AirTran Airways has reported its traffic figures for January 2009, noting that the revenue passenger miles (RPMs), load factor and enplaned passengers each represent new all-time records for the airline in the month of January.
Traffic grew by 4.5% from 1,216 million RPMs to more than 1,270 million RPMs. Available seat miles decreased by 3.8% from 1,804 million to 1,736 million. These figures led to a load factor for the month of 73.2%, an increase of 5.8 percentage points on January 2008.
The airline carried more than 1,671,492 passengers for the month, a 2.3 percent increase from January 2008's figure of 1,633,718.
The DoD has changed its structures and is been increasing efforts to facilitate access to loans by companies interested in working with artificial intelligence, advanced materials and semiconductors, biotechnology and quantum science.
India has approved millions of dollars in new military purchases, most of which will go to public sector companies.
The main obstacles to overcoming risks in the region are a lack of a strong cybersecurity culture and inadequate funds to invest in this domain given a widespread Chinese presence in the region.
MBDA is adapting to supply chain pressures as the Russian invasion of Ukraine leads to increased demand for armaments.
Despite the additional funding promised this week, the UK armed forces still look set to face cutbacks, and maintaining international commitments to AUKUS and GCAP may limit the options for other programmes.
This week on the Shephard Defence Podcast, senior naval reporter Harry Lye and military training & simulation reporter Norbert Neumann chat with Professor John Louth.
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