast track skills in project cargo management. The Certificate of Achievement in Project Cargo Management course will be held in Singapore from 28-29 January, 2010. The cours...
SAP announced its successful takeover of SAF at the beginning of September and has become the SAF majority stockholder with 70.67 percent of the capital stock. Thanks to the takeover, SAP will further expand and round out its existing spectrum of solutions for planning, forecasting and automated ordering processes for retailers. Both companies have been wor...
Continental Airlines is the first US airline to enter the modern era of passenger processing by achieving CUPPS (Common Use Passenger Processing Systems) certification following exhaustive testing at Orlando International Airport, 25 years after the world’s first ever common-use or shared check-in systems debuted in the US. CUPPS technology will grad...
Japan Airlines (JAL) will introduce Premium Economy service on the Tokyo (Narita) - Sydney route starting from December 1, 2009. The once-daily flight, also equipped with the airline's JAL Shell Flat Seat in executive class is operated with a Boeing 777-200ER aircraft. The JAL Sky Shell Seat, which won the 2008 Good Design Award, is the world's first sh...
The civil aviation trade association at the Economy Chamber (WKO) said today (Mon) it had rejected demands for a 13 per cent increase in air traffic control fees next year, according to Austrian Times. Association chief Gritta Grabner said: "Such an increase would be a massive problem for the Austrian civil aviation industry, which finds itself in a very ...
Boeing and Guggenheim Aviation Partners recently celebrated the delivery of the leasing company's first 777, a 777-300ER (Extended Range) airplane that Guggenheim customer Korean Air will operate under lease. The 777-300ER is Guggenheim's first leasing arrangement with Korean, as well as the first new Boeing passenger airplane delivery to Guggenheim. Th...
Salzburg crane and hydraulic systems manufacturer Palfinger has reported results down sharply for the first three quarters of 2009 on the back of the recession, according to Austrian Times. The firm reported yesterday (Thurs) that its turnover had slumped 36 per cent year on year to 387.9 million Euros and its earnings before interest, taxes, amortisation...
In October the number of new vehicle registrations in Germany once again increased by 24 percent to 321,000 units. According to the German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA), since the beginning of the year more than 3.3 million cars have been sold on the German market (+26 percent). Over the last three months German manufacturers have been able t...
Port of Tallinn is the biggest port authority in Estonia and as far as both cargo and passenger traffic are taken into account, the biggest port on the shores of the Baltic Sea.
Qingdao Saint Voyage Logistics Inc. (SVL) is an Experienced International Shi