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Tom Horton's journey back to American Airlines began 27 months ago on Great Exuma, a sandy paradise in the Bahaman archipelago.

The Honourable Chuck Strahl, Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Federal Interlocutor for M¨¦tis and Non-Status Indians, today announced the creation of the International Polar Year (IPY) Canada Award for Excellence in Northern Science Journalism.

The Ferdinand Bilstein GmbH + Co. KG (Febi Bilstein) with its headquarters in Ennepetal, is planning to invest 32 million Euros for the expansion of its logistical infrastructure in the coming years. The most important part of the extensive investment package is the erection of an automated distribution centre, which is currently being realized on a surface of 30,000 sqm in Ennepetal. The warehouse and picking system was planned by Witron who takes up responsibility as general contractor also for the realization of the entire logistics system, ramp-up and the on site service. The new distribution centre with a size of 22,000 sqm will start its productive use in January 2009.

Jars of English Provender Company products will soon be seen whizzing round the country after the Newbury-based sauces, condiments and chutney manufacture signed a deal to add highly distinctive livery to its transport fleet. A line-up of the company's best- selling Very Lazy Garlic and Very Lazy Red Chillies, plus Classic Fresh Dressing, Organic Sweet Tomato and Chilli Chutney and Hot Horseradish appear along the sides of the lorries.

Virgin Atlantic customers using the airline's Clubhouse facility at Heathrow Airport are being offered a new tipple. The airline will offer Akvinta vodka, a 5 times distilled 'super premium' vodka from Croatia, to its passengers prior to the departure of their flight.

XL Airways is to expand the number of seats available on several of its routes from Manchester Airport. The holiday airline will begin using new Boeing 737-900s from the airport on May 29 this year.

Rocketing demand for air travel could wreck the Scottish government's attempts to meet climate change eimmissions cuts, according to a new study. If the number of passengers flying from Scottish airports increases as predicted, emissions from planes could end up swamping those from all other sources - and sabotage ministers' plans to reduce climate pollution 80% by 2050 - the reports claims.

BAA is 'bracing itself for a possible break-up of its operations by bringing in external advisers to help it navigate an increasingly onerous regulatory burden', the Telegraph reports today. It says that the UK airports operator is conducting a beauty parade of investment banks as it seeks guidance on future regulation and strategy.

Ryanair is expected to reveal plans this week to mothball at least 20 of its Boeing 737-800 airplanes this winter as soaring fuel costs make routes uneconomic.

Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary has warned that Aer Lingus could go bust if oil hits $200 a barrel, the Irish Independent reports. He said yesterday: 'Half the airlines would certainly go out of business if oil hit $200 a barrel. That could include Aer Lingus. Only the strong airlines would survive and that would be British Airways, Lufthansa, Air France and Ryanair.'

The chief executive of Lufthansa has given another hint that the German airline will exercise an option to buy British airline bmi, the second-largest carrier at Heathrow, the Times reports. The news comes exactly a month after another Lufthansa executive said that the airline was 'determined' to buy bmi.

Scottish budget airline Flyglobespan is to be prosecuted for endangering the safety of passengers after allowing a 757 jet to fly 'illegally' from Liverpool Airport to America with faulty instruments, the Times reports. It will be the first criminal prosecution against a British airline for more than a decade.

Four deepsea con-ros under construction at the Hyundai Mipo shipyard for French owner CMA CGM will be equipped with electrical drive liftable car decks from MacGregor, part of Finland's Cargotec group.

SHANGHAI International Port Group (SIPG), the operator of Shanghai Port, handled 2.4 million TEU in April, up 9 per cent year on year, Logistics Week reported.

When it comes to environment, industrials, retailers and consumers agree on one thing: they need to speak the same language.

New Zealand beef products attracted attention at Korea's largest food and beverage exhibition this month.

The New Zealand China Free Trade Agreement Roadshow will help your business to develop the capability needed to maximise the benefits of the FTA.

Today's New York Times story on American Airlines' plan to charge for all checked luggage included a reference to Southwest Airlines that said, "Other major American airlines, including Southwest Airlines, said Wednesday that they were considering matching the fee."

ESS, the leading provider of Environmental, Health and Safety (EH&S) and Crisis Management software for enterprise sustainability, today announced that it has launched a major global initiative to provide packaged solutions to address five urgent business challenges: Climate Change, Worker Health and Safety, Environmental Compliance, Crisis Management and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) reporting.

Northwest Airlines Corp will stop its freighter service to China's Guangzhou from July 1, the latest sign that high oil prices are buffeting the regional aviation industry, South China Morning Post reported on Friday.