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The balikbayan box is a modern manifestation of the Philippine custom of pasalubong, where domestic or foreign travelers are expected to bring gifts for family, friends and colleagues. [citation needed] Balikbayan boxes provide connection between family in the Philippines and those abroad, and provide goods for the family in the Philippines. [7]
Daly City station is served by a number of SamTrans and Muni bus routes. Most routes use the Niantic Avenue busway on the east side of the station; Muni route 54 and the shuttle routes stop on the west side of the station. [3] [4] Commute.org: Daly City Bayshore; Muni: 14R, 28, 54, 57, 58, 714; SamTrans: ECR, 120, 121, 10, 30, 110, 130
In July 2003, John Dasburg completed a management buy-out of the airline and rebranded to ASTAR Air Cargo on June 30, 2003, with its two target customers remaining to be DHL and the United States Air Force. In 2007, DHL bought 49.5% of nonvoting and 24.5% of voting stock and added a member to the board of ASTAR Air Cargo.
One of the original Star Air Fokker F27 Friendships A Star Air Boeing 727-100 powered by Rolls-Royce RB.183 Tay engines, operated for UPS in 2001 Star Air Boeing 757-200F in 2004 Maersk Air Cargo Boeing 767-200SF in former Star Air livery. The Maersk Group entered the airline industry when it established Maersk Air in 1979. [2]
It can also be as exotic as a balikbayan box filled with gifts from a foreign country; it is an adaptation of the idea of the pasalubong for the Filipino diaspora. Unlike traditional pasalubong, these are not usually given in person but are sent by air freight. [21] [22] Piaya, one of the typical pasalubong from Bacolod
Star Air's main business is the leasing of aircraft on short and medium term wet and dry leases to scheduled airlines in the sub-Saharan African Region. According to their website, at various times they have had as customers Rwandair, Air Botswana, Air Malawi, Air Tanzania, LAM Mozambique Airlines, South African Express, Air Namibia and Mango Airlines (South Africa), amongst others.
September 2005 BART map showing only the Dublin/Pleasanton line operating south of Daly City When the SFO/Millbrae extension opened on June 22, 2003, BART extended the Blue Line to SFO . BART truncated the Blue Line back to Daly City and rerouted the Yellow Line to San Francisco International Airport in its place on February 9, 2004.
North Star Air fleet Aircraft Number TC list Number North Star list Variants Notes ATR 72: 4: 5: ATR 72-212A (ATR 72-500) Based at Thompson, freight only [8] De Havilland Canada Dash 8 — 2: Series 100: Combi aircraft, based at Thunder Bay, up to 39 passengers [9] Douglas DC-3: 3: 3: Basler BT-67: Based at Kapuskasing, Pickle Lake, Red Lake ...