SINGAPORE: Singapore Airlines Ltd. found “premature blade deterioration” during routine inspections of some plane engines, leading the carrier to ground two Boeing Co. 787-10 aircraft in a widening turbine problem for Rolls-Royce Holdings Plc. The carrier, in consultation with the engine-maker, identified other Trent 1000 TEN engines in its 787 fleet to undergo precautionary inspections, Singapore Airlines said in a statement Tuesday. All these inspections have been concluded, and a remaining check will be completed on a 787-9 aircraft of its Scoot budget carrier by today , 3 April. The new fan issue exacerbates a problem that has beset the…
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CALIFORNIA: Princess Cruises and leading shipbuilding group Fincantieri have signed the final contracts for the construction of two next-generation 175,000-ton cruise ships, which will be the largest ships ever built so far in Italy, with deliveries scheduled in Monfalcone in late 2023 and in spring 2025. This announcement follows the initial signing of a memorandum of agreement between the two parties in July 2018. The vessels will each accommodate approximately 4,300 guests and will be based on a next-generation platform design, being the first Princess Cruises ships to be dual-fuel powered primarily by Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG). LNG is the…
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…
LONDON: According to the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions almost 5.9 million people visited the Tate Modern gallery last year, just above the 5.8 million who went to the British Museum. All of the top ten UK attractions were found in the capital, with the National Museum of Scotland being the highest-ranking outside of London coming in at eleventh with 2.2 million visitors. Tate Modern, which staged a world-famous exhibition by Picasso in 2018, found its way to the top of the list for the first time since it opened in 2000. Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery also saw a…
MUSCAT: Oman Air has introduced its revamped mobile application for iOS and Android smartphones, allowing its guests to organise and manage their journey on the go. Utilising the latest innovations in mobile technology, Oman Air’s new app is a user-friendly platform with easy steps, providing guests with inclusive trip management capabilities like flight booking, online check-in, pre-selection of seats, flight status as well as information about Oman Air’s latest offers. The revamped app also enables guests to check their Sindbad miles balance, claim any missing miles, request for redemptions, keep track of tier progress, see their upcoming bookings on Oman…
LONDON: On March 26th, Airbus rolled out the second All Nippon Airways (ANA) A380 from the paint shop, at its Hamburg factory. The second A380 is the Emerald Green, livery, and will be delivered to the airline this year, bearing the registration JA382A. ANA took delivery of their first A380 last week and Airways was present at this event. ANA plans to operate its inaugural A380 flight, with its Sky Blue A380 JA381 on the 24th May. The airline will deploy this aircraft, on their Hawaii flights from Tokyo Narita, from the 1st July 2019, on a daily basis. In…
FAISALABAD: Dr. Muhammad Ali Gallery is the 1st Gallery in Faisalabad of its own kind, it provides a huge space for the artist to exhibit their works. Now the artists of Faisalabad need not to go to other cities in order to exhibit and sell their works. Ms. Tehmina Afzal Incharge, Institute of Art & Design University Faisalabad did her first solo exhibition in the Dr. Muhammad Ali Gallery. She belongs to a literary family where aesthetics have been developed in herself from the early age. Her father is an Art lover and the same love has spread its roots…
HANGZHOU: The World Tourism Alliance (WTA) was initiated by China in 2017 under the theme of “Better Tourism, Better World, Better Life.”. The WTA is a global non-governmental, non-profit tourism organization with 138 members covering 38 countries and regions, national tourism agencies, influential travel enterprises, academia and media organizations. The official website states that the”WTA is committed to promoting tourism for peace, development and poverty-alleviation based on mutual trust, mutual respect, mutual support and win-win outcome， to driving global tourism exchanges and cooperation.” The headquarters is set for the island in Hangzhou City’s Xianghu Lake, as shown in the cover…
BEIJING: Mr. Luo Shugang, minister of culture and tourism, said that China has become the largest source of tourists in the world, with the number of overseas trips made by the Chinese last year reaching 150 million. He told the press that last year Chinese made more than 5.5 billion domestic trips, with an average of four trips per person, which suggests that China has entered the era of mass tourism. The minister also stressed the importance of civilised tourism: “On the one hand, measures need to be taken to ensure the safety of tourists. On the other hand, we…
NEW YORK: U.S. Travel Association Executive Vice President of Public Affairs and Policy Tori Barnes issued the following statement on the introduction of a bill to rename the Visa Waiver Program to the Secure Travel Partnership: “Rebranding the Visa Waiver Program will have a lot of downstream benefits for both U.S. security and the U.S. economy. For many, the program has had the connotation of relaxed security standards, when in fact the opposite is true: membership in the VWP subjects entrants to rigorous pre-travel vetting, mandates other security enhancements such as un-counterfeitable biometric passports, and enables invaluable intelligence-sharing with our…