Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Etihad Airways has been grounded in its attempts to jet into the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa | 7 Days Dubai


Etihad Airways has been grounded in its attempts to jet into the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa.

The snub comes after the African nation’s Civil Aviation Authority rejected the airline’s application for the required operating permit.
The Abu-Dhabi based carrier, which on Tuesday agreed to purchase two more Airbus A330-200 planes for its fleet in a deal worth $418 million, was due to begin a five times per week service to Addis on Friday. The permit refusal is despite the existence of a Memorandum of Understanding between the governments of Ethiopia and Abu Dhabi inked back in June 2007.
  1. Etihad Airways has been grounded in its attempts to jet into the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa
    Etihad Airways has been grounded in its attempts to jet into the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa
An Etihad Airways statement said: “The actions of the Ethiopian CAA ignore the Memorandum of Understanding between Abu Dhabi and Ethiopia. They are also very much against the best interests of consumers.”
The flights have been postponed until further notice, it added.

Ethiopia in Global prosperity index 2012 is 133th Eritrea is not indexed

The latest global prosperity index is out and the US has dropped out of the top ten for the first time. See how countries compare by economy, governance, health, personal freedom, safety and security
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The US have dropped out of the top ten of the latest prosperity index with the economy rank falling to 20th place. Royalty-Free/CORBIS
The US have dropped out of the top ten of the global prosperity rankings for the first time with the latest findings recording a weakening performance across five of the index's eight sub-categories.
Legatum Institute's prosperity index, now in its sixth year, assesses global wealth and wellbeing and benchmarks 142 countries around the world in eight categories: economy, education, entrepreneurship and opportunity, governance, health, personal freedom, safety and security and social capital.
So what do the latest prosperity rankings show us? Scandinavian countries NorwayDenmark and Sweden take first, second and third on the index with Australia and New Zealand coming in fourth and fifth respectively.
Global prosperity index 2012 interactive. Click on a country to get ranking details by category
Overall prosperity in Europe has increased - the Netherlands, Ireland and Germany have seen their positions rise and are now ranked at eighth, tenth and 14th place respectively. Despite overall prosperity increasing, more than two thirds of European countries have recorded a decline in the score for the economy sub-category since 2009.
The drop for the US in the rankings has come at a crucial time according to Jeffrey Gedmin, President and CEO of the Legatum Institute:
"As the US struggles to reclaim the building blocks of the American Dream, now is a good time to consider who is best placed to lead the country back to prosperity and compete with the more agile countries that have pushed the US out of the top ten."
A drop in the economy sub-index has put the US at 20th place - far behind many of Asia's leading economies and Eurozone countries such as Germany. The UK economy is placed at 26th place coming in behind behind Kuwait and Ireland.
The rankings have placed:
• Norway top for the overall prosperity index
• Switzerland is number one for the economy sub-category
• Denmark have scored highest for entrepreneurship and opportunity
• Top spot for the governance sub-category goes to Switzerland
• Luxembourg is ranked number one for health
• The highest ranking country for safety and security is Iceland
• Canada score highest for the personal freedom sub-category
• Norway rank highest for social capital
Below is the table showing the overall prosperity index rankings by country from 2009 to 2012. Please note that the number of countries ranked has increased from 110 to 142 so there may not be data for all countries. The spreadsheet which you can download shows the rankings by sub-categories also.

Data summary

Global prosperity index, 2009-2012

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country
2009
2010
2011
2012
Norway1111
Denmark2222
Sweden7653
Australia5434
New Zealand3545
Canada6766
Finland4377
Netherlands11998
Switzerland8889
Ireland9111110
Luxembourg11
United States10101012
United Kingdom13131313
Germany16151514
Iceland12121215
Austria14141416
Belgium15161717
Hong Kong21201918
Singapore17171619
Taiwan22222020
France18191821
Japan19182122
Spain20232323
Slovenia23212224
Malta25
Portugal25262526
South Korea29272427
Czech Republic24242628
United Arab Emirates27302729
Cyprus30
Uruguay32282931
Poland28292832
Italy26253033
Chile35323134
Estonia31353335
Slovak Republic37373236
Costa Rica30333437
Kuwait34313538
Hungary38343639
Israel33363840
Argentina44413941
Panama42403742
Lithuania40424443
Brazil45454244
Malaysia43434345
Kazakhstan51504646
Latvia41475147
Bulgaria47464848
Greece36394049
Croatia39384150
Trinidad & Tobago46444751
Saudi Arabia57494952
Vietnam50616253
Belarus55545054
China58585255
Thailand54524556
Montenegro57
Sri Lanka68596358
Mongolia60606059
Romania48515860
Mexico49535361
Jamaica52555562
Indonesia85707063
Uzbekistan65766464
Belize53565665
Russia62635966
Philippines61646667
Paraguay69675768
Colombia64656169
Botswana59576770
Ukraine63697471
Peru72736872
Morocco66627173
South Africa67666974
Macedonia70727675
Ecuador77778376
Jordan75746577
Tunisia56485478
Serbia79
Venezuela76757380
Dominican Rep71687281
Laos82
Namibia74718083
Moldova83867984
Lebanon90848285
Tajikistan86
Ghana89907887
Kyrgyzstan88
Turkey80807589
El Salvador81787790
Nicaragua73878691
Albania92
Georgia93
Azerbaijan94
Bolivia84828595
Honduras79858796
Guatemala82818497
Armenia98
Bosnia99
Algeria917988100
India788891101
Iran939297102
Bangladesh959695103
Mali949390104
Malawi105
Egypt878989106
Cambodia1019594107
Nepal889193108
Tanzania969796109
Zambia98101101110
Rwanda1059898111
Burkina Faso112
Syria868381113
Niger114
Cameroon9910299115
Kenya97104102116
Uganda10299100117
Senegal929492118
Benin119
Republic of Congo120
Djibouti121
Mauritania122
Nigeria103106104123
Mozambique104103103124
Sudan106100105125
Cote d'Ivoire126
Guinea127
Sierra Leone128
Angola129
Liberia130
Iraq131
Pakistan107109107132
Ethiopia108107108133
Yemen100105106134
Zimbabwe110110109135
Togo136
Burundi137
Haiti138
Chad139
Afghanistan140
Democratic Republic of the Congo141
Central African Republic109108110142

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