Shkedi, who is a fighter pilot, replaced Haim Romano, who has resigned after holding that position for the past five years

The new 72 seats ATR 72-500 was purchased last November at a cost of US$20m

The port handled TEU 77,967 imported from China (807,000 M/T) compared to TEU 1,023 exported to China

Mazda ranked first in cars deliveries in 2009 with 31,494 cars compared with 2008 during which the company delivered 31,461 cars

Maalot repeatedly slashed Zim's bond rating last year from A to CC, one level above insolvency

According to CBS figures75.4% of the population is Jewish and 20.3% Arabs. During 2009 Israel's population grew by 1.8%

The Treasury believes the move will "encourage market growth and the lower socioeconomic tier's buying power

In the third quarter, the economy expanded an annualized 3%, while from April to June it grew 1.1%