LONDON: To celebrate its centenary British Airways is launching BA 2119: Flight of the Future, a first-of-its-kind exhibition looking ahead to the next 100 years of flying and imagining what that may look like.  The exhibition will be open throughout August, British Airways’ birthday month, and is based on in-depth global research commissioned by the airline to identify what aviation could …

By Rafiq Vayani PORTO: Emirates has launched its new four times weekly service to Porto, its second destination in Portugal. The new service provides travellers from across Emirates’ global network with a direct flight to the popular city in the north of the country. The inaugural flight, EK197, touched down at the city’s international airport on Tuesday afternoon, marking the …

DUBAI: Emirates is offering UAE travellers a chance to book a short getaway in First and Business Class and explore its extensive network this summer. Solo travellers and families can enjoy an exciting break in Hong Kong, Paris, Sydney and many more destinations. Travelers can also fly back home to visit family during the summer to Emirates destinations in North …

DUBAI: Emirates has announced that it will resume flights to Khartoum, the capital of Sudan, from 08 July, 2019. The daily service between Dubai and Khartoum, will once again provide both business and leisure travellers in Sudan, global connectivity through the airline’s network, particularly to destinations in the Middle East, West Asia, United States and the Far East, with one …

KARACHI: Al Umeed Rehabilitation Association (AURA) for Cerebral Palsy, a non- profit charitable organization, is the first of its kind in Pakistan that offers specialized interdisciplinary treatment, rehabilitation, special & inclusive education services for children and young adults suffering from Cerebral Palsy. Frieha Altaf, CEO of Catwalk Event Management and Productions has been given the honour of being the first …

KARACHI: A Dubai-based global education company, Coded Minds, that offers iSTEAM (Innovation, Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics) subjects, is launching in Pakistan. With a vision to bring good quality advanced technology education at the grassroots level, Coded Minds’s first Summer Camp in Karachi is being offered at an affordable cost. “We are very excited that we will be able to serve …

ABU DHABI: Bright Kids Nursery – a chain of nurseries owned, managed and operated by KBBO Education – has been recognised as a Superbrand, a status conferred on the most outstanding brands by invitation only. Bright Kids Nursery was awarded Superbrand status at a ceremony at the InterContinental Dubai – Festival City on June 18th. Superbrands is an independent authority and arbiter …

KARACHI: Huawei was named one of the 50 Smartest Companies by MIT Technology Review on June 29, 2019. Since 2010, the MIT Technology Review, a globally influential technology media outlet, has annually published a list of the 50 companies that best combine innovative technology with an effective business model around the world. MIT Technology Review picks the 50 smartest companies …

News Desk LONDON: The huge potential of new technologies, such as augmented reality and artificial intelligence, will be best achieved by engaging and educating people on its capabilities and collaborating to ensure it is used for the global good. That was the focus of the latest in Expo 2020 Dubai’s World Majlis series, attended by His Excellency Mansoor Abulhoul, UAE …

DUBAI: Emirates NBD, a leading bank in the region, has announced the successful implementation of a digitised payment solution for Dubai Department of Finance (DoF) to achieve full Host-to-Host (H2H) integration of all payment processes through the bank’s smartBUSINESS Connect solution. Implemented by the bank’s Transaction Banking unit, the integration will ensure seamless and secured messaging between the two organisations …