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Almost one and a half million Austrians have named traffic noise as the worst form of noise pollution, a new survey has revealed, Austrian Times reported. The Austrian Traffic club (VCÖ) said today (Tues) 1.45 million Austrians over the age of 15 cited traffic noise as the worst noise pollution they encountered. Noise caused by neighbours trailed in ...
Austro-Canadian car parts maker Magna is now bidding for a major stake in Opel, according to Austrian Times. Yesterday's edition of German daily Handelsblatt reported Magna Europe chief Siegfried Wolf is to propose a deal to the struggling German car producer and the country’s government later this week under which Magna would take an approximately ...
Polet Airlines being an important player in the heavy and outsize cargo niche is entering international regular cargo transportation market. To achieve this goal Polet Airlines has leased three IL-96-400Т aircraft from Ilyushin Finance Co. to bring them into commercial operation by autumn 2009. Furthermore, the aircraft fleet will be extended by acquisitio...
Emirates SkyCargo, in conjunction with logistics provider Kuehne & Nagel, has transported 120 tonnes of relief supplies to the conflict stricken Swat region of Pakistan. A Boeing 747 freighter, specially chartered by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), left Dubai on Tuesday morning carrying aid to Islamabad, where it was distribut...
Two new air law conventions setting out international compensation and liability rules for damage caused by aircraft to third parties were adopted by a Diplomatic Conference hosted by the International Civil Aviation Organisations (ICAO), from 20 April to 2 May 2009. One legal instrument adopted by the Conference is the Convention on Compensation for Dama...
German airline Lufthansa is to take an 85 per cent stake in Austrian Airlines (AUA) after shareholders accepted its buyout offer, Austrian Times reported. The offer, which was made to shareholders on 27 February, expired on Monday. ufthansa, which acquired a 41.56 per cent stake in the struggling carrier from the Austrian government, demanded more than 75...
Star Alliance, of which SAS Scandinavian Airlines is a proud founding member, has expanded its Conventions Plus offering beyond traditional conventions. For the MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Events) industry, this means SAS and Star Alliance now also offers travel arrangements for major cultural and sporting events. SAS has a long standing...
Thursday May 14, 2009 China Eastern Airlines is expected to receive a further CNY2 billion ($294 million) capital injection from the Chinese government to help the struggling carrier survive, ATW Daily News reported. The Shanghai-based carrier was allocated CNY7 billion from Beijing at the end of 2008, which was approved by minority shareholders in Februar...
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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