Airline Finance News - Africa / Middle East.Jul 30, 2007 Emirates Airlines “Emirates” redirects here. For other uses, see Emirates (disambiguation). Emirates Airline (shortened form: Emirates) (Arabic: طيران الإماراتTayarān al-Imārāt Emirates Airlines' onboard Refers to a chip or other hardware component that is directly attached to the printed circuit board (motherboard). Contrast with offboard. See inboard. meals from Dubai are now supplied from a new, purpose-built flight catering facility that is the largest of its kind in the world. The $120 million unit, with a design capacity to produce 115,000 meals per day, became fully operational in early July. The new flight kitchen is exclusive to the Dubai-based airline, which services 92 destinations around the world, including three daily flights from New York's JFK to Dubai. Emirates, the world's fastest-growing airline, will also begin service out of Houston on December 3rd and Toronto on October 29th, pending government approval, which will provide convenient access for major Mid-west cities. Jul 24, 2007 Emirates Airlines Emirates Airlines' Emirates Flight Catering currently produces 26 million meals per year, which is expected to rise to 45 million in 2014. At the same time, the company's current asset value of $2.45 million is expected to nearly double to $4.36 million in the next seven years. Both kitchens are operated by Emirates Flight Catering (EKFC), which is 90 percent owned by Emirates and 10 percent by Dubai's Department of Civil Aviation. The new unit covers a total area of nearly 20 square miles A square mil is a unit of area, equal to the area of a square with sides of length one mil. A mil is one thousandth of an international inch. This unit of area is usually used in specifying the area of the cross section of a wire or cable. , spread over four floors, and services around 95 departures and 90 arrivals per day. Jul 24, 2007 Ethiopian Airlines Ethiopian Airlines is an airline based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. It is the national airline of Ethiopia, operating scheduled international passenger and freight services to 50 destinations world-wide, as well as domestic services to 28 destinations and passenger and cargo charter , Gulf Air Ethiopian Airlines and Gulf Air entered into a codeshare agreement Code sharing is a business term which was first originated in the airline industry in 1990 when the Australian airline, Qantas Airways and the US's American Airlines combined services between an array of US domestic cities and Australian cities. that initially is covering Ethiopian Airlines's Addis Ababa-Bahrain service and giving passengers access to both carriers' networks from their respective hubs. Jul 23, 2007 Gulf Air Gulf Air COO (Cell Of Origin) See mobile positioning. Bjorn Naf yesterday was named acting president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , replacing Andre Dose, who resigned suddenly Monday . The carrier said the search for a permanent replacement "has begun." Jul 25, 2007 Gulf Air Gulf Air's board of directors yesterday accepted the resignation of CEO Andre Dose, effective immediately, ending the former Crossair and Swiss International Air Lines Swiss International Air Lines (short: Swiss) is the principal airline of Switzerland operating scheduled services in Europe and to North America, South America, Africa and Asia. Its main hub is Zurich Kloten Airport (ZRH). CEO's tenure less than four months after he joined the Bahrain-based carrier and unveiled a major restructuring restructuring - The transformation from one representation form to another at the same relative abstraction level, while preserving the subject system's external behaviour (functionality and semantics). program. The sudden resignation came just days after Gulf Air Chairman Mahmood Hashim Al Kooheji confirmed that the airline is being investigated by Bahrain prosecutors. It is not clear if the probe and Dose's resignation are related. The Gulf Air board gave no explanation for the CEO's departure, saying in a statement issued yesterday that "it has been mutually agreed" he would leave the company. Jul 24, 2007 Turkish Airlines Turkish Airlines Sees Wage Deal To Avert Strike. Turkish Airlines sees some leeway lee·way n. 1. The drift of a ship or an aircraft to leeward of the course being steered. 2. A margin of freedom or variation, as of activity, time, or expenditure; latitude. See Synonyms at room. in union wage talks and expects to reach an accord within a week to avoid a threatened strike, the airline's president said on Friday. Earlier on Friday Turkish Airlines said in a statement to the stock exchange it had received notification from civil aviation union Hava-Is, which represents Turkish Airlines employees, of its decision to strike if no deal is reached. The union, which represents about 11,500 Turkish Airlines employees including pilots and stewards, said previously it would implement its strike in late July or early August if there is no deal. Friday's strike notification is now followed by a 60 day negotiation period. During this time the union can call a strike at any time, but must give six days' notice. The union had said employees were asking for higher wages and expanded benefits. Jul 23, 2007 Turkish Airlines Turkish Airlines, which is also the national flag carrier posted a net profit of USD USD In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the U.S. Dollar. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. $132 million last year, up 28 percent from a year earlier. Turkey's Mediterranean and Aegean beaches and ancient sites attract millions of tourists each summer. Tourism brings crucial foreign currency revenues, amounting to about USD$17 billion last year, which help offset a large current account deficit. 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