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46 maltatoday, Sunday, 27 September 2015 Events Emirates' Boeing 777 fleet tops 859,000 flights Emirates, the world's largest opera- tor of the U.S. - built Boeing 777, celebrated the fleet completing over 859,000 flights while logging over 4,720,000 flight hours since its first delivery in 1996. On 3 Septem- ber, the airline and Boeing marked the 150th Emirates 777 delivery milestone, with a triple delivery of two Boeing 777-300ERs and one Boeing 777 Freighter. Emirates' 147-strong Boeing 777 fleet criss-crosses the globe, cur- rently serving 98 destinations on six continents. These staggering operating milestones underscores Emirates' long-term commitment to the Boeing 777 program and its contribution to aerospace manu- facturing and related jobs in the U.S. "Emirates' approach to global air travel has created substantial additional demand for U.S.-made aircraft and engines, and benefited millions of travellers," said Sir Tim Clark, President Emirates Airline. "The Boeing 777 makes up the majority of our fleet, and gives us the range and flexibility to provide non-stop services to almost any city within a 16 hour flying range of our hub in Dubai. "Our orders for these efficient jets have come on the back of our steady growth in the U.S. and glo- bally. We are proud to connect U.S. cities to tourism and trade oppor- tunities in destinations across Asia, Africa and the Middle East which were previously underserved by di- rect air transport links. It's clearly a win-win situation when our invest- ments in U.S.-made technology together with our global opera- tions, help to support U.S. jobs and strengthen American prosperity." To learn more about Emirates' Boeing 777 program and our invest- ment in the U.S. economy, please visit, www.emirates.com/777 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 New appointment of HSSEQ Manager at Medserv Wayne Wrigley has been appoint- ed HSSEQ Manager for Medserv Group of Companies as the Group continue to strengthen their sen- ior management team to allow for expansion and diversification. The Group is continuing to increase its concentration on quality, health, safety and envi- ronment, as the sharp increase in turnover reported and the complexity of a number of the Group's activities necessitate this as a priority. Wrigley spent the past eight years in the Oil and Gas Produc- tion industry, with five years as a Corporate Regional Manager responsible for Floating Offshore Production Facilities in the Asia Pacific region. His experience in the offshore and marine industry has been gathered within the drilling, off- shore construction and FPSO fa- cility operational sectors, where risk identification, risk mitigation, process and system compliance and regulatory regimes are at the forefront. Prior to this, Wayne spent 20 years in the Emergency Services sector and carried out duties as a practitioner, trainer and consultant. "Wayne has substantial experi- ence in environments where ex- ceptional performance and quality customer service and satisfaction are the keys to business success," said Godwin Borg, Chief Opera- tions Officer at Medserv P.l.c, "We are pleased to welcome him to the team and are sure that his contribution will be important for Medserv's operations to continue to grow and prosper." The new Office takes the work out of working together Microsoft began the worldwide release of Office 2016. These apps are the latest addition to Office 365, Microsoft's cloud-based sub- scription service that helps people do their best work, together. The company also announced new and enhanced Office 365 services that further demonstrate how Office has expanded to become a pow- erful suite of integrated apps and services built for team produc- tivity. Corporate Vice President Kirk Koenigsbauer provides more insights about Office 2016 on the Office Blog. Office 2016 delivers new versions of the Office desktop apps for Windows, including Word, Pow- erPoint, Excel, Outlook, OneNote, Project, Visio and Access. By sub- scribing to Office 365, customers can get always-up-to-date, fully installed apps for use across their devices, combined with a con- tinually evolving set of consumer and commercial services, such as OneDrive online storage, Skype for Business, Delve, Yammer and enterprise-grade security fea- tures. Together, the new Office and Windows 10 are the most com- plete solution for doing. The Of- fice 2016 apps run beautifully on the best Windows ever, including the new Sway for Windows 10 to create shareable, interactive sto- ries that look great on any screen. Windows Hello logs you into Windows and Office 365 in one simple step. Office Mobile apps on Windows 10 empower on-the-go productivity, including use with Continuum so you can use your phone like a PC. Cortana connects with Office 365 to help with tasks such as meeting preparation, with further integration with Outlook coming in November. The Office 2016 apps simplify collaboration and remove barri- ers to team success. Co-authoring is now provided in Word, Power- Point and OneNote desktop soft- ware, including real-time typing in Word that lets you see others' edits as they make them. Skype in-app integration across the Of- fice Online and rich client apps al- lows you to IM, screen share, talk or video chat right in your docs. Office 365 Groups are now an in- tegrated part of the Outlook 2016 client app and available on your favorite mobile device through the Outlook Groups app, deliver- ing a consistent team experience across the suite. Additionally, new Office 365 so- lutions that combine the power of apps and service for better col- laboration are coming soon. Introduced today, Office 365 Planner helps teams organize their work, with the ability to cre- ate new plans, organize and assign tasks, set due dates and update status with visual dashboards and email notifications. Planner will be available in preview, to Office 365 First Release customers, start- ing next quarter. Significant new updates to One- Drive for Business are coming later this month, across sync, browser, mobile, IT control and developer experiences. The next generation sync client for Windows and Mac will offer an improved end-user experience, enhanced sync reli- ability and options, and increased file size and volume limits. Unveiled earlier this year, Gig- Jam is today available in private preview, and will become part of Office 365 in 2016. GigJam is an unprecedented new way for teams to accomplish tasks and trans- form business processes by break- ing down the barriers between devices, apps and people. More information is available at www.microsoft.com/office. As part of the World Tourism Day celebra- tions, the Ministry for Tourism and the Malta Tourism Authority shall be holding a fashion show on two consecutive evenings. The first of these shows shall be held in Marsalforn, Gozo on Saturday, September 26 and the second in Mar- saskala on Sunday, Sep- tember 27. The fashion show will consist of various col- lections by Maltese and Gozitan designers. To compliment the show there will be short sessions of f lamenco dance to the accompa- niment of Maltese tra- ditional guitar-playing and għana la Bormliża (folk singing in high pitch). An artisan fair shall also be held on the same promenades. The Fashion & Fla- menco Shows shall start at 8pm, ending at around 9.15 pm. For more informa- tion on all WTD events, visit tinyurl. com/o3ey ym8. MTA to hold activities to celebrate World Tourism Day Wayne Wrigley