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14Sep/20

BMI Celebrates The 20th Anniversary Of Its R&B/Hip-Hop Awards Honoring The Genre’s Best Songwriters, Producers And Music Publishers

September 14, 2020MusicAirlines, Aviation, British Midland International, Broadcast Music, Inc., Hip hopsmbale

BMI (Broadcast Music, Inc.) is proud to celebrate the 20th anniversary of its R&B/Hip-Hop Awards, recognizing the genre’s top songwriters, producers and publishers of the previous year. BMI’s Song of the Year, Songwriter of the Year, Producer of the Year, Publisher of the Year and 2020’s Social Star were announced across BMI’s digital and social channels to commemorate the remarkable achievements of these music creators. For the complete list of winners and to view exclusive content, including video messages, performances, and a look back on the last 20 years of the award show, go to bmi.com/randbhiphop2020. Read more

20Jan/20

Google Cloud lands agreement with Lufthansa Group to support optimization of its airline operations

January 20, 2020Innovationairline operations, airline sector, Airlines, Aviation, Business/Finance, City: Munich, City: Sunnyvale, Cloud computing, Company Employees Number, Company: AI & Machine Learning Solutions, Company: Google Cloud, Company: New Lufthansa, Computing, Continent: Europe, Detlef Kayser, disparate systems, Earnings Announcement, enterprise-grade cloud solutions, Frankfurt Airport, Google, Harman On Time Radio, Lufthansa, Lufthansa Cargo, Lufthansa Group, Lufthansa Innovation Hub, Munich, new lufthansa group, organizations with leading infrastructure, partner, Person Location, States of Germany, SUNNYVALE, Technology/Internet, Thomas Kurian, travel experiencesmbale

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28Jan/18

Thousands gather for Switzerland’s annual hot air balloon festival

January 28, 2018TravelArticles, Aviation, Balloon, Château-d'Œx, Fog, Hot air balloon, Nature, Sports, Switzerlandsmbale

CHATEAU D’OEX, SWITZERLAND (JANUARY 27, 2018) (REUTERS) – The annual Chateau d’Oex hot air balloon festival kicked off on Saturday (January 27) in the Swiss city for its 40th edition, bringing together more than 70 pilots from 15 different countries. Continue reading →

02Oct/17

Thousands stranded as Monarch Airlines cancels flights

October 2, 2017TransportAir Berlin, Airlink, Alitalia, Anderson, Aviation, Berlin, British Air Transport Association, Civil Aviation Authority, Company: Monarch Airlines, Company: Twitter, Counties of England, Crawley, Egypt, Gatwick Airport, Innsbruck Airport, London, Monarch Airlines, Sussex, United Kingdom, West Sussexsmbale

Passengers at London’s Gatwick airport posted videos and photos online after Monarch Airlines cancel all flights. Continue reading →

27Sep/17

Grounded: Ryanair cancels flights of another 400,000 customers

September 27, 2017Transportairline, Airlines, Alitalia, Alitalia-Linee Aeree Italiane, Aviation, Business/Finance, Company: Alitalia Maintenance, Company: Ryanair Hldgs, European Low Fares Airline Association, Low-cost carriers, Mia Womersley, Michael O'Leary, Ryanairsmbale

Ryanair cancelled the flights of another 400,000 customers and scrapped a bid for Alitalia on Wednesday, in a plan to keep its pilots on side and draw a line under its rostering fiasco. Mia Womersley reports. Continue reading →

27Sep/17

Bombardier loses battle with Boeing

September 27, 2017TransportAirbus A220, Aircraft, Aviation, Belfast, Boeing, Bombardier, Bombardier Aviation, Bombardier CSeries, Bombardier Inc., Business, Canada, CMC Markets, Companies of Canada, Company: Boeing, Company: Bombardier, Country: Northern Ireland, Country: United Kingdom, CRAIG ERLAM, CSeries dumping petition by Boeing, Economy of Canada, General Motors, Laura Frykberg, Michael Hewson, Northern Ireland, Politics, Theresa May, United Kingdom, United Statessmbale

The U.S. Commerce Department has slapped preliminary anti-subsidy duties on Bombardier’s CSeries jets after rival Boeing accused Canada of unfairly subsidizing the aircraft. As Laura Frykberg reports, the move is likely to strain trade relations between the neighbours and cause problems in Britain where Bombardier’s Northern Ireland factory employs thousands. Continue reading →

24Sep/17

Canadian Forces medic dies in Pembroke skydiving plunge

September 24, 2017DisasterAir sports, automatic activation device, Aviation, Bety, City: Ottawa, City: Toronto, Company: Cessna Aircraft, Company: Skydive Petawawa, Creative works, Drop zone, Eric Collard, Garrison Petawawa, Human activities, J.P. Marcoux, Justice Institute of British Columbia, Luca Sestito, Megan Gillis, Parachute, Parachuting, Shawn Peever, Sports equipment, Toronto, Transportation Safety Board, Twitter, Viktor Mubilismbale

(Postmedia) – A 29-year-old Canadian Forces medic plunged to her death Sunday when her parachute malfunctioned during a solo jump. Continue reading →

05Sep/17

Flying taxi startup Lilium raises $90 mln

September 5, 2017TransportAirbus, Aircraft, Airplane, Aviation, Business, Canard aircraft, Company: Lilium Otsuka, DAINEL WIEGAND, DANIEL WIEGAND, Electric aircraft, Flying car, Kate King, Lilium, Lilium Jet, Munich, Tencent, Transport, Uber, Urban air mobility, Vehicles, VTOL aircraftsmbale

Lilium, a German start-up with Silicon Valley-scale ambitions to develop a 5-passenger “flying taxi”, has raised a second, $90 million round of financing from top tech investors, as the race to to make electric-powered flying an every day event, hots up. Kate King reports. Continue reading →

30Jul/17

Balloonists take to the skies over Umbria’s wine valley

July 30, 2017Food and DrinkAeronautics, Aviation, Balloon, Ballooning, Grape, Hot air balloon festivals, Human activities, Italian wine, Italy, Nathan Frandino, Northern Ireland, ROBIN MERCER, Sagrantino, Sagrantino di Montefalco, Umbria, Winesmbale

The Sagrantino Italian International Balloon Challenge Cup is underway in Umbria, Italy, drawing dozens of balloonists from around the world for what organizers say is the “most relaxed event” of the year. Nathan Frandino reports. Continue reading →

27May/17

Passengers left in confusion as BA cancels flights after global IT outage

May 27, 2017SecurityAviation, Bahrain, British Air Transport Association, British Airways, British brands, Company: British Airways, Expansion of Heathrow Airport, Gatwick Airport, Heathrow, Heathrow airport, Heathrow Airport Holdings, London, London Borough of Hillingdon, London boroughs, Roshni Burt, United Kingdom, US Airwayssmbale

HEATHROW AIRPORT, LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (MAY 27, 2017) (REUTERS) – British Airways has cancelled all its flights from London’s two biggest airports until Saturday (May 27) evening after a global computer system outage caused confusion and chaos.
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