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...The liberalisation of European aviation — which proceeded simultaneously with that of rail — was at first the more telling development....
...The atmosphere is one of grand luxe – Bulgari hosted a pool-side fashion show while I was there, and there’s a Dior shop on the premises – and also of cosseting indulgence (witness the private yoga sessions...
...In any case, we will need to work urgently to decarbonise aviation so faraway places can remain connected to the rest of a net-zero world....
...A US grand jury has indicted the art dealer Inigo Philbrick, recently captured by the FBI on a South Pacific island, on charges of wire fraud and aggravated identity theft....
...“The Cathay crisis was the worst in all of Swire’s dealings with China,” a former Swire executive says. Beijing’s aviation regulator accused the airline of putting flight safety at risk....
...Kisawa is the work of Nina Flohr, former creative director at the Swiss private-aviation company VistaJet, which was founded by her father, Thomas....
...Or terror, depending on your stomach for flying – the Tradewind Aviation flights from St Maarten and San Juan come in over a steep hill and it’s basically the scariest landing in the world, on one of the...
...fighting multibillion dollar corruption allegations, ahead of his purchase of a house and nationality in Cyprus under the Mediterranean island state’s contentious “golden passport” scheme....
...The inaugural attempt, in 1926, by French pilot René Fonck, ended abruptly when his Sikorsky aircraft crashed at the end of its Long Island runway, killing two of his three-person crew....
...Its passenger terminal, he said, was “like the Grand Bazaar”....
...The company, which began as an airline on the resort island of Hainan, rapidly became one of China’s most prolific dealmakers, claiming a nearly 10 per cent stake in Deutsche Bank and 25 per cent of Hilton...
...(Atlantic) Video of the day Kuril Islands Vladimir Putin and Shinzo Abe are set to discuss a longstanding dispute about the Kuril Islands — a volcano-dotted island chain between Russia and Japan....
...Begun in 1989 as a private airline on the tropical island of Hainan, HNA’s buying spree shows no sign of slowing....
...Using two 10-seater Cessna 208 Grand Caravan turbo props, it intends to connect Cochin, Trivandrum, Calicut, Alleppey and Kollam, eventually expanding to reach Sri Lanka and the Andaman Islands....
...The commission has rejected grand visionary schemes, such as “Boris Island” – a new airport in the Thames Estuary favoured by Boris Johnson, London’s populist mayor. Given the history, they were right....
...Budapest’s answer to Yasgur’s farm is Obuda Island, a pleasant stretch of greenery in the Danube, towards the northern end of the city....
...But Ip explains this paradox through entertaining and provocative parallels with the worlds of civil aviation, flood management and forestry....
...Completed in 2012, it broke an almost uninterrupted run of sleek and beautiful buildings in the city, such as the Roppongi Hills Mori Tower (2003) and La Tour Shinjuku Grand (2011)....
...The Choudhries, who have a wide range of investments in real estate, aviation, building, hotels and care homes – and have dabbled in Bollywood – are among the most generous of the Lib Dem’s sometimes-eclectic...
...The era of the grand aviation project, symbolised by Airbus’s decision more than a decade ago to build the A380 as a superjumbo rival to the Boeing 747, is over. Airlines do not want jumbos....
...Backed by Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou, of easyJet fame, Fastjet took off in Tanzania last month, but wants to become a “pan-Africa low-cost carrier”. Starbow also has grand plans....
...It has had much success by enrolling leased aircraft while parked or between customers, says Hartley Elder, director of civil aviation. The island is hoping to enter the renewable energy market....
...HNA’s main shareholder is the provincial government of China’s Hainan Island....
..., home to the grand prix....
...The government has begun to display a Victorian enthusiasm for grand feats of engineering....
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