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; …

By Rafiq Vayani To launch breakfast on the Careem Super App and better understand the challenges of the customers and Captains, Careem colleagues including leadership  in Karachi took their bicycles out for a spin to ride around the city as ‘Food Delivery Captain’. This initiative is also in line with creating awareness for a healthy lifestyle. The activity was conducted …

Etihad Engineering, the largest commercial aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services provider in the Middle East, has won ‘MRO Service Provider of the Year – Commercial Airlines’ award at the Aviation Achievement Awards 2021. The award was presented to Etihad Engineering for demonstrating exceptional leadership, innovation and resilience during 2020, and achieving strong results despite the challenges posed by …

News Desk DUBAI: Emirates and TAP Air Portugal has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to expand the codeshare partnership currently in place between both airlines. The new agreement will see customers of both airlines benefit from seamless connectivity on many new routes across the Americas, North Africa and East Asia. Emirates and TAP Air Portugal will also explore ways …