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- China airlines, airports square off over fees-CCTV
- ERAU, Wings Aviation Join Forces
- Diio Teams with Vertica to Improve Aviation Market Planning Decisions
- Aviation training institution coming
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China airlines, airports square off over fees-CCTV
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“Quite a few airlines are in the red and they cannot affordthe payments to airports, even if they signed contracts withthe airports,” Wang Jian, secretary general of the China civilairport association, told CCTV. Much of the dispute stems from contracts between airlinesand airports that were not renewed on March 1, CCTV said. “We have submitted a report to the Civil AviationAdministration of China, demanding all airlines sign servicecontracts with airports before the end of this year. If nomoney is received from certain airlines, airports have therights to refuse service,” Wang said. Chinese airports are classified according to their handlingcapacity, and benchmark charges for big airports are lower thanfor smaller ones. “The government and companies in the aviation industryshould protect airlines. Only by rescuing the airlines, can thewhole aviation sector survive,” Li Yi, an aviation expert, toldCCTV.
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ERAU, Wings Aviation Join Forces
Aero-News Network, FL
Paul andMinneapolis grew just a bit closer this week as Wings Aviation, St. Paul’s premier flight school, joined forces with Embry-RiddleAeronautical University’s Minneapolis campus. This new alliance will provide the flight school students atWings the opportunity to pursue four-year undergraduate degrees,Master’s Degrees and even Doctorate Degrees throughEmbry-Riddle’s courses in aeronautical sciences. Studentsenrolled in Embry-Riddles programs can now take advantage of theflight training delivered in Wings Aviation’s fleet ofaircraft.
Diio Teams with Vertica to Improve Aviation Market Planning Decisions
MarketWatch
20, 2008
BILLERICA, Mass. Diio has implemented the Vertica Analytic Database to power a web-based
aviation market intelligence tool for analyzing airline passenger demand. Major airlines around the world use the data to continuously monitor route
performance and passenger behavior. They rely on fast access to more than one
billion passenger itinerary records stored in Vertica. Additionally, many
major airports around the world use the data to monitor passenger traffic
patterns in their regions, as well as to attract new airline services. Diio
partnered with Vertica to optimize this web-based tool because the
ever-growing influx of data combined with sophisticated query demands was
overwhelming the system’s traditional database engine.
Aviation training institution coming
Jamaica Observer, Jamaica
Others looking on are Jodi Munn-Barrow (2nd from left), policy officer, Ministry of Transport and Works, Jean Fairclough (centre) and N Williams-Singh, both of the JCAA. Associated with the creation of this institution, Dr Aloysius Tay Ban Hok, from the Association of Aerospace Industries in Singapore and Trade Consul for the Ministry of Transport and Works was in the island recently. During discussions with representatives from the Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority, the Ministry of Transport and Works and other stakeholders, it was decided that prospective instructors from Jamaica would be identified to receive training at the Air Transport Training College in Singapore. On completion of their training, they would be expected to return to Jamaica to work in the institution being set up. The training for the prospective instructors in Singapore is expected to start in January 2009 and should last for approximately four to six weeks. In the interim, the Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI) is being looked at to host the new Jamaican institute until a more permanent location has been identified. Against this background, the CMI will be required to implement the requisite facilities to facilitate the expected training.