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Events 47 maltatoday, Sunday, 13 September 2015 Emirates receives company record delivery of four new wide-body aircraft in one day EmiratEs celebrated the com- pany re cord arrival of four new aircraft in one day, affirming its commitment to flying a modern, efficient and comfortable fleet. the bumper delivery included two Boeing 777-300Ers, one Boeing 777 Freighter and one a380 aircraft. Emirates is already the world's largest operator of the Boeing 777 and the a380. the a380 aircraft delivered this week brings the to- tal number of this iconic double- decked aircraft in the Emirates fleet to 66. the additional three Boeing aircraft marks the 150th Emirates Boeing 777 delivery milestone, and takes the current Emirates 777 fleet size to 147. Emirates received its first Boe- ing 777 in 1996, and has since retired three older 777 aircraft from service. sir tim Clark, President, Emir- ates airline said, "the airbus a380 and Boeing 777 are two of the most advanced, efficient, and spacious commercial aircraft in the skies today. they are the mainstay of the Emirates fleet, giving us versatility in our route planning, and also the ability to offer our customers the latest features and comforts onboard. "Our long-standing commit- ments to both aircraft pro- grammes continue to support jobs and innovation across the aerospace manufacturing supply chain around the world, particu- larly in the Usa and Europe." the four new aircraft are val- ued at $1.5 billion and underwent pre-service maintenance checks before being put into regular service. the maiden flights for the two Boeing 777-300Ers took passengers from Dubai to Kuwait and Bombay, while the first flight for the new a380 took off from Dubai to Dusseldorf. the Boe- ing 777 freighter was scheduled to fly directly from the seattle area, where it was manufactured, to Hong Kong to pick up 103,000 kg of cargo. Emirates has received 14 new aircraft so far in 2015, which include nine a380's, four Boe- ing 777-300Er's and one Boeing 777 Freighter. During the same period, the airline retired eight aircraft, comprised of four a340- 500's, three a330-300's and one Boeing 777-200. including the most recent deliv- eries, the total number of aircraft in the Emirates fleet stands at 238 with an average age of 6.5 years, representing one of the youngest fleets in the skies. the airline has 270 additional aircraft on order, worth a total of $129 billion at list prices. its order book includes 46 Boeing 777-300Ers, 115 Boeing 777-9Xs, 35 Boeing 777-8Xs and 74 airbus a380s. Emirates operates a daily sched- uled flight between Dubai and malta via Larnaca, Cyprus. For further information and flight schedules, one can visit the site: www.emirates.com/mt PrOFUmO by Gior- gio armani is the depth and intensity of the mediterra- nean sea. it is so- phisticated and in- tensely masculine, an ode to freshness as sea meets rock. it combines min- eral marine notes with the intensity of frankincense and the seductiveness of patchouli. 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But little do they re- alise that the whole payment sys- tem is backed up by an extraordi- nary high level of security. this begins as soon as the customer presents the merchant with their card, as all merchants in malta who accept card payments, are mandated to achieve and main- tain compliance with the Pay- ment Card industry Data secu- rity standard (PCi Dss). PCi Dss is a globally adopt- ed industry standard that sets out the procedures that must be complied with to ensure the safe handling, storage, process- ing and transmission of payment card data. this particular in- dustry standard helps to outline the security measures that each merchant must have in place to protect cardholders' data wher- ever they store it electronically or physically. PCi Dss compliance is divided into four levels, identified either by transaction type and/or vol- umes as follows: Level 1 merchants are those • who deal with more than 6,000,000 masterCard or Visa transactions a year. Level 2 merchants accept • more than 1,000,000 mas- terCard or Visa transac- tions in a year. Level 3 merchants deal • with more than 20,000 masterCard or Visa ecom- merce transactions a year. Level 4 all other mer- • chants. in view of merchants' require- ments to comply with PCi Dss, Global Payments Ltd. malta, en- courages merchants in malta to maintain a list of the third party service providers they use (for ex- ample, Payment service Provid- ers and web-hosting companies), and keep written agreements with service providers confirming that they're responsible for the securi- ty of all cardholder data. it's also recommended that merchants should establish a process for en- gaging with service providers to carry out proper due diligence prior to engaging with them, as well as monitoring their PCi Dss compliance on an annual basis. By visiting the PCi security standards Council website www. pcisecurit ystandards.org/index. php, merchants in malta can make sure that they are offering their customers not just a prod- uct or a service but also peace of mind that their information is safe with them.