KARACHI: Pakistan’s airspace, which was shut last week following escalating tensions with India, is fully reopened today, 8 March. Flight operations at most airports had resumed over the week, however, the reopening of the airspace nationwide had been delayed. The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) on Thursday, 7 March said Pakistan’s airspace will be completely reopened on March 8 at 1pm. Flight operations at Faisalabad, Multan and Rahim Yar Khan airports, which were suspended for an additional 24 hours on Thursday, also resumed on march 8. Flights between Asia and Europe were disrupted, stranding thousands of passengers, although airlines were later…
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Travel experts have gone in-depth to look at the most traveled nations, most popular destinations, and the countries with a large resident to tourist ratio. For the nations that travel the most, what does their yearly travel receipt amount to? And how do their preferred destinations affect their average annual air miles? Some of the key findings from the study are as follows: China Champions of Travel – Aided by their massive population, the rise of tourism in China has been monumental with an estimated spending of over a quarter of a trillion dollars. This figure exceeds the expenditure for…
KARACHI:Pakistan – Etihad Airways, the official airline partner of Special Olympics World Games Abu Dhabi 2019, arranged a heartfelt welcome for Team Pakistan athletes as they took off for Abu Dhabi to take part in the World Games. Special guest, actress Sarwat Gilani, also joined the celebration to wish the inspiring athletes good luck. The team of 92 athletes, 27 coaches and three officials departed from Islamabad, Karachi, and Lahore with Etihad Airways on 8 March to join over 7000 athletes from around the world. The team will compete in 10 events at the World Games. Amer Khan, Etihad Airways…
PESHAWAR: Provincial Senior Minister Muhammad Atif Khan has said that there are great potential for tourism in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Gilgit-Baltistan and foreign investors can get handsome benefit from these opportunities in the sector. The senior minister, who also has the portfolio of Sports, Tourism, Archaeology, Culture, Museums and Youth Affairs, said that concerted efforts were being made to introduce Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as a tourism brand to the world to attract more tourists and visitors to the province. He said that there was a dire need to work on different strategies to further explore and exploit these potential for the…
KARACHI: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has started preparations for flight operations to be conducted for Hajj pilgrims, ARY News reported. The national flag-carrier has decided to temporarily add six narrow-body aircraft to its fleet from June become commencement of flight operations. PIA administration released tenders for acquiring Airbus A-320 and 737 aircraft on wet lease for six months to facilitate uninterrupted operations for facilitating nationals It is pertinent to mention here that the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) had approved issuance of supplementary budget of more than one billion rupees for Hajj operations on February 19. Saudi Arabia had already issued…
MANAMA: Gulf Air, the national carrier of Bahrain, today welcomed its second Airbus A320neo, which landed in Bahrain International Airport today. This is the second aircraft of the 12 A320neo aircraft ordered during the 2016 Bahrain International Airshow. This delivery also makes Gulf Air the first national carrier to fly the A320neo in the Middle East and Africa region. Gulf Air Chief Executive Officer, Krešimir Kučko commented: “We are delighted to welcome the second A320neo to our fleet, and proud to be the first national carrier in the region to operate the A320neo. We have a strong network in the…
ISTANBUL: Turkish Airlines has revised its codeshare agreement with Oman Air, the Turkish flag carrier announced in a press release. Under the revised agreement, Turkish Airlines will codeshare on Oman Air operating flights to Salalah, while Oman Air will codeshare on Turkish Airlines operating flights to Rome, Copenhagen and Algiers. The codeshare agreement allows guests to benefit from the outstanding products and services offered by both carriers on these routes. Turkish Airlines’ deputy chairman and CEO, Bilal Ekşi, said: “We believe that this codeshare enhancement with Oman Air will further explore cooperation opportunities for both airlines together with growing relations…
MUSCAT: Oman budget carrier SalamAir has launched non-stop flights from Muscat to Alexandria, Egypt. SalamAir OV527, operated by an Airbus A320neo, departed Muscat International Airport following a special celebration ceremony commemorating the debut of this route. The ceremony was attended by Mohammed Ahmed Fahmi Ghoneim, ambassador of Egypt to Oman, alongside Captain Mohamed Ahmed, Chief Executive Officer of SalamAir, and other dignitaries. The inaugural flight was also welcomed in Alexandria by Egyptian officials and dignitaries. Celebrating the first direct flight between both cities, SalamAir also held a special event in Alexandria with the participation of tourism and travel partners, as…
LONDON: The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) announced that the 44th President of the United States, President Barack Obama, will be a guest of honor and keynote speaker at its Global Summit in Seville, Spain, to be held between 2-4 April 2019. President Obama served as President from 2009 to 2017. Today, his presidency is defined by the astute leadership he showed amid global economic uncertainty, heightened security concerns and immense environmental risk. His legacy includes making unprecedented strides towards the adoption of clean energy and overseeing the longest stretch of job creation in American history. President Obama is…
COLOMBO: SriLankan Engineering, the aircraft maintenance-repair-overhaul (MRO) arm of Sri Lanka’s national carrier, achieved another milestone when it successfully carried out its first C-check on an Airbus A320neo aircraft of the SriLankan Airlines fleet at its main hub at Colombo’s Bandaranaike International Airport. Vipula Gunatilleka, Chief Executive Officer of SriLankan Airlines, said: “The highly dedicated and talented engineering team worked tirelessly to achieve this milestone and once again has strengthened our position as an MRO in the South Asian region. We look forward to providing MRO and engineering services to our customer airlines as well in the near future.” D.A.G.…