By Rafiq Vayani DUBAI: Emirates, the world’s best airline according to TripAdvisor 2017, will be adding an extra flight to its service between Dubai and Algiers, making it a daily service from 13th December 2017. The launch of the additional flight will complement Emirates’ current six flights a week, and further boost inbound and outbound passenger traffic and cargo flows …

DUBAI: The First International Road Federation Congress and Exhibition, of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), which started on Sunday, October 29, and will continue for three days until Tuesday, October 31, 2017 witnessed diversified participations from different countries all over the world. The Exhibition brought together flagship companies from the UAE and MENA region, in addition to other …

DUBAI: Emirates will operate a special one-off A380 service to Bahrain on 15 December, one day ahead of the country’s 46th National Day celebrations. On 15 December, the Emirates A380 service will operate as EK 835 and EK 836, departing Dubai at 0055hrs and arriving in Bahrain at 0110hrs. The flight will then depart Bahrain at 0350hrs arriving in Dubai at …

BIZ TODAY REPORT KARACHI: The 16th Council of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan (ICAP) in its first meeting held on October 27, 2017 elected Office Bearers for the year 2017-18. The Council unanimously elected Mr. Riaz A. Rehman Chamdia as President of the Institute, Mr. Farrukh Rehman as Vice President-South and Mr. Jafar Husain as Vice President-North. Mr. Riaz …

ADDIS ABABA: Ethiopian Airlines and Boeing [NYSE: BA] celebrated the delivery of the carrier’s first Boeing 787-9. Ethiopian is leasing the Dreamliner through an agreement with AerCap. Ethiopian’s newest 787 touched down in Addis Ababa following a non-stop 8,354 mile (13,444 km) delivery flight from Boeing’s Everett, Wash., facility. Ethiopian becomes the first carrier in Africa to operate the 787-9 …

By Kamran Hashim / Rafiq Vayani Young and energetic Jatin Kewlani was speaking exclusively with Biz Today on the topic of Thalassemia, which he feels is not getting the type attention that it deserves. Thalassemia is more lethal then Polio and is also incurable, but comparatively Polio gets enormous amount hype and attention from official circles and media. Jatin Kewlani …

DUBAI: The Hussain Sajwani – DAMAC Foundation, a joint venture between DAMAC Properties and its CEO Mr. Hussain Sajwani, has signed a partnership memorandum to support and sponsor the One Million Arab Coders initiative. The initiative was launched by UAE Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum to provide free …

By Rafiq Vayani KARACHI: Marks a significant development in the ACCA Qualification as ACCA held the launch event at Avari Tower for their Ethics and Professional Module in Pakistan. The event featured a panel discussion on ACCA’s report, ‘Ethics and trust in a digital age.’ The panellists included;  Helen Brand OBE – Chief Executive,  ACCA, Dr. Farrukh Iqbal – Dean …

DUBAI: ibis Styles Dubai Jumeira announces the promotion of Muhammad Mujtaba Haider from hotel manager to general manager. In his role, he will continue to lead the daily operations of the 191-key property to guarantee excellent guest experience, and head the sales and marketing, and food & beverage strategies to ensure healthy occupancy and profitability. Haider has over 15 years …

By Yousra Rehan KARACHI: Masarrat Misbah Makeup the first and only Halal certified makeup brand, participated in the Festival of Beauty at Dolmen Mall – Tariq Road. The Beauty Festival was recently held in Karachi. The event was a huge success and an amazing number of women of all ages lined up to get expert makeup advice from the MM makeup experts and availed the chance of beautifying themselves with …