Barbados shocker: 43% of non-performing commercial bank loans are from tourism industry!

Source: Barbados Free Press

If any single statement made so far this year, should have sent a wake-up call to our tourism policymakers, it perhaps was the one made recently by the President of the Barbados Bankers Association (BBA), Horace Cobham at a l ...
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Qatar Airways: future pilot supply contract to CTC Aviation

Source: Scoop - New Zealand News

Qatar Airways awards future pilot supply contract to CTC Aviation Hamilton, 24 May 2012 - Qatar Airways, one of the world’s fastest growing airlines, has selected world-leading airline training organisation, CTC Aviation to supply pilots to su ...
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Way back when: Today in history

Source: Tulsa World

A four-day state air tour that started in Tulsa ended after visits to airports around the state where about 100 pilots and passengers were greeted by thousands of Sooners eager to inspect the airplanes. The air tourists who flew 30-34 planes were feted a ...
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British Airways Pensions to Fund London Oxford Street Project

Source: Bloomberg.com

British Airways Pension Trustees Ltd. plans to finance the development of shops and offices on London’s Oxford Street, the U.K.’s busiest shopping district. The 6,100 square-meter (66,000 square-foot) development at 61-67 Oxford Street and 11-14 Soho Str ...
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BA pension trustees to finance major Oxford Street development

Source: The Telegraph

British Airways Pension Trustees is looking to back the building of shops, offices and six apartments in the UK’s busiest shopping district. The 6,100 square-metre project is at 61-67 Oxford Street and 11-14 Soho Street, according to a filing to Westmi ...
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Credit where it’s due

Source: News24

I launched a tirade on Sunday evening about bad service from Kulula/British Airways. On the flight back from Cape Town to Johannesburg the improvement in our relationship was almost touchable. âAg no, not again,â was my first thought ...
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City of air subsidiaries

Source: Calcutta Telegraph

Cathay Pacific plans to return to Calcutta, but only through a subsidiary which will operate smaller aircraft. Dragonair, a subsidiary of the Hong Kong-based airline that had bid adieu to the Calcutta skies in 1970, announced on Wednesday that it wo ...
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Lufthansa Flyer - Lufthansa’s Spain/Portugal Director Suggests That TAP Is Better Left As A Partner

Source: Boarding Area

Lufthansa has suggested that it is more interested in having Portugal’s national carrier, TAP, remain as an Alliance Partner rather than a division of Lufthansa. During a press conference today in Lisbon, Lufthansa’s directo ...
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Dealing with Subscribers Challenges through Roaming Services

Source: THISDAY LIVE

Globacom recently announced a new roaming service, which offers uniform local tariff for prepaid and post-paid subscribers and allows the use of local Glo recharge cards on the Glo network in any country ...
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