DOHA: Qatar Airways has announced the resumption of three weekly flights from London Gatwick. The flights will be operated by a Boeing 787 Dreamliner, offering 22 seats in business class and 232 seats in economy. The airline has also scheduled four daily flights from London Heathrow, three daily flights from Manchester and three weekly flights from Edinburgh throughout December. Qatar Airways UK & Ireland country manager, Gary Kershaw, said: “We are delighted to resume our flights to London Gatwick, further cementing our position as the leading international carrier providing connectivity to the UK. “The resumption of London Gatwick services is…
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MUSCAT: Oman Air, the national carrier of the Sultanate of Oman, continues its efforts to improve efficiency and service to guests with the introduction of its new in-flight entertainment training system. The kiosk-based system displays ARIA, the airline’s in-flight entertainment system, along with First, Business and Economy Class screens and the cabin crew control panel. The training kiosk, which recently arrived in Muscat, makes training processes more efficient and cost-effective because it eliminates the need to use aircraft for training cabin crew in the use of ARIA, which is mandatory for cabin directors. Oman Air’s system also facilitates quality control…
HONG LONG: International carriers and travellers flying into Hong Kong are facing greater hurdles, with the city’s government cracking down on imported Covid-19 cases, according to the South China Morning Post. British Airways and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines are among the first carriers to breach the revised regulations and will suspend passenger services to Hong Kong for two weeks. New rules by the Hong Kong government require airlines to ensure those travelling to the city provide comprehensive health and travel history, as well as proof of booking at a quarantine hotel. Additionally, passengers from high-risk locations must present a negative…
KARACHI: The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has notified new standard operating procedures (SOPs) for international passengers, chartered and private aircraft flights to Pakistan. The new SOPs have been divided in three categories; A, B and C, by the aviation authority, according to a notification issued by the CAA. Japan, Finland, Namibia and Malawi are among the countries removed from the category A, whereas the number of countries included the category has been increased to 24 from 22. The category A includes Australia, China, Cote D’Ivoire, Cuba, Fiji, Iceland, Ireland, Kazakhstan, Laos, Maldives, New Zealand and Nigeria; whereas category B comprises…
ISLAMABAD: Virgin Atlantic’s first flight to Pakistan landed at the New Islamabad International Airport on Friday, December 11. “Virgin Atlantic’s inaugural flight lands in Islamabad,” twitted Advisor to PM on Overseas Pakistani Sayed Zulfiqar Bukhari, “Great new step for our United Kingdom and European Union-based diaspora. Pakistan is more connected and open for travel and tourism today than it has been in decades.” With him was British High Commission to Pakistan Christian Turner, who wrote “Bauhut Mubarak!” Twitter. The inaugural flight took off from Manchester Airport on Thursday. “Pakistan-UK dosti zindabad!” According to a press release by the British High…
KARACHI: The Sindh government has decided to conduct a feasibility study of 10 potential tourist sites and identify more sites for promoting tourism in the province through public-private partnerships. The tourism sites for which the feasibility study will be carried out are Ranikot in the Jamshoro district, Gorakh Hill Station in the Dadu district, Drigh and Langh Lakes in Kambar-Shahdadkot, Keenjhar Lake in Thatta, Nagarparkar in Tharparkar, Achhrro Thar in Sanghar, Mohenjodarro in Larkana, Sehwan, Bhit Shah, Drigh and Lab-e-Mehran/Sadhbelo in Sukkur and the coastal belt of the province. The decision to this effect was taken in a tourism and…
DENPASAR: UNWTO has concluded a first in-person visit to Bali since the start of the pandemic. The delegation met with key figures from the Government of the Republic of Indonesia to advance collaboration as the country gets ready to reopen its borders to international visitors and restart tourism. In partnership with Indonesia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy, UNWTO hosted a special Capacity Building Workshop on Restarting International Tourism in Bali. The workshop counted on the participation of more than 30 leaders from across the tourism sector, with a further 150 experts and leaders joining…
MANAMA: Gulf Air, the national carrier of Bahrain, has ceremonially signed five agreements with a number of companies during an official delegation’s visit from Bahrain to Israel. Captain Waleed A Hameed AlAlawi, Acting Chief Executive Officer of Gulf Air, said: “We take great pride in being part of the official delegation from the Kingdom of Bahrain and hope this is merely the beginning of developing further aviation opportunities. During our visit, we have signed a number of great agreements that will solidify the confidence in aviation between the two countries.” Gulf Air and EL AL Airlines signed a comprehensive MoU…
PESHAWAR: A five-day survival camp for training the youth to learn skills to cope with harsh weather conditions, difficult situation and disasters in the hilly and forest areas was concluded at the scenic Malam Jabba resort in Swat valley on Tuesday. The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Culture and Tourism Authority (KP-CTA) in collaboration with the experts of famed Discovery, National Geographic and Oxygen channels had arranged the training camp. This was the first time that such training camp was arranged by the KP-CTA keeping in view the aspiration and spirit of the youth for the thrilling activities. The initiative was meant to…
LONDON: This month, just four weeks shy of the final Brexit, the UK and the U.S. signed a new bilateral open skies agreement to ensure flights between the two countries would continue as of January 1, 2021, without “interruption due to regulatory uncertainty” when European Union laws stop applying to the UK. But uncertainty is exactly what European destinations are dealing with in the absence of clear guidance on how tourism will operate seamlessly between the UK and the EU starting in the new year. “The lack of information we have so far is agonizing,” Luís Araújo, president of Visit…