JAKARTA: Boeing is under tremendous pressure over the Indonesia airplane disaster as the owner of the unfortunate jet joined a US pilots’ group in alleging the company failed to warn pilots about the potential hazards of a new safety feature implicated in the crash. A top Lion Air official told media that the manual for Boeing’s 737 MAX 8, the model that crashed into the Java Sea last month, killing all 189 on board, did not include a warning about a critical feature that could cause the plane to dive. Zwingli Silalahi, the Indonesian airline’s Operational Director, said the manual…
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MIAMI: The new world’s largest cruise ship, Symphony of the Seas, will be christened Thursday in Miami in a ceremony that amounts to its official coming out party. Actors and mega cruise fans Carlos and Alexa PenaVega, along with their 17-month-old son Ocean, will served as godparents for the vessel at the event, which was kicked off at Port Miami around sundown. Royal Caribbean says the christening will mark the first time an entire family has christened a cruise ship. In keeping with longstanding maritime tradition, cruise ships normally are christened by a woman. Soaring 18 decks high and nearly…
WRITTEN BY CH. FAISAL MAHMOOD After election 2018, the federal and provincial governments are formed and are working as per their programmes. In democracy heads are counted not minds, but in present election results, we are expecting some good minds to be focused on tourism sector also. We expect the new set up; particularly Mr. Khan would recognize Tourism for its economic social and diplomatic values and correct the wrongs done by the absence of a federal tourism administration. The high level Task Force had been constituted by the Prime Minister to suggest ways and means to develop tourism and…
LONDON: The British Backpacker Society has announced that its members will be returning to Pakistan later this week to travel to northern areas to enjoy the natural beauty and its adventures. The British Backpacker Society had ranked Pakistan as the #1 adventure travel destination for 2018 after visiting the country extensively in 2016. Samuel Joynson, Adam Sloper and Michael Worrall told media that they will be returning to Pakistan in the next couple of weeks to enjoy the country. They said that their travel last time made headlines around the world when they ranked the country as number 1 travel…
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Senior Minister Muhammad Atif Khan has said that youth will get employment opportunities if the newly identified tourist resorts in the province are developed and rehabilitated on modern lines to attract tourists. The Sports, Tourism, Archaeology, Culture, Museums and Youth Affairs Department has decided to launch a campaign ‘Spot-a-Spot’ to identify new tourist resorts to develop them on modern lines to attract more tourists and visitors to the province. The idea is that the local community at a tourist spot and society at large would be invited to participate in this grand drive to pinpoint a beautiful…
KARACHI: Pearl-Continental Hotel, Karachi celebrated Turkish Culinary Delights which promises its diners a taste of authentic Turkish-Ottoman cuisine courtesy of Guest Chefs Okan Orun and Mehmat Cevik from Turkey. [huge_it_slider id=”308″] The Turkish Food Festival was organized from 14th – 18th November 2018 at the Chandni Restaurant showcased the diversity of Turkish cuisine with a range of specialties from the region. Considered to be one of the oldest cuisines, the food focuses on quality ingredients and simplicity of flavors. The Chief Guests, His Excellency Tolga Ucan, Consul General of Turkey along with Mr. Jeffery Scott Sussman, General Manager and Mr.…
MADRID: A new report from the United Nations World Tourism Organisation and the European Travel Commission has revealed that outbound tourism from the Gulf Cooperation Council has grown strongly in recent years, with international tourism expenditure surpassing US$60 billion in 2017. The Gulf Cooperation Council Outbound Travel Market, a new report prepared by UNWTO and ETC with the support of Value Retail, examines the fast-growing outbound market of the GCC countries – Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates – with an additional focus on the image of Europe as a tourism destination. It finds that…
DOHA: Qatar Airways is threatening to pull out of the Oneworld airline alliance, which includes British Airways, due to a row with fellow partner Qantas. The Middle Eastern airline’s CEO Akbar Al Baker said he would abandon Oneworld if other members fail to act ‘in the spirit’ of the partnership. His comments at the International Air Transport Association conference in Madrid came after Qantas posted a newsletter on its website stating that it was ‘opposed to Australia granting additional flying rights to nations whose carriers operate in uncommercial and uncompetitive ways’. Qantas, which has a relationship with Qatar’s Middle Eastern…
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s first low-cost airline has begun taking delivery of its first of 80 A320neo Family aircraft. This follows an agreement signed in January 2017, with deliveries scheduled to take place from 2018 to 2026. Flynas is the first operator in Saudi Arabia to acquire the A320neo and currently operates a fleet of 30 A320ceos. The A320neo, powered by CFM LEAP-1A engines, will support Flynas’ expansion plans while providing greater operational efficiency and passenger comfort. Saudi Arabia is the largest domestic aviation market in the Middle East. Since its inception in 2007, Flynas has set ambitious growth plans that…
BANGKOK: Iconsiam, the $2.2 billion megacity project of future living, has opened last week as an iconic landmark of Thailand’s eternal prosperity on the Chao Phraya River. [huge_it_slider id=”307″] It comprises two of the most glamorous retail complexes ever seen in the region, two of the most luxurious residential towers and the Seven Wonders at Iconsiam. A new chapter of “destination development” history has been written with the opening of a project destined to be a great destination where the best of Thailand meets the best of the world. The opening of Iconsiam also marks the bringing to life of…