BIZ TODAY REPORT DUBAI: Following the commencement of their partnership, Emirates and flydubai today announced that Emirates will expand its network to 29 flydubai destinations across three continents. The new partner network, through its codeshare, will offer greater frequency and easier access to more global destinations with the advantage of connecting baggage to the final destination.  Passengers can book from …

LONDON: Twin brothers who work as British Airways pilots celebrated their 60th birthdays today by walking off their last ever flights, only 30 seconds apart. Captains Jeremy and Nick Hart both fly A320 aircraft on short-haul routes for British Airways. After being born 30 minutes apart they decided a fitting end to their flying careers would be to operate their last …

By Rafiq Vayani RIYADH: Burj Rafal Hotel Kaminski is organizing a Turkish Kebab Festival at the hotel’s signature Ottoman restaurant, Tuğra. With the attendance of several media outlets in addition to the Turkish ambassador and many notable guests, the opening ceremony will commence on Sunday October 8th. Festivities will start every day from 7PM until 11PM and will continue for …

DOHA: Qatar Airways has further strengthened its commitment to Italy with the acquisition of 49 per cent of AQA Holding, the new parent company of Meridiana fly (Meridiana), while the previous sole shareholder Alisarda has kept 51 per cent. Qatar Airways currently flies from Doha to Rome, Venice, Pisa and Milan a total of 42 times per week and this …

By Rafiq Vayani DOHA: Thousands of people watched in admiration as a Qatar Airways aircraft flew in formation over Doha with the world-famous Red Arrows aerobatic display team, an event taking place as the airline celebrates its twentieth anniversary. The event, hosted by the British Ambassador to the State of Qatar, His Excellency Mr. Ajay Sharma, and Qatar Airways Group …

ISLAMABAD: Jovago.pk, Pakistan’s first and no.1 online hotel booking website on the occasion of “World Tourism Day” that is celebrated every year on September 27 globally, brings exciting announcement for its travelers. Jovago.pk welcomes Pearl-Continental & Marriott Pakistan Hotels onboard. Building on an existing relationship with Hashoo Group’s Hotel One brand, the new partnership with the country’s largest hotel chain …

By Rafiq Vayani MANAMA: Gulf Air, the Kingdom of Bahrain’s national carrier, and Turkish Airlines, Turkey’s national air carrier, today signed a codeshare agreement that will be effective from 1st November 2017. The agreement will expand the travel opportunities for the passengers of both airlines with jointly operated double daily flights between Bahrain and Istanbul. The signing ceremony took place at …

ADDIS ABABA: Flying even more greener; Ethiopian Airlines Group, the largest airline in Africa, is pleased to announce that it has fully digitalized all its business processes like aircraft maintenance and Flight Operations, Commercial Operations, Finance, HRM, Customer Services, Procurement and supply Chain Management, Online learning, management approvals and authorizations etc… by removing paper from the entire system as of …

MANAMA: The Kingdom of Bahrain’s national carrier Gulf Air today celebrated World Tourism Day in collaboration with the University of Bahrain. Recognising distinguished students of the University’s Media, Tourism and Arts Division, Gulf Air awarded them complimentary flights to some of its newest destinations: Tbilisi, Georgia – Colombo, Sri Lanka – Athens, Greece. Presenting the tickets to the University of …

ACCRA: Africa’s largest Airline Group, Ethiopian Airlines, has won Chartered Institute of Marketing Ghana (CIMG) Airline Company International award for the year 2016. Ethiopian received the accolade at the 28th edition of the CIMG National Performance Awards in Accra. While receiving the award, Mr Mitiku Asrat, Regional Director, Central and West Africa, said, “As a pan African airline, we are …