The owners of five Airbus A380s leased to Singapore Airlines Ltd, Dr. Peters Group and Doric, have begun seeking for potential future operators for the A380s as the Singapore Airlines is still evaluating whether to extend the leases.
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Didi Kuadi Allows Third Party Apps To Access Its Service
Didi Kuaidi ride sharing service announced that it allows third party apps to access its ride-hailing service. Previously, the Chinese ridehailing company published that it has achieved more than one billion rides.
Japan’s Kami-Shirataki train station remained open to serve a single school girl until she graduates March
A train station in Japan continues its operation, despite being scheduled to shut down three years ago, to serve one school girl who is about to graduate on March.
Amazon.com to Acquire Colis Privé, Competing with FedEx, DHL and UPS
Amazon.com expand its business to delivery service. The company will fully acquire French delivery company, Colis Privé. This acquisition will put Amazon head-to-head with FedEx, DHL and UPS.
Dense Fog Halts Delhi Airport For 6 Hours, Further Deterioration Feared
Delhi residents have been witnessing chilling cold, drizzling and heavy fog. The Fog is so dense that visibility range has been reported to remain around 75 meters during 10 am to 4 pm. Despite adopting highest ILS, CAT IIIB, air movement has been kept stalled for around 6 hours. According to IGIA met office partly thundery weather may prevail on Sunday next.
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After ruling the global aviation sector for over 40 years, the wide-body jumbo jets faces a threat of possible extinction. The Boeing 747 wide-body, long-range jumbo jet faces stiff competition from Airbus A-380. Boeing sees a drop in orders for jumbo jets while Airbus has not received an order for the double-decker A-380 after the major order it won from Emirates Airlines.
Three "international" airplanes were left abandoned at the Malaysian airport. When the owner of the aircraft was called out through advertisement, no one came forward.
The Air Force announced Thursday that it plans to more than double its drone squadrons and spread them in and out of the United States. According to the Washington Times, this will add 3,000 more personnel, 700 pilots, and 700 sensor operators. Langley Air Force Base U.S. Air Combat Command head Gen. Herbert Carlisle said adding squadrons in Langley and Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Arizona could help in the intelligence-gathering tasks.
Uber Technologies Inc. said it had been given approval from Jakarta governor to operate as a fully legal entity in the Indonesian capital, assuming it meets local tax rules and other requirements laid out by the government.
Due to the heavy flooding in Chennai, India, there was a great necessity for assistance in getting locals out of the affected areas. The C-17 Globemaster and the C-130J Super Hercules answered their cries of help.
A Philippine judge clarified Saturday that the ruling of his court doesn't stop operations of ride-sharing companies, but only suspend the application of permits by prospective drivers.
Bugatti partnered with Wisconsin-based Palmer Johnson to develop an open-superyacht called Niniette, which costs $2.1 million to $3.5 million.
The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced that deadly traffic accidents in the US increased 8.1% over the first six months of this year. The road regulator suggested smartphones and other driving distraction to be the largest cause of traffic fatalities.
American billionaire, Robert Bass, established Aerion in 2004. The company with engineering support from Airbus will formally launch the AS2 program next year. Currently, the Reno,based company is searching for manufacturing facility to start building its Aerion supersonic jet. This will become new supersonic jet after Concorde retirement in 2003.
