News Desk DUBAI: Emirates has announced it will resume passenger services to Kuwait City (5 August) and Lisbon (16 August). This will take Emirates’ passenger network to 70 destinations in August, over 50% of its pre-pandemic destination network, as the airline gradually resumes operations with the safety of its customers, crew and communities as its top priority. Flights from Dubai …
News Desk DUBAI: Network International, the leading enabler of digital commerce across the Middle East & Africa (MEA) today announced that Careem joins its growing list of issuer processing clients. The five-year agreement will see Network International process prepaid cards on behalf of Careem in five countries: United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, and Pakistan. The project is part of Careem’s digital …
By Rafiq Vayani ABU DHABI: Etihad Airways, the national airline of the UAE, has launched innovative new protective wear for First and Business class guests. As part of its new health and hygiene programme, Etihad Wellness, premium passengers will receive a snood style facemask for use throughout their journey and beyond. The soft reusable snood has been treated with MicrobeBARRIER™ …
DUBAI: With the Kuwaiti Government fast transitioning from narrowband to broadband networks, Airbus has shown strong support for the move through increased deployment in the country of its secure communication and collaboration solutions, specifically TactilonAgnet 900 and TactilonDabat. Agnet 900 and TactilonDabat are currently being rolled-out across local public safety entities in Kuwait to help strengthen their mission-critical communication systems.Concerned …
LONDON: Throughout August, British Airways is resuming flying to more destinations, albeit with continued low frequencies while the impact of Covid-19 remains felt across the globe. In Europe flights will resume to the holiday destinations of Bari, Bastia, Bodrum, Bordeaux, Catania, Figari, Frankfurt, Genoa, Kefalonia, Lyon, Luxembourg, Malta, Paphos and Pula, while further afield Antigua, Islamabad and Nairobi join the …
RIGA: Starting from August 13 Latvian airline airBaltic will increase flight frequency on Riga–Athens route to three flights a week, but on September 4 airBaltic will launch new seasonal flights from Riga to Thessaloniki which will be operated twice a week. The new flights will be performed on an Airbus A220-300 aircraft. Martin Gauss, CEO of airBaltic: “We are delighted to announce more connections between Latvia and Greece. …
News Desk DUBAI: Emirates has announced that it will deploy its iconic A380 aircraft to Guangzhou from 8 August 2020. The airline has also restarted its A380 operations to Amsterdam and Cairo this week, and introduced a second daily A380 service to London Heathrow, serving market demand and offering customers more travel options. Emirates to deploy its flagship @Airbus A380 to …
By Rafiq Vayani PUTRAJAYA: Dato’ Seri Ramlan Bin Ibrahim has been appointed as the Chairman of Malaysia Tourism Promotion Board effective 3rd August 2020. Dato’ Seri Ramlan entered the Administrative and Diplomatic Service of Malaysia in 1983. His first posting was as Second Secretary to the Embassy of Malaysia in Jakarta in 1988. Two years later, he was reassigned to …
News Desk AJMAN: H.H. Sheikh Ahmed Bin Humaid Al Nuaimi, Chairman of Ajman Free Zone (AFZ), has launched AFZ’s eightnew economic incentives forthe second half of 2020. The new package, which includes significant fee discounts and waivers, aims to ease the cost of doing business at AFZ while also ensuring business continuity. The launch of the eight incentives followed a …
News Desk DUBAI: NNTC, a UAE-based software developer and solution provider, along with its strategic partner CROC, a market leader in end-to end IT solutions, today announced the release of a new version of their Digital Worker platform for industrial safety. The strategic partners have also released a new version of the IoT module capable of transforming ordinary hard hats …
