DUBAI: Emirates has announced it will resume flights to Geneva (from 15 July), Los Angeles (from 22 July), Dar es Salaam (from 1 August), Prague and Sao Paulo (from 2 August), and Boston (from 15 August), offering customers even more travel options. This will take the airline’s network to 58 cities by mid-August, including 20 points in Europe and 24 points in …

News Desk ABU DHABI: Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, has announced a codeshare agreement with Abu Dhabi’s first low-cost airline, Air Arabia Abu Dhabi. Effective 9 July, Etihad will place its ‘EY’ code on Air Arabia Abu Dhabi’s inaugural flight from Abu Dhabi to the Egyptian city of Alexandria on 14 July, followed by the …

News Desk DUBAI: The Dubai Chamber Sustainability Network Task Force on Waste Management recently organised a webinar advising businesses on sustainable, effective and safe disposal of personal protective equipment (PPE) solutions and best practices for dealing with COVID 19 posed waste management challenges in offices. The webinar, titled Ensuring a Safe Disposal of PPE and COVID 19 Related Waste, examined …

By Rafiq Vayani KARACHI: Careem, the internet platform for the greater Middle East and Pakistan, has partnered with the provincial/local government and private sector to create awareness about safety measures during rides. By joining forces with Lifebuoy, Careem is distributing ‘Safety Kits’ to all its active Captains across Pakistan starting from Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad. The provincial governments from the …

By Rafiq Vayani ABU DHABI: Etihad Airways, the national airline of the UAE and official airline partner of UFC Fight Island, welcomes UFC President Dana White and welterweight champion Kamaru Usman on board. The UFC team flew from Las Vegas to Abu Dhabi ahead of Yas Island’s historic UFC Fight Island which begins on 11 July. As a special tribute to …

News Desk KARACHI: TPL Trakker, Pakistan’s leading IoT Company, has partnered with Telenor Pakistan, country’s leading telecom and digital services provider, to offer Location Based Services (LBS). TPL Trakker powers the technology via TPL Maps, the company’s mapping arm and Pakistan’s first digital mapping service licensed by the Survey of Pakistan. Using LBS, Telenor Pakistan will make use of the most detailed …

News Desk DUBAI: dnata, one of the world’s largest air services providers, has donated three pieces of cargo handling equipment to Dubai-based International Humanitarian City (IHC), the largest humanitarian hub in the world, to support the organisation in facilitating rapid relief and first responses to crises, including the COVID-19 pandemic, at a global level.  dnata has donated a cargo towing …

KARACHI: To meet the health and safety needs of frontline workers during these times, Midas Safety, the world’s largest manufacturer and supplier of Gloves and PPE, donated 2.5 million medical gloves to the Government. The initiative has been taken in support of the country’s efforts to curb the Covid-19 outbreak which has overwhelmed the healthcare sector in Pakistan. Highlighting the …

News Desk ABU DHABI: Etihad Airways is gradually resuming services to more destinations across its global network. This follows the easing of travel restrictions by UAE regulatory authorities on outbound and inbound travel for citizens and residents. All travel remains subject to the entry and health regulations set by the UAE authorities, and those at the end destination.  Throughout July …

News Desk DUBAI: Dubai Startup Hub, an initiative of Dubai Chamber of Commerce & Industry, and Dubai Technology Entrepreneur Campus (Dtec), a wholly owned tech co-working space by Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority (DSOA), today announced the winning candidates of the first phase of the Emirati Development Programme (EDP). Sultan Alhosani and Fahad Alzarooni of TutorMe, a platform connecting highly qualified …