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Who is shooting lasers at airplanes?

saysThe Federal Aviation Administration

people are aiming lasers at commercial

airplanes at an alarming rate. The agency says

lasers have the ability to completely

incapacitate pilots. According to the FAA, 34 flights on

seeing lasers pointed at reported Wednesday

them when flying over New Jersey. President

Barack Obama signed a law in 2012 that makes

aiming a laser pointer at an airplane a federal

crime. A spokesman for Newark Liberty International

Airport says laser incidents in the area are

under investigation.

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Ethiopian airlines sustains growth KAMPALA, Uganda - Ethiopian Airlines has recognised its best

performing travel agents for attaining their revenue target in the

first half of the year 2014. Nine out of 30 travel agents received the Agent Incentive Award

programme, which was based on the revenue target. According Mr. Abebe Angessa the Ethiopian Airlines Area Manager,

the awards were given to IATA recognised agents only. The nine included Tourama Travel Agents, African tours and travel

agents, Speed Wing Travel agents, Satguru Tours and Travel,

Ever Based Tours and Travel, Travel care, Millennium Tours and

Travel, Sky Travel and Travel dot com. Angessa said their revenue increased by 20% while passenger uplift

increased by 25% (more visitors came to Uganda) Ethiopian airlines increased global route providing more choice schedules ,frequency and increased services to Los Angeles, Dublin,

Manila, Gabon and Goma in June 2015, stressed Angessa. Angessa mentioned that the cost of global distribution system is the

biggest cancer. He said the system provides reservation and ticking

services which agents should take note to avoid wastages as they

use effective utilisation of the system. He encouraged agents to increase frequent flyer programme known

as shabamile programme in Uganda. The programme provides a free

ticket, Baggage allowance and launch access benefits for its

members. The sales, customer services and top agents had interactions over a

breakfast at Sheraton Kampala Hotel. They shared views concerning

the industry, trends and way forward.

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Govt to help AI widen aviation agreements The civil aviation ministry has proposed air service

agreements (ASAs) with Panama and Columbia to help

state-owned Air India enter into marketing alliance with their

flag carriers. Official sources familiar with the development said the

ministry had already sent the proposals to the external

affairs ministry. With national carrier planning to have code-share agreement

with most Star Alliance members, the aviation ministry has

scrambled to facilitate the partnership. In May, the ministry decided to widen the ambit of aviation

agreement with New Zealand and agreed to allow

designated carriers from the two sides to operate code-

share services without 5th freedom rights using Singapore, Hong Kong and two other cities in Australia as intermediate

points. We have proposed ASAs with Panama and Columbia. We are waiting for their response, said an official, adding a proposal to revise ASA with Ethiopia was also under

consideration. India currently has bilateral air service agreement with 109

countries with over 70 foreign airlines operating to and from

various destinations. Air India recently signed a code-share

agreement with Air New Zealand. The airline has also

finalised similar agreement with Avianca of Columbia and is.

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in the process of concluding a code-share agreement

with Copa Airlines of Panama. All these carriers are

members of Star Alliance, worlds largest airline grouping spearheaded by Lufthansa, United and

Singapore Airlines among others. An Air India official

said benefits of being member of Star Alliance had

kicked in and revenue from partner airlines had been

increasing month-on-month. In some cases like our code-share partnership with Air Canada and Ethiopian Airlines the revenue has

doubled. We, therefore, want to have more code-share

agreements. We operate to Chicago and New York. If

we have a code-share agreement with Copa Airlines

then we can book passengers on flights to Panama

City from there, the official said wishing not to be named. Air India joined Star Alliance last July, almost three

years after its induction was suspended by the airline

grouping for failing to meet the eligibility criteria..

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