TAM Cargo Installs its Largest Freight Terminal in Manaus
August 25, 2008
With a Total Area of 11,000 Square Meters, Terminal Has an Operational Area
Three Times the Size of Predecessor
SAO PAULO, Brazil, Aug. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — (Bovespa: TAMM4
and NYSE: TAM) Today, August 25, TAM Cargo, the freight unit of TAM Linhas
Aereas, inaugurates its largest freight terminal to date, in Manaus,
Amazonas, which has an operational area of 2,160 square meters (three times
the size of the former Manaus facility) and 540 square meters of
administrative/commercial area.
With more than 80 tons per day of storage capacity, the new terminal’s
infrastructure will provide greater comfort for customers, with
individualized service and total access for the handicapped. In addition,
the spaciousness of the terminal will make it easier to maneuver and park
large vehicles, while allowing for freight shipments to be dispatched
faster.
The new facilities also have exclusive areas for different types of
freight, and cold storage for perishables constantly monitored by security
cameras. A tax office on site of the State Treasury Secretariat (SEFAZ)
ensures faster delivery of payment receipts.
“Manaus is strategic for TAM Cargo, as a result of steadily increasing
production at its Duty Free Zone, and the increase in international flights
at the airport. The new terminal can handle nearly 35% more freight than
its predecessor, in addition to allowing for expansion in coming years,
depending on market demand,” says Paulo Castillo Branco, Vice President for
Planning and Alliances.
The new freight terminal in Manaus will make it possible for new
partnerships to develop with air and ground transportation companies that
will extend the range of services and allow for greater sales efforts to
increase customer loyalty, expand agreements with corporate clients and
acquire new clients.
In 2007, Manaus was second in TAM Cargo billing in Brazil. Eduardo
Gomes Airport operates 24 TAM flights a day (12 departures and 12
arrivals), four of them international (Miami and Caracas). It is the third
largest airport in Brazil in terms of traffic and freight billing, right
behind Guarulhos and Viracopos (Campinas) airports in Sao Paulo. The new
TAM Cargo terminal will only offer domestic freight operations.
International freight operations will be handled exclusively by the
Infraero terminal due to customs processing reasons.
TAM Cargo
TAM Cargo’s service portfolio offers options to meet the needs of all
types of customers: TAM Cargo Next Flight — the fastest in the market for
urgent shipments; TAM Cargo Next Day — for next day delivery; TAM Cargo
Conventional, ideal for shipping large volumes; and TAM Cargo
International, airport-to-airport freight import and export.
TAM Cargo currently serves 42 Brazilian airports with direct flights,
offers pick-up service in more than 400 cities and makes deliveries to more
than 3,900 places in Brazil. TAM Cargo International service reaches nearly
45 countries and more than 120 cities throughout Mercosur, North America,
Europe and the Far East.
Striving for service excellence, TAM Cargo provides customer service
through its website http://www.tamcargo.com.br and 24-hour Call Center, which
provide general information on cargo shipments, quotes, pick-ups and
shipment tracking in real time. Customers can also call 0300 1159999.
Embry-Riddle Keeps Top Spot in U.S. News & World Report’s Best College Rankings for Ninth Year in a Row
August 25, 2008
New Doctoral Programs in Aviation and Engineering Physics Planned
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., Aug. 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — For the ninth
year in a row, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University has earned the top
ranking in the annual “America’s Best Colleges” guide published by U.S.
News & World Report magazine.
In the specialty category of “Best Aerospace/Aeronautical/Astronautical
Engineering Programs at Schools Whose Highest Degree is a Bachelor’s or
Master’s,” Embry-Riddle’s Daytona Beach campus has been number one every
year since the category was introduced in 2001. Embry-Riddle’s Prescott,
Ariz., campus has been number three in that category since 2004. The U.S.
Air Force Academy took second place this year, the U.S. Naval Academy
fourth, and Cal Poly – San Luis Obispo fifth.
Embry-Riddle has one of the largest and most well-regarded Aerospace
Engineering programs in the nation. The Daytona Beach and Prescott campuses
offer a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering. The Daytona Beach campus also offers
two different master’s programs in Aerospace Engineering.
“For the ninth straight year, U.S. News has honored Embry-Riddle for
outstanding achievement,” said Dr. John P. Johnson, Embry-Riddle president.
“This prestigious accomplishment was made possible by top-caliber faculty,
staff, and students in our engineering departments and throughout the
University.”
Embry-Riddle’s Daytona Beach campus is 12th in the overall category of
“Best Universities – Master’s (South),” up one spot from last year. This
category lists 121 master’s degree-granting institutions in Alabama,
Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North
Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia.
In related news, Embry-Riddle also announced plans to offer two Ph.D.
programs in 2009, pending accreditation by the Commission on Colleges of
the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.
The University will offer the first Ph.D. in Aviation in the United
States through the combined efforts of the Colleges of Aviation at Daytona
Beach and Prescott and the Worldwide Campus beginning in May. The Ph.D. in
Aviation is primarily an online program with one-week residencies each
year.
An August debut is planned for a traditional Ph.D. program in
Engineering Physics at the Daytona Beach campus, with special emphasis on
space physics, upper atmospheric physics, remote sensing, spacecraft
instrumentation, spacecraft systems engineering, and control of aerospace
systems. Faculty research in these areas is one of the major strengths of
the University.
“These doctoral programs are designed to give both working
professionals and research professionals the opportunity to pursue their
intellectual interests through rigorous programs and meet their
professional goals to prepare them to serve as our aviation, science, and
engineering technology leaders of tomorrow,” said Dr. Johnson.
Embry-Riddle is accepting applications for the first class of
candidates for the Ph.D. in Aviation now through Jan. 15, 2009. For more
information, please call (800) 359-3728 or go to
http://aviationphd.erau.edu. Interested candidates for the Ph.D. in
Engineering Physics can go to http://www.erau.edu/engineeringphd or call
Dr. John Olivero at (386) 226-6453 for more information.
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, the world’s largest, fully
accredited university specializing in aviation and aerospace, offers more
than 30 degree programs in its colleges of Arts and Sciences, Aviation,
Business, and Engineering. The University educates more than 34,000
students annually in undergraduate and graduate programs at residential
campuses in Prescott, Ariz., and Daytona Beach, Fla., through the Worldwide
Campus at more than 130 campus centers in the United States, Europe,
Canada, and the Middle East, and through online learning. For more
information, visit http://www.embryriddle.edu.
Hawker Beechcraft Delivers Hawker 4000 to Jack DeBoer
August 25, 2008
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Hospitality entrepreneur feels right at home in world’s most advanced
business jet
WICHITA, Kan., Aug. 25 /PRNewswire/ — Hawker Beechcraft Corporation
(HBC) delivered its revolutionary Hawker 4000 super-midsized business jet
to customer Jack P. DeBoer during a special ceremony at the company’s
Customer Delivery Center in Wichita, Kan. The Hawker 4000 ushers in a new
era for general aviation, as it is first in its class, first in the world
and the most advanced business jet in the world based on its innovative
composite construction.
A lodging industry visionary, DeBoer is credited with founding the
extended stay hotel segment of the hospitality industry. In addition to
Value Place, the nation’s fastest-growing extended stay hotel chain, he
founded the Residence Inn, Summerfield Suites and Candlewood Suites. An
active pilot, DeBoer currently holds the 3 kilometer world speed record for
jet aircraft under 18,000 lbs. DeBoer has been a dedicated customer, having
purchased several Hawker Beechcraft Corporation aircraft, including the
Hawker 1000, Hawker 800XP, Hawker 400XP and Beechcraft King Air B200
models.
“I am delighted to present this Hawker 4000 to Mr. DeBoer who is a
nationally recognized entrepreneur and a devoted customer,” said Jim
Schuster, chairman and CEO of HBC. “Just as his hotel accommodation
conglomerate exemplifies the comfort in a home away from home, the Hawker
4000 provides the same comfort with its fully-customizable interior, while
offering segment leading performance perfectly fit for all of his global
travel needs.”
The Hawker 4000 capacity and range is designed to meet the needs of
customers domestically and internationally. The business jet boasts a
maximum cruise speed of Mach 0.84 and only a 20-minute climb rate from sea
level direct to 41,000 feet (12,497 m), maximizing productivity of
customers by getting them quickly to their destination. It is powered by
two Pratt & Whitney Canada PW308A engines, each delivering 6,900 pounds
(30.7 kN) of thrust. Coupled with the Hawker 4000’s advanced wing design,
the engines provide impressive high altitude/hot temperature and short
field capability.
Much of the Hawker 4000’s standard equipment is optional on
competitors’ offerings. The Hawker 4000’s cockpit features a Honeywell Epic
avionics suite with five high-resolution 8 x 10 inch (20 x 25 cm) LCD
displays. It also has enhanced situational awareness and flight management
systems, backed by real- time system monitoring and status. Ideally suited
for long-range operations or long oceanic flights, the Hawker 4000 is
equipped with dual IRS (Inertial Reference Systems), dual air-cycle
machines and a hydraulic motor driven backup generator.
The groundbreaking aircraft is constructed of advanced composite
material, giving the fuselage a true 6 ft. (183 cm) standup cabin with a
77.5 in. width (196.8 cm). A flat floor runs the entire length of the
aircraft, leading to an impressively large 88.5 cubic ft. (2.51 cubic m)
baggage area, accessible during flight. The aircraft’s standard eight-place
configuration interior is fully customizable with a wide variety of
materials and cabin finishes available.
Hawker Beechcraft Corporation is a world-leading manufacturer of
business, special-mission and trainer aircraft — designing, marketing and
supporting aviation products and services for businesses, governments and
individuals worldwide. The company’s headquarters and major facilities are
located in Wichita, Kan., with operations in Salina, Kan.; Little Rock,
Ark.; Chester, England, U.K.; and Chihuahua, Mexico. The company leads the
industry with a global network of more than 100 factory-owned and
authorized service centers. For more information, visit
http://www.hawkerbeechcraft.com.
VIASPACE Signs New Deal to Distribute Fuel Cell Test Stations
August 25, 2008
PASADENA, Calif., Aug. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — VIASPACE Inc. (OTC
Bulletin Board: VSPC), a company that transforms proven space and defense
technologies from NASA and the Department of Defense into hardware and
software solutions, announced today that it has entered into an agreement
with WonATech of Korea for VIASPACE to sell and distribute WonATech’s fuel
cell test stations outside Korea.
Fuel Cell test stations that can test hydrogen, liquid and solid based
fuel cells are an expanding portion of the $54 Billion clean energy market.
WonATech offers sophisticated single and multi-channel fuel cell test
stations that represent high end products at attractive prices for fuel
cell and automotive manufacturers in Japan, Europe and the United States.
Hundreds of universities throughout the world are also engaged in fuel cell
research, but must deal with the reality of limited budgets when it comes
to equipment purchases.
Since its establishment in 1991, WonATech has concentrated its efforts
in the development of products related to electrochemical application.
Steadily supplying products in experimental research fields and industrial
sites, WonATech has played a leading role in this field of business. Their
product line includes potentiostats, battery cyclers, fuel cell test
stations, heating chambers, temperature monitors, voltage monitors and
associated software.
VIASPACE CEO Carl Kukkonen stated, “We are very pleased with this new
agreement, granting VIASPACE rights to distribute WonATech’s fuel cell test
station product line. This line of fuel cell test stations will be
attractive to many of the customers who have or will purchase the HS-1000
VIASENSOR, our real time laser based humidity sensor, such as Ballard or 3M
Corporation, along with the major automobile manufacturers who are
currently designing fuel cell powered vehicles.”
About VIASPACE: Founded in 1998 with the objective of transforming
proven space and defense technologies from NASA and the Department of
Defense into hardware and software solutions that solve today’s complex
problems, VIASPACE benefits from important patent and software licenses
from Caltech, which manages NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. For more
information, please see http://www.VIASPACE.com, or contact Dr. Jan
Vandersande, Director of Communications at 800-517-8050, or
IR@VIASPACE.com.
This news release includes forward-looking statements. These
forward-looking statements relate to future events or our future
performance and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other
factors that may cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance
or achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels
of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these
forward-looking statements. Such factors include the risks outlined in our
periodic filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission,
including our Annual Report on Form 10-KSB, for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2007, as well as general economic and business conditions, the
ability to acquire and develop specific projects and technologies, the
ability to fund operations, changes in consumer and business consumption
habits, and other factors over which VIASPACE has little or no control.
SOURCE VIASPACE Inc.
Lockheed Martin Demonstrates Airspace Deconfliction of Multiple Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
August 25, 2008
CHERRY HILL, N.J., Aug. 25 /PRNewswire/ — Lockheed Martin’s (NYSE:
LMT) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Airspace Management System (UAMS) solved one
of the more difficult challenges facing military services and their
industry partners by successfully demonstrating the ability to deconflict
groups of in-flight UAVs during a test near Pittsburgh, PA.
Sponsored by the Army’s Aviation Applied Technology Directorate, a team
lead by Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Laboratories (ATL) developed
UAMS as a battalion echelon system that deconflicts flight paths of
multiple, small UAVs with limited on-board sensors, communications and
processing resources. UAMS also uses its own on-board sensors to
“see-and-avoid” obstacles and other aircraft.
“The successful use of UAMS on in-flight UAVs caps three years of
program development,” said David Van Brackle, ATL’s UAMS project manager.
“Our work will improve safety and mission success for future UAV systems
and for the Warfighters who depend upon them.”
UAMS uses a ground-based airspace manager and UAV-based intelligent
software agents to distribute the problem of airspace management. The
system separates deconfliction into three activities: maintaining
situational awareness and common, relevant operating picture; detecting
conflict; and modifying flights paths. UAMS performs these activities on a
centralized server or distributes them to the UAVs for deconfliction. It
can also use a combination of both techniques, dynamically shifting among
the three performance approaches based on the situation, user-defined
policies based on terrain, communications load, server load, and other
factors.
UAMS also uses sensor input to detect and react to obstacles, giving
the UAV a “see-and-avoid” capability, allowing the UAV to react quickly
while UAMS deconflicts the new path with other UAVs.
UAMS works over a range of operational environments, from large rolling
terrain to smaller urban airspaces.
For the program, ATL developed the distributed,
vehicle-information-management technology, concept of operations, and
systems engineering. Teammate SRI provided avoidance-planning algorithms,
and teammate SkEyes provided key avoidance sensor capabilities, including
forward-looking, conic, laser radar and acoustic sensors.
Headquartered in Bethesda, MD, Lockheed Martin is a global security
company that employs about 140,000 people worldwide and is principally
engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration and
sustainment of advanced technology systems, products and services. The
corporation reported 2007 sales of $41.9 billion.
Delta announces new service to Cancun from Nashville
August 25, 2008
The new weekly service will start on
Interjet has launched service from Mexico City’s AICM airport
August 25, 2008
The Mexican LCC, which is based in
US International visitors up 14% in May, receipts up 21% to $11.8 billion
August 25, 2008
According to the US Department of Commerce, there were 4.3 million international visitors to the
LAN Ecuador has applied for authority to provide domestic service
August 25, 2008
After five years of operating international flights in
TAM to launch Miami-Rio de Janeiro on September 19
August 25, 2008
The largest “model airline” in
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