News Desk DUBAI: The Emirates Group signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) this week with PwC’s Academy at the Group’s headquarters in Dubai, reinforcing its commitment to facilitate industry-leading training and certification for its Emirati workforce. The MoU was signed by Manal Al Soori, Emirates Group’s Vice President Human Resources, Emiratisation and People Experience, and Taimur Ali Mir, PwC Partner …

Emirates announces that its codeshare partnership with Air Canada has extended to include flights to and from Montréal, following the launch of services to Québec’s largest city in July. Emirates customers will now be able to plan travel between 11 of the most popular domestic points beyond Montréal and destinations on Emirates’ expansive network, utilising the services of both airlines …

News Desk DUBAI: Emirates and Philippine Airlines (PAL) have expanded their interline agreement, enabling Emirates’ passengers to access domestic points in Philippine Airlines’ network via Cebu and Clark, adding to the previously announced interline connections via Manila. Covering all three gateways in the Philippines served by Emirates – Manila, Cebu and Clark – this partnership expansion will provide seamless connectivity for passengers …

DUBAI: MRO Middle East and Aircraft Interiors Middle East (AIME) is set to return to Dubai in 2024 for its biggest edition yet, gathering the entire airline supply chain over two days. The event saw record-breaking attendance in 2023, welcoming almost 6,400 visitors – an increase of 46% compared to the previous year – and almost 200 exhibitors from 97 …

DUBAI: Emirates, the world’s largest international airline, has announced it will operate an additional five-a-week service to London Heathrow starting from 31 October 2023 until 30March 2024. This temporary service will meet market demand during the busy winter season and offer customers more travel choices. Emirates currently serves London Heathrow with six daily A380 flights. The additional flight will operate …

CEBO Management Company and Habitt City proudly introduce “Pakistan Kay Rung Zayeqay Or Saqafat Kay Sung,” an enchanting event that celebrates the diverse cultural heritage and flavors of Pakistan. This extraordinary event, taking place on the 12th and 13th of August at Habitt City in Karachi, is the brainchild of Chef Samia Lari, the visionary CEO and President of CEBO …

DUBAI: Emirates joins the celebration of the Kerala harvest season, with a myriad of delicious treats onboard and an array of entertaining Malayalam movies. From 20 – 31 August 2023, authentic Onam dishes will be served across all cabin classes, on flights to and from Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram to Dubai. Onboard the 14 times weekly Emirates flight to Kochi, and …

Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) Ltd today announced that an affiliate had signed a definitive agreement to acquire the rights, interests, and obligations of a portfolio of 64 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft from a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Aircraft Leasing Group Holdings Limited (“CALC”). The portfolio includes 737-8, 737-9 and 737-10 variants. Delivery of the aircraft is scheduled to occur between 2023 and …

A crowd of more than 25,000 enthusiastic racegoers attended the 22nd Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup meeting at Ascot Racecourse on Saturday, 12 August. The attendance figure puts the world’s premier international jockeys’ competition second only to the Royal Meeting as Ascot’s most popular raceday. Four teams, Ladies, Europe, Rest of the World and Great Britain & Ireland, each composed …

By Rafiq Vayani KARACHI/DUBAI: Following the Indonesian Chairmanship of ASEAN in 2023, the Consulate General of Indonesia in Karachi marked the occasion of ASEAN Day by hosting an ASEAN Family Day on August 12th. The event was organized in honor of the 56th ASEAN Day celebrated on August 8th. The Indonesian Consulate General,led by welcome dignitaries from ASEAN member states, …