SHARJAH: Air Arabia, the Middle East and North Africa’s first and largest low-cost carrier (LCC), has received the ‘Corporate Editor Choice Award’at the 2018 Air Transport Awards organised by Air Transport News held this year in Dubai, UAE. The accolade is a demonstration of Air Arabia’s continued commitment to passenger satisfaction and development within the industry. Air Arabia picked up …

By Rafiq Vayani DUBAI: Arrivals from the Middle East, North America and Africa will drive growth in Egypt’s tourism industry to 2021, according to the latest data published ahead of Arabian Travel Market 2018, which takes place at Dubai World Trade Centre from April 22-25. Between 2018 and 2021, arrivals from North America will increase at a Compound Annual Growth …

DUBAI: Emirates is celebrating 10 years of enabling mobile phone use on board its aircraft. As a global leader of inflight innovations, Emirates made history in March 2008 by becoming the first airline in the world to allow customers to make and receive calls, as well as send SMS messages from their own mobile phones. The inaugural phone call was …

DUBAI: The Millennium Plaza Dubai, a luxury accommodation located along Sheikh Zayed Road, was in near complete darkness for a solid hour on Saturday, as the property marked Earth Hour, the world’s largest grassroots movement for the environment. The property joined other hotels and establishments in the UAE and across the globe in celebrating the annual energy conservation movement by …

DUBAI: Emirates has completed the application of the specially-designed ‘Year of Zayed’ livery on ten of its aircraft. This tribute to the late His Highness Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan was first unveiled in November 2017 on the fuselage of Emirates’ 100th A380 aircraft, and commemorates the 100th year of HH Sheikh Zayed’s birth. Watch the decals being applied at …

LONDON: British Airways has recently released its Gender Pay Gap figures. The airline’s statistics show that the median hourly pay difference between men and women is 10 per cent, compared to the national average of 18.1 per cent*. The airline’s median bonus pay difference is -19 per cent, which, using this calculation, means that the bonus pay gap favours women. …

By Rafiq Vayani KARACHI: Dinner in the Sky is a Belgian based novelty restaurant service, which uses a crane to hoist its diners, table, and waiting staff up-to 223 feet high into the air. Forbes magazine called it “one of the world’s ten most unusual restaurants.” This most amazing ‘floating’ restaurant; “Dinner in the Sky” is now coming to Pakistan …

MANAMA: Gulf Air, the Kingdom of Bahrain’s national carrier, will launch direct daily flights to Bangalore from 1st May 2018 and direct 7 weekly flights to Calicut from 15th June 2018. This will expand its India operations to serve 8 cities in total supplementing its existing services to Delhi, Chennai, Kochi, Mumbai, Trivandrum and Hyderabad. The expansion coincides with Gulf Air’s new …

DUBAI: Qantas and Emirates welcome the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s (ACCC) reauthorisation of their partnership until 2023. For customers, the continuation of the joint business, announced in August 2017, will deliver expanded services, greater schedule choice, increased frequent flyer benefits and an ongoing commitment to the development of world class products and travel experiences. Comments from Qantas International CEO …

DUBAI: Kids at the Arsenal Soccer School Dubai (ASSD) this morning learned new skills and tricks when Arsenal players Héctor Bellerín, Calum Chambers and Rob Holding stopped by for a special visit. The players used Friday’s practice to train students how to ‘play the Arsenal way,’ then taking to the pitch themselves to play matches at 7he Sevens ground, home of the …