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U.S. scheduled passenger airlines employed 6.9 percent fewer workers in January 2009 than in January 2008, the seventh consecutive decrease in full-time equivalent employee (FTE) levels for the scheduled passenger carriers from the same month of the previous year and the largest year-to-year decrease since December 2003, the U.S. Department of Transportatio...
TNT expands the coverage of its Economy Express service to and from Malta to an additional 75 countries worldwide. The expansion, effective as of this week, builds on TNT’s successful introduction in 2008 of the market’s first integrated road-ferry service between Malta and other European Union countries. TNT now offers a new cost-effective ser...
Following a recent decision by Dallas Area Rapid Transit, INIT has been awarded an additional contract to expand its Vehicle Business System (VBS), including INIT hardware and software by an additional 48 light rail vehicles. The vehicle manufacturer Kinkisharyo will install INIT’s on-board computer (COPILOTpc), mobile data terminals with built-in car...
VTG Rail UK, a subsidiary of VTG Aktiengesellschaft (SCN: VTG999), one of Europe’s leading rail logistics and wagon hire companies, has signed a 15-year agreement with Tarmac Buxton Lime and Cement (TBLC) for the purchase and lease back of its key 50 wagon fleet. Under the new arrangement, VTG takes ownership of 20 aggregate hoppers and 30 pre...
According to Reuters, German national railway operator Deutsche Bahn (DB) doubled its profits from passenger traffic in fast IC and high-speed ICE trains in 2008. Business in the long-distance passenger traffic as well as short distance travel had come in better than expected last year despite the economic crisis, the sources said, without providing concr...
In an important step towards implementing a “Single European Sky”, the European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation, EUROCONTROL, has selected SITA to provide aircraft data link communications services for its Maastricht Upper Area Control Centre. SITA’s selection follows the recent adoption of the European Commission reg...
In an effort combine strategies, Cargolux, Luxair Luxembourg Airlines and the Luxembourg Civil Aviation Authority held a flight safety conference last 10 March at the Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce. The agenda featured discussions around flight safety and accident prevention initiatives the Luxembourg aviation is facing at present and expects to meet in th...
Jetstar will reinstate direct flights between Cairns and Osaka in December. The reintroduction of this service will provide a significant boost for Far North Queensland's tourism industry, particularly given the difficult times it has experienced in recent years. Jetstar's decision is a vote of confidence in the future of the Australian aviation and tour...
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
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