News in brief

• Aslı Gündoğdu Aksungur appointed as Deputy Attaché at newly opened Turkish Culture and Tourist Office in Athens, Greece. 
• Russia’s state aviation watchdog has banned carry-on liquids for flights at all of the country’s airports ahead of next month’s Winter Olympics in Sochi.
  
• Alaska Airlines and star NFL quarterback Russell Wilson announced the winners of “Russell 12th Fan Rescue” nationwide contest. The two winning entries were submitted by Adam Christoferson, of East Haven, Conn., and by Stephen Emerson and his 10-year-old son Andrew
  
• Aeroflot took delivery of the fourth Sukhoi SuperJet 100 «Ivan Orlovets» in full specification made by JSC «Sukhoi Civil Aircraft» (SCAC.
• The aircraft is named after Ivan Vlasovich Orlovets, a veteran of World War II, Honored Pilot of the USSR.

• The Tax Council Policy Institute (TCPI) announced that Jason Furman, chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisors, will deliver a keynote speech at its 15th Annual Tax Policy and Practice Symposium, to be held February 19-20 at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Washington, DC.
• One of the symbols of the Tour de France went on public display in Leeds today as the city prepares to host the start of the world’s largest annual sporting event this summer.

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  The official Grand Départ trophy is held each year by the area or

     city hosting the start of the legendary cycle race, and has now

       gone on display in Leeds Civic Hall as the city and Yorkshire gears

       up for the race start on Saturday 5 July

• Delta Air Lines parked its last Douglas DC-9 planes this week, ending a long, long history for the aircraft. Delta's DC-9s came as part of its 2008 marriage with Northwest Airlines
• 2022 Qatar World Cup will be played not in summer, but between 15 November and 15 January.