"The Cyprus Shipping Chamber organised a gala dinner at the Hilton Park Hotel in Nicosia last week to celebrate its 20th anniversary, initially established as the Cyprus Shipping Council.

In his address at the event, House President Marios Garoyian stressed the Chamber’s contribution for the promotion of Cyprus shipping and the further upgrade of the island’s shipping infrastructure, conveying the full support and cooperation of the House of Representatives in this effort."

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"British Airways fell heavily into loss at the end of last year as business travellers, the airline’s most lucrative customers, sharply reduced their flying.

... Cargo traffic fell 16.7 per cent year-on-year in January reflecting the rapid weakening of world trade."

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"Spending 10 hours aboard a plane is never a particularly fun prospect, but it becomes downright terrifying when the pilot appears to be so drunk that he can't speak properly.

It has emerged that passengers aboard an Aeroflot flight from Moscow to New York were greeted by a welcome announcement from the pilot, Alexander Cheplevsky, that was so garbled it was impossible to tell what language he was speaking. They became so scared that a group of passengers demanded to see the man at the controls to check whether or not he was drunk."

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"A plane has slipped off a taxiway at Heathrow Airport, lodging its front wheel in a grassy area.

Snow and ice are being blamed for the incident which happened when the Cyprus Airways flight 332 landed at 0820 GMT and was moving to Terminal 1.

Heathrow's operator, BAA, said passengers were unharmed and have now been evacuated from the aircraft.

A BAA spokesperson said the front wheel of the plane had landed in the grass area and was being removed.

The aeroplane was the last flight to land before both the runways at the airport were closed due to snow earlier on Monday, however the southern runway has since reopened.

British Airways cancelled all its flights until 1700 GMT.

'Safe landing'

A BAA spokesman said the flight from Larnaca had made a "safe landing".

"All passengers on board the plane are being transferred by bus to the airport terminal," he said.

"There were no injuries to any passengers."

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