Articles from the ‘Transport’ category
Posted by Contributor on February 2, 2012 at 5:25 pm in Transport, Travel & Tourism
International air passenger traffic was up 6.4 percent in December 2011 compared to the same month of 2010, while international freight traffic slipped 0.8 percent, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) said on Wednesday. For 2011 as a whole, international passenger traffic was up 6.9 percent versus 2010 and freight traffic was down 0.6 percent. [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 2:09 pm in Transport, Travel & Tourism
The “Aviator Magazine” was launched in Accra on Wednesday to address some of the challenges in the reportage of aviation, tourism and hospitality industry issues. Typical of these challenges is the terminologies used in the industry which may not be familiar to some media personnel. Mr Enimil Ashon, Managing Editor of the Magazine, said with [...]
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Posted by Contributor on January 23, 2012 at 10:00 am in Transport, Travel & Tourism
Passenger traffic at Singapore’s Changi Airport jumped 11.4 percent in December and hit a record in 2011, boosted by increased travel within the Asia-Pacific region, the Southeast Asian city-state’s airport operator said. “December 2011 was Changi Airport’s busiest month ever with 4.53 million passenger movements,” Changi Airport Group said in a statement on Friday. A [...]
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Posted by Contributor on February 10, 2011 at 5:38 pm in Transport, Travel & Tourism
Mark Humphrey/Associated Press American Airlines wants to bypass the central reservation systems that deliver fare information to online travel agents like Expedia and Orbitz. By JAD MOUAWAD and CLAIRE CAIN MILLER With airlines imposing fees for things like checked bags, priority seating and access to airport lounges, finding a good fare is just the starting [...]
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Posted by Contributor on October 14, 2010 at 11:23 am in Transport, Travel & Tourism
The captain of a Qatar Airways flight from the Philippines to Qatar died as it was in the air on Wednesday, forcing the plane to be diverted to the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur, the carrier said. “Qatar Airways regrets to inform that the captain of Flight QR645, operating from Manila to Doha, passed away on [...]
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Posted by Contributor on February 4, 2010 at 11:32 am in Transport, Travel & Tourism
British low-cost airline easyJet has offered to fly Pope Benedict XVI to Britain for free, after a controversy erupted over the high cost of the pontiff’s visit. The airline seized on a row that emerged after the pope criticised British laws seen as friendly to gays, prompting critics to point out that the visit would [...]
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Posted by Contributor on October 29, 2009 at 4:15 pm in Transport, Travel & Tourism
Article By: Terhi Kinnunen The world’s biggest and most expensive cruise ship, Oasis of the Seas, was handed over to the Royal Caribbean cruise line in the Finnish port of Turku by shipbuilder STX on Wednesday. "The handover took place at 9.20 am and the papers were signed then by both companies," STX Europe’s [...]
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Posted by Contributor on September 26, 2007 at 4:35 pm in Transport
Residents of Kwabeng, Akrofufu, Akwaboso, Asamama and Ekorso in the Atiwa District last Tuesday sighed with relief when management of Metro Mass Transport extended their services to the area. Most of the people lined up along the road waiting for the first bus that arrived at about 0800 hours and expressed appreciation to the government [...]
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