Great Lakes Aviation to Cancel Federal Subsidy for ND Airport

UPDATE 2-India's Kingfisher walks a tightrope on labour unrest Reuters NEW DELHI, Oct 2 (Reuters) - India's Kingfisher Airlines Ltd , controlled by liquor baron Vijay Mallya, cancelled all flights through Thursday because of labour unrest and was ordered by the aviationregulator to submit a revival plan before it can fly ... See all stories on this topic »

West Michigan Aviation Academy launches athletic program with cross country ... MLive.com When the West Michigan Aviation Academy opened its doors in the fall of 2011 on the grounds of the Gerald R. Ford International Airport, its primary objective was to establish a stronghold of academic excellence while catering to students with elevated ... See all stories on this topic »

Great Lakes Aviation to Cancel Federal Subsidy for ND Airport The Leading Aviation Industry Resource for News, Equipment and BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — An airline that for two decades has received federal subsidies to fly to a small North Dakota city says it no longer needs taxpayer help because the oil boom in the area has made the service self-sufficient. Great Lakes Aviation ... See all stories on this topic »

Business aviation aiding European recovery Air Traffic Management A new report from forecasting and research consultancy Oxford Economics demonstrates how business aviation delivers substantial benefits to not only its clients, but also to local governments and communities. Commissioned by the European Business ... See all stories on this topic »

FG Restructures Aviation Agencies AllAfrica.com The Federal Government has commenced a major shake-up in the aviation sector, culminating in the restructuring of some key parastatals, redeployment of personnel and outright retirement of some directors. The long-expected shake-up, which was ... See all stories on this topic »

Airplane Versus Airplane: The Aviation Race Trophies of Old Jaunted It's the "Rolls-Royce Aviation Heritage Trophy," just renamed to be the "Neil A. Armstrong Aviation Heritage Trophy." Each year, the recipient is the "aircraft judged [by the National Aviation Hall of Fame] to be the most authentic example of a vintage... See all stories on this topic » Jaunted

Green airports on carbon cutting mission CNN Editor's note: Business Traveller is a monthly show about making the most of doing business on the road. (CNN) -- The aviation sector is renowned as a carbon intensive business, but an increasing number of airports are looking to change that by ... See all stories on this topic »

IATA Upgrades Global Aviation Outlook Manila Bulletin MANILA, Philippines — The International Air Transport Association (IATA) revised its 2012 globalaviation outlook upward as airlines perform better despite economic difficulties, earning $4.1 billion this year, up $1.1 billion from the $3.0-billion ... See all stories on this topic »

Business Aviation Looking Beyond Election Aviation Week Business aviation leaders are relatively quiet when asked about the presidential election, saying both candidates face stark budget choices regardless of who gets into office. From an industry standpoint, their worries are less about who wins and more ... See all stories on this topic » Aviation Week

Aviation company Sierra Nevada buys Wichita firms Kansas.com In the past two years, 3S Certification received an Organization Designation Authorization from the Federal Aviation Administration, allowing it to give authority to approve Supplemental Type Certificates necessary for aircraft modifications. The ... See all stories on this topic »

Mutual Funds Investing in Unloved Mortgage Bonds Are Soaring

Sahara Mutual Fund's assets fall off a cliff Daily News & Analysis Sahara Mutual Fund is left with only Rs3 out of every Rs10 it managed just three months ago. According to data from industry body Association of Mutual Funds in India, or Amfi, its average assets under management (AUM) have fallen 69.71% to Rs238.44 ... See all stories on this topic »

Mutual Funds Investing in Unloved Mortgage Bonds Are Soaring TheStreet.com The big winners include Angel Oak Multi-Strategy Income (ANGLX), which has returned 20% this year and ranked as the top performing intermediate-term fund, according to Morningstar. Mortgage specialist TCW Total Return Bond (TGLMX) returned 11.4%, ... See all stories on this topic »

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European airlines head for bigger losses

Ready to pay salaries in next few days: Kingfisher Airlines CEO
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NEW DELHI: A day after declaring a partial lockout, top officials of beleaguered Kingfisher Airlineson Tuesday met DGCA chief and promised to pay salaries of the staff held up for last six months in the next few days. The airline CEO Sanjay Agarwal ...
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DALLAS (AP) — American Airlines says passenger seats on a third flight came loose as the plane was airborne, and it's continuing to inspect other jets with similar seating. The airline acknowledged Tuesday that seats came loose on a flight last week ...
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European airlines head for bigger losses Moneycontrol.com Europe's airlines are set to record a bigger than expected USD 1.2 billion net loss this year, partly because the number of passengers travelling in first or business class is declining, the industry's trade body said on Monday. Source: Ft.com ... See all stories on this topic »

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Kingfisher Airlines CEO to meet DGCA today amidst crisis
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The CEO of the cash-strapped Kingfisher Airlines is expected to meet the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Tuesday. The CEO was summoned by the DGCA after all of KingfisherAirlines flights were cancelled on Monday after its pilots and ...
See all stories on this topic »Kingfisher Airlines declares temporary lockout till October 4
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Kingfisher Airlines on Monday evening declared a temporary lockout of its operations till October 4. The decision of the airlines came few hours after Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh warned that the company will not be allowed to fly if safety norms ...
See all stories on this topic »Decision on Kingfisher Airlines after DGCA report: Ajit Singh
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Aviation Minister Ajit Singh on Tuesday reiterated that Kingfisher Airlines will not be allowed to operate flights until its engineers report back to work and they certify on the flights' safety. "Passenger safety cannot be compromised. The Directorate ...
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Why Wi-Fi connectivity has become a necessity for airlines Economic Times As airlines race to create connectivity on international flights through satellite Wi-Fi, the ability to stay online in the skies will only increase, experts say. Tony Drockton, who owns a luxury handbag company in Southern California, used to take the ... See all stories on this topic »

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Spirit Airlines increases fees for carry-on and checked baggage
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Traveling with baggage on Spirit Airlines this Thanksgiving season can get pretty pricey unless you plan ahead. The airline has announced that starting November 6 it will be charging $100 for passengers if they wait to pay for carry-on baggage at the gate.
See all stories on this topic »Kingfisher Airlines declares partial lockout, suspends flights till Thursday
Times of India
MUMBAI: Kingfisher Airlines tonight declared a partial lockout with immediate effect and suspended till Thursday flight operations which came to a grinding halt following a strike by a section of its employees. In a statement, the Vijay Mallya-owned ...
See all stories on this topic »Kingfisher Airlines under partial lockout after govt warning
Times of India
NEW DELHI: Kingfisher Airline's troubles seem to be increasing by the day with the Vijay Mallya-promoted carrier declaring a partial lockout till Thursday even as it is facing the prospect of being grounded with the government warning that it will not ...
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Aviation company Sierra Nevada buys Wichita firms The Leading Aviation Industry Resource for News, Equipment and In the past two years, 3S Certification received an Organization Designation Authorization from the Federal Aviation Administration, allowing it to give authority to approve Supplemental Type Certificates necessary for aircraft modifications. The ... See all stories on this topic »

PIA welcomes Palpa's aviation safety measures The Nation KARACHI – PIA Managing Director Muhammad Junaid Yunus has expressed confidence and full support to Pakistan Airline Pilots Association (PALPA) in all their endeavors for the growth of the airline and addressing aviation safety measures to make air ... See all stories on this topic »

Sivak: Aviation authorities of Belarus, Russia maintain a dialogue News of Belarus MINSK, 2 October (BelTA) – The aviation authorities of Belarus and Russia maintain normal working relations, BelTA learnt from Minister of Transport and Communications of Belarus Anatoly Sivak. “Russians are our partners; do not try to make our ... See all stories on this topic »

Clear skies ahead for aviation industry China Daily Lu Yong, chairman of Ruohang Transportation Development Co, said he is confident theaviation industry will continue to expand in China despite obstacles that obstruct its path. His general aviation company has been operating in Nanjing, capital of ... See all stories on this topic » China Daily

Ultimate price for pilot Des Porter's dream The Australian A water-skiing and motor racing enthusiast, Mr Dawson was drawn to aviation by his great friend. Together they would visit Caboolture's airstrip to maintain and polish the DH84. Mr Dawson was frequently at Mr Porter's side in the air. The pair had met ... See all stories on this topic »

US aviation firm sees big growth in air ambulance Malaya The firm also caters to AIG, considered the biggest insurance company in the world. Carejet was tapped by American-owned Aviation Concepts, based in Subic to implement the air ambulance project. Aviation Concepts is run by his friend, Terry Habeck, ... See all stories on this topic »

Kingfisher walks a tightrope on labour unrest Reuters India NS), controlled by liquor baron Vijay Mallya, cancelled all flights through Thursday because of labour unrest and was ordered by the aviation regulator to submit a revival plan before it can fly again. The heavily indebted airline, which has been ... See all stories on this topic »

Government's move to control aircraft purchase may push more flights to ... Economic Times The civil aviation minister, Ajit Singh, is pushing for a more aggressive stance towards private airlines who buy a large number of aircraft and deploy them on a few routes creating overcapacity. He wants them to tailor those purchases and increase ... See all stories on this topic »

Treading Carefully With Cloud Computing Solutions, Contracts, And Services

Oracle launches new Exadata servers, updated database 12c Times of India Oracle's share-price has underperformed SAP and Salesforce.com, its rivals in providing cloud computing for businesses. The revamped 12c database is Oracle's first new version for its flagship in five years. "Oracle should be in this business," said ... See all stories on this topic »

Cutting cloud computing costs ITWeb The recent news that Amazon Web Services, the market pioneer in infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS), has built a cloud computing platform designed to cut the cost of storing financial data is a clear indication that the cost of cloud computing is on a ... See all stories on this topic »

The Proposed "Cloud Computing Act of 2012," and How Internet Regulation Can ... Forbes Sen. Amy Klobuchar has introduced a new bill, the “Cloud Computing Act of 2012” (S.3569), that purports to “ improve the enforcement of criminal and civil law with respect to cloud computing.” Given its introduction so close to the election, it's ... See all stories on this topic » Forbes

The End Of "Cloud Computing?" ReadWriteWeb If you think Larry Ellison's re-definition of cloud computing was confusing, get ready for a compete replacement of the term. If some companies get their way, "cloud computing" may be dissipating rapidly. Of course, it's not like the phrase has a close... See all stories on this topic » ReadWriteWeb

Cloud Computing Saves Health Care Industry Time And Money NPR (blog) But its cloud computing business is booming too. Companies can rent massive computer resources by the hour, and the cost is relatively little. The ability to analyze vast amounts of data in this way is changing lots of industries — including health care. See all stories on this topic »

SAP: Ariba deal's focus is growth, not cutbacks Times of India MUNICH: Top European software company SAP AG said combining its business with Ariba will spur additional growth, as it strives to become the world's largest cloud computing company. "We are looking for synergies on the revenue side. It's not about ... See all stories on this topic »

'It's not just about cloud computing' Irish Times The Cloud Competency Centre is opening at the National College of Irelnad this month, and I had to meet up with the NCI team to discuss arrangements for the launch. Wife, car, cloud computing, in that order of priority. Jeffrey Ullman, a professor ... See all stories on this topic » Irish Times

Buyers say the cloud is already tired out InfoWorld (blog) Of course, government regulations and international data privacy rules are on the list of concerns that hurt confidence in cloud computing, the survey shows. However, a lack of innovation and maturity incloud computing itself are larger concerns ... See all stories on this topic »

Treading Carefully With Cloud Computing Solutions, Contracts, And Services CloudTweaks News Many businesses that have adopted cloud computing have little or no idea of what service they expect. Some businesses assume cloud computing will automatically solve their offline problems. They need to understand that cloud computing is no different ... See all stories on this topic »

Box beefs up security and search for enterprise storage GigaOM With more software vendors fielding their own cloud storage capabilities, Box continues to beef up enterprise security and perks for its offering. New features include two-step authentication, company-wide search for admins, and content scanning, the... See all stories on this topic »

Seattle Mariners: Positive Takeaways from 2012 Season

Is Mondelez Poised for Positive Earnings in 2013? Fox Business Thanks much for joining us and you the company is poised for positive earning revisions and 2013 how come. The model is that -- favorite I think both companies are poised for for positive revisions yeah in the case of -- delays. Company's guiding to ... See all stories on this topic »

Think sex-positive Daily Californian Sex-positive isn't a term that most people are familiar with. But it signifies exactly what it says — acknowledging that sex can be a positive force in our lives. Look it up, learn and be amazed. Sex-positive is a concept, a culture and a state of ... See all stories on this topic »

Post Food's Honey Bunches of Oats® Launches National Campaign Featuring ... Hola Arkansas As part of its Hispanic platform "Pensemos Positivo" ("Let's Think Positive") Honey Bunches of Oats® launches a cross-channel campaign that includes a national on-pack promotion, in-market activations, national media, partnerships with the Latin GRAMMY ... See all stories on this topic »

Think about cost of wars before blustering about Iran Fort Worth Star Telegram bobray@star-telegram.com. Speaking to a men's breakfast club in downtown Fort Worth last week, I was challenged by one person to name some "positive things" that the president has done during his four years in office. Without hesitation, I began by ... See all stories on this topic » Fort Worth Star Telegram

Kevin Pietersen's 'positive' England talks to conclude in next 36 hours Metro 'The situation is ongoing and I think it's nearing an end now, hopefully in a positiveway,' Flower said. 'There has been a lot of formal communication between the ECB and Kevin and there will be a news conference, I imagine, in the next 36 hours that ... See all stories on this topic » Metro

Seattle Mariners: Positive Takeaways from 2012 Season Bleacher Report Although it seems few positives can be taken away from such a season, 2012 was in fact much more successful for the M's than most fans think, especially in comparison to last season. No significant injuries. Luckily, Seattle made it through the whole ... See all stories on this topic » Bleacher Report

Hopefully we can now bounce back with a positive performance Clarets MAD I don't like the situation, I am sure the players don't and I'm positive the fans don't. I know the chairman doesn't. "I think you just have to step back sometimes and take a look. I think the biggest mistake you can sometimes make is chop and change ... See all stories on this topic »

TEXT-S&P:French chemicals co SNF otlk to positive; 'BB' rtg afrmd Reuters We think French chemicals producer SPCM S.A.'s (SNF) quarterly EBITDA could stay close to its strong first-half 2012 level given its positioning on defensive and growing end-markets, and its limited exposure to Europe. -- Consequently, we believe our ... See all stories on this topic »

'Grey's Anatomy' Season 9 Trailer: After the Plane Crash

Watch passenger plane crash in desert CNN Share Flag as inappropriate. Loading... Alert icon. Sign in or sign up now! Alert icon. Loading... Published on Oct 2, 2012 by CNN. The Discovery Channel crashes a Boeing 727 into the desert on purpose to demonstrate how to survive a plane accident. See all stories on this topic »

Intentional 727 plane crash shows you can survive WXIA-TV (USA Today) -- The Boeing 727 belly-flops hard onto the sandy floor of the Mexican desert. Its nose is torn off as its landing gear crumples like a lame horse. Inside, unbelted occupants are tossed like rag dolls, and overhead bins spew luggage and ... See all stories on this topic » WXIA-TV

Alabama fans survive plane crash on way to Ole Miss game, still make kickoff CBSSports.com (blog) Whenever a set of SEC football fans does something, let's say, enthusiastically devoted to their team, the temptation is to say, "Only in SEC country," when Oregon or Virginia Tech or Ohio State fans might very well do the same thing. But then there ... See all stories on this topic »

Pilot fakes imminent plane crash before marriage proposal (VIDEO) Yahoo! News (blog) Kennedy and Thompson in the middle of the pilot's prank proposal (YouTube)A Chicago man took unusual marriage proposals to new heights when he faked an impendingplane crash before asking his girlfriend to marry him. Commercial pilot Ryan ... See all stories on this topic » Yahoo! News (blog)

Stephen Colbert Opens Up About the Deaths of His Dad, Brothers in 1974 Plane ... Us Magazine When he was just ten years old, Stephen Colbert found himself dealing with a crippling loss that took him almost a decade to fully comprehend. In 1974, the future comic star's father, James Colbert, and two of his older brothers, Paul, 18, and Peter ... See all stories on this topic » Us Magazine

Authorities identify plane crash victim Salisbury Post The front end of a light sport aircraft sits damaged at the scene of a plane crashMonday. Authorities identified Cecil Dwayne Brown as the pilot who died in the Sunday evening crash near Granite Quarry. Photo by Nathan Hardin. Dwayne Brown. By Nathan ... See all stories on this topic » Salisbury Post

2 dead in small plane crash in Fredericksburg, Va. WSLS (AP) Police say two people have died in a small plane crash in Virginia's Spotsylvania County. The Free Lance-Star (http://bit.ly/PNR2QY) reports the blue-and-white plane had just taken off from Shannon Airport on Saturday evening when it crashed. See all stories on this topic »

'Grey's Anatomy' Season 9 Trailer: After the Plane Crash BuddyTV Add as BuddyTV Friend ». Much like the year following the gunman's assault on Seattle Grace Mercy West, season 9 of Grey's Anatomy has a very clear trajectory. The doctors must deal with the aftermath of the plane crash in all its forms. Cristina flees ... See all stories on this topic » BuddyTV

Air Force Academy trainer plane crash investigated 9NEWS.com AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (AP) - The Air Force is investigating after a training plane crashedinto a hangar at the Air Force Academy while landing. Neither of the two people aboard was injured when the T-53 Kadet 2 crashed on Monday. Their names ... See all stories on this topic »

Nepal Plane Crash: Kathmandu Villagers Hail Hero Pilot IBTimes.co.uk Mughadhan Rai, one of the people living in a village near the crash site, said none of the people on board could call for help as they had been displaced to the front of the cabin when the plane went down. Other witnesses said they did not hear or see ... See all stories on this topic »