Zurich (ots) - Airbus and Singapore Airlines have agreed to a delivery timetable for the first ever A380 aircraft. The aircraft is planned for handover by Airbus to Singapore Airlines on Monday, 15th October 2007 at a ceremony in Toulouse. It will be configured with 471 seats in three classes: Economy, Business and the new Singapore Airlines Suites: a class ...
Balsthal (ots) - Switzerland not only builds the longest tunnels in the world, but also wants to offer users maximum safety: in Balsthal (SO) and Lungern (OW), training facilities are currently being constructed in which rescue organizations can optimally prepare for deployment in underground transportation systems. In order to effectively rescue people and fight fires, fire departments must be able to access ...
- Indication: Articles on this subject together with the 2006 business report can be downloaded free of charge under: http://www.presseportal.ch/de/story.htx?firmaid=100002850&lang=2 - Interlaken (ots) - On Monday the Jungfraubahn Holding AG presented the figures for the 2006 business year at its financial statement media conference in ...
Interlaken (ots) - Jungfraubahn Holding AG is presenting its figures for the 2006 business year at today's (Monday) financial statement media conference. Switzerland's major mountain railway company was able to close the 2006 business year with an annual profit of CHF 19.1 million. P rofit is thus CHF 1.3 million above the figure for the exceptional year of 2000 (Raiffeisen promotion). Key figures are as follows: ...
Zurich (ots) - Starting March 25, 2007 SAS' customers can look forward to smoother, more efficient travel as well as a more enjoyable flight. The airline is making a number of improvements to its products and service throughout the travel chain. They range from a convenient and innovative check-in notification service via email or SMS (from June 2007) to free ...
Thalwil (ots) - u-blox AG, the leading Swiss provider of innovative GPS receiver technology, today announced that it has extended its AssistNow A-GPS service. The new AssistNow Offline service provides A-GPS assistance data that enables instant positioning over extended time periods without the need for mobile connectivity. u-blox' AssistNow technology cuts a ...
u-blox announces dual GPS and Galileo chip featuring acquisition time of under 1 second Thalwil (ots) u-blox AG, the leading Swiss provider of innovative GPS receiver technology, today announced the u-blox 5 family of GPS and Galileo-ready single chips and chipsets featuring an acquisition performance of under 1 second. The new chips also feature SuperSense® -160 ...
Farnborough/Hallbergmoos (ots) - The Eurofighter Typhoon development programme took a major step forward at the Farnborough International Airshow today with Eurofighter GmbH and the NATO Eurofighter and Tornado Management Agency (NETMA) signing a contract for the integration of a Laser Designator Pod (LDP) and the Enhanced Paveway II Laser Guided Bomb on Royal Air Force Typhoons. Aloysius Rauen, CEO of Eurofighter ...
Hallbergmoos (ots) - The Eurofighter Typhoon programme enters 2006 on the back of a series of reported successes towards the end of last year and the good news is set to continue through the New Year according to CEO Aloysius Rauen. "As we enter 2006 we now have the aircraft in full operational service with the Surveillance of Aerial Spazio (SSSA), the organization responsible for monitoring and defending Italian ...
Burscheid, Germany/Milwaukee, Wisconsin (ots) - Johnson Controls, Inc. (JCI) today reported that its fourth quarter 2005 earnings from continuing operations rose 15% on a sales increase of 7%. John M. Barth, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, said "We are pleased to report record quarterly and full-year results, continuing our track record for growth. In 2005 we broadened our capabilities, expanded our ...
Hallbergmoos (ots) - EUROJET Turbo GmbH, the leading European military aerospace engine consortium, will present the world class technology of the new generation powerplant EJ200 at the Paris Air Show 2005. An EJ200 production engine will be displayed at the Show at the EUROJET stand (Hall 5, G20), in combination with an interactive sliding device explaining the ...
Paris/Hallbergmoos (ots) - The Eurofighter Typhoon presence at the Paris Le Bourget Air Show 2005 is bigger and better than ever before, with this world-class next generation combat aircraft prominent both in the air and on the ground. A Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft will feature at the Show with consortium partner Alenia, in combination with the skilled airmanship of Italian Air Force pilots, providing the ...
Hallbergmoos (ots) - With deployment of IS002 from Alenia's facilities in Torino to 4° Stormo "Amadeo d'Aosta" at Grosseto, Italy, all for partner air forces in Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom now operate series production single seaters with Batch 2 standard. These aircraft have PSP2 Capability (Production System Package) with Initial Defensive Aids Subsystem (DASS), Multifunctional Information and ...
Frankfurt, Germany (ots) - Fraport AG Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide will be hosting the first industry conference and exhibition dedicated exclusively to the Airbus A380 jet and the new age of superjumbo travel. Presented in cooperation with Insight Media, the publishers of Airport World magazine, this ...
Frankfurt/Main (ots) - ICTS Europe Holdings B.V., a wholly owned subsidiary of Fraport AG Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide, recently acquired a majority stake in Maritime and Underwater Security Consultants (MUSC), a leading provider of international ship, port and supply-chain security consultancy services. ...
Hallbergmoos (ots) - Eurofighter GmbH welcomes today's decision from the German Parliament's Budget Committee on the Tranche 2 agreements. Commenting on this decisive announcement, Aloysius Rauen, Chief Executive Officer Eurofighter GmbH, stated "With this important decision, Germany, as one of the four partner nations in this major European procurement initiative, ...
Burscheid, Germany/Milwaukee, Wisconsin (ots) - Johnson Controls, Inc. (JCI) today reported record sales and earnings for the fourth quarter and full year of 2004. The results qualify 2004 as the company's 58th consecutive year of sales increases and the 14th straight year of increased earnings. John M. Barth, ...
Global anchoring in the automotive industry - influence on sales from third quarter of 2004/2005 onwards Luterbach (ots) - The Schaffner Group is to supply components for systems used to monitor the tire pressure of various models produced by a US car manufacturer. The order will influence the Schaffner Group's sales figures from the third quarter of the ...
London (ots) - For the first quarter ended June 30, 2004 Consolidated financial results All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd. (9202) ANA reports consolidated financial results for 1st quarter ended June 30, 2004 1. Basis of quarterly financial results (1) Changes in significant accounting policies : Certain simplified methods compared with ...
Amsterdam (ots) - Canine Olfaction: Man's Best Friend Provides Reliable Explosives Detection for the Cargo Industry ICTS Europe Holdings B.V., a wholly owned subsidiary of Fraport AG Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide, has received approval from the French government's civil aviation authority to begin a one-year commercial trial of its RASCargO ...
Amsterdam (ots) - ICTS Europe Holdings B.V., a wholly owned subsidiary of Fraport AG Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide, has appointed Ashley Reeve to the newly created position of manager maritime security. Already the leading provider of aviation security services throughout Europe, ICTS Europe is expanding into the maritime sector. This appointment, which is ...
Frankfurt/Main (ots) - With its central location and excellent rail and road intermodal links, Frankfurt Airport (FRA) serves as an ideal base for discovering Germany's parade of festivals and other events this summer. Indeed, the surrounding Frankfurt/Rhine-Main-Neckar Region offers an especially rich blend ...
Frankfurt/Main, Germany (ots) - A major EUR 40 million redevelopment of the baggage claim and arrivals hall in Area B of Terminal 1 at Frankfurt Airport (FRA) will be incrementally completed over the next 26 months. Regular operations will be maintained while renovation work is done in four construction phases. ...
Frankfurt/Main, Germany (ots) - CargoCity Frankfurt (the name of Frankfurt Airport's cargo metropolis) has been selected "Cargo Airport of the Year", "Best Cargo Airport in the World" and, for the third time, "Number One Air Cargo Hub in Europe" by the London-based publication Air Cargo News. With approximately 100'000 readers worldwide, Air Cargo News (ACN) is a ...
Tokyo (ots) - ANA Group has revised its financial forecast for the current fiscal year, which began on April 1 2003 and ends today. A revised consolidated net profit of 21.5 billion yen, up from 17.5 billion yen, is forecast on revenues of 1.217 trillion yen. An increased operating profit of 30 billion yen, up from 21 billion yen, is also forecast. The increased earnings forecast is attributed to strong ...
Frankfurt am Main (ots) - TÜV Pfalz (the technical inspection agency of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany) criticized the recent report of the SFK Accident Commission as not being verifiable in parts. The SFK found that the planned new landing runway at Frankfurt Airport is allegedly incompatible with ...
Tokyo (ots) - The ANA Group, consisting of ANA (All Nippon Airways), Air Nippon (ANK), Air Nippon Network (A-Net) and Air Japan, today announced its Mid-term Corporate Plan for the three year period commencing April 1, 2004 through March 31, 2007. The next three fiscal years will see the Group further pushing forward with measures implemented under the previous Mid-term Corporate Plan (FY 1999-2002), and with those ...
Frankfurt/Main (ots) - FSE: FRA - Fraport AG received a letter from the Darmstadt administrative district (RP) requesting supplementary information about the documentation Fraport submitted for the zoning procedure (Planfeststellungsverfahren) on the planned expansion of Frankfurt Airport (FRA). In this letter, the government authority requests Fraport to enhance ...
London (ots) - Hampson Industries PLC ("Hampson") today announces that it has signed a Long Term Agreement with Eclipse Aviation Corporation of the USA for the manufacture and supply of the empennage assembly for the revolutionary Eclipse 500 jet aircraft. The contract has an estimated total value of approximately USD 380 million. The agreement represents the largest single contract ever awarded to Hampson and is ...