ABU DHABI: Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, together with its partners Abu Dhabi Airports and WHILL personal electric vehicle supplier have completed guest trials of their innovative autonomous wheelchairs at Abu Dhabi International Airport. The trials ran between 2 to 6 December and were phase two of the pilot project, which was launched in September …

News Desk DUBAI: dnata Travel, the UAE’s longest-standing travel provider, has just opened the doors to its 41st travel store in the UAE with an outlet at the newly-opened Nakheel Mall on the world-famous Palm Jumeirah. In celebration, from today the travel agency is offering the first 50 visitors of its newest store that mention its ‘first 50’ promotion to the team, …

ABU DHABI: Etihad Airways, the national airline of the UAE, has announced its “Etihad Airways”mobile application is now available on the HUAWEI AppGallery — the official app store preloaded on all HUAWEI & HONOR smartphones and tablets — enabling 390 million global monthly active users in more than 170 countries and regions to manage their journeys with even greater ease …

MANAMA: Gulf Air – the Kingdom of Bahrain’s national carrier – in line with its boutique strategy to add leisure destinations to its delicate crafted network, has revealed a new addition to its 2020 network with a popular business and leisure destination: Kuala Lumpur, the largest city and the capital of Malaysia commencing from July 2020 with daily flights and operated by …

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 …