ISLAMABAD: Honorable President of Pakistan Dr. Arif Alvi says government is committed to promote religious tourism in which Buddhism has niche due to presence of a lot of Buddhist historic sites in Pakistan. He was talking to a Korean delegation led by President of Jogye Order, Wonhaeng in Islamabad on Wednesday, November 20. The President expressed the hope that the visit of Buddhist delegation from South Korea would promote people to people contacts by highlighting the historic, cultural and religious linkages between the two countries. He said Pakistan and Korean cultural and religious linkages go back to the Buddhist Gandhara…
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DUBAI: Saudi budget carrier flynas has signed a firm order for 10 Airbus A321XLRs at the 2019 Dubai Airshow. The agreement was signed by Bandar Almohanna, flynas Chief Executive Officer and Christian Scherer, Airbus Chief Commercial Officer. Almohanna said: “Flynas is pleased to announce a firm order of 10 A321XLR, which will increase the total number of its firm order of A320 family aircraft type to 90 aircraft at list price worth $10 billion.” “These 10 XLRs will expand the reach of flynas network to much farther destinations with support of significantly longer flying range compared to the existing A320neo…
ISLAMABAD: Chairman National Tourism Coordination Board Sayed Zulfikar Abbas Bukhari has said that Pakistan will host the Developing-8’s 3rd Ministerial Meeting on Tourism Cooperation in 2021, to foster collaboration of D-8 members in tourism sector. He said the decision was taken during the ongoing 2nd Ministerial Meeting on Tourism Cooperation at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia where Pakistani delegation, led by Sayed Zulfikar Abbas Bukhari. The session was focused on developing a new tourism development agenda for D-8 countries and contemplating over new methods to promote Halal, eco-friendly and sustainable tourism in D-8 countries. The delegates underlined the need for enhanced collaboration…
KARACHI: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has added one more Airbus A320 to its fleet, the national flag-carrier confirmed on Thursday, November 21. The announcement was made through PIA’s official Twitter handle. A picture of the aircraft, grounded at the Karachi airport, was also attached to the tweet. According to the reports, the airplane departed from Istanbul and reached Karachi at 7:00 AM, Thursday morning, November 21 . An official told media that the airbus has been bought on a dry lease, leasing arrangement whereby an aircraft financing entity provides an aircraft without crew for a period of six years. He…
DUBAI: Emirates today announced a firm order for 50 A350-900 XWB aircraft worth $16 billion (Dh58.7 billion) at list prices at the Dubai Airshow 2019. Powered by Rolls-Royce Trent XWB engines, delivery of the first Emirates A350 XWB is expected in May 2023, and will continue until 2028. HH Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Emirates Chairman and Chief Executive, signed the deal with Guillaume Faury, Chief Executive Officer from Airbus. This purchase agreement replaces the heads of agreement signed in February where Emirates announced its intent to purchase 30 A350s and 40 A330Neos. HH Sheikh Ahmed said: “Today, we…
SILIGURI: Travel trade operators in eastern India are apprehending strong impact on their business following change in the tourism entry fee policy of Himalayan country Bhutan. “Introduction of mandatory Government fee for every incoming tourist, including those from India, will cut down the number of Bhutan bound Indian tourists. As the common practice, almost all of them spend at least two nights in eastern Himalayan region that includes Sikkim or West Bengal hills,” said veteran tour. Currently, Bhutan charges every foreign visitor $ 250 per day including $65 ‘Sustainable Development Fee (SDF)’ and $40 visa charge. But ‘Regional Tourists’ from…
RAWALPINDI: Railways Minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad inaugurated steam Safari special train in Rawalpindi to enhance and amplify the measures being taken to promote Pakistan’s tourism. Talking to media after inaugurating the new train, he said it will help promote tourism in the country. In the first phase, the Safari Train will operate from Rawalpindi to Golram. Tourists from United Kingdom, Japan, United States of America, Italy and Germany are traveling in the train. The objective of the train is to project the culture, civilization, heritage and worth seeing beautiful places of Pakistan before the world. Earlier in the day, a…
DUBAI: Airbus has won $30bn (£23bn) worth of orders for 170 aircraft in another sign of the continued expansion of Middle East airlines. At the Dubai Air Show, Emirates announced the purchase of 50 Airbus A350-900 XWBs – extra wide body – planes at a list price of $16bn.That was closely followed by fast-growing low-cost carrier Air Arabia ordering 170 Airbus A320s worth $14bn. The European aircraft manufacturer makes its wings in the UK.Both airlines are likely to get a discount on the catalogue price, given the size of the orders. Air Arabia chief executive Adel Ali told reporters the…
KARACHI: The national carrier is in the final phase of preparations and will start direct flights to USA from April 2020. The monthly operational losses of the airlines had been reduced to Rs1.5 billion. After recording reduction in operation losses, the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) would initiate direct flights to the United States from 2020. As per local media reports, the national carrier is in the final phase of preparations and will start direct flights to the USA from April 2020. The reports state that PIA has sought permission from American officials for it besides providing related documents and plans.…
KUWAIT: Jazeera Airways, Kuwait’s leading low-cost airline, operating regionally and internationally, today signed an agreement with Airbus to provide the airline with components support for up to 29 A320ceos and A320neos aircraft as part of the Airbus Flight Hour Services (FHS). The agreement was signed during the Dubai Airshow 2019 by Jazeera Airways chairman Marwan Boodai and Airbus chief commercial officer Christian Scherer. Airbus will manage components services which will cover: pool, on-site stock at main base, warehousing, logistics, component maintenance service, and engineering. Boodai said: “We are pleased to be expanding our relationship with Airbus which started in 2004,…