News Desk DUBAI: As the excitement continues for the Dubai Fitness Challenge, Emirates invited UAE Team Emirates to test their riding skills and performance on the Emirates Group Headquarters rooftop. Four of the team’s top cyclists and among the top young riders globally – Alexander Kristoff (ranked 8th), Tadej Pogacar (ranked 12th), Diego Ulissi (ranked 13th) and Jasper Phillipsen (ranked 79th) circled a …

MUSCAT: In line with its commitment to social responsibility, Oman Air, the national carrier of the Sultanate of Oman, is proud to support the nation’s Paralympic Team, which recently competed in the Second West Asian Paralympic Games, 2019 held in Amman, Jordan. Supporting Oman’s parathletes is one component of the airline’s corporate social responsibility activities and an essential part of …

DUBAI: As the largest international airline with the biggest fleet of A380s and Boeing 777s, Emirates naturally has a lot of emergency equipment in the skies. To solve the challenge of tracking these essential items on a massive scale and scope, Emirates turned to RFID* technology. While other airlines have also been using similar technology, Emirates completes the largest number of …

DUBAI: Emirates Aviation University (EAU) is ready to meet hundreds of students at Najah 2019, Abu Dhabi’s leading higher education exhibition, which kicked-off today at Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre. The three day exhibition is a strategic platform for the university to reach out to prospective students in Abu Dhabi and its neighboring emirates. The university has been participating in …

DUBAI: In a proactive effort to bring the industry together to advance open dialogue for a more disability-inclusive air transport system, Emirates will be hosting the International Air Transport Association (IATA) inaugural Global Accessibility Symposium, taking place in Dubai from 5-6 November 2019. The IATA Global Accessibility Symposium furthers the commitment of the resolution on passengers with disabilities which was made …

DUBAI: Dubai International (DXB) added more choice and connectivity for travellers flying to and from Pakistan with the launch of PIA’s twice weekly services to Faisalabad and Multan on Monday. The launch of the new flights was celebrated at an inaugural ceremony at DXB’s Terminal 1, where H. E. Jamal Al Hai, the Deputy CEO of Dubai Airports, welcomed Ghulam …

COLMAR, France: “At Pegasus Airlines, we are convinced that it is an absolute necessity to use flight data animation in order to recreate flights in form of animations. Understanding better what happens in the cockpit allows to avoid incidents in the future and thus strengthens flight safety,” explains Captain Murat Cem Alkan, Chief Safety Management & Quality Compliance Monitoring Officer. …

MANAMA: Gulf Air, the national airline of the Kingdom of Bahrain, and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines have signed a codeshare partnership, for travel commencing from 27 October 2019. The announcement follows the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the two airlines and will further strengthen the strong ties between the Kingdom of Bahrain and the Netherlands. Gulf Air …

News Desk DUBAI: Emirates Flight Catering (EKFC), one of the world’s largest catering services providers, has introduced a new packaging solution to further reduce waste across its food manufacturing operations. The company has replaced cardboard packaging with reusable crates to store and transport an average of 100,000 inflight meals daily. As a result of its newest environmental initiative, EKFC will …

DUBAI: Over 5.27 million passengers have benefitted from seamless connectivity on the Emirates and flydubai network since both Dubai-based airlines begun their partnership in October 2017. In addition, some 800,000 Emirates Skywards members have earned over 1.5 billion Skywards Miles on Emirates and flydubai codeshare itineraries in the last 12 months. Marking the milestone as the partnership enters into its …