About 50 units of Toyota Prius, the full hybrid electric mid-size car by the Japanese motor vehicle manufacturer, have been sold on the Bulgarian market so far, the manufacturer’s local dealership said on October 29 2009, according to Dnevnik.bg. Bulgaria's Government was still not offering incentives for vehicles driven by two or more distinct pow...
Budget airline Ryanair has announced that it will make Bratislava its centre for operations in Eastern Europe (EE) instead of Vienna, Austrian Times informs. Ryanair chief Michael O’Leary said today (Thurs) in Vienna the move would significantly increase the number of passengers at Bratislava airport and give it 20 new routes. He added that the thr...
Austrian Airlines (AUA) reported a 75.7 million-Euro loss in the third quarter of this year – growing from a loss of 16.4 million Euros in the same quarter last year, according to Austrian Times. AUA added it had lost 242.3 million Euros during the first nine months of 2009, compared to a loss of 65.1 million Euros during the same period of 2008. C...
The Government of the Republic of Senegal has decided to form a new national carrier that will fill the void left with the liquidation of Air Senegal International. The new airline will officially be known as Senegal Airlines and will be based in Dakar. Flight operations commencement is expected early in 2010 and the airline will eventually operate a new ...
Air Asia X - the low-cost longhaul arm of Malaysian carrier Air Asia – has added a new destination and frequencies to its winter 2009 schedule, opening up new opportunities for its Irish cargo GSSA IAM. On 19th October, Air Asia X introduced four flights per week from its Kuala Lumpur hub to Chengdu. The services operate on Tuesday, Thursday, Saturd...
Lufthansa Cargo and Hermes Transport Logistics are intensifying their cooperation. Since early August, the crane-emblemed cargo carrier has been handling the logistics of all incoming shipments arriving at Leipzig Airport for the wholly-owned subsidiary of the otto group. Aside from handling all imports, Lufthansa Cargo is responsible for arranging and load...
ASIA Airfreight Terminal (AAT) has announced that Zest Airways (Z2) has appointed AAT as its cargo handling agent at the Hong Kong International Airport. Manila-based Zest Airways operates scheduled domestic and international services and started flying an A320 daily to Hong Kong from October 24 from Luzon Island's Clark Field. "We are pleased to exten...
THE Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has instituted proceedings in the Federal Court in Sydney against Thai Airways International Public Company Limited with preliminary hearings set for November 26. Thai Airways is the 11th airline to be the subject of ACCC proceedings for alleged price fixing in the air cargo industry. The ACCC alleges 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.
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