D-8 Secretary General, Dipo Alam, said the organization expects that both Working Groups on Energy and Civil Aviation will learn, observe, and study more possibilities on the usage of bionergy fuel for civil aviation to combat the high rising price of oil. The aviation world has started to see some new development of biofuels tests, as being conducted by Japanese flag carrier, Japan Air Lines. Both D-8 Working Groups have had finished their periodic meetings recently in Cairo, Egypt; and Bali, ...

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation of the Republic of Indonesia hosted the Third D-8 Working Group on Civil Aviation and Director Generals' Meeting in Bali, Indonesia, on 17-18 June 2008. The Meeting was attended by various figures representing related authorities from memberstates, and the Secretary-General of D-8, Dr. Dipo Alam.

The Meeting was officially opened by the Minister of Transportation of the Republic of Indonesia, Mr. Jusman Syafii Djamal. In his Opening Remarks, ...

Flag carrier Garuda Indonesia on Wednesday forged partnership with Turkish Airlines to expand their market network in the Middle East and Southeast Asia.

Under an MoU agreement signed on Indonesia 's Bali resort island, which came during the 3rd meeting of the Working Group of Civil Aviation of D-8 Countries, the two companies will jointly launch promotion to boost people traffic between Turkey and Indonesia.

The agreement signed by Garuda president Emirsyah Satar and Turkish ...

Turkish investor, Tepe Akfen Ventures (TAV) Holding, had announced its interest to help improving the service of Ngurah Rai Airport of Bali, and Soekarno-Hatta, Jakarta, Indonesia, to bring these two airports into a state-of-art international airports.

D-8 Secretary General, Dipo Alam, said that TAV Holding plans to develop these two airports through the BOT (Build, Operate, Transfer) cooperation scheme within 30 years. "These two airports hold a serious interest from TAV since they ...

In 9-11 June 2008, The Round Table Discussion on Care, support and treatment of HIV/AIDS in developing eight countries has been convened at Bogor, Indonesia. Chairman of the IAPAC, Prof. Samsuridjal Djauzi and Deputy Coordinating Minister of People's Welfare of Indonesia, Dr. Emil Agustiono delivered their welcoming speech and opening remark respectively.

Prof. Samsuridjal underlined the modalities of D-8 Countries that enable them to forge cooperation in Care, Support and Treatment ...

Turkey is gearing up to expand its position in the renewable energy market by taking steps with Europe's largest engineering conglomerate, Siemens, to increase its potentials in renewable energies.

Siemens Turkey CEO Hüseyin Gelis and Wolfgang Dehen, a board member and the company's energy division CEO, expressed their strong will to invest in the Turkish wind energy business in particular at a roundtable with members of the press in İstanbul on Tuesday. "We see a huge market ...

In Nigeria, the federal government has outlawed the use of ethanol after officials proposed the ban because they lack the testing equipment to check on the ethanol blend in shipments reaching the country. A Presidential Commission has proposed a five percent ethanol cap after an E20 shipment was distributed within Nigeria last year, causing damages to thousands of cars.

D-8 Secretary General, Dipo Alam, portrait this as a good example of determination and valuable lesson for other memberstates ...