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 …

Careem, the Super App of greater Middle East and Pakistan has been honored with three prestigious accolades at the Pakistan Digital Awards. The accolades included; “Most Innovated App”, “Best Transport Service Online” and “Best Digital Customer Service Team. The award for ‘Most Innovated App’ was awarded to Careem for Super App, a one-stop solution for everyday needs. Similarly, this is …

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 …