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maltatoday, SUNDAY, 2 APRIL 2017 Events 41 To show their appreciation for all the hard work the Atlas staff carry out every day, the Atlas Group managers prepared a hot dog lunch and had an extended break time for all Atlas employees at their head office in Ta' Xbiex. This was followed by a tasty selection of cakes adorned with 'Thank you Atlas staff '. The hot dogs, music and the bright sunshine made for a fun and festive atmos- phere and a break from the daily routine. "We wanted to take the opportunity on Employee Appreciation Day to show our staff that we are grateful for their efforts every day. Thanks to our people, Atlas con- tinues to grow as a company, they are the reason why our clients keep coming back and why they recommend us," said Jackie Attard Montalto, Marketing and HR Man- ager. "It is also our people's motivation and ini- tiative which makes Atlas a great place to work." HSBC UKCC Malta employees undergo London training Emirates this week celebrated the launch of three A380 destinations, bringing its flagship three-class double-decker aircraft from Dubai to Tokyo-Narita, Casablanca and Sao Paulo on the same day. With this triple deployment, Emirates will be the first airline to operate scheduled A380 ser- vices in Latin America as well as to North Africa. In addition, the Emirates A380 service to Sao Pau- lo marks the airline's 10th year of operations in Brazil, which began with daily flights between Dubai and Sao Paulo in October 2007. Emirates had previously served Narita with an A380. The rein- troduction of this service and in- crease in capacity is in response to the healthy demand for travel between Japan and Dubai. Travellers and fans of the highly popular Emirates A380 will now have more opportunities to enjoy this iconic aircraft as Emirates now flies the A380 to 49 destina- tions on six continents. On all three routes, the A380 replaces an existing Boeing 777 service. The spacious aircraft can transport up to 515 passengers per flight, and eight tonnes of cargo. All of the services launched today offer three classes of travel – First, Business and Economy, with gen- erous free baggage allowance (up to 35kg in Economy, 40kg in Busi- ness and 50kg in First Class). On Emirates' A380s, First Class passengers can look forward to quiet luxury in the comfort of their private suites and enjoy the industry's only Onboard Shower Spa. First Class and Business Class passengers can socialise and sample canapés and cocktails at the popular Onboard Lounge and passengers in all classes can enjoy the gourmet cuisine and Emir- ates' award-winning inflight en- tertainment, ice, with more than 2,500 channels and Wi-Fi, which is available on all of Emirates' A380s. Emirates is the world's largest operator of A380s, with 94 cur- rently in its fleet and a further 48 on order. Since 2008, the airline has carried over 65 million pas- sengers on its flagship aircraft. Emirates operates daily sched- uled flights between Malta and Dubai via Larnaca, Cyprus, on a Boeing 777-300ER aircraft. Ten team members of the HS- BC UK Contact Centre Malta (UKCC) travelled to London once a month for six months to par- ticipate in a unique talent devel- opment initiative as part of the HSBC's 'My Development Acad- emy' initiative. The fully-funded, academical- ly-rich programme offered the Maltese visitors a robust blend of sessions that were designed to ac- celerate growth and develop lead- ership capabilities of HSBC staff from around the world. At the end of the six months, the group attend- ed a gradu- ation event in London where it also presented its ideas on how to streamline and improve p r o c e s s e s b a n k - w i d e . In a huge en- dorsement of the quality of workforce in Malta, some of their ideas captured the imagination of HSBC's executive board and, if successful, will be implemented globally. HSBC UKCC Malta recruit- ment manager Angela Brown, who was herself a participant, said that continuous employee training and career advice were part of HSBC UKCC Malta's mission to invest in each and every employee. "My Development Academy was an amazing experience; one that helped me strengthen rela- tionships not only with colleagues and stakeholders in the UK but also within the site here in Malta," she said. For Angela's fellow group mem- ber from Malta, Davinia Debono, however, it was the diversity in the London sessions that was the most enthralling aspect of her past six months. "Coming together from differ- ent backgrounds and fields and working towards transforming a simple idea into a project that advances change, was an amaz- ing experience. Seeing the invest- ment that HSBC has made in us and seeing my career goals come to life is truly fulfilling," Debono said. Exciting positions, an energised environment, and cutting-edge career advancement opportuni- ties exist at HSBC UKCC Malta. More information about these is available at hsbc.com.mt/ careers. An age neutral CV can be forwarded to: malta.recruitment@hsbc.com Kinnie promotion winners claim Smart TVs Veronique Grima and Deborah Spiteri have been announced as the winners of a 43" Panasonic Full HD LED Smart TV each in the first monthly draw for the Kinnie and Scan Malta promotion. In its latest promotion, Kinnie, Malta's own favourite soft drink, has teamed up with Scan, the larg- est retail store in Malta for IT, audio and video products, to of- fer consumers the chance to win great prizes daily, such as Magic NutriBullet Blenders, Samsonite Spinner luggage, Canon lxus 162 digital cameras and many others. Participants also have a chance to win an Apple MacBook Air or an Apple iPhone 6s in the next monthly draws. Information on how to par- ticipate in this promotion can be found on the labels of the bot- tles on the full range of the Kin- nie brand including Kinnie, Diet Kinnie, Kinnie Vita or Kinnie Zest and in more detail on www. kinnie.com/scan. Promotion runs until end of April 2017. Kinnie is produced, marketed and distributed by Simonds Far- sons Cisk plc. (From left) Gunther Schembri (Head of Underwriting), John Muscat (Chief Financial Officer), Catherine Calleja (Director and Group Company Secretary) and Vinay Aarohi (Group Information Systems Manager). : Alan Camilleri, Sales Manager at Scan Malta (left), with Anthony Spiteri collecting the prize on behalf of his daughter Deborah, Lara Filletti (Kinnie Brand Executive) and Veronique Grima. Atlas celebrates Employee Appreciation Day Emirates introduces three new A380 destinations across three continents The Maltese participants celebrated their graduation in London and presented their ideas on business process improvisation at the end of the six months EK261, the first scheduled Emirates A380 flight to South America, before its departure to Sao Paulo, Brazil.