By Rafiq Vayani DUBAI:  The Emirates Group is once again kick-starting activities to support the 2019 edition of the Dubai Fitness Challenge. The Dubai Fitness Challenge begins on 18 October and will run until 16 November. To encourage active participation in The Dubai Fitness Challenge, The Emirates Group will once again provide one free Service Related Concession flight ticket to anywhere on the Emirates network, as an incentive …

KARACHI: Beach Luxury Hotel and TVNation (Pvt.) Limited signed a TV service agreement in a ceremony held in Karachi. After this partnership, guests at Beach Luxury Hotel will enjoy the superior viewing experience offered by TVNation, with its vast variety of channels, High Definition (HD) picture and sound quality, Electronic Program Guide (EPG) and many other exciting features. TVNation is a …

News Desk DUBAI: Emirates has made several key management movements across its commercial operations team in the Middle East, Far East, Europe and Emirates Skywards. These appointments will reinforce the airline’s presence across these strategic markets, and is in line with its commercial strategy to maintain its industry-leading position and deliver a strong business performance. In addition, the management rotation capitalises …

LONDON: In celebration of National Work Experience month British Airways has opened its hangar doors to give 200 students a glimpse into the complex world of aircraft engineering. During two open evening events at the airline’s engineering base at Heathrow, young people aged 14 to 18 were taken on a tour of the largest airline engineering base in the UK …

SHARJAH: Etihad Aviation Group, owner of the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, and Air Arabia, the Middle East and North Africa’s first and largest low-cost carrier, today announced the signing of an agreement to launch ‘Air Arabia Abu Dhabi’, the capital’s first low-cost carrier. Etihad and Air Arabia will establish an independent joint venture company that will operate …

DUBAI: Dubai International (DXB) and Dubai World Central (DWC), reached an important milestone on their journey towards neutrality by achieving Level 3 (Optimisation) of the Airports Council International’s (ACI) Airport Carbon Accreditation programme.  The Level 3 of the programme provides an international airport-specific framework for active carbon management and continual improvement through partnerships between the airport and its service partners. …

By Rafiq Vayani KARACHI: Hitit Computer Services and PIA celebrate their first anniversary of completing the migration process in Pakistan. The first anniversary was celebrated with an official gala dinner, at the Movenpick, Karachi, attended by dignitaries representing Hitit, PIA, TAAP and the Turkish Consulate. On 18April 2018, PIA and Hitit signed their partnership agreement. In just five months, on …

MUSCAT: Emirates, the world’s largest international airline, is looking for candidates in Oman to join its multinational cabin crew team. The Dubai-based airline is holding a Cabin Crew recruitment open day in Muscat. The Open Day will be held at 9am sharp on Saturday, 19th of October at Park Inn by Radisson Muscat; Sultan Qaboos St, Muscat. The airline is …

DUBAI: Emirates SkyCargo, the freight division of Emirates, has launched Emirates Delivers – a new e-commerce delivery platform that allows customers shopping from multiple online retailers in the US to consolidate their purchases and have the goods delivered to a home or office address. Now available to individual or small business customers in the UAE, Emirates Delivers supports Dubai’s vision …

DUBAI: Following the recent debut of its flagship A380 aircraft to Cairo, Emirates will introduce a regular scheduled commercial A380 service to the Egyptian capital starting from 27 October 2019, four times a week. The only airline to operate a scheduled A380 service to Cairo, Emirates will replace the 777-300ER aircraft currently operating EK923 and EK924 on Thursday, Friday, Saturday …