Emirates is celebrating its 30th anniversary of service to Beirut. The airline launched its first flight in 1991, and since then, Emirates has carried over 6 million passengers on over 35,000 flights between Dubai and Beirut, supporting the country’s tourism industry, growing trade lanes, and bringing Lebanese culture and traditions to the world. Commemorating this significant moment, Emirates Regional Manager in …

YEREVAN, Armenia: The Armenian National Interests Fund (ANIF) and Air Arabia, the Middle East and North Africa’s first and largest low-cost carrier (LCC) operator, today announced the signing of an agreement to launch Armenia’s new national airline. The agreement will see the establishment of an independent joint venture company that will operate as a low-cost passenger airline with Yerevan’s Zvartnots International …

Payment technology company Mastercard and ride-hailing service Uber are collaborating to help as many people as possible receive a vaccination during this critical time by offering free rides to people in Pakistan who would like to receive the COVID-19 vaccination. Riders will be able to avail two free rides, to and from dedicated public vaccination centers in Lahore, Karachi and Islamabad with a maximum …

An Indian seaman has joined the long list of US$1 million winners when the latest Dubai Duty Free Millennium Millionaire and Finest Surprise draw was held today at Terminal 2 in Dubai International Airport. Mr. Ganesh Shinde, a 36-year-old Indian national based in Thane, India became the latest US$1 million winner in Millennium Millionaire Series 363 with ticket number 0207, …

Emirates is expecting high passenger volumes to pass through Terminal 3 at Dubai International this weekend, 16-17 July, as traveller numbers reach among their highest levels since the pandemic began. With added safety measures and COVID-19 travel requirement checks in place, travellers may encounter longer than expected waiting times at Emirates check-in counters. Customers starting their journey from Dubai are …

GE Digital today announced that SAUDIA Airlines has contracted with the leading industrial software company to implement its Aviation Software Asset Records solution. The contract extends the partnership between SAUDIA and GE for creating further operational efficiencies and cost optimization. The GE Digital Asset Records system makes it easy for operators to streamline records management with a single, cloud-based solution. Airlines can digitize, index, …

LIEPAJA. In July airBaltic Training has accepted already its ninth Diamond Aircraft training aircraft for airBaltic Pilot Academy. Pauls Cālītis, airBaltic Chief Operations Officer: “The delivery of this 9th Diamond aircraft demonstrates the on-going commitment by Pilot Academy to invest in the best training aircraft in the industry.  Despite the challenges, our Pilot Academy is continuing its development and has already gained significant track record. Going forward, we are sure that …

The Ajman Tourism Development Department (ATDD) launched the “Al Murabbaa Arts Festival” under the motto of “Inspired by Yesterday to Imagine Tomorrow” which will be held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Ammar bin Humaid Al Nuaimi, Crown Prince of Ajman and Chairman of the Ajman Executive Council, from 28 October until 6 November 2021, in the Ajman Heritage …

MANAMA: Gulf Air, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, announces that it will resume its direct operations to Tbilisi International Airport in Georgia starting with 3 weekly flights, beginning from 15 July 2021. On this occasion, Captain Waleed Abdulhameed AlAlawi, Acting Chief Executive Officer, said “We have been operating direct flights between the Kingdom of Bahrain and Georgia …

British Airways is preparing to welcome an increased number of holidaymakers back to the skies from July 19 in time for the start of the school summer holidays. Within a couple of hours of this morning’s Government statement around the elimination of quarantine for fully vaccinated people in England when they fly back into the country, the airline had seen a …