MANAMA: Gulf Air, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, today celebrated Bahraini Women’s Day at the airline’s headquarter in Muharraq. The celebration included a ‘talk show’ event which featured a number of Bahraini female staff from Gulf Air and two external Bahraini women as guest speakers to talk about and share their career experiences. Gulf Air’s Bahraini female workforce …

HATYAI: Tourism Malaysia has launched the “Malaysia Tourism Seminar and B2B Session” in conjunction with Cul-Tour Border Tourism for Visit Malaysia 2020 (VM2020) at the Centara Hotel, Hatyai, to promote Malaysia as a top of mind tourist destination among Southern Thai communities. More than 100 local delegates from travel agents, associations and members of the media from southern Thailand attended. Tourism …

News Desk DUBAI: Celebrating the unique unifying power of diversity in the UAE, the historic one-off Emirates A380 flight marking the 48th UAE National Day and the UAE Year of Tolerance has returned to Dubai International Airport. With over 540 passengers celebrating a shared sense of place and pride to call the UAE their home, the one-of-a-kind flight, unprecedented in the industry, …

KARACHI: Gerry’s dnata, the leading ground services provider in Pakistan, has been awarded for the ‘Best Cargo Handling Operation’ at the 2019 Pride of Ground Handling Awards. The prestigious award was accepted by Syed Haris Raza, Vice President of Gerry’s dnata, at a gala dinner during the 21st Ground Handling International Annual Conference in Amsterdam.  Syed Haris Raza said: “We are extremely …

DUBAI: The Emirates Group celebrated the UAE’s 48th National Day today with a range of activities at its headquarters in Dubai. His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman and Chief Executive of Emirates Airline & Group commemorated the special occasion with a cake-cutting ceremony. In addition, Emirates Group staff at enjoyed a special Emirati heritage bazaar constructed exclusively for …

DUBAI : Dubai-based flydubai has announced today that it has finalised an agreement with Smartwings to wet lease four Next-Generation Boeing 737-800 aircraft between 14 December 2019 and 25 January 2020. The Aircraft, Crew, Maintenance and Insurance (ACMI) agreement with Smartwings will see four-leased aircraft supplement the carrier’s fleet of 40 Next-Generation Boeing 737-800s and will add more capacity during …

PUTRAJAYA: Overall, Malaysia’s tourism industry performance from January to September 2019 showed positive development. International tourist arrivals to Malaysia went up by +3.7% to 20,109,203 tourists for the period of January to September 2019 compared with 19,386,115 tourists for the same period in 2018. The top 10 countries with highest contribution of tourist arrivals were Singapore (7,868,755 tourist arrivals), Indonesia …

DUBAI: Al Bustan Centre & Residence is the official strategic partner of the Dubai Club for People of Determination, hosted a majority of the World Para-Athletic Championship 2019 participants and delegates at the property. Al Bustan Centre & Residence is conveniently located in the heart of Dubai, and within the proximity of stadium, made it a perfect choice for hosting …

DUBAI: Underscoring its mission to bring the world together, Emirates has rolled out its A380 dressed in the striking ‘Year of Tolerance’ livery from its Engineering Centre, ready to take-off for the historic one-off EK 2019 flight on 29 November that will bring together the diverse, multi-cultural communities of the UAE. The vibrant ‘Year of Tolerance’ livery depicts a panorama of …

ABU DHABI: Sharjah Airport Authority (SAA) is participating in the ACI Airport Exchange 2019 in Abu Dhabi from November 25th to 27th. More than 1,500 decision-makers from international airports and hundreds of speakers and experts from the aviation industry are taking part in the 3-day trade show organised by the Airports Council International (ACI). SAA is participating in the ACI …