Airport News - Asia / Pacific.Mar 19, 2007 Indonesia National Transportation Safety Bureau investigator Marjono Siswo Suwarno, who is leading the inquiry into last week's Garuda Indonesia PT (Persero) Perusahaan Penerbangan Garuda Indonesia, abbreviated to Garuda Indonesia, is the national airline of Indonesia. It is named after the mythical bird Garuda. In Indian Vedic tradition, Garuda is the carrier of the Hindu god Vishnu. 737-400 crash in Yogyakarta, said Friday that the initial evidence does not support the flight captain's contention that a sudden "downdraft down·draft n. 1. A strong downward current of air. 2. A downward trend; downturn: The business hit a downdraft. " as the aircraft was attempting to land caused the accident. "There was no downdraft at the point of landing," Marjono told reporters. "Data from the meteorological me·te·or·ol·o·gy n. The science that deals with the phenomena of the atmosphere, especially weather and weather conditions. [French météorologie, from Greek board shows that wind speed was less than five knots, so conditions were good. . .the final words from the control tower were 'clear to land.'" Mar 12, 2007 Political fallout fallout, minute particles of radioactive material produced by nuclear explosions (see atomic bomb; hydrogen bomb; Chernobyl) or by discharge from nuclear-power or atomic installations and scattered throughout the earth's atmosphere by winds and convection currents. continued in Indonesia, which has seen its air safety record heavily scrutinized in the wake of the second fatal 737-400 crash in three months. Vice President Jusuf Kalla Jusuf Kalla (born Watampone, South Sulawesi; May 15, 1942) is the current Vice President of Indonesia and Chairman of the Golkar Party. Early life Jusuf Kalla was born on 15th May 1942 in Watampone, South Sulawesi. told reporters Friday that the government is "embarrassed Indonesia has had so many accidents. We will issue stronger regulations and older aircraft will be banned, and all high-ranked transport officials must be replaced. That's the strongest option of actions." Mar 12, 2007 Airbus, Boeing More competition may emerge in aircraft manufacturing, executive says International Lease Finance Chief Executive Steven Udvar-Hazy says Airbus and Boeing may not be the only manufacturers of large commercial jets 20 years from now. He says China, Japan and Russia are interested in building commercial planes. Mar 16, 2007 Bangalore International Airport  This article or section contains information about a planned or expected new airport.
India Ministry of Civil Aviation announced that the new Bangalore International Airport will open April 2. Mar 15, 2007 Garuda Indonesia Tower Chat Shows Calm Before Garuda Crash Transcripts of control tower conversations with the pilots of a crashed Garuda Indonesia passenger jet showed no adverse conditions as it prepared to land, Australian newspapers reported on Wednesday. Mar 14, 2007 Hong Kong Hong Kong (hŏng kŏng), Mandarin Xianggang, special administrative region of China, formerly a British crown colony (2005 est. pop. 6,899,000), land area 422 sq mi (1,092 sq km), adjacent to Guangdong prov. Heineken launches airport bars as part of branding efforts Heineken hopes launching airport bars helps create a "global bar brand." The company recently opened a bar at Hong Kong's international airport and plans to open bars in other major cities on five continents. Mar 16, 2007 Z Editor: Aram Gesar, eMail: edit@AirGuideOnline.com For Air Transport & Travel Business Experts contact eMail: bizintel@AirGuideOnline.com For more global news, reviews, features and analysis, please subscribe to Verb 1. subscribe to - receive or obtain regularly; "We take the Times every day" subscribe, take buy, purchase - obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction; "The family purchased a new car"; "The conglomerate acquired a new company"; our Newsletters: http://www.airguideonline.com/order_formsubs.htm#news To Advertise: advert@AirGuideOnline.com AirGuideFlightTracker is a new, free service that aims to keep travelers informed flight and airport status via the Web. For more go to http://www.airguideonline.com/airline_tracker.htm Copyright [c] 2007 Air Travel Media / Pyramid pyramid, structure pyramid. The true pyramid exists only in Egypt, though the term has also been applied to similar structures in other countries. Egyptian pyramids are square in plan and their triangular sides, which directly face the points of the Media Group. All rights reserved. Mar 12, 2007 |
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