BEIJING: In what appears to be the clearest sign yet of the coronavirus outbreak having abated in China, where it first emerged late last year, millions of Chinese are travelling within the country for the May Day holidays. Over 50 million trips were made in the first two days of the five-day holiday, state media reports said, adding that an estimated 90 million trips are expected to be completed by the end of holidays on Tuesday.Of the 50 million trips, nearly 23 million domestic tourist trips were made by Friday, the first day of the holiday, with the domestic tourism…
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DUBAI: The Middle East’s biggest airlines, Emirates & Etihad have seen a drastic decline in their flight operations due to the coronavirus. This has exponentially decreased their profits and therefore, their top executives have estimated that the situation would not normalize until 2023. Emirates & Etihad are one of the emerging & top Airlines in the world. Will they be able to sustain during the pandemic? Top executives of Emirates and Etihad, two of the Middle East’s biggest airlines, have said passenger demand may not return to pre-coronavirus crisis levels until 2023. About 85 percent of the world’s airlines could…
KARACHI: To honor the brave services of front-line police personnel safeguarding Karachi by putting their own well-being at risk during the Covid-19 outbreak, Hashoo Group has launched an initiative to benefit them by providing Sehr and Iftar meals at their checkpoints during the Holy Month of Ramadan. This was agreed in a meeting held between the DIG South Mr. Sharjeel Kharal and the GM Pearl-Continental Hotel Karachi Mr. Tariq Deen on Thursday, April 30th, 2020. Under its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative, Hashoo Group is going to provide daily Sehr and Iftar meals to on-duty law-enforcement agency (LEA) personnel deployed…
Scandinavian Airlines has said it will cut as many as 5,000 jobs as it seeks to restructure for a post-Covid 19 world. The outbreak has removed most of the demand for air travel and thereby the commercial basis for many airlines.Currently, SAS is operating a limited domestic network in Norway and Sweden. Given the current restrictions on travel, SAS said it expects limited activity during the important summer season. “Covid-19 has forced SAS to face a new and unprecedented reality that will reverberate not only in the coming months, but also during the coming years. “Our ambition is to continue…
LONDON: Heathrow airport has seen passenger numbers decline by 18 per cent during quarter one, with 14.6 million guests arriving over the period. As the toll from the coronavirus grows, numbers are expected to be down by around 97 per cent in April. Overall revenue fell 12.7 per cent, to £593 million, while adjusted EBITDA fell by 22.4 per cent to £315 million However, the airport said it has £3.2 billion in liquidity, “sufficient to maintain the business at least over the next 12 months, even with no passengers”. Officials took action to conserve cash and reduce costs by around…
GENEVA: The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that its rescheduled 76thAnnual General Meeting (AGM) and World Air Transport Summit will take place in Amsterdam, the Netherlands from November 23-24. IATA ’s 76th AGM and World Air Transport Summit will be hosted by KLM Royal Dutch Airlines at the RAI Convention Centre. The dates were selected in anticipation that government restrictions on travel will have been lifted and that the public health authorities in the Netherlands will permit large gatherings at that time. IATA will work with public health authorities to ensure that all precautions are taken for the meeting…
MANAMA: In line with national efforts aimed at combating the Coronavirus (COVID-19), Gulf Air, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, in coordination with a number of Bahraini enterprises specialising in medical supplies, assisted in the importation of 9 tons of medical items needed to mitigate the spread of the COVID-19, as well as general medications, medical equipment and hygienic products. The medical drugs and equipment were chartered on special Gulf Air flights in an initiative spearheaded by Team Bahrain. The collaboration between the national carrier and the local companies is to ensure the Kingdom possesses an abundant supply…
ISLAMABAD: The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has suffered a loss of over Rs10.5 billion in last two months due to suspension of flight operation in the wake of Covid-19. According to the Aviation Division, the CAA suffered a loss of Rs67.5 million per day in April due to the suspension of flight operations across the world amid the coronavirus outbreak. Mr.Abul Sattar Khokhar Senior, Joint Secretary Aviation Division told that the suspension of international flights is causing a loss of Rs2.5 billion per week to CAA. “Over 1000 flights used to pass through Pakistani air space daily. The figure has…
MONTREAL: The International Air Transport Association has announced Sebastian Mikosz will join the organisation as Senior Vice President for member and external relations. The appointment will take effect on June 1st. Most recently, Mikosz was group Managing Director and Chief Executive of Kenya Airways (2017-2019), during which time he served on the IATA board of governors. During his tenure this carrier was recognised as Africa’s Leading Airline Business Class by voters at the World Travel Awards. At IATA, Mikosz will lead global advocacy activities and aero-political policy development, along with managing strategic relationships. Mikosz will report to chief executive, Alexandre…
BEIJING: China’s most populous cities saw a spike in outbound travellers, tourists and day-trippers on May 1, first day of a long holiday weekend, led by Wuhan, epicentre of the coronavirus epidemic that first struck the country late last year. The number of people travelling outside their home cities jumped nearly 50% at the start of the Labour Day weekend, compared with the first day of the Tomb Sweeping holiday on April 4, according to a calculation on data from China’s internet giant Baidu Inc (BIDU.O). The increase in outbound travel during the five-day holiday, one of China’s peak tourism…