News Desk DUBAI: The number of companies listing on Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s online marketplace for personal protective equipment (PPE) has surged 340% since its launch earlier this year in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. The Chamber revealed that 66 companies are registered on the Rapid Response Initiative (RRI) marketplace, up from 15 companies in July. RRI is …

ABU DHABI: An Etihad Airways 787-10 Dreamliner decked out with special equipment that can enhance safety and reduce CO2 emissions and noise has commenced flight testing this week for Boeing’s ecoDemonstrator programme. A series of flights will gather the most detailed information to date about aircraft acoustics from some 1,200 microphones attached to the outside of the 787 and positioned …

By Rafiq Vayani DUBAI: Dato’ Sri Hajah Nancy Shukri, Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture has launched the Cuti-Cuti Malaysia TV Promo Campaign at Dewan Tun Dr. Ismail, World Trade Center (WTC) Kuala Lumpur today. The Cuti-Cuti Malaysia TV Promo Campaign is one of Tourism Malaysia’s initiatives in line with Yang Berhormat Dato’ Sri Nancy’s call in boosting domestic tourism. …

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 …