Emirates is connecting global business and leisure travellers with it’s first-ever passenger service between Dubai and Miami. The airline celebrated the inaugural flight of its four times a week service when it touched down in Miami at 1100hrs local time yesterday. Emirates flight EK213 was welcomed by Miami International Airport with a water cannon salute, and drew in an audience of …

The Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT) recently issued a public announcement related to guidelines for airline operators on domestic flight operations as the COVID-19 situation has worsened.  The guideline instructed airline operators to cease all domestic operations to and from the maximum and strictly controlled provinces (dark red zone) which will take effect from 21 July 2021 until further …

Latvian airline airBaltic announces that as of July 2021 it has introduced a new co-browsing functionality for its Call Center operations. The new system enables a Call Center agent and the customer to browse and navigate the same website at the same time, helping to solve different queries. Martin Gauss, Chief Executive Officer of airBaltic: “Many of our passengers need assistance while booking …

News Desk ADDIS ABABA: Ethiopian Airlines Group, the Largest Aviation Group in Africa, is pleased to introduce an upgraded chat-bot for domestic and international flight uses. The Ethiopian chat-bot, dubbed “Lucy” is equipped with various self-service features that will enable passengers to easily process their travel needs. Passengers can simply use their mobile to book, pay, check-in, check flight status, …

News Desk DUBAI: Travellers who have procrastinated making plans for the summer or who are still pondering where to take their long-awaited holiday now have the opportunity to book travel to quarantine-free destinations with Emirates. Customers can book their summer holiday with fares to close to 40 destinations from today, 22 July 2021 until 31 July 2021, for travel until …

airBaltic Training, subsidiary of the Latvian airline airBaltic, has concluded training on the Boeing 737 full flight simulator and has sold the simulator to a company in France. Pauls Cālītis, airBaltic Chief Operations Officer: “airBaltic will be operating 50 Airbus A220-300 aircraft already by early 2024, meaning that the crew training needs of the company will significantly outweigh the current capacity. By concluding Boeing 737 training, we will be able to …

Skills Valley |Institute of Hospitality Management| organized National Mango Day 2021 at Skills Valley North Campus. The event was attended by more than 500 people including students, faculty, management of the institute, Industry professionals, government officials etc. More than 100 students of Skills Valley North & Rehnuma Campus participated in a unique competition. Participants made 150+ value added dishes made …

Gulf Air, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, begins the summer season with 80% of its pre-pandemic destinations as it continues to resume operations and restore services to cities of its original 2019 destination network. The airline has also announced that it has successfully launched all of its seasonal destinations for the summer of 2021 with direct flights …

News Desk ABU DHABI: Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, today launched its inaugural flight to Vienna, the City of Music, the first of a new twice-weekly service between Abu Dhabi and the Austrian capital. Flight EY147 departed Abu Dhabi International Airport at 7.30am and is expected to land in Vienna Airport at approximately 11.20am today, where it will …

DUBAI: Transguard – a division of Emirates Group Security (EGS) which provides highly secure logistics for valuable cargo and luxury goods – has received the prestigious Dubai Quality Gold Award (DQA), the highest accolade for business excellence in the region. The awards recognise organisational excellence in the Middle East, and are organised by Dubai’s Department of Economic Development under the patronage of …