SAO PAULO: Emirates has announced a new codeshare partnership agreement with LATAM Airlines Brazil covering domestic services in Brazil, providing greater choice and connectivity to its customers. Emirates passengers travelling to and from Brazil will now be able to connect with 17 cities in LATAM’s domestic network covered by the codeshare agreement including Belo Horizonte, Brasília and Foz do Iguaçu …

DUBAI: Emirates NBD, one of the leading banks in the region, was awarded Cloud Computing Innovation of the Year at the FStech Awards in London. The award recognises Emirates NBD’s success over the past two years in not only launching its own private cloud as a first in the Middle Eastern banking sector but for also progressively expanding its capabilities …

DUBAI: Middlesex University Dubai laid out the red carpet for its annual ‘Premiere De MDX Studios’ held on 30 April 2019 at Roxy Cinema, City Walk. The premiere showcased the phenomenal work of four final year students from the University’s esteemed BA Honours Film programme. A culmination of everything they have learned throughout their three years of study, the students …

By Rafiq Vayani DUBAI: It’s hard to stand out from the crowd when you’re one of 2,800 exhibitors – but the Moroccan National Provincial Tourist Office has been adjudged the Best Stand Design for its authentic representation of a typical Moroccan house at Arabian Travel Market 2019 at Dubai World Trade Center (DWTC). Reproducing elements of both a ‘riad’ and …

By Rafiq Vayani DUBAI: Dubai-based flydubai’s participated successfully at 2019 Arabian Travel Market (ATM) coincided with the start of the celebrations for the carrier’s 10th anniversary. The airline, which started operations on 01 June 2009, marked this occasion with the launch of a new website for passengers to share their memories. Over the last decade, the airline has changed the …

LONDON: This summer, British Airways customers are set to enjoy access to new partner lounges across a number of European destinations. The use of the third-party owned partner* lounges, exclusively for the airline’s customers travelling in Club Europe and eligible cardholders, is part of British Airways’ multi-million pound investment, with the aim of offering access to more lounges across the …

KARACHI: METRO, the leading international wholesale company with food and non-food assortments, has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with the Food Fortification Programme to help eradicate malnutrition in Pakistan. The MoU was inked between Mr. Stuart King, FFP Team Leader and Mr. Pervaiz Akhtar, Director Corporate Affairs METRO Pakistan, representing their respective organizations, in presence of Mr. Suhail Khawaja …

News Desk DUBAI: A record 11.25 million passengers last year used Smart Gates at all the terminals of Dubai International which for the fifth consecutive year has remained the world’s top airport for international travellers with about 90 million passengers, according to a top Dubai government official. In his welcome address at the Airport Security on the concluding day of …

DUBAI: Dubai Police and AFSAC (ICAO AVSEC Training Centre) of Tunisia signed an agreement for sharing knowledge and infrastructure at their respective centres to train the police force working at airports. Maj General Pilot Ahmad Mohammed Bin Thani, Assistant Commander for Seaports & Airports Affairs, Dubai Police, signed the agreement on behalf of Dubai Police, and Asiza Seddik, ASTC Director, …

By Rafiq Vayani DUBAI, UAE: The region’s aviation opportunities and challenges have been firmly in the spotlight at the first CONNECT Middle East, India & Africa forum which is collated alongside Arabian Travel Market 2019. With Middle East seat capacity doubling to just under 264.31 million in the last 10 years, according to anna.aero data, the Gulf’s full-service and low-cost …