Airline News - Africa / Middle East.For more airline news, data and analysis, please go to: http://www.airguideonline.com/order_formsubs.htm Aug 14, 2006 Emirates Airlines Emirates Airlines has raised the stakes in the fiercely-contested premium traveler segment with the launch of its new generation lie-flat Business Class seats. This investment is a new milestone in a series of recent in-flight product enhancements for the award-winning airline, and it is a move expected to win the thumbs-up from more travelers on long-haul flights. Passengers flying Emirates' new Boeing 777-300ER between Dubai and London Gatwick will be the first to sample this new Business Class offering. By year's end, another six Emirates jets will be operating with this new Business Class product, including Emirates flight EK203 which flies non-stop daily flight from JFK to Dubai. All of Emirates' new long-range Boeing 777 aircraft on order will be fitted with lie-flat seats in Business Class, and the airline will also retrofit its current fleet of 12 777-300 aircraft by early 2008. Aug 9, 2006 Qatar Airways Qatar Airways (Arabic: القطرية) is an airline based in Doha, Qatar. It operates a hub and spoke network based in Doha, linking 81 international destinations. Qatar Airways has become the first international airline in the world to introduce live digital satellite TV beamed direct to every passenger on their individual seatback seat·back also seat back n. The back of a chair or other type of seating. TV systems at 35,000 feet. The airline has introduced the system offering a multitude of European and Middle East TV channels on five of its fleet of Airbus A330 long haul Long distance. Long haul implies traversing a state or a country. Contrast with short haul. aircraft. By the end of the year, 14 aircraft, including the airline's brand new Airbus A340-600 which enters service this month, will be equipped with the new Rockwell Collins Rockwell Collins, Inc. (NYSE: COL) is a large United States-based international company headquartered in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, primarily providing aviation and information technology systems, solutions, and services to governmental agencies and aircraft manufacturers. Tailwind 560 satellite television system. Distributed through Showtime Arabia, via the Rockwell Collins system, a further ten aircraft will be equipped with the service during 2007. The service is initially being made available on flights within and between the Middle East and Europe. Channels include Al Jazeera, BBC World, EuroNews, CNN International, TV5, EuroSport News, MBC (Multimedia Benchmark Committee) A graphics benchmark that provides MPEG-2 and other tests. See GPC. and Disney Channel. The system's multi-directional antenna allows passengers to enjoy uninterrupted entertainment as their flights pass from Middle Eastern into European airspace. http://www.qatarairways.com Aug 12, 2006 Rak Airways Rak Airways is the name of a new Gulf area airline, the UAE's fourth national carrier, and based in Ras Al Khaimah. The airline is funded by an initial capital of $231.5m through a private placement, with the government retaining a controlling stake. It plans to be a niche airline flying to GCC GCC: see Gulf Cooperation Council. (compiler, programming) GCC - The GNU Compiler Collection, which currently contains front ends for C, C++, Objective-C, Fortran, Java, and Ada, as well as libraries for these languages (libstdc++, libgcj, etc). countries, Lebanon, India, Bangladesh, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Iran and Egypt. Launch target date is set for early 2007. Chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. is Jack Romera, well known in the UK industry and a Cranfield University MA who was much involved with the start-up with what has now emerged as BMED BMED British Mediterranean Airways BMed Bachelor of Medicine BMEd Bachelor of Mathematics Education http://rakairways.com Aug 12, 2006 Turkish Airlines, Star Alliance Turkish Airlines 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. Candan Karlitekin and GM Temel Kotil said at a Friday news conference that THY has chosen to join Star Alliance and will begin negotiations with the group within days. The carrier also was considering SkyTeam. The officials cited the scope of Star's global network and its "efficiency" in certain markets for the decision, according to press reports. Aug 7, 2006 |
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