News Desk DUBAI: Emirates has announced it will resume passenger services to Conakry, Guinea and Dakar, Senegal from 3 September, taking the total number of cities served by Emirates in Africa to eight. Flights from Dubai to Conakry and Dakar will be linked services, operating twice weekly, utilising an Emirates Boeing 777-300ER aircraft.* The addition of linked services between Conakry …

DUBAI: Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Dubai Air Navigation Services (DANS) as part of a strategy to exchange expertise with government and semi-government entities sharing common objectives.  “The MoU aims to step up cooperation in studying laws relating to autonomous air vehicles, participate in specialist workshops held by either party and …

News Desk KARACHI: Philip Morris (Pakistan) Limited (“PMPKL”), an affiliate of Philip Morris International, has earned recognition by winning an Human Resource Director (“HRD”) Asia Employer of Choice 2020 award. The latest accolade from HRD Asia comes seven months after PMPKL received the Annual CSR Award 2020 from National Forum for Environment and Health for Community Development & Services. The Employer …

News Desk DUBAI: Lufthansa, SWISS, Austrian Airlines and Brussels Airlines are generally changing their ticket fare structure until the end of December. With immediate effect, all fares can be rebooked several times free of charge – including, for example, the lowest light fare without checked baggage. In response to the pandemic, Lufthansa Group Airlines had already made a one-off free …

By Rafiq Vayani VANCOUVER, Canada: GTA dnata, dnata’s joint-venture company in Canada, has been awarded a 5-year ground handling license and will establish operations at Vancouver International Airport (YVR). The company will provide quality and safe ramp, passenger and cargo warehousing services to airlines with a team of highly trained, customer-oriented aviation professionals. GTA dnata will commence operations at YVR …

News Desk KARACHI: TPL Trakker, Pakistan’s leading IoT Company providing Tracking, Telematics, and Location Based Services and Solutions, has partnered with Jazz, Pakistan’s leading digital services provider, to collaborate on innovative new technologies for their customers. Following the partnership, the two companies aim to jointly develop unique solutions to address key challenges for the B2B and B2C markets as well …

KARACHI: Standard Chartered Bank (Pakistan) Limited today announced its H1 Results for 2020. The Bank performed exceptionally well in H1 2020 and delivered Profit before tax of PKR 16.2billion, which is 26per cent higher than corresponding period last year. With Revenue of PKR 23.5billion, the overall revenue growth was 26per cent, whereas client revenue increased by 27per cent year on year with …

DUBAI: RTA’s Dubai Taxi Corporation (DTC) is gearing up for the new school year by introducing a set of coherent precautionary measures to protect against the spread of Covid-19 in its school transport service. The move echoes the directives of the Dubai’s leaders to provide students with a healthy and safe environment par excellence. “The precautionary measures we have taken …

10Pearls is recognized for a second consecutive year in the annual Inc. 5000 list, ranking among the nation’s fastest-growing private companies. The Inc. 5000 list provides a unique look at the most dynamic US companies and independent small businesses across key industry segments. In making the list, 10Pearls joins the company of Intuit, Zappos, Under Armour, Microsoft, Patagonia, and many other …

News Desk DUBAI: Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry member companies’ exports to China in May 2020 increased 18% month-on-month (m-o-m) and 26% year-over-year (y-o-y) as the Chamber issued a record 256 Certificates of Origin (COOs) targeting the country worth over AED 283 million. The value of COOs for May, the third highest on record, marked growth rates of 14% …