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Family in shock over student’s death in US

US authorities have found the body of Abdullah Alkadi, the Saudi scholarship student who had gone missing from his Los Angeles home in September, near a highway overpass south of the city.
Alkadi’s body was found late on Thursday night alongside Interstate 10 east of Cook Street in Palm Desert, California, some 250 km away from his university.
Alkadi, 23, had been living in the US for nearly four years.
His last tweet, expressing distress, was published on Sept. 15.
Family members told local media that diplomats visited their home on Friday morning to break the news to them.
The Los Angeles Police Department Criminal Investigation Division has refused to disclose any details into the case until Monday and has not openly identified any suspects. 
Family members have, however, reportedly told local media that two people have been detained in connection with the case.
A family friend also told local media that Alkadi’s brother, who had launched a tireless appeal on social media in search of his brother and who had eventually traced his mobile phone to an area with which he had no ties with, was too distraught to make any formal statements.
Alkadi’s father, meanwhile, is reportedly on the way to the US.

Poor Jeddah airport rating rejected

Pilgrims are seen at King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah in this file photo. KAIA is undergoing massive expansion which would place it at par with the world's most modern airports. 


The General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) has slammed a website claiming that King Abdul Aziz International Airport (KAIA) in Jeddah is the world's second-worst facility.
Khalid Al-Khaibari, GACA's spokesman, said the rating was done by a Canadian woman on her blog, The Guide to Sleeping in Airports, and was unscientific.
Al-Khaibari said the assessment was not based on studies or specified standards. He said the woman was speaking about the best airport to sleep and rest, while airports in the Kingdom are facilities to pass through. He said this was a personal view. “We respectfully look at other opinions even if they are personal. 
King Abdul Aziz International Airport has all the services needed. We don't deny there are some negatives that we hope will be removed when the new airport begins operating in the middle of next year,” he said.
“The Haj and Umrah complex at the airport receives and says farewell to more than 1.7 million pilgrims on more than 4,000 flights over a span of only eight weeks,” he said.
The readers of the website had ranked KAIA as the second-worst after Benazir Bhutto Airport in Islamabad, followed by Tribhuvan International Airport in Katmandu. The rating was based on four categories: Comfort, convenience, cleanliness and customer service. 

 

 

The website said of KAIA: “The main terminal is fairly lackluster. It isn’t overly clean, crowds can be a problem, and the services for travelers are in short supply.”
It added: “Rude immigration officers and lengthy queues do little to improve the traveler experience. Chairs are limited, uncomfortable ... Things might improve in mid-2015 when a new airport is expected to be completed.”

Boeing details funding boom for Middle East aircraft deliveries

Boeing has said that commercial financial institutions in the Middle East are increasingly funding the region's record number of airplane deliveries.

Boeing forecasts that airlines in the Middle East will require 2,610 new airplanes over the next 20 years, worth an estimated $550 billion.   While one-third of that demand – 900 airplanes – will replace today's fleets, 66 percent of the demand is expected to be driven by the rapid fleet expansion in the region.  Tim Myers, vice president and managing director of Aircraft Financial Services for Boeing Capital Corporation, said bank funding for airplane deliveries is becoming a global industry and the Middle East is playing an increasingly significant role.  “Last year alone, more than 65 percent of all deliveries to airlines in the Middle East were funded from within the region,” Myers said. “Over the past few years we have seen great success by Middle Eastern banks and investors providing sources of financing for the Middle Eastern carriers, but they have been expanding outside the region by providing equity, debt, Islamic Financing options and more.”  Myers and Jeff Johnson, president of Boeing Middle East, hosted more than 180 of the region’s leading aircraft financiers and investors at its annual conference in Dubai.  “The health of the Middle East’s air travel industry and the sustained performance of commercial aircraft assets continue to create good investment opportunities, which was well reflected in the strong attendance at our financiers and investors conference,” Johnson said.   “This regional growth is not expected to slow down in the near future,” Johnson added. “Dubai air traffic has been consistently growing between 5 and 7 percent annually, higher than the global average of 3.5 percent. Abu Dhabi International Airport reported a 21.7 percent year-over-year traffic increase in July, and Hamad International Airport has handled more than 2 million passengers since its opening in April. With key regional players making significant leaps in aerospace infrastructures, I have no doubt that the Middle East will continue to outpace other markets in travel industry growth for some time.”  This traffic growth is being matched by growth in local aircraft asset financing.  “We are particularly pleased to see increasingly greater diversification in the source of funding as airlines seek to finance these new airplanes,” Myers said

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Ethiopean Airlines and ANA sign code-share agreement

Ethiopian Airlines and ANA, Japan's leading airline group, signed a code-share agreement.

From October 26, 2014, the travelling public will enjoy seamless bookings on ANA and Ethiopian Airlines Network from Japan to 49 destinations in Africa through joint connecting airports of both carriers in Bangkok, Hong Kong, Frankfurt, Paris, London, on all code shared flights. .

ANA and Ethiopian Airlines started joint Frequent Flyer Program in December 2011 as both carriers are members of Star Alliance, the largest and oldest global airline alliance. Customers of the two airlines will continue to be able to earn and redeem miles on all flights.

Ethiopian Airlines Group CEO, Tewolde Gebremariam, said: "I wish to thank ANA, a fellow Star Alliance member, for this mutually beneficial codeshare partnership. Our codeshare partnership will give our customers traveling between Africa and Japan the best possible connectivity options with one ticket and one single check-in at first boarding airport. It will also play critical role in enabling greater people-to-people, investment, trade and tourism ties between a rising Africa, the second fastest growing region in the world, and a highly industrialized Japan, the third largest economy in the world."

Boeing and Kenya Airways partner deliver medical aid to Kenya

Boeing and Kenya Airways have partnered with First Baptist Church in Baytown, Texas, to transport medical equipment to Kajiado, Kenya, on a newly delivered 787 Dreamliner.

The supplies, including examination tables and other equipment, will benefit Kenyan children served by the Africa Inland Church Childcare Center in Kajiado. The center provides care and treatment for children with cerebral palsy and other disabilities. 

The delivery marks the first time that a flight participating in Boeing's Humanitarian Delivery Flights program has originated from South Carolina. This is also Kenya Airways' first humanitarian flight in partnership with Boeing using a 787. The airline's last Humanitarian Delivery Flight was in October 2013 with the Kenyan-flag carrier's first 777-300ER delivered from Everett, Wash. 

"As part of its sustainability for Africa program, Kenya Airways is committed to enriching the lives of the people across the continent," said Titus Naikuni, CEO, Kenya Airways. "The equipment to be delivered as part of this humanitarian flight will boost and ease the lives of the children at the AIC Childcare Center, and Kenya Airways is honored to be part of it. The continued partnership with Boeing has been beneficial not only to Kenya Airways but to the people of Kenya as well." 

The Boeing Humanitarian Delivery Flights programme began in 1992, and has since then worked in partnership with nearly 50 different carriers worldwide to transport more than one million pounds (453,592 kilograms) of relief items over 150 humanitarian flights. 

"We're grateful for Kenya Airways continued partnership, and particularly proud and excited to partner with them on our first Humanitarian Delivery Flight out of South Carolina," said Jack Jones, Boeing South Carolina vice president and general manager. "Their commitment to bring needed supplies to local communities is commendable, and it's our privilege to support them in that effort."