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Mosaic Communications, also known as Moscom, or as Mozcom, was the first commercial internet service provider in the Philippines, [1] established in 1994.. On April 17, 2015, remaining Mozcom subscribers received notice that their accounts would be migrated to Tri-Isys Internet effective April 30, 2015 on account of the business closure of Mozcom.
Hovertravel is now the world's oldest hovercraft operator, [1] and this service is believed to be unique in western Europe. [2] Hovertravel describes itself as "the world's only year-round passenger hovercraft service" [3] (although there is a regular winter-only operator in Estonia [4]).
Hovercraft landing in Calais Boarding a Hovercraft with a vehicle. The SR.N4 (Saunders-Roe Nautical 4) [1] hovercraft (also known as the Mountbatten class hovercraft) was a combined passenger and vehicle-carrying class of hovercraft. [2] The type has the distinction of being the largest civil hovercraft to have ever been put into service.
In December 2010, Guam-based Aviation Concepts Inc. set up fixed-base operations [8] at the airport, refurbishing a 100,000-square-foot (9,300 m 2) hangar to international standards, with the aim of eventually establishing a full-service aviation center.
British manufacturer Saunders-Roe, whom Cockerell had worked with in order to develop viable hovercraft, soon developed several commercially-viable vehicles, such as the SR.N4, a large cross-Channel ferry capable of seating up to 418 passengers along with 60 cars, and the SR.N6, the first commercially-active hovercraft, capable of seating a ...
Between 1969 and 1977, Hoverlloyd took delivery of a total of four significantly larger SR.N4 hovercraft, capable of carrying 30 vehicles and 254 passengers; the type quickly replaced the SR.N6s on the Ramsgate-Calais link. The first craft was purchased at a cost of £1.2 million from the British Hovercraft Corporation. [11]
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With an estimated total cost of ₱1.66 billion ($34.2 million), the 150-hectare airport hub is the result of a 50-year joint venture agreement between Cagayan Economic Zone Authority (CEZA) and Cagayan Land Property Development Corporation (CLPDC) with the private consortium contributing 58.3% in equity or ₱966 million while CEZA's share is 41.7% or ₱691 million. [3]