News Desk DUBAI: Emirates and Visa are making paying for your next holiday or trip to visit loved ones much more rewarding with tremendous savings potential for future travel plans. Customers booking their travel on emirates.com who use their Visa credit or Visa debit card from today until 18 September 2021* in any class of travel using the promotional code EKVISA1 to any …

ABU DHABI: Wizz Air, Europe’s fastest growing airline, announces today that COVID-19 vaccinations – or regular antigen/PCR testing in special cases – for all crews will be required as of 1 December 2021. Wizz Air, being a socially responsible airline is implementing this policy as part of its commitment to protecting the health and safety of its passengers and crews , as well …

News Desk KARACHI: Emirates has announced the appointment of Mohammad Alnahari Alhashmi as Vice President for Pakistan, effective 1st September. Alhashmi will be responsible for leading the airline’s operations and strengthening Emirates’ presence in the market. Mohammed Sarhan, who was previously Vice President of Emirates for Pakistan, will now take on a new role as Vice President of Emirates for …

News Desk GENEVA: The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released July 2021 data for global air cargo markets showing that demand continued its strong growth trend. As comparisons between 2021 and 2020 monthly results are distorted by the extraordinary impact of COVID-19, unless otherwise noted, all comparisons below are to July 2019 which followed a normal demand pattern. Global demand, …

News Desk DUBAI: Emirates will receive three more A380 aircraft from Airbus this year with its last unit on order scheduled to join its fleet in November, bringing forward the original delivery timeline from June 2022. All three new A380s to be delivered will be fitted out with Emirates’ much lauded Premium Economy cabin as well as its latest A380 …

Global travel management company FCM has been awarded the contract to manage the global travel programme of JTI (Japan Tobacco International), operating in 80+ markets and with a travel and expense budget of $160 million in 2019. FCM secured the contract following a competitive RFP process conducted in an entirely virtual landscape, due to the onslaught of COVID in March …

By Rafiq Vayani/Kamran Hashim KARACHI: Indonesian Consul General in Karachi Dr. June Kuncoro Hadiningrat and his wife Mrs. Ani June Kuncoro hosted a reception for distinguished members of the press, on 28th August 2021 at their residence here in Karachi. This reception was attended by selected members of press, which included members from electronic-media, print-media and social media. Due to …

LONDON: British Airways has today announced that it will move to the next phase of its lounge reopening plan, as it is set to once again open the doors to its Concorde Room (specifically for those flying in First) at JFK and Heathrow on September 1, with a number of other enhancements in store for customers. The reopening of the …

Ethiopian Airlines Group and the Boeing company have signed a strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on positioning Ethiopia as an aviation hub for Africa. Building on the two parties’ seventy years of shared history in aviation, the MoU aims at positioning Ethiopia as Africa’s aviation hub – “Ethiopia for Africa”. Boeing has recognized Ethiopian as a global aviation leader in …

News Desk DUBAI: Emirates today has announced several commercial leadership movements across West Asia, Africa, the GCC, and Central Asia. Six seasoned team members in leadership roles, all UAE Nationals, will help drive the airline’s commercial initiatives across key markets with a strategic focus on rebuilding its leadership position and growing its customer base as countries continue easing their restrictions. All …