MANAMA: Gulf Air, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, welcomed the airline’s second Airbus A320neo to join the fleet, which landed in Bahrain International Airport today. This is the second aircraft of the 12 A320neo aircraft ordered during the 2016 Bahrain International Airshow. This delivery also makes Gulf Air the first national carrier to fly the A320neo in …

By Rafiq Vayani DUBAI: Across the world every day, Emirates’ flights connect people and businesses, enabling travel, tourism and trade. Whether from the cockpit, or inside the aircraft cabin, on the ramp or at the hangar, at service desks across the world or from headquarters in Dubai, Emirates’ female employees make an important contribution to the successful operation of every …

SHANGHAI: CEFA Aviation is expanding and chose to strengthen its presence in China, a key market where aviation is booming. Dominique Mineo, CEO and founder of CEFA Aviation, explains that “If there is one country where we definitely wanted to establish ourselves strongly, it is China. We are glad to have our first full-time managing director outside Europe here. With …

DUBAI: Emirates Holidays, part of leading travel services provider dnata, is set to establish a local presence in Denmark and Sweden in Spring 2019. Known for its range of well-curated and bespoke travel packages, Emirates Holidays focuses on promoting its hub Dubai. The new branch in Scandinavia will cater to Danish and Swedish travellers, offering them unique and premium travel …

DUBAI: Dubai Duty Free’s Dior Beauty Consultant, Engelbert Chua, has been awarded the top accolade at the Dior Golden BC (Beauty consultant) awards ceremony held in Paris during the “Dior Travel Retail Convention” in February. Dubai Duty Free’s Chua was chosen as the Dior Golden BC Awardee out of 628 Dior Beauty consultants from Europe and the Middle East. Chua’s …

BANGKOK: Thai Airways International Public Company Limited (THAI) has resumed operating normal flights to Karachi, Islamic Republic of Pakistan, via Oman airspace. Mr. Sumeth Damrongchaitham, THAI President, said in reference to the sudden closure of Pakistani airspace on 27 February 2019 whereby the Company had to cancel flights, presently Pakistani airspace has resumed partial operations but with limitations to flight …

DUBAI: Emirates and Dubai Future Accelerators an initiative of Dubai Future Foundation have launched the sixth cohort of the Accelerators programme with an opening ceremony to welcome the seven participant teams at Emirates Towers. The opening event was attended by Adel Al Redha, Emirates’ Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer, Khalfan Belhoul, CEO, Dubai Future Foundation, along with senior …

DUBAI: It is history in the making for Gulf Craft as work on its first mega yacht progresses swiftly. The shipyard revealed the on-going work of art to the journalists during a tour of its state-of-the-art facility. Impressed by the masterpiece and choice of materials used onboard, the journalists got a chance to meet the design team involved in this …

DUBAI: Millennium Hotels and Resorts, Middle East and Africa (MEA), one of the fastest growing hotel management companies in the region and Deyaar Development PJSC, one of the UAE’s leading property development and real estate services companies, yesterday opened the Millennium Atria Business Bay that will serve a growing hospitality and tourism sector, especially the Expo 2020 visitor traffic. Saeed …

DUBAI: dnata Travel has been named “Favourite Travel Agent” at the annual Condé Nast Traveller Middle East Readers’ Choice Awards. The awards were presented at a gala dinner in Dubai, in front of the region’s leading travel and hospitality operators. “We are proud to be voted the most preferred travel agent by the readers of Condé Nast Traveller Middle East,” said Antonio Fellino, Vice President …