RoyalJet Bermuda, the wholly owned subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi owned and operated RoyalJet Group – an award winning leader in premium private aviation, has been granted an Air Operator Certificate (AOC) by the Bermuda Civil Aviation Authority (BCAA). The granting of this certificate – the first AOC to be issued to the Group outside the UAE – allows RoyalJet …

Gerry’s dnata, Pakistan’s largest ground services provider, has won a prestigious award for achieving the highest safety standards. The company has been recognised for its industry-leading health & safety risk assessment and control procedures at the 7th International Environment, Health & Safety Awards. Syed Haris Raza, vice president of Gerry’s dnata, said: “Safety is a fundamental, uncompromising tenet of our …

News Desk JEDDAH: Airbus secured this years’ Hajj holy pilgrimage in Mecca with its mission-critical communication technologies in Saudi Arabia. The company rolled out its Tactilon Agnet 800 collaboration platform and Tetra technology for use of public safety and security forces on the field and in the control rooms. Through the communication solutions’ secure and reliable features, the teams were …

By Rafiq Vayani ABU DHABI: Air Arabia Abu Dhabi, the capital’s first low-cost carrier, has announced the introduction of a new service to Faisalabad, Pakistan with direct flights from Abu Dhabi starting on August 10, 2021 and a new service to Multan starting on August 11, 2021. The twice a week service offers greater connectivity and value-for-money options making it easier and more …

The Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi) has announced the launch of the first official Public Profile for a tourism board on leading social media platform Snapchat – giving potential travellers the chance to explore everything that the capital of the UAE has to offer in a new and immersive way.  Public Profiles give brands …

Following the much-awaited resumption of its Dubai route in May, Cathay Pacific continues to stay true to its brand ethos and is ‘moving beyond’ to offer a series of enhancements. Customers can now experience and travel the popular – Premium Economy cabin on-board the Airbus A350-900. Starting 06 August, 2021, passengers can experience luxury on one of Cathay Pacific’s most …

Cathay Pacific continues to demonstrate the viability of digital health passes by successfully conducting two live flight trials involving volunteer customers travelling between Hong Kong and Singapore using The Commons Project’s CommonPass app earlier this month. The adoption of digital health passes involving both COVID-19 testing and vaccination records will enable customers to fly with convenience and confidence, laying the …

Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) announced a revised schedule of three lines of Dubai Ferry as of Sunday 25 July 2021, to improve the level of service offered to the community. The step corresponds to the demand for this service and enhances the operational efficiency of the lines in question as well. The revised timetables of the Dubai Ferry …

By Rafiq Vayani LUMUT: The Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture has started its second phase of the Tourism Recovery Plan in Pangkor Island, Perak, with a mass vaccination programme to prepare the island as the next Covid-19 Free Destination. https://youtu.be/ilKsiQHxTUY?t=4 Pangkor Island has been selected to pilot Phase 2 of MOTAC’s COVID-19 Free Destination Programme. It is expected to reach …

Latvian airline airBaltic announces that it has recently improved company’s service for delayed or damaged baggage, introducing an online self-service platform for communication between the passenger and the airline. Martin Gauss, Chief Executive Officer of airBaltic: “Even though we take an extra care of the passenger baggage and in more than 98% of cases it reaches its destination safely and on time, sometimes …