Kate Birch, The Highland Council's Children's Services Manager for Inverness, Nairn and Badenoch and Strathspey, has been chosen at the Council's Employee of the year. She received her prize at the Council's annual Quality Awards, held at the North Highland

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Boeing and Uzbekistan Airways have finalized an order for four 767-300ER (Extended Range) airplanes. The order is valued at $597 million at list prices. Including today's announcement, Uzbekistan Airways has now ordered six Boeing jetliners (two previously ordered 787-8s and

BOC Aviation, the Singapore-based aircraft leasing unit of Bank of China, has placed additional firm orders with Airbus for 20 A320 Family aircraft. The announcement was made today at the Zhuhai Air Show in China."Our latest orders reflect ongoing demand

Fraport Interim Report - January to September 2008: Growth Despite Downward TrendMore Passengers and Airfreight - EBITDA Growth Despite Revenue DeclineIn the first three quarters of fiscal year 2008 all key traffic and financial indicators of the Fraport Group continued

Finnair's Asian traffic grew 18.1% compared to October of the previous year. Number of passengers carried on Finnair's Asian flights in October was 124 289, which is 18.1% more than a year ago. Finnair increased its capacity and succeeded to

Grupo Marsans places a firm order for a total of 61 aircraft, including four A380s and ten A350sGrupo Marsans, the largest tourism and transport group in Spain and fourth in Europe, has signed a firm order with Airbus for the

To whom it may concern...On 10th Nov 2008, Belgium's State Gazette has announced that the latest SAFA rules on inspections have been put into a Belgian law (*):Link to the new law in Dutch:http://tinyurl.com/5d4zduLink to the new law in French:http://tinyurl.com/6dzd8p(*)

National Pilots' Strike from 14 to 17 November 2008: very Severe Disruptions expected at Air FranceFrench airline pilots' unions have unanimously called a four-day strike from Friday 14 November at one minute past midnight to Monday 17 November at midnight,

http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAct ... anguage=enBrussels, 12 November 2008Alitalia: the Commission adopts two State aid decisionsThe European Commission today concluded that the sale of Alitalia's assets does not constitute State aid provided that the Italian authorities fully comply with the undertakings they have

Deliveries of 747-8 Freighter to begin third quarter of 2010; deliveries of 747-8 Intercontinental passenger model to begin second quarter of 2011. Company working with customers to minimize disruption. Boeing today announced an adjusted schedule for production and delivery of

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Dunstone dials up plan for £900m TalkTalk spin-off, T-Mobile boss warns that cheaper SIM-only deals will rise, Credit insurers face huge rise in premiums, Next may axe staff as cost of imports soars, Insurance blow for Whistles, Tesco and Lord

Building on the highly popular event that introduces elementary, middle- and high-school students to nanotechnology, more than 300 students received an up-close look at nanobioscience and nanomedicine...

Researchers at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have demonstrated experimentally and theoretically that the surface plasmon resonances of metal nanoparticles in a periodic...

There are currently hundreds of satellites orbiting the Earth providing services to support our increasingly technological society on the ground. Just one example of this type of activity is global co...