By Rafiq Vayani DUBAI: UAE-headquartered hospitality company,TIME Hotels, has launched two new promotional packages making it more convenient and wallet-friendly to book a stay at any of their properties in the UAE, as the country takes tentative steps to ease out of COVID-19 lockdown. Due to the current uncertainty surrounding the lifting of travel bans and the commencement of flights, …

DUBAI: The united efforts of service partners across Dubai’s aviation sector, embassies and UAE government authorities have helped 37,469 people to safely return to their homes on 312 special repatriation flights operated by 54 airlines even as normal passenger flight operations remain temporarily suspended at Dubai International (DXB) and Dubai World Central (DWC). The temporary suspension of flights at DXB and …

BANGKOK: THAI Airways International Public Company Limited (THAI) celebrates its 60th birthday anniversary with the THAI 60th Anniversary, Earn x3 ROP Miles promotion offering triple mileage to Royal Orchid Plus (ROP) members who make reservations and issue tickets via thaiairways.com between 1-2 May 2020. Mr. Wiwat Piyawiroj, THAI Executive Vice President, Commercial, said that the THAI 60th Anniversary, Earn x3 …

MANAMA: In line with national efforts aimed at combating the Coronavirus (COVID-19), Gulf Air, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, in coordination with a number of Bahraini enterprises specialising in medical supplies, assisted in the importation of 9 tons of medical items needed to mitigate the spread of the COVID-19, as well as general medications, medical equipment and hygienic …

News Desk DUBAI: Emirates is set to operate limited passenger services to Frankfurt (02, 04, 06, 09, 11, 13 May), London Heathrow (03, 05, 07, 10, 12, 14 May), Manila (3, 6, 8, 10, 13, 15, 16 May), Sao Paulo (3 May), and Shanghai (2 May). The one-way special flights will facilitate travel for residents and visitors wishing to return …

AMSTELVEEN: Today, KLM’s first passenger carrier departed, carrying cargo not only in its belly, but on the passenger seats and in the baggage bins of the aircraft cabin. KLM operated a B777-300 flight from Shanghai to Amsterdam, for the first time introducing the new cargo carrying concept. The load consisted mainly of urgent medical supplies, including hundreds of thousands of …

By Muhammad Rafiq DUBAI: While the world yearns to travel once again, meet and hug loved ones, seek new adventures and close those business deals, Emirates is busy protecting and readying the world’s largest all wide-body fleet to take to the skies. This could have proved daunting, but Emirates Engineering, a division of the airline and one of the world’s most …

RIGA: Latvian airline airBaltic extends the offer for one date change free of charge to all new reservations made from March 10 until May 31. Martin Gauss, CEO of airBaltic: “We hope to resume flights as soon as travel restrictions are lifted. Our offer to passenger provides them with much-needed flexibility and enables them to plan their next trip with ease.” The temporary offer …

News Desk ABU DHABI: Etihad Airways continues to increase the number of special flights it is operating from Abu Dhabi to several key destinations around the world, as it prepares for an eventual return to scheduled flights, subject to the lifting of current travel restrictions.  Throughout May, the airline will increase frequencies on recently announced special flights from Abu Dhabi to …

By Rafiq Vayani ABU DHABI: Etihad Airways has launched the Etihad Ramadan Box initiative to bring Iftar meals to homes across the UAE. The airline has partnered with Zomato, the world’s largest restaurant search and discovery platform and one of the UAE’s largest food delivery apps, to deliver these meals to those affected by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) including hospitals, …