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The tanks of approximately 15 percent of commercial planes carry water polluted with cuneiform bacteria that are critically harmful to humans, that according to a recent research study conducted in 2004 by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in over 300 aircraft used for domestic and international flights by several airlines.
The EPA report disclosed that recent tests performed on samples of tap water from kitchen and bathroom faucets in 169 planes yielded positive outcomes in 29 of those commercial jets, more than 17 percent of the total. EPA experts found no traces of E-coli, a variety of a highly virulent bacterium, in any of the planes.
The well known tourist destinations of Montego Bay, Jamaica, and Varadero, Cuba, are on the way to become twin cities to the benefits of these two resorts, according to Cuban ambassador in Kingston, Gisela García Rivera and MoBay’s mayor Noel Donaldson.
The Jamaica Observer daily quoted the newly appointed diplomat as saying she would make every effort to have the twinning effected in a matter of months.
West Caribbean Airlines might become the next airline for Aruba. The Department of Civil Aviation informs that they have complied with all the different requirements and are tentatively scheduled to start within the next 2 months.
The Colombian company has offices in Costa Rica and is interested in the Caribbean and plan to use Aruba as their main hub. The company is already hiring local pilots and cabin crew and plans to use MD 80 planes.
This is going to be a special year for the Cuba Division of Copa Airlines because the Panamanian air carrier will be celebrating a decade of operations on the Caribbean island in 2005.
Copa, that holds a couple of daily flights departing from Havana that connects some 30 destinations in 20 countries, jacked up its frequencies to Argentina’s Buenos Aires and Brazil’s Sao Paolo in early January.
Forging new marketing ground for the Caribbean, the Curacao Tourist Board launched a Web site aimed at courting gay and lesbian leisure travelers.
The site, located at www.gaycuracao.com and subtitled "We Live and Let Live," was launched to specifically showcase the island as a "gay-friendly" destination, according to officials.