KARACHI: Pakistan International Airline (PIA) has increased fares up to six thousand for two sectors of Middle East, Dubai and Abu Dhabi. After the revision of fares, a round trip from Lahore to Dubai will cost Rs 61,000 and while Lahore to Abu Dhabi will be Rs 61,200. PIA increased the fares owing to a large number of people traveling to these two sectors, in which most of the passengers are labors and Iqama visa holders.PIA administration has informed agents about the decision. In July, the national flag-carrier, PIA, announced to give discounts up to 10 percent to the passengers…
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PESHAWAR: The foreign and domestic tourists and the local people enjoyed the three-day Uchal festival in the scenic Kalash valley in Chitral district. Kicked off on August 20, this year a great number of foreign and domestic tourists visited the Kalash valley to enjoy the Uchal festival. The tourists besides enjoying the cultural and religious rites in Rambur and Bamburet valleys also visited the historic museum in Kalash. The mega event of Uchal festival was held in Rambur, Bamburet besides Anish, Broon Karakul and other small villages in Kalash valley. On the first day, the young boys and girls gathered…
BOSTON: Sabre Corporation, the leading technology provider to the global travel industry, hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony today to mark the grand opening of its Boston Innovation Lab. Boston Mayor Marty Walsh was among the guests who shared remarks during the event led by Sabre CEO Sean Menke and Sabre Labs President and former Google Executive, Sundar Narasimhan. “Sabre has a long history of technology leadership in retailing, distribution and fulfillment of the $1.7 trillion travel marketplace,” said CEO Sean Menke. “Over the past two years, we have focused on reinvigorating and transforming Sabre to continue to accelerate innovation to…
ISLAMABAD: A British Backpacker Society team has successfully completed a two-week expedition to Concordia and K-2, fuelling hopes that the world Pakistan’s adventure travel pedigree will once again be recognised in the society’s influential end-of-year international adventure travel rankings. Samuel Joynson, the President of the British Backpacker Society told APP that he set off from Skardu in early August along with Johannes Polkonen, another member of the society, and supporting team from Skardu-based company “Vertical Explorers”. Samuel said the team trekked for over 200 kilometres at an average altitude of 4000 metres to the base of the world’s second highest…
KARACHI: Revenues of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) increased 30% in first six months of 2019, the Aviation Division said in its report. “From January to June of the current calendar year, the national flag carrier achieved a breakthrough,” the Aviation Division remarked. During the first year of the current government, the Aviation Division devised a business model to drag PIA out of the depths of accumulated losses worth Rs450 billion, according to the report. The improvement in revenues came from the introduction of new profitable routes including Sialkot-Sharjah, Islamabad-Doha, Lahore-Muscat, Sialkot-Paris, Sialkot-Barcelona, Multan-Sharjah, Peshawar-Sharjah and Peshawar-Al-Ain, said the report. The…
ABU DHABI: Etihad Airways, the national airline of the UAE, was named the most punctual Middle Eastern carrier during the first seven months of 2019. New figures released by aviation data company OAG show that Etihad was the only Middle Eastern carrier whose punctuality averaged more than 80 per cent for flights across this period. The data also showed that of the airlines monitored by OAG, Etihad was ranked 24th globally for on-time performance in July, the peak summer month for air travel in the Middle East. John Wright, Etihad Airways’ Vice President Global Airports and Network Operations, said: “Etihad…
DUBAI: Dubai’s Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (Dubai Tourism) has announced a partnership with House of ARY, one of the leading South Asian broadcast networks, to further strengthen travel demand to the emirate from Pakistan with the recent launch of the ‘Chalo Dubai’ (Let’s Go to Dubai) campaign. Reaffirming the Department’s ongoing commitment to extend the growth potential of one of its top ten source markets, the campaign aims to provide Pakistani visitors with specially curated, Dubai-centric holiday packages that showcase the city’s world-class destination propositions. The bespoke, four-days-three-nights packages will be available as part of the ‘Wow Dubai…
BRASILIA: Huge tracts of the Amazon, which serves as the lungs of the planet by taking in carbon dioxide and producing oxygen, are ablaze. Smoke from the widespread fires has turned day into night in Sao Paulo, and intensified a controversy over the Brazilian government’s land use policies. The Brazilian Amazon has experienced 74,155 fires since January, according to data from Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research. That’s an 85 percent increase from last year and significantly higher than the 67,790 blazes since by this point in the year during 2016, when there were severe drought conditions in the region…
KUALA LUMPUR: As part of celebrations to mark the 21st anniversary of Kuala Lumpur International Airport’s Terminal 1, IT provider SITA showcased its Smart Path solution. Smart Path uses facial biometric ID management technology to automate the travel journey from check-in to boarding. Once registered, travelers have their faces scanned, meaning that they do not have to produce documents at every stage of their journey. The technology is designed to easily integrate into existing airport and airline infrastructure, including standard common-use systems, check-in kiosks, self-service gates for secure access, and boarding. SITA and Malaysia Airports have signed a Memorandum of…
SAN FRANCISCO: Boeing has delayed the entry into service of an ultra-long range version of its forthcoming 777X widebody, the US planemaker has said. The fresh delay comes as the grounding of Boeing’s money-spinning 737 MAX single-aisle entered a sixth month in August, and as the world’s largest planemaker faces engine-related delays on the 777X widebody that have pushed the first flight of the 777-9 into 2020, said a Reuters report. “We reviewed our development program schedule and the needs of our current 777X customers and decided to adjust the schedule,” Boeing spokesman Paul Bergman said by e-mail, adding that…