ISLAMABAD: Dr. Shehla Javed Akram Founder president and Ms. Tabassum Anwar SVP Women chamber Lahore attended an international seminar on Enabling Employment. The seminar was organised by National Logistics Cell (NLC) in collaboration with Ministry Overseas Pakistanis and Human Development at Aiwan-e-Sadr. Picture shows Mr. Arif Alvi, Honourable President of Pakistan along with the participants and the panelists of the seminar.
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ISTANBUL: National flag carrier Turkish Airlines bid an emotional farewell to the Atatürk Airport with the launch of its last passenger flight – the Singapore-bound TK54 – from the transfer hub and home of its growth for the last 86 years. The Turkish Airlines flight, which concluded the successful adventure of the global carrier on Atatürk Airport, was met with great interest of the passengers. TK54 Istanbul – Singapore flight, operated with TC-JJY tail coded aircraft with 319 passengers and 18 cabin crew, has already become a memorable milestone in the history of Turkish Airlines. Sharing his views about the…
Extra-long leg room, three windows for capturing that perfect sunrise pic and a stylish in-flight beauty kit by Cerruti. Gulf Air’s Dreamliner, really is ‘the dream’. No matter how you slice it, a long haul flight can be a tedious journey, even for us well-seasoned travellers. But, thanks to Gulf Air and its new Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, the flying experience just got better. The aircraft is designed for a calmer cabin experience and is equipped with a quieter air conditioner and advanced technology that isolates noises from vibrations, meaning you really can ‘sit back and relax’ at 36,000 feet. Flying…
HONG KONG: Cathay Pacific has acquired Hong Kong Express Airways in a deal valued at US$628 million. The Hong Kong flag-carrier purchased the airline from China-based HNA Group as the latter continues to sell assets to battle a debt crisis. Cathay said it would continue to operate Hong Kong Express as a separate brand, based on a low-cost airline model. A lack of slots at Hong Kong International Airport forced Cathay to move for its rival. Space will be limited until an expansion is completed in 2024, constraining the carrier’s ability to follow peers like Singapore Airlines and Qantas Airways…
PESHAWAR: A two-member delegation of women tourists from the United States of America and France along with members of Karachi Vynz team visited the historic places, busy bazaars and enjoyed rubab music here on Saturday. During their visit to various historic places, the US V-logger Drew Binsky and Kashmiri-born French V-logger Manno Raja mingled with the people and evinced a keen interest in the art, traditional foods, jewelry, cultural items and city’s ancient structures. The Tourism Corporation Khyber Pakhtunkhwa had organised the tour for the foreign tourists in a bid to attract more tourists and visitors to the province. The…
ISTANBUL: In a massive logistics operation that will start on April 5, Turkey is going to say goodbye to Atatürk Airport, which has long been home to Turkey’s rise in global aviation, and move to the new Istanbul Airport The long-awaited process of shifting from the longtime home of Turkish civil aviation, Atatürk Airport, to the new Istanbul Airport will kick off at 3 a.m. The move will last for 45 hours and be completed just before midnight on Saturday if all goes according to plan. Both the outgoing Atatürk Airport and the incoming Istanbul Airport will be closed to…
LONDON: Liability claims related to the Ethiopian Airlines crash and the grounding of Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft could be the largest non-war aviation reinsurance claim on record, hitting reinsurers’ profitability, reinsurance broker Willis Re said. The crash of Ethiopian Airlines flight ET 302 on March 10 killed 157 passengers and crew, the second deadly crash involving a Boeing Co 737 MAX 8 airliner in five months. As the crash site and black boxes are investigated, the 737 MAX 8 has been grounded worldwide as precautionary measures. Liability claims for the passengers’ loss of life and in relation to the…
ABU DHABI: The UAE’s Federal Tax Authority (FTA) has started implementing the Value Added Tax (VAT) Refunds for Business Visitors procedure, noting that a dedicated form for refunding VAT to business visitors has been made available through its website. The authority announced that it is now receiving applications to refund VAT incurred by business visitors to the UAE in 2018. The FTA explained that the VAT Refunds for Business Visitors procedure calls for refunding taxes to business visitors who have no place of establishment in the UAE or another GCC implementing state; who are not registered or are not a…
LONDON: The World Travel & Tourism Council has announced the formation of a global taskforce to help prevent and combat human trafficking – an illicit activity that affects 30 million victims worldwide, and relies on travel networks to operate. The taskforce comprises WTTC members and sector associations to become the first global industry-wide initiative to assert zero tolerance and share best practice. As an ‘industry’, human trafficking is worth $150 billion annually, and contributes heavily to modern slavery, in which 40 million people worldwide are entrapped. One-quarter of trafficking victims worldwide are children (or 5.5 million). Meanwhile, 19 per cent…
RIYADH: Saudi low-cost carrier flynas recently took delivery of its second Airbus A320neo aircraft, part of the 120 new planes purchased through an $8.5 billion deal with Airbus. This deal is the second-largest aircraft purchase deal in the Middle East and is a game changer for the air-travel industry in the kingdom and the entire region. It also marks a strategic milestone for flynas, which is set to receive four more aircraft before the end of 2019. Bander Al-Mohanna, flynas’ chief executive officer, said the deal would allow flynas to travel for longer distances and reach new destinations with the…