15th
January
2010
It seems that North Korea wants to stop being so reclusive and start rebuilding its tourism links with South Korea. Reports show that North Korea has proposed talks with South Korea about resuming tourism projects in a bid to rebuild the cash strapped country’s once lucrative tourism economy.
North Korea has lost out on tens of millions of dollars a year, which it once earned through inbound tourism from South Korea. Back in July of 2008, a South Korean woman who was on vacation in North Korea was shot dead at Mount Kumgang resort by North Korea’s army. Apparently the [...]
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15th
January
2010
Qatar Airways has just announced that it will be branching out into the manufacture and supply of sustainable bio jet fuel. This announcement follows behind the success of its commercial flight from London to Doha that was powered by a blend of conventional kerosene and alternative fuel GTL. This is a feat that is said to be the world’s first.
The airline was not inclined to reveal just how much it would be putting into the joint project, alongside other big names like Technology Park and Airbus, but it did emphasize its motives were based on becoming more environmentally friendly. This [...]
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15th
January
2010
Lufthansa is now going to become the first major European carrier in 20 years to launch services to Baghdad. The German carrier says that it is planning to fly to the Iraqi capital and Erbil in the north from Frankfurt and Munich come this summer. Adding these new services was said to be brought on due to high demand.
A spokesman at Lufthansa, Boris Ogursky, said that the demand goes in both directions right now. He confirmed that a start date for this new service should be around mid 2010. However, he noted that it is still way too soon to [...]
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15th
January
2010
Hertz can already call itself one of the world’s leading car rental providers. With offices in 145 countries around the world it offers almost any solution to customers wishing to hire a vehicle. Now it has added to its ability to provide customers with transport solutions by announcing that it has gone into partnership with [...]
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