ISLAMABAD: Mr. Zulfiqar Malik has been appointed, as Cluster General Manager for Pearl Continental Hotel, Bhurban & New Project. Previously, served as the General Manger for Pearl Continental, Lahore – the largest hotel in Pakistan, Mr. Malik brings forth more than 25 years of diversified Management experience in the hospitality industry of Pakistan and abroad. After concluding his educational journey with a General Manager Certification Program (GMP) from the well-known Cornell University, New York, Mr. Malik seasoned his educational skills with a diverse and extensive international experience in Paris Marriott Hotel, Doha Marriott and Riyadh Marriott. Domestically, he has been…
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KARACHI: President and CEO Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), Air Marshal Arshad Malik has said that the national flag carrier will soon induct four new aircraft into its fleet. “We have already started a fleet enhancement plan and soon PIA will expand its network and increase its access the world over,” he said while speaking to PIA employees at its head office on Wednesday, 28th November. He added that the PIA would strictly go according to its route rationalisation policy and new viable routes would also be introduced. Referring to the recently revived Sialkot-Sharjah and Lahore-Muscat routes, he said the results…
BRASILIA: Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer is certainly turning heads with the paint job for one of its new E190-E2. [huge_it_slider id=”313″] The jet is nicknamed the “Shark Profit Hunter”, and it’s clear to see why. It is appearing at various air shows around the world as Embraer drums up business for the plane. The E190-E2 gets rid of the dreaded middle-seat in a 2-2 configuration and can carry up to 150 passengers. The windows and luggage bins are also bigger to give a more “wide-body cabin feel”, Rodrigo Silva e Souza, Vice-President of marketing for Embraer Commercial Aviation, told. “Preserving…
ISLAMABAD: The Serena Hotels 33rd President of Pakistan Gold Medal Golf Championship 2018 came to close after three days of thrilling matches at the Islamabad Club Golf Course. More than twenty professionals and more than fifty amateurs competed in the Championship from across Pakistan. Muhammad Adil won first prize in Juniors Category A net and Naveed Khan in gross matches. In Juniors Category B, Muhammad Ibrahim came first in net and Irtaza Hussain in gross matches. In Subsidiaries, Mustafa Raja came first in net and Dr. Manzoor in the gross matches. In senior amateurs, Zahid Afridi came first in net…
DOHA: Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive, His Excellency Akbar Al Baker met with influential European Parliament members and top decision makers of the European Commission this week in Brussels, Belgium. The aim of the series of meetings and VIP dinner in the heart of Europe was to strengthen the already robust relationships that the airline enjoys with key MEPs and to demonstrate Qatar Airways’ commitment to the European Union, the world’s largest single market area. During the visit, H.E. Akbar Al Baker held successful one-to-one meetings with MEP Mr. Ramon Tremosa; MEP Mr. Jose Ignacio Salafranca and MEP Mr. Ismail…
RIYADH: Work has started on two modern airport projects at Al Jouf and Al Qurayat regions of Saudi Arabia aimed at accommodating the ever-increasing passenger traffic. This comes in line with its Saudi General Authority of Civil Aviation’s (GACA) vision to build modern airports system with advanced services. Once completed, these airports will handle a combined a capacity of 1.5 million passengers per annum. Saudi King Salman laid the foundation stone for the airport projects during his visit to the northern region in the presence of Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, Crown Prince, Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has successfully migrated to the next generation Passenger Services System (PSS) that will help the airline upgrade its technology to meet global benchmarks. This was informed by Chief Executive Officer of PIA, Air Marshal Arshad Malik while briefing the Senate Standing Committee on Aviation in Islamabad on Friday about the progress report on issues of the airlines. He said the new system will also help the airline to streamline its operations, augment service offerings, reduce costs by half at least and most importantly improve its passenger experience.
Chairman and Chief Executive Boeing, Mr. Dennis Muilenburg has vigorously defended the company saying that the company no way hid a new flight control system called the Manoeuvring Characteristic Augmentation System (MACS) from pilots on its 737 Max airliner. In an internal company message cited by the industry website The Air Current, Mr Muilenburg disputed that Boeing had “intentionally withheld” information from airlines on the stall recovery system which is has come in for scrutiny after the crash of a Lion Air 737 Max 8 on October 29 killing all 189 aboard. “That is simply untrue,” Muilenburg told employees in…
KARACHI: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has resumed operations on the Muscat route after a gap of over one year, after the airlines expected heavy traffic on the route. The PIA Spokesperson Mashhood Tajwar said on Sunday, 18 November that the decision was taken after anticipating high traffic flow on the route. He said that a PIA flight, PK229, took off from Lahore Airport for Oman on Saturday, 17 November, carrying around 141 passengers. The spokesperson said that the national flag carrier would operate two weekly flights on Saturday and Sunday. With introduction of these flights, PIA would have a total…
SINGAPORE: You wouldn’t think that an airport regularly named as the world’s best would need any extra magic to help attract air passengers, but Singapore Changi is turning to young wizard Harry Potter for help. A Wizarding World Holiday at Changi is the first Harry Potter-themed event held outside the Universal Studios theme parks, as well as the first in an airport. The Southeast Asia hub has installed full-size replicas of locations featured in the Potter books and movies, offering devotees of J.K. Rowling’s creation another reason to fly. Travelers not too overcome by jet lag or Potter fatigue can…