- Council Battle as Airport Rates Take Off[Jul. 05, 2006]
LOCAL councils are on the verge of taking legal action against the operators of Adelaide and Perth airports for allegedly not paying more than $2 million in rates.
- Happy 25th Birthday to Changi Airport![Jul. 03, 2006]
Changi Airport is paying tribute to long-serving airport organisations and staff as it celebrates its silver jubilee.
- CAAC Forecasts 31Mln Passengers in Summer[Jul. 01, 2006]
The annual summer season will start soon, Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) forecasts the airline passenger number will reach 31 in this summer, an increase of 18% compared to the same period last year, according to a notice released by CAAC.
- Airlines Increase Flights to Tibet[Jul. 04, 2006]
Airline carriers in China have recently increased flights to Lhasa, capital of China's Tibet Autonomous Region, sharing a cake from the booming tourism stimulated by the Qinghai-Tibet railway that opened yesterday.
- Cathay Pacific Resumes Route to Shanghai[Jul. 03, 2006]
Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd will resume its service to Shanghai and increase flights to Beijing under the new air services agreement signed between the Hong Kong and Chinese governments, The Standard reported, citing Hong Kong's Secretary for Economic Development and Labor Stephen Ip Shu-kwan.
- OFT Launches UK Airports Investigation[Jul. 03, 2006]
The UK Office of Fair Trading confirmed Friday that it is initiating a study into whether or not the UK airports market in its current form works well for consumers.OFT announced in late May that it was considering a market study of UK airports (ATWOnline, May 26). Since then it has consulted the Civil Aviation Authority and held meetings with relevant parts of the government, including the Dept. for Transport.
- Boeing to Pay $828m to Settle Scandals[Jul. 03, 2006]
BOEING said it had reached a final agreement with the US Department of Justice following two procurement scandals which led to the ousting of one chief executive and a prison term for its former chief financial officer.
- Heads Roll at EADS, Airbus as CEO Resign[Jul. 03, 2006]
Embattled EADS Co-CEO Noel Forgeard and Airbus CEO Gustav Humbert resigned Sunday under pressure from EADS shareholders Lagardere Group, DaimlerChrysler and the French government (ATWOnline, June 30).Forgeard will be succeeded by Louis Gallois, head of French government-owned railway SNCF, while Humbert will be succeeded by Christian Streiff, deputy CEO of French building materials group Saint-Gobain. Thomas Enders will remain as co-CEO of EADS and has been nominated as chairman of the Airbus Shareholder Committee.
- JMIC Unity Award for 2006 Announced[Jun. 26, 2006]
Joint Meetings Industry Council (JMIC) President Barbara Maple today announced the winner of the 2006 JMIC Unity Award as Luca Favetta, Director, Global Events Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific for SAP. Mr. Favetta formally received the award at the IMEX Awards Banquet in Frankfurt, Germany on the evening of May 31, 2006.
- Qantas Punt on Footy Player's Bomb Joke[Jul. 03, 2006]
Qantas has denied giving a rugby league star preferential treatment by allowing him to travel after he joked that a Muslim teammate had bombs strapped to him.