POWERi announces the opening of its new offices in St. John’s, Antigua. The decision to open offices on the island comes as the company expands its services and product lines deep into the Eastern Caribbean.

Continental Airlines reported a December consolidated (mainline plus regional) load factor of 78.7 percent, 0.8 points below the December 2006 consolidated load factor, and a mainline load factor of 78.8 percent, 1.1 points below the December 2006 mainline load factor.

Boeing on Thursday reported an industry record of 1,413 firm commercial plane orders for 2007, setting up a photo-finish with rival Airbus, which reports its annual order tally later this month.

Multi-Systems, Inc. (MSI) and Advanced Card Systems and Solutions, Inc. (ACS) staff recently demonstrated new integration between MSI’s property management system products and the card scanning products and software offered by ACS.

Air France-KLM has reached an agreement on the terms to acquire VLM Airlines, a subsidiary of the Dutch company Panta Holdings B.V. VLM Airlines is one of Europe’s regional carriers catering principally for business travelers.

US Airways announces the recall of more than 200 flight attendants effective February 15, 2008. The recalls are being initiated to ramp up for the busy summer schedule and to compensate for retirement and attrition.