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International Women's Day 2011 : Which Woman Inspires You ? Airlines fly '100% female-operated' flights for Women's Day

Posted by 9jabook.com webmadam on March 8, 2011 at 5:11am

12166302084?profile=original12166302254?profile=originalInternational Women's Day (IWD), originally called12166302466?profile=original International Working Women’s Day is12166302656?profile=original marked on March 8 every year.[1] It is a major day of12166302488?profile=original global celebration of women. In different regions the focus of the celebrations ranges from general

 

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celebration of respect, appreciation and love towards women to a celebration for women's economic, political and social achievements.
Started as a Socialist political event, the holiday blended in the culture of many countries, primarily Eastern Europe, Russia, and the former Soviet bloc. In many regions, the day lost its political flavour, and became simply an occasion for men to express their love for women in a way somewhat similar to a mixture of Mother's Day and St Valentine's Day. In other regions, however, the original political and human rights theme designated by the United Nations runs strong, and political and social awareness of the struggles of women worldwide are brought out and examined in a hopeful manner.

March 8 marks the 100th anniversary of International Women's Day, a celebration of the economic, political and social achievements of women past and present that is observed around the world.

The first International Women's Day was held in 1911 in Germany, Austria, Denmark and Switzerland. Then, over a million men and women attended rallies to campaign for women's rights to work, vote and hold public office.

This year over 200 events are slated to occur in the U.S. alone.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will host the 2011 International Women of Courage Awards Ceremony with First Lady Michelle Obama. The awards annually recognize women across the globe who have shown exceptional fortitude in advocating for women's rights and empowerment -- often at great personal risk. This year's recipients include women whose occupations range from blogger to head of state.

"I believe that the rights of women and girls is the unfinished business of the 21st century," Clinton told Newsweek in a recent interview.

Though the road to gender equality may still be a long one, International Women's Day is an opportunity to meditate on how far women have already come. In honor of the event's centennial, The Guardian asked women of all ages, from 15 different countries across the world, to share the changes they've witnessed.

"I come from an ethnic Chinese family where the women went from bound feet to Rhodes scholar within four generations," said Regina Yau of Malaysia.


Airlines fly '100% female-operated' flights for Women's Day:
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Air India and Air France are among the airlines flying "100% female-operated" flights today, efforts mean to commemorate International Women's Day.

Air India says it's flying 11 such flights, including on one of its ultra-long haul routes between New Delhi and Toronto.

The carrier has been flying since the 1980s, including one last year on its Mumbai-New York run. Also in 2010, Air India "operated a record 22 all-women's crew flights across domestic and international networks," according to India's Economic Times.

As for Air France, it says it is flying a female-only crew today on Air France Flight 188 from Paris Charles de Gaulle to Hong Kong.

Air France says in a press release that a "fully female" crew of 18 will operate the flight, "welcoming a crew made up of 3 female pilots and 15 air hostesses."

 

 

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Volcano Ash Relief as flights resume in Europe

Posted by 9jabook.com on April 21, 2010 at 7:13pm
Relief as flights resume in Europe Lagos gets Euro passengers after 1 Week !

Stranded passengers arrive Lagos
By Ade Ogidan, Adeyemi Adepetun and Chika Goodluck Ogazi
CHEERS and whoops of joy rent the air at airports around the world as airplanes took to the skies after five days of being grounded by a volcanic ash cloud that had crippled European travel.

But weary passengers might have to temper their enthusiasm as only limited flights were allowed to resume at some European airports. United Kingdom (UK) authorities also said London airports - a major hub for thousands of daily flights worldwide - would remain closed for at least another day due to new danger from the invisible ash cloud.

And in Lagos, it was a cocktail of emotions as some Nigerian-bound passengers that had been stranded in Europe finally arrived yesterday

Some felt marooned, while others felt they were providentially domiciled at the various airports in Europe, due to a most unexpected natural cause-the volcano ash from Iceland that blanketed the skies

With over 95,000 flights cancelled in the last week alone, airlines face the enormous task of working through the backlog to get passengers where they want to go - a challenge that certainly will take days.

Still, in airport hubs that have been cauldrons of anxiety, anger and sleep deprivation, yesterday marked a day of collective relief.

The boards at Paris' Charles de Gaulle Airport announcing long-distance flights - which had been streaked with red "cancelled" signs for five days - filled up with white "on time" signs yesterday and the first commercial flight out since Thursday left for New York's John F. Kennedy Airport.

"We were in the hotel having breakfast, and we heard an aircraft take off. Everybody got up and applauded," said Bob Basso of San Diego, who has been staying in a hotel near Charles de Gaulle since his Friday flight was cancelled.

"There's hope," he said. Basso, 81, and his son had tickets for a flight to Los Angeles later yesterday.

At New York's JFK, the first flight from Amsterdam in days arrived Monday night.

"Everyone was screaming in the airplane from happiness," said passenger Savvas Toumarides of Cyprus, who missed his sister's New York wedding after getting stranded in Amsterdam last Thursday. He said the worst part was "waiting and waiting and not knowing."

The Eurocontrol air traffic agency in Brussels said it expects 55 to 60 per cent of flights over Europe to go ahead yesterday, a marked improvement over the last few days. By midmorning, 10,000 of Europe's 27,500 daily flights were scheduled to go.

"The situation today is much improved," said Brian Flynn, deputy head of operations at the Brussels-based agency. "The outlook is that bit by bit, normal flights will be resumed in coming days."

The agency predicted close to normal takeoffs by Friday.

Still, an international pilots' group warned that ash remains a danger and meteorologists say Iceland's still-erupting volcano isn't ready to rest yet, promising more choked airspace and flight delays to come.

Ash that had drifted over the North Sea from the volcano in southern Iceland was being pushed back over Britain yesterday by shifty north winds, Icelandic scientists said.

"It's a matter of wind directions. The volcano's plume is quite low actually, still below three kilometers near the volcano," said Gudrun Nina Petersen, meteorologist at the Icelandic Met Office.

A Eurocontrol map showing the ash cloud yesterday listed the airspace between Iceland and Britain and Ireland as a no-fly zone, along with much of the Baltic Sea and surrounding area. The ash cloud also spread westward from Iceland, toward Greenland and Canada's eastern coastline.

The volcano in southern Iceland is still spewing smoke and lava, but the ash plume is lower than it previously was, posing less threat to high-flying aircraft.

Three-year old daughter of Mr. Gbolohan Diyan literary flew like a cat from a two-metre distance into the arms of his father, who had arrived from Frankfurt, Germany, with a Lufthansa Airline flight.

Diyan described the experience, during his three-day stay at Frankfurt airport as "highly discomforting".

"The turn of event was most unexpected. When the news of the flight inhibiting volcano ash reached us, some of us thought that it would only last for a day or two. So, with enthusiasm, I went to Frankfurt Airport, expecting a minimal delay, which however, stretched till this morning (Tuesday).

"All along, my worries were centered on my family at home here in Lagos. With uncertainty enveloping everywhere at the airport, some little comforts that came our way were far from relieving us. People were sleeping everywhere, mostly on the floor. Some had sleeping materials provided by the authorities. But I am happy to be home at last, to the warm embrace of my darling daughter, other members of my family and friends."

Meanwhile, airlines and other operators at Nigerian airports have been counting their losses. Among these are the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), the Skyways Aviation Handling Company Limited (SAHCOL), the Nigerian Aviation Handling Company (nahcoaviance), the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), the bureau de change operators and the duty free shops.

Investigations by The Guardian revealed that Arik Air, which operates from the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos with A340 aircraft daily and B737-800 from the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja has lost close to N700 million to the disaster even as it promised to resume flight operations immediately the airspace is opened.

Spokesperson for the airline, Mr. Banji Ola confirmed that the airline has recorded huge loss due to the suspension of operations since last Thursday, but could not put a figure to the amount lost.

He said that since the volcanic eruption began last Wednesday, the airline has been unable to operate its flights into London Heathrow, adding that the suspension was in compliance with directive from UK Air Traffic Control Services (NATS) and for safety reasons.

Also, the General Manager, Public Affairs, NAMA, Mr. Supo Atobatele, confirmed that the agency had lost some revenue from the navigational charges it collects from the international airlines, especially from Europe. Atobatele noted that the agency is currently compiling its losses.

The Corporate Affairs and Business Development Manager of nahcoavaince also said most of the foreign airlines especially from Europe for which the company does ground handling services for have not been landing at the country's international airports.

Bureau de change operators at the international wing of the Lagos Airport are not left out. One of them who spoke with The Guardian, Alhaji Musa Jibril, lamented that business had been dull since last week, stressing that most of their clients who are businessmen and women have not been coming.

He said:

"The fact is that we have been affected by the recent disaster, which has enveloped the whole of Europe. Most of our customers who usually patronise us on a daily basis have not been coming because they have not been able to travel out or come in to the country and since they can't move, there is no way we can generate revenue too."

As the duty free shops at the MMIA showed a lull in business as most of the occupants of the shops sat idle discussing the volcanic ash
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Ryanair the Airline "Molue" considers stools on flights

Posted by jackie webLondonGirl on July 6, 2009 at 3:51am
Budget airline Ryanair has come up with a possible new cost-cutting measure in the form of stools rather than seats on flights. The Irish no-frills carrier is looking at the possibility of increasing capacity on flights by getting some passengers to squat on stools. These passengers would pay less than those in "normal" seats or possibly fly for free. Ryanair spokesman Stephen McNamara said that the airline's chief executive Michael O'Leary had already been in touch with aircraft manufacturer Boeing to see if such a scheme was feasible. Mr McNamara said: "If it's possible, if we can get the IAA (Irish Aviation Authority) to approve it and if it can reduce fares even further we will be doing it." Mr O'Leary told Sky News that he got the idea from the Chinese airline Spring, which said it could squeeze 50% more passengers on board and cut costs by 20%.
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