The inability of local technicians to source vital technical information is robbing off on drivers and admirers of new generation vehicles. MANNY PHILIPSON reports.

Delta Air Lines has announced it will launch direct flights between Abuja and New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport, via Dakar, Senegal effective 11 June 2009, following government approval.

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. announced today it has filed a lawsuit against Hilton Hotels Corporation and its senior executives Ross Klein, global head of Hilton Luxury and Lifestyle Brands, and Amar Lalvani, global head of Hilton Luxury & Lifestyle Brand Development, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Like airline passengers, cargo freighters worldwide may be emershed in fresh troubles, following fresh moves to ensure clinical examinations of cargoes in freight. But MANNY PHILIPSON warns in this piece that the proponents of easing say equipment to effect the mandate of checking all freight and scan large pallets isn’t available yet.

MYKEYROOM launches online transponders and keyless entry replacement service
A new entrant, Mykeyroom Ventures, an automotive service industry seeks to ease the troubles faced by car owners who misplace their vehicle transponder keys, key remotes or keyless entry remote.

PORSCHE’S Cayenne recently became the premium automaker’s first model diesel engine car. Not long ago, critics said it would never happen, pouring oily diesel into a Porsche.

EMIRATES Airline last week announced it will introduce double decked A380 aircraft on its Bangkok and Toronto routes.

WITH over half of all aircraft orders coming from the Middle East, the region’s aviation industry looks set to survive the economic downturn.