Kenaikan harga bahan bakar minyak (BBM) beberapa waktu lalu berimbas pada makin banyaknya biaya yang harus dikeluarkan untuk berkendara. Ironisnya, perilaku konsumsi BBM masyarakat Indonesia masih boros.
Oleh karena itu, kita mesti pandai-pandai berhemat, terutama menghadapi kian melambungnya harga BBM.ÃÂ Berikut gaya berkendara yang harus diperhatikan, agar konsumsi BBM dapat lebih hemat:
1. Jangan menginjak pedal [...]
August 23, 2008
Tips Hemat BBM
August 23, 2008
Profile of Spanair Company
Majorca-based Spanair is Spain’s second biggest airline, after Iberia. Founded in 1986, it is facing mounting losses from fierce competition and rising fuel prices.
By Jon Swaine, Last Updated: 4:36PM BST 20 Aug 2008
The 63-plane business, which carries 10m passengers a year, is owned by Scandinavian Airlines Systems (SAS), the leading Nordic carrier. [...]
August 23, 2008
The SUV Market Has Collapsed
By Nick Bunkley The New York Times
Retaken from cnbc.com
The market for sport utility vehicles is starting to look a lot like the housing market, spreading pain to consumers, automakers and dealers. Even the vocabulary is sadly familiar.Bloated inventories? Days spent on the market? Well, in July, General Motors dealers had a 174-day supply of the [...]
August 23, 2008
Decline in Gasoline Prices Unlikely to Boost Driving
Posted By:Kenneth Stier
Taken from www.cnbc.com
mericans are driving tens of billions of miles less these days, and experts don’t expect that to change even if the recent drop in gasoline prices continues.
AP
“Given all the other economic worries we have right now, the AAA believes the price of self-serve regular gasoline will need to drop back [...]
August 23, 2008
Spain sees multiple causes in plane crash
Taken from usa today.
MADRID, Spain (AP) — Spain’s civil aviation chief said Friday a combination of factors probably caused this week’s fiery plane crash in Madrid, which killed 153 people.
In an interview with The Associated Press, Manuel Bautista said a failure of one of the Spanair MD-82’s two engines by itself — if such a [...]
August 23, 2008
Spanair crash probe to look at pilot reactions
Taken from USA TODAY
By Alan Levin, USA TODAY
As Spanair Flight JK5022 neared takeoff, it entered one of the most critical phases of flight: a brief period when split-second pilot decisions can spell the difference between safety and catastrophe.
Initial reports from Madrid, where 153 people died in a fiery crash just off the runway Wednesday, indicate [...]
August 23, 2008
Spanair Crash : “Save my daughter..” mother’s last words to fireman
Grief . . . victims’ relatives arrive in Madrid to identify bodies yesterday.
Photo: AP
MADRID: A firefighter who helped rescue the only three children to survive the Spanish airliner crash that killed 153 people has been hailed as a hero.
Francisco Martinez told reporters that when he arrived at the crash, the mother of one of the [...]
August 23, 2008
Video: No engine explosion in fatal Spanair crash
Smoke rises from the scene of the crash where a plane skidded off the runway and crashed at Madrid’s Barajas airport on August 20, 2008. (Reuters)
MADRID, Spain (AP) — Video taken by the Spanish airport authority AENA does not show any engine explosion while Spanair MD-82 was taking off from Madrid seconds ahead of the [...]
