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Eastern
Eastern or Easterns may refer to: Transportation Airlines *China Eastern Airlines, a current Chinese airline based in Shanghai * Eastern Air, former name of Zambia Skyways *Eastern Air Lines, a defunct American airline that operated from 1926 to 1991 *Eastern Air Lines (2015), an American airline that began operations in 2015 *Eastern Airlines, LLC, previously Dynamic International Airways, a U.S. airline founded in 2010 *Eastern Airways, an English/British regional airline *Eastern Provincial Airways, a defunct Canadian airline that operated from 1949 to 1986 Roads *Eastern Avenue (other), various roads *Eastern Parkway (other), various parkways *Eastern Freeway, Melbourne, Australia *Eastern Freeway Mumbai, Mumbai, India Other *Eastern Railway (other), various railroads *, a cargo liner in service 1946-65 Education *Eastern University (other) *Eastern College (other) Sports * Easterns (cricket team), South African cri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastern Freeway, Melbourne
The Eastern Freeway is an urban freeway in eastern Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. It is one of the most important freeways in terms of commuting to the city, connecting Alexandra Parade and Hoddle Street in the inner suburbs, with EastLink tollway farther east. It consists of between three and six lanes (including the Hard Shoulder Running lane during peak periods) in each direction, also an inbound transit lane reserved for vehicles with two or more occupants during peak hours. It is continually the widest freeway in Melbourne, with 12 lanes altogether near the Hoddle Street and Alexandra Parade end. Route The Eastern Freeway starts at its junction with Hoddle Street, as an eastern continuation of Alexandra Parade, with six lanes eastbound and three lanes westbound. Three more lanes (that provide an exit to Hoddle Street) join the westbound carriageway after it leaves the junction, and after a short distance both directions narrow from six to five ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
China Eastern Airlines
China Eastern Airlines (branded as China Eastern) is a major airline in China, headquartered in Changning, Shanghai, Changning, Shanghai. It is one of the three major airlines in the country, along with Air China and China Southern Airlines. China Eastern's main Airline hub, hubs are Shanghai Pudong International Airport and Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport both located in Shanghai. In terms of passenger traffic, it is the country's second largest airline after China Southern Airlines. In 2021, its operational revenue was 67,127 million Rmb, RMB with assets totaling 286,548 million Rmb, RMB. China Eastern (along with its subsidiary Shanghai Airlines) became the 14th member of SkyTeam on June 21, 2011. History China Eastern Airlines was established on June 25, 1988, under the Civil Aviation Administration of China Huadong Administration. In 1997, China Eastern took over the unprofitable China General Aviation and also became the country's first airline to offer shares o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastern Provincial Airways
Eastern Provincial Airways (EPA) was an airline that operated in Atlantic and eastern Canada. At its peak in the 1970s, the carrier operated jet service with Boeing 737-200 aircraft connecting many communities that, in the first quarter of the 21st century, only have scheduled passenger flights provided by 18-seat commuter turboprop aircraft. The airline traces its history from Maritime Central Airways (MCA) from 1961. It merged with CP Air to form Canadian Pacific Air Lines in 1986. History Eastern Provincial Airways began operations from St. John's, Newfoundland in 1949 acquiring and reorganizing the Newfoundland Aero Sales and Services. Early air services, like those of MCA, included a mixed bag of ambulance and mail services, cargo, charters, and forest and ice patrols, but would evolve into a modern air traffic carrier twenty years later. The company was founded with a Noorduyn Norseman aircraft by Eric Blackwood, a bush pilot and Royal Canadian Air Force veteran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastern Sports Club (basketball)
The Eastern Sports Club (), also known as Hong Kong Eastern (), is a professional men's basketball team of the Eastern Sports Club. The team also known as (). Eastern competes in the Hong Kong A1 Division, and the ASEAN Basketball League since 2016. It has won the Hong Kong A1 championship three times, in 1956, 2017 and 2023. History In 2015, the team won and promoted to 2016 Hong Kong A1 Division Championship. The team became fully professional in 2016. In the same year, the club would adopt the name Hong Kong Eastern and join the ASEAN Basketball League (ABL). They won the 2016–17 ABL season, and finished as semifinalists for the next two seasons. They also became Hong Kong A1 Division champions in 2018. The ABL's 2019–20 season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It is scheduled to resume in 2023 with Eastern as among its participating teams. Eastern also plans to join the Chinese Basketball Association in the future. Hong Kong Eastern won its sec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Eastern (Raleigh)
The Eastern, formerly known as Walter Tower, is the 4th tallest skyscraper in the city of Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. The tower rises to a height of , and is situated on a lot along with the Advance Auto Parts Tower in North Hills. Upon completion, the tower became the 31st tallest in North Carolina, and the 8th tallest in North Carolina outside of Charlotte, North Carolina. Developed by Kane Realty, The Eastern is also the tallest residential building in Raleigh. It contains 376 residential units, which range from studios to three-bedroom units. The top three floors contain penthouse units. See also * List of tallest buildings in Raleigh, North Carolina * List of tallest buildings in North Carolina This list of tallest buildings in North Carolina ranks skyscrapers in the United States of America, U.S. state of North Carolina by height. The tallest building in North Carolina is the Bank of America Corporate Center in Charlotte, which contain ... References {{D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maritime Broadcasting System
Maritime Broadcasting System Limited, branded as MBS Radio, is a private Canada, Canadian broadcasting company owning 26 radio stations serving several communities in Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and New Brunswick. History MBS Radio was established in 1969 as Eastern Broadcasting Limited in Campbellton, New Brunswick and is currently owned by Rob Pace. The company's head office is now located in Halifax, Nova Scotia on Lovett Lake Court in the Bayers Lake area. Prior to moving to its new location at Lovett Lake Court, they were located on Sackville Street in Downtown Halifax. On October 28, 2011, Maritime Broadcasting System Ltd. applied to the CRTC to operate a new country music, country FM radio station at Miramichi, New Brunswick. MBS planned on operating the station at 102.5 MHz, but the CRTC denied the request. Unionized staff at three MBS stations in Saint John, CFBC, CIOK-FM, CJYC-FM, went on strike in June 2012; the strike lasted close to two years. Employee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastern Daily Press
The ''Eastern Daily Press'' (''EDP'') is a regional newspaper covering Norfolk, northern parts of Suffolk Suffolk ( ) is a ceremonial county in the East of England and East Anglia. It is bordered by Norfolk to the north, the North Sea to the east, Essex to the south, and Cambridgeshire to the west. Ipswich is the largest settlement and the county ... and eastern Cambridgeshire, and is published daily in Norwich, United Kingdom, UK. The paper also produces a sister edition, the ''Norwich Evening News''. History Founded in 1870 as a broadsheet called the ''Eastern Counties Daily Press'', it changed its name to the ''Eastern Daily Press'' in 1872. It switched to the compact (newspaper), compact (Tabloid (newspaper format), tabloid) format in the mid-1990s. The paper is now owned and published by Newsquest. In 2022 Newsquest took over the newspaper's former publisher Archant, formerly known as Eastern Counties Newspapers Group. Notable editors and former journalists *Edmund ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
12th (Eastern) Division
The 12th (Eastern) Division was an infantry Division (military), division raised by the British Army during the World War I, First World War from men volunteering for Kitchener's Army, Kitchener's New Armies. The division saw service in the Trench warfare, trenches of the Western Front (World War I), Western Front from June 1915 to the end of the war. Formation and First World War The 12th (Eastern) Division, was one of the first Kitchener's Army divisions raised from volunteers by Herbert Kitchener, Lord Kitchener. It was formed within Eastern Command (United Kingdom), Eastern Command as a result of Army Order No. 324 of 21 August 1914, as part of the K1 wave of divisions. It fought on the Western Front (World War I), Western Front for the duration of the First World War. One of its most notable actions was the Battle of Épehy where there is a memorial cross to the 12th Division. In the First World War, the division's insignia was the Ace of spades, Ace of Spades, whic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
12th (Eastern) Infantry Division
The 12th (Eastern) Infantry Division was an infantry Division (military), division of the British Army, which fought briefly in the Battle of France during the World War II, Second World War. In March 1939, after the re-emergence of Nazi Germany, Germany as a European balance of power, European power and its German occupation of Czechoslovakia, occupation of Czechoslovakia, the British Army increased the number of divisions within the Army Reserve (United Kingdom), Territorial Army by duplicating existing units. The 12th (Eastern) Infantry Division was formed in October 1939, as a second-line duplicate of the 44th (Home Counties) Infantry Division. It was intended that the division would remain in the United Kingdom to complete training and preparation, before being deployed to France within twelve months of the war breaking out. The division was dispersed to defend Kent and guard strategically important and vulnerable locations. In France, the British Expeditionary F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastern Savings And Loans
Eastern Savings and Loans Credit Union Limited is a not-for-profit member-owned financial co-operative, based in Ipswich and operating through 25 local payment and information points in the East Anglian counties of Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and north Essex. The credit union has 6,500 members and manages £1.4 million in savings. History Eastern Savings and Loans traces its origins to the foundation of the Ipswich Credit Union in 2001, which became Ipswich and Suffolk Credit Union in 2005. South Norfolk Credit Union was formed in Norwich in 2002, becoming Norfolk Credit Union in 2007. The directors of both these credit unions agreed a merger in 2014, adopting the present name. Rainbow Saver Anglia Credit Union, formed in Lowestoft in 1999, was included in merger discussions and joint meetings of all three credit unions showed a similar ethos and statistics. The merger with Rainbow Saver Anglia was expected to proceed at a later date, but it ceased trading in 2022. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastern Electricity
Eastern Electricity plc was an electricity supply and distribution utility serving Eastern England, including East Anglia and part of Greater London. It was renamed ''Eastern Group'' under which name it was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index until it was acquired by Hanson plc in 1995, before being purchased by Texas Utilities in 1998. Eastern Electricity Board The Eastern Electricity Board (EEB) was formed in 1948 as part of the nationalisation of the electricity industry by the Electricity Act 1947. The board was responsible for the purchase of electricity from the electricity generator (the Central Electricity Generating Board from 1958) and its distribution and sale of electricity to customers. The key people on the board were: Chairman H. D. B. Wood (1964, 1967), Deputy Chairman C. C. Hill (1964, 1967), full-time member P. Sydney (1964) J. S. Mills (1967). The total number of customers supplied by the Eastern Electricity Bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastern Television
Eastern Broadcasting Company (EBC; ), originally called Eastern Television (ETTV), is a nationwide cable television network in Taiwan that is operated by the Eastern Broadcasting Group. ETTV began channel syndications in the United States in 2003 under the name of ETTV America. In November 2015, Eastern Television renamed as Eastern Broadcasting Company. EBC Channels Eastern Broadcasting Company operates several channels: *EBC Variety () *ETTV News, EBC News () *EBC Financial News () *EBC Drama () *EBC Movie () *EBC Foreign Movie () *EBC Super TV () *ETMall 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 () *EBC Yoyo () *EBC America () *EBC Asia () *EBC China Defunct Channels *ETTV Entertainment () *ET Today Media Broadcasting in Singapore * EBC Asia on Singtel TV Channels 13 (HD; Complimentary access) and 521 (HD; Jingxuan+) * EBC Asia News on Singtel TV Channel 561 Media Broadcasting in Hong Kong and Macau * EBC Asia on Cable TV Hong Kong on Channel 331 * EBC Asia News on Cable TV Hong Kong on Channel 11 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
