| Allegiant sees profits at Mesa airport
The parent company of Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport's largest commercial airlines posted a fourth-quarter profit despite rising fuel prices plaguing the industry. The news comes as further evidence of the demand for discount service that the niche market carrier provides to cities not served by majors, said Martin Whalen, a Mesa aviation lawyer and bank executive. Though Allegiant Travel Company didn't post earnings and losses for Allegiant Air's operations at the Mesa-based airport, company spokeswoman Tyri Squyres said Allegiant "is obviously happy with selecting Phoenix-Mesa as a destination base and looks forward to growing it." .
Cape Cod History
Power was lost at 11:14 a.m. and not restored in the business district of the Whaling City until 7:30 p.m. Officials with the New Bedford Gas and Edison Light Co. attributed the outage to insulator failure at a power plant.Faced with the specter of the next day without a newspaper, an editor in New Bedford "gathered up page mats and news copy and flew to Hyannis where the edition was completed on the presses" of the Cape Cod Standard-Times.(illustration credit, www.metaltype.co.uk) .
MacBook Air Now Shipping
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Old grievances fuel ethnic strife
Circumcision is an important rite of passage for Kikuyus but is not widely practiced among Luos. The Luos and the Kalenjins, who have been aligned throughout the post-election period, then counterattacked, and the result was a citywide melee with hundreds wounded and as many as 50 people killed. By Friday night, the Kenyan military was deployed for the first time to intervene. Local authorities also slapped a dusk-to-dawn curfew on Nakuru, another first. Many people in Free Area, which is now almost totally Kikuyu, say it will be difficult to make peace. "We're angry and they're angry," said John Maina, a stocky butcher, whose weapon of choice Saturday was a 3-foot-long table leg with exposed screws. This is the reality across much of Kenya, and it seems to be nothing short of ethnic cleansing.
Helios: ‘Resign’ call to Minister
CALLS for Communications Minister Haris Thrassous resignation grew louder yesterday after the Helios crash enquiry heard damning evidence about the chaotic state of air safety on the island. Evidence before the committee suggests the Civil Aviation Department is a shambles, making the possibility of another air disaster more likely. Moreover, it was claimed the Helios Airways crash Boeing was permitted to fly before it had rectified eight pending safety issues. These revelations, among others, have upset and angered the Helios relatives, who are demanding that Thrassou do the honourable thing and resign. The minister says he should be judged on all the evidence and not snippets of testimony that can be refuted by others. Rallied The government has rallied round the besieged minister but the opposition says his position is shaky at best, while the Greens are urging him to go now.
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