News Desk DUBAI: Emirates is offering UAE nationals and residents a chance to plan a quick escape this summer to Seychelles. The airline was the first international airline to return to the island country, coinciding with its re-opening to tourists on 1st August. Book now and unwind at some of the world’s most pristine, white sand beaches and crystal clear water. …

DUBAI: Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has held a remote video workshop for school bus operators in Dubai. The educative event attended by 120 representatives from schools and schools’ bus operators focused on the precautionary measure to be taken to curb the spread of Covid-19 pandemic among students as the new school year 2020-2021 edges closer. More than 153k …

LONDON: British Airways will today retire its first Boeing 747 since announcing last month that all 31 of its jumbo jets had sadly flown their last commercial services. The Boeing 747-400, registration G-CIVD, will depart from London Heathrow on Tuesday, 18 August at 9am local time under flight number BA9170E after more than 25 magnificent years of flying. British Airways’ …

News Desk ABU DHABI: Etihad Airways (Etihad) has announced the expansion of its partnership with AccesRail, the world’s leading provider of air-rail intermodal solutions. The partnership allows Etihad to use AccesRail’s expertise to enable its customers to book train and coach tickets in Europe in conjunction with their air fare using the airline’s online booking platform, or through their travel …

KUALA LUMPUR: Time to pack your bags and drop by BHPetrol today because starting 18 August 2020 until 26 October 2020, you may stand a chance to travel for free throughout Malaysia! In conjunction with Hari Merdeka 2020, BHPetrol and Tourism Malaysia has come together to celebrate the festive spirit with BHPetrol customers through Jom! Cuti-cuti Malaysia promotional contest. The …

News Desk SHAH ALAM: Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) and Tourism Malaysia have signed a Memorandum of Collaboration (MOC) in Hotel UiTM Shah Alam yesterday with the primary objective to strengthen cooperation between the university and the nation’s tourism promotion agency. The signing ceremony was fulfilled by UiTM’s Vice Chancellor, Emeritus Professor Datuk Ir. Dr. Mohd Azraai Kassim and Tourism Malaysia’s …

News Desk DUBAI: Emirates will resume passenger flights to Warsaw from 4 September starting with twice-a-week services, and increasing to three-a-week from 7 October. The resumption of flights to Warsaw will expand Emirates’ current network to 75 cities in September, offering travellers in the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific convenient connections via Dubai to the Polish capital. The airline …

JOHANNESBURG: In a novel, De-risked funding strategy, a group of South African Express employees have engaged an equity funding platform, Uprise.Africa, to assist in raising the capital needed to save SA Express. The group strongly believes that SA Express (SAX) is a national asset that should be salvaged and definitely not liquidated. They further believe that the company is a …

BANGKOK: Thai Airways International Public Company Limited (THAI) and its subsidiaries announced its first and second quarter results for 2020, whereby the total revenue for the first quarter was THB 38,001 million that was THB 11,790 million or23.7% less than the same period last year and the second quarter was THB 2,492 million that was THB 40,017 million or 94.1% …

News Desk DUBAI: Emirates will be operating a one-off A380 service to Clark International Airport on 19 August 2020, marking the first commercial flight, utilizing an A380 aircraft, to operate to Clark. The special flight will help to meet the demand for flights to and from the Philippines, especially serving passengers from the metro Manila and the surrounding Luzon areas …