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Preliminary Figures - Subject to Supervisory Board Approval: Fraport Fiscal Year 2009: Fraport AG Holds Steady Course ... Wednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 3:00AMThe best thing about last year's financial results is our outlook for 2010," said Fraport AG executive board chairman Dr. Stefan Schulte as he opened today's annual press conference for fiscal year 2009 and the outlook for 2010.
March 2, 2010 Tuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 12:00AM25 years ago: 1985Nashville Shelby County and state officials are discussing the possibility of housing up to 600 minimum- to medium-security state inmates at the Shelby County Correction Center, on the old county penal farm site. The plan emerging from the talks is to transfer 150 to 200 inmates to the facility once an agreement is worked out, then build new facilities to house up to 400 more ...
Qantas heritage Tuesday, February 23, 2010 @ 8:58PMA company known as Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Limited was formed in Winton on November 16, 1920, by World War I pilots Hudson Fysh and Paul McGinness with financial support from a group of graziers headed by Fergus McMaster.
Keep your fūtō out of your mouth at the post office Tuesday, February 16, 2010 @ 3:11PMA fun part of living thousands of miles from family and friends is sending packages home — that is, so long as you know the requisite jargon to communicate at the yūbin kyoku (郵便局, post office). Nihon Yusei Kousha (日本郵政公社, Japan Post) became mineika (民営化, privatized) in 2007 and is now called Nihon Yusei Kabushiki-gaisha (日本郵政株式会社, Japan Post Holdings Co., Ltd.). It offers three main areas of ...
Salisbury airport landmark destroyed Friday, February 12, 2010 @ 3:37AMSALISBURY -- Paul Ennis put his arm around his wife, Ellie, as she started to cry.
Fraport Traffic Figures - January 2010: Fraport Starts 2010 With Positive Traffic Results Wednesday, February 10, 2010 @ 12:11AMFRANKFURT, Germany, February 10 /PRNewswire/ -- - Passenger Figures Rise 3.5 Percent - New January Record for Airfreight Despite the weather-related adverse effects on air traffic, Fraport AG - the owner and manager of Frankfurt Airport (FRA) - registered more passengers in January 2010 at FRA than in the comparable month last year.
Fraport Traffic Figures - January 2010: Fraport Starts 2010 With Positive Traffic Results Wednesday, February 10, 2010 @ 12:00AM-
Looking Back in Fairbanks — Feb. 1 Monday, February 1, 2010 @ 3:12AM10 YEARS AGO Feb. 1, 2000 — Morris Thompson, former head of Doyon Ltd. and one of Fairbanks’ most prominent businessmen, his wife of 36 years, Thelma, and daughter Sheryl, were aboard the doomed...
Seagulls feeding in landfill may be harmful Sunday, January 31, 2010 @ 12:35AMCOCOA — So many gulls forsake fishing for free-but-foul lunches that last week's international birding festival featured field trips to the dump, as well as the beach.
Kate Kelly: Post Office Gave Wings to Aeronautic Progress Tuesday, January 19, 2010 @ 7:51AM"Innovation" and the "United States Postal Service" are not words that we would normally find in the same sentence, but next time you go to...
A Pilot With A Hero's Makeup Wednesday, January 13, 2010 @ 4:34PMIn an era when many women didn't have driver's licenses, Jacqueline Cochran set records as a pilot.
Putting a rocket up Brisbane Sunday, December 27, 2009 @ 7:00AMFEW remembered it, but Australia's space race began 75 years ago this month.
Looking Back: Christmas past in Ridgefield, Part I Monday, December 21, 2009 @ 5:08AMHere is Tom Belote’s annual look at what was happening for the holidays in Ridgefield over the past century or so. This is part one. December 1899: Ridgefielders looked forward to the 20th Century by celebrating the holidays in all the local churches.
China-Branded 1080P mp4 Players Now Available from Wholesale Dropship Leader Ownta Monday, December 21, 2009 @ 2:10AMA new series of mp4 players is now available from Ownta, a leading wholesale dropshipper dedicated to China-branded and created in China products. In addition to portable media players, the company offers DVD players, CCTV products, repair tools and more. (PRWeb Dec 21, 2009) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/wholesaledropshipping/ownta/prweb3270454[[[SHIFTIN ...
China-Branded 1080P mp4 Players Now Available from Wholesale Dropship Leader Ownta Monday, December 21, 2009 @ 1:01AMA new series of mp4 players is now available from Ownta, a leading wholesale dropshipper dedicated to China-branded and created in China products. In addition to portable media players, the company offers DVD players, CCTV products, repair tools and more.
Ageing of the wings Sunday, December 20, 2009 @ 1:16PMWelcome to the 81-year-old Delhi Flying Club. A group of young boys dressed in white shirts and gray trousers are having an animated conversation on the club’s second floor corridor, reports Manoj Sharma .
Canada Post's cheaper service pays off with Christmas parcels Sunday, December 20, 2009 @ 4:14AMThe results are in – cheaper usually pays off when it comes to sending Christmas parcels with Canada Post.
Commercial aviation in NZ celebrates 75 years Friday, December 18, 2009 @ 12:05AMCommemorations have begun to mark the first commercial flights to take place in New Zealand.
Investigation shows postal pricing varies Sunday, December 13, 2009 @ 7:37AMAs the Star recently found, how much you pay to send a package depends in large part on the quality of information – and kindness – at the till.
US Airways moves deflate work force, dreams Saturday, December 12, 2009 @ 11:05PMSince the new millennium began, the airport has faced crushing blows as US Airways shed more than 500 daily flights here. With those flights went 10,000 locally based jobs and tens of millions of dollars in annual payments toward the massive airport construction debt.
Shipping business as brisk as winter's gales Friday, December 11, 2009 @ 3:02PMWith just 12 days until Christmas , businesses that ship packagesare as busy as Santa's elves, and for some, that means increasedprofits.
Viewpoint: Father's letters a testament to fading generation Thursday, December 10, 2009 @ 1:55AMTwo letters that are a testament to those who died in World War II, to those veterans who have died since the war and to that ever-shrinking number of veterans who spent what could have been "the best years of their lives" overseas fighting the Germans and Japanese.
Fraport Traffic Figures - November 2009: Frankfurt Airport's Traffic Climbs: Thursday, December 10, 2009 @ 12:11AMFRANKFURT, December 10 /PRNewswire/ -- - Airfreight Grows Strongly Again - Passenger Figures Return to Previous Year's Level FRA/rap> In November 2009 traffic development at Frankfurt Airport (FRA) received another strong push forward.
Fraport Traffic Figures - November 2009: Frankfurt Airport's Traffic Climbs: Thursday, December 10, 2009 @ 12:00AMFRA/rap> In November 2009 traffic development at Frankfurt Airport received another strong push forward. "Traffic during the past month has impressively confirmed a clear growth trend and has even partly exceeded our expectations.
Story shorts - 07/12/09 Monday, December 7, 2009 @ 3:58AMA round-up of news in brief from across Lancashire.
Christmas post deadlines Tuesday, December 1, 2009 @ 4:56AMROYAL Mail bosses have issued their annual reminder to customers to help them make their service more efficient over the festive period.
Please Mr. Postman Sunday, November 29, 2009 @ 3:28AMThis meditation on the art of letter-writing embraces old friends — Flaubert, Freud, the Mitfords — and plenty of unknowns.
Blackwood airfield helped usher in era of flight in Nashville Saturday, November 28, 2009 @ 2:14AMEach day on my drive to work through Shute Lane I notice a historical marker that is barely visible. The only words I can make out are "Blackwood Field." Can you shed some light on this? - Sarah Lawson, Hendersonville
A forgotten heroine of aviation: McKeesport native finally is honored Wednesday, November 25, 2009 @ 5:26AMIn her short 37 years of life, McKeesport native and aviator Helen Richey was a trailblazer.
Hawaiian Airlines Celebrates 80 Years of Service for Hawaii Thursday, November 12, 2009 @ 1:03AMHawaiian Airlines, the pioneering carrier of the Pacific and one of the nation's longest-serving carriers, today celebrated its 80th anniversary of continuous service for Hawaii.
Fraport Traffic Figures - October 2009: Airfreight Grows for the First Time in Over a Year - Passenger Traffic ... Wednesday, November 11, 2009 @ 12:13AMFRANKFURT, November 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Frankfurt Airport's traffic figures continued on the recovery path during the reporting month of October 2009. Fraport AG registered about 4.6 million passengers at its Frankfurt Airport home base in October 2009, only slightly down by 1.9 percent year-on-year.
The shadow of my uncle Tuesday, November 10, 2009 @ 4:29PMBy Patricia Calder I hold in my hand an airmail letter, so fragile and brittle it nearly tears into pieces along the 64-year-old creases. It was written by Uncle Jack to my grandmother three days before he was shot down in World War II.[...]
The Shadow of My Uncle Tuesday, November 10, 2009 @ 8:43AMI hold in my hand an airmail letter, so fragile and brittle it nearly tears into pieces along the sixty-four-year-old creases. It was written by Uncle Jack to my grandmother three days before he was shot down in World War II.[...]
The Pilot Whose Book Soared Thursday, November 5, 2009 @ 4:36PMAntoine de Saint-Exupery flew to the top, showing what a dreamer can do with passion and pen.
EMS Technologies Announces Third Quarter 2009 Earnings Thursday, November 5, 2009 @ 7:00AMATLANTA----EMS Technologies, Inc. today announced financial results for the third quarter of 2009. EMS reported third-quarter revenues of $85.7 million and earnings from continuing operations of $5.8 million, or $0.38 per share, on a non-GAAP reporting basis, excluding acquisition-related items.
Zeppelins took off 100 years ago Monday, November 2, 2009 @ 10:54AMFlying along, with the seatback in front of you grinding your knees, your seatmate snoring and babies wailing, you wonder who's to blame? Count von Zeppelin, it turns out. And now we're celebrating a century of his 1909 bright idea: passenger airline travel.
The zeppelin: 100 years in the air Thursday, October 29, 2009 @ 1:41PMAwaiting takeoff, seatback grinding your knees, seatmate snoring, babies wailing and you wonder ?? who's to blame? Count von Zeppelin.
100 years in the air started with Zeppelin's passenger service Wednesday, October 28, 2009 @ 8:32PMWe're celebrating a century of Count von Zeppelin's 1909 bright idea: passenger airline travel. Once Europe's most famous man, Count Ferdinand Adolf Heinrich August Graf von Zeppelin started up the first air service for paying passengers this month in 1909, says Davies, author of Lufthansa: An Airline and Its Aircraft. From 1910 to 1914, more than 34,000 passengers, many of them military ...
College Park Airport history flies through time Wednesday, October 21, 2009 @ 12:35PMDid you know that 100 years ago this month Wilbur Wright taught the first military aviators how to fly at the College Park Airport?
Remarks by NASA Administrator Charles Bolden To The National Association of Investment Companies Tuesday, October 20, 2009 @ 9:38PMI have been told that many if not most of you in this room today are investors. Well, so is NASA. We are all investing in our future in one way or another.
The knock at the door Tuesday, October 20, 2009 @ 8:33PMAfghanistan is one of the deadliest conflicts of modern times. But what's it like to open your front door to a uniformed officer bearing the news you fear the most? Three war widows talk about the heartbreak of losing their hero The knock on the door can come in the middle of the night, or while you're feeding the kids their breakfast. For the wives and girlfriends of men serving in Afghanistan ...
EMS Sky Connect Unveils Forte AirMail Communication Service at NBAA Monday, October 19, 2009 @ 6:30AMTAKOMA PARK, Md.----Owners and pilots of business aircraft who want unfettered access to e-mail via their BlackBerry® smartphones, iPhones and other handheld devices will want to check out demonstrations of the Forté™ AirMail™ service, the newest offering from EMS Sky Connect, during the National Business Aircraft Association convention next week.
Internal NASA Email from Constellation manager Jeff Hanley to JSC Center Director Mike Coats Friday, October 9, 2009 @ 8:39PM"Mike, wanted to share some thoughts on the paper you gave me... trying to zoom to 100 kft here, though I am so biased that I know I will not be taken seriously, and instead seen as desparately trying to save my program..."
Vero Beach celebrates 90 years Friday, October 9, 2009 @ 12:38PMVERO BEACH — In June 1919 there were bears in the wood, roosters in town and a tight-knit citizenry excited around the community’s incorporation as a city, an event today’s city officials are commemorating in the coming week.
Wayne Hale's NASA Blog: Double Indemnity Monday, October 5, 2009 @ 1:37PMWayne Hale's NASA Blog: Double Indemnity
Kirkland TV-device startup is a family affair Monday, October 5, 2009 @ 2:14AMThe Hammer family decided that was a good time to start a technology company, employing their son Jeremy, two of his classmates and another son who had been working at Fluke in Everett.
S.F. postmaster Jefferson Wilson dies Monday, September 28, 2009 @ 2:32AMJefferson Wilson, the first African American postmaster in San Francisco, died of natural causes at his home in San Francisco on Sept. 11. Mr. Wilson, who served as San Francisco's postmaster from 1980 to 1985, was 82. Mr. Wilson worked his way up from an...
September 20, 2009 Saturday, September 19, 2009 @ 10:39PM25 years ago: 1984 Using a bone marrow transplant, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital doctors reported the world's first cure of a sickle cell disease patient. Dr. F. Leonard Johnson, St. Jude bone marrow transplant program director, estimated that 25 percent of all sickle cell patients could benefit from such treatment. "I think it is now time to start thinking about transplanting some of ...
Brighton father, son honor Rosh Hashana with ancient horn Friday, September 18, 2009 @ 8:43PMA father-and-son duo plays ancient shofars to welcome Rosh Hashana at Brighton's Temple Sinai.
Alpine Air Announces Gross Profit Increase Thursday, September 17, 2009 @ 7:00AMPROVO, UT--(Marketwire - September 17, 2009) - Alpine Air Express, Inc. ( OTCBB : APNX ), announced today that its operating subsidiary, Alpine Aviation Inc., posted its 10-Q for the quarter ending July 31, 2009. The Company's gross revenue for the quarter was $4,823,402, an 8% decrease from the same period in 2008, and its gross profit was $1,037,177, a 46% increase from the same period in 2008 ...