Sport Desk DUBAI: Aslan Karatsev and Lloyd Harris made tournament history on Thursday as they advanced into the semi-finals of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships. “Since 1998 only one wildcard had reached the semi-finals of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, when Malek Jaziri defeated fellow wild card Stefanos Tsitsipas in 2018, and now we applaud another similar and …

Etihad Airways, the national airline of the UAE, has been awarded the New Distribution Capability (NDC) Level 4 certification, by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). NDC enhances communication between the airline industry and travel agents, which allows for more effective merchandising, competitive propositions and product personalisation. The NDC standard allows Etihad to transform the way its products are retailed …

SINGAPORE: dnata, one of the world’s largest air services providers, continues to enhance its offering to ensure the safety and wellbeing of travellers and help airlines restore confidence in air travel. The company has partnered with the Disinfect Group and Ecas4 Australia to launch a safe, highly efficient and environment-friendly baggage disinfection service at Singapore Changi Airport (SIN). Passengers arriving …

The 2021 Arab Aviation Summit (AAS), the region’s leading aviation and tourism industry event, today announced a raft of safety measures in line with global best practices for the event taking place in Ras Al Khaimah from March 21 to 22 at Al Hamra International Exhibition & Conference Centre. The eighth edition of the summit will bring together experts to discuss the …

ADDIS ABABA: Ethiopian Airlines has partnered with the African Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (Africa CDC) for the implementation of the African Union Trusted Travel Pass to make continental travel easier and safer amidst the COVID -19 pandemic. Africa CDC has mobilised a broad multi-stakeholder public private partnership with the help of its strategic partners, the PanaBIOS Consortium and …

Four Bahraini pilots at Gulf Air, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, have completed the final check for command upgrade training and promoted to be captains. Mr. Ahmed Ismaeel, Mr. Ahmed Janahi, Mr. Mohammed Kamal and Mr. Mohammed Malek were congratulated by the airline’s top management for their promotion and uniform upgrade from three to four stripes. All …

Latvian airline airBaltic has recently introduced a new sustainability project, replacing pilot briefing packages with electronic operational flight plans that airBaltic pilots will be able to access on their iPads. Martin Gauss, Chief Executive Officer of airBaltic: “We introduced iPads for our pilots already back in 2014, saving vast amounts of printed paper each year and providing additional operational efficiency. Now we are taking yet another significant step …

AJMAN: Ajman Tourism Development Department (ATDD) has recently received three ISO certifications in recognition of its continuous efforts in environmental management, business continuity systems, and occupational health and safety. ATDD has been recognized for excellence in Environmental Management through the ISO 14001:2015, continued success in business continuity management systems through ISO 22301:2019. Ajman Tourism dedication to ensuring best practices in occupational health and safety has been recognized by receiving …

LONDON: Despite a very limited number of flights over the last year, British Airways has managed to raise over half a million pounds for Flying Start, the airline’s global charity partnership with Comic Relief, through generous onboard customer donations and colleague fundraising. These vital funds will support people in the UK and around the world, and help tackle hunger, homelessness, …

TravelinPK, a tourism consultancy and facilitation company launched with a bang among a large number of members of the travel fraternity, friends and media. A partnership of nine people who have been working together for over a year as FPCCI’s Central Committee of Tourism Development under Convener Shanaz Ramzi, the office bearers of the organization are: president – Shanaz Ramzi; …