Gerry’s dnata, a joint venture of Ground Handling Services between dnata Dubai and Gerry’s Group Pakistan, announces its partnership with Virgin Atlantic Airways by becoming the airline’s preferred Ground Services Provider (GSP) for Lahore-London and Islamabad-London/Manchester flight operations in Pakistan. Virgin Atlantic Airways is scheduled to operate this week from Lahore and Islamabad with direct flights to London. In its …

PUTRAJAYA: Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture, Dato’ Sri Hajah Nancy Shukri has graciously presented a certificate of appreciation to international social media influencer, Trevor James, also known as The Food Ranger. This is in line with the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture’s (MOTAC) effort in revitalising Malaysia’s tourism sector. MOTAC through Tourism Malaysia has collaborated with Canadian-born food …

By Rafiq Vayani ABU DHABI: Etihad Airways, the national airline of the UAE, has been officially rated a Five-Star Global Airline by the Airline Passenger Experience Association (APEX). The award was presented to the airline at the virtual APEX Award Ceremony, part of the FTE APEX Virtual Expo, on 9 December. The APEX Official Airline Ratings™ were created based on …

News Desk AJMAN: vices and capabilities. H.E. Eng. Ali Abdulla bin Towaih AlSuwaidi, Director General of Ajman Free Zone, and H.E. Ohoud Shehail, Director General of Department of Digital Ajman, inked the service-level agreement that is expected to not only enhance the free zone’s digital services but also deliver exceptional customer experience. This strategic partnership is in line with the …

News Desk DUBAI: Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry, through its entrepreneurship initiative Dubai Startup Hub, leveraged GITEX Technology Week 2020 platform to strengthen its outreach and expand its support to technology startups. Visitors to Dubai Startup Hub’s stand at GITEX 2020 learned about existing programmes offered to technology startups through the platform, as well as the resources that Dubai …

Professional Communication Corporation – Nedaa signed a new partnership agreement with Airbusat the ongoing GITEX Technology Week 2020 in Dubai for the deployment of mission-critical communication solutions. H.E. Mansoor Bu Osaiba, Chief Executive Officer of Nedaa and Walid Lahoud, Head of Sales Middle East and North Africa for Secure Land Communications at Airbus inked the agreement during a signing ceremony held …

The super number plates (AA18), (W69) will top a fascinating collection of 90 fancy licensing plates of two, three, four and five digits on offer at the forthcoming 105th open auction of the Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), the last for this year. Plates on offer bear (AA-K-L-M-N-O-P-Q-R-T-U-V-W-X-Z) codes. Registration of bidders starts on Sunday 13th December 2020 and …

MANAMA: Gulf Air, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, has ceremonially signed five agreements with a number of companies during an official visit from the Kingdom of Bahrain to the State of Israel. Captain Waleed A. Hameed AlAlawi, Acting Chief Executive Officer of Gulf Air said “We take great pride in being part of the official delegation from …

News Desk ABU DHABI: The Higher Organising Committee for the International Defence Exhibition (IDEX 2021), the Naval Defence Exhibition (NAVDEX 2021), and the International Defence Conference, held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE, have discussed preparations for the two exhibitions in their fourth meeting. IDEX and NAVDEX will be held …

Etihad Airways, the national airline of the UAE and official partner of the Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, has operated ten flights to transport the protected Formula 1 ‘biosphere’ from Manama, Bahrain to Abu Dhabi, UAE. The Formula 1 management, teams, drivers and crew travelled to Abu Dhabi International Airport on 7 December and were transferred to …