ABU DHABI: Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates today announced the winning team for the popular Fikra University competition, which called on students from across the UAE to share ideas under the theme of ‘Seamless travel, endless possibilities’.   After three months of successful roadshows to universities across the UAE and over 280 entries, six finalist teams attended …

LONDON: British Airways stepped in to give two young aviation fans an early Christmas gift. The airline partnered with charity, Rays of Sunshine, to give the deserving youngsters a VIP tour of its state-of-the-art engineering and flight training facilities at London Heathrow.   Harvey McCulloch, a 16-year-old who is autistic and battling Hodgkin lymphoma, wrote to British Airways to say he dreamt …

KRABI: flydubai’s inaugural flight has touched down in Krabi in Thailand, becoming the first UAE-based airline to offer flights to the popular holiday destination. The daily flights are operated via a short stop in Yangon, Myanmar and are codeshared with Emirates. On board the inaugural flight was a senior delegation led by Sudhir Sreedharan, Senior Vice President, Commercial Operations (UAE, …

KARACHI: On the occasion of completing four (4) years of Careem, Awais Qadir Shah, Minister Transport and Mass Mobility, visited Careem Head Office as well as their Care Centre and had a discussion with Zeeshan Baig, Country General Manager on progressing forward in terms of providing safe and secure mobility to its users. The Minister encouraged Careem’s efforts regarding their …

MANAMA: Gulf Air, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, and Turkish Airlines announce a codeshare expansion following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the two airlines. Gulf Air will place its ‘GF’ code on Turkish Airlines’ flights from Bahrain to Istanbul’s Sabiha Gokcen International Airport and from Istanbul Airport to Amsterdam, Brussels, Copenhagen, Munich, Berlin, Zurich …

ABU DHABI/GENEVA: Abu Dhabi Developmental Holding Company PJSC (“ADDH”) announced that it has reached an agreement in principle for the establishment of a local airline in Abu Dhabi in partnership with Wizz Air Holdings Plc (“Wizz Air”), Europe’s greenest airline* and the largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe. The new airline will be Wizz Air’s first airline established outside of Europe.   It is …

News Desk DUBAI: Emirates Airline, and its partners Dubai Police, Dubai Customs, the General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs (GDRFA), Dubai Airports and the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) held a meeting today to discuss joint plans and initiatives ahead of Dubai’s busiest air travel season. The parties jointly agreed on an action plan that will be implemented during the peak period …

By Rafiq Vayani DUBAI: A master class in the appreciation of Ceylon Tea took place at 40,000 feet when Emirates and Dilmah celebrated a 27-year partnership on board an Emirates A380 flight from Dubai to London this week. Held at the iconic A380 On-board Lounge by Dilhan Fernando, CEO, Dilmah Tea and the founder of Dilmah, Merrill J. Fernando ahead …

By Rafiq Vayani DUBAI: TIME Hotels took over day-to-day operations of the newly-branded TIME Onyx Hotel Apartments Al Qusais and TIME Moonstone Hotel Apartments in Fujairah following the signing of a management agreement onsite during Arabian Travel Market 2019 in Dubai between Mohamed Awadalla, CEO, TIME Hotels and Ali Mohamed Obaid Al Qutami, Managing Director, Jams HR Solutions. Commenting on …

BIZ TODAY MONITOR YANGON: Dubai-based airline flydubai today celebrated its inaugural flight to Yangon, Myanmar, expanding its network to include Southeast Asia. The new daily flights are codeshared with Emirates and will operate from Terminal 3 at Dubai International (DXB). On board the inaugural flight was a senior delegation led by Sudhir Sreedharan, Senior Vice President, Commercial Operations (UAE, GCC, …