flydubai, the Dubai based airline, has announced the start of flights to Budapest and Ljubljana. The carrier will operate three weekly flights to Ljubljana from 24 September and four weekly flights to Budapest from 30 September. Ghaith Al Ghaith, Chief Executive Officer at flydubai, said: “As demand for travel continues to increase, Budapest and Ljubljana are welcome additions to our …

Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry recently added another prestigious award to its list of achievements by winning the 2021 US Green Building Council (USGBC) Middle East Leadership Award. The Chamber was presented with the award during a virtual ceremony hosted by USGBC. The prestigious award recognised the Chamber for its outstanding efforts in creating a healthier and more sustainable …

News Desk ADDIS ABABA: Ethiopian Aviation Academy, the largest Aviation Academy in Africa, in collaboration with Open University of UK has graduated fifteen management staff in Master of Business Administration /MBA/ on Saturday, June 12, 2021. The graduates are higher management staff of the airline who have been attending the MBA program in the UK’s Open University. Ethiopian Group CEO, …

The rolling fairways of the Fire Course at Jumeirah Golf Estates played host to the 27th annual Dubai Duty Free Golf Cup on Friday, 11th June. On what was a hot and humid day in Dubai, 88 players took to the field in search for the Dubai Duty Free Cup. Champion golfer on the day was decided with a countback, …

During May 2021, Latvian airline airBaltic has carried 67 300 passengers or 37% than the previous month. In May 2021, airBaltic performed 1 310 flights. Martin Gauss, Chief Executive Officer of airBaltic: “Over the last month we see an increased interest from passengers for flights to destinations in Mediterranean as the epidemiological situation improves due to vaccination process all over Europe. We are here to offer safe …

Lufthansa is taking extraordinary measures in order to respond to a significant increase in booking demand for flights to Palma de Mallorca from both Frankfurt and Munich. The booking figures for the destination “PMI” have increased 25 times between April and the beginning of June 2021: The airline will be operating a Boeing 747-8 from Frankfurt to Palma de Mallorca …

Cathay Pacific Cargo’s performance in 2020 has been recognised with two industry-wide high scores thanks to the readers of air logistics industry publication Air Cargo World. The airline received the high score of 4.8 out of 5.0 points across all airlines for availability and quality of specialty cargo operations, and took home the highest overall score, which had a strong showing …

“We are pleased to announce that Pfizer and BioNTech have received an emergency use authorization from the TheDrug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) to supply its COVID-19 vaccine in Pakistan’s immunization program. We commend the Government of Pakistan for its careful assessment of our COVID-19 vaccine and timely action tohelp protect the people of the country. This marks a historic …

Governor State Bank of Pakistan, Dr. Reza Baqir has been appointed as the Chairman of the General Assembly of Islamic Financial Services Board (IFSB) for the year 2022. His appointment was approved by the IFSB General Assembly in its 19th meeting held on 9th June 2021. On his appointment as Chairman for the 20th General Assembly, Governor SBP expressed his …

Bank Alfalah Islamic is one of the leading promoters of the government backed “Mera Pakistan Mera Ghar” low cost housing finance scheme since its inception. In continuation with Bank’s current vision, Bank Alfalah Islamic has signed a MoU with Akhuwat Islamic Microfinance (AIM) to offer exclusive housing finance solutions to its customers. The MoU signing ceremony was held on Tuesday, …