ISTANBUL: Turkish Airlines announced it will be operating a limited number of domestic and international routes from the Istanbul New Airport, which officially opened last week. All other operations and existing flight schedule will run as usual from Istanbul Atatürk Airport, it said in a statement. New additional flights will be operated from Istanbul New Airport to Ankara, Antalya, Izmir, Azerbaijan (Baku) and TRNC (Ercan) until December 30. Pursuant to existing planning, on December 31, all operations will move from Istanbul Atatürk Airport, after which, all flights will operate from Istanbul New Airport. At the opening ceremony on October…
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JEDDAH: Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia), the national flag carrier of Saudi Arabia, has launched new passenger routes to the Indonesian cities of Surabaya in the south and Medan in the north of the country. The inaugural flights to Medan and Surabaya were marked with a special ribbon and cake- cutting ceremony, prior to departure from Jeddah’s King Abdulaziz International airport in the late evening of October 28. The flights touched down in the afternoon in both cities the following day. The flights are operated as two separate routes with dedicated widebody Boeing 747 aircraft, availing 450 seats. Jeddah to Surabaya…
MANAMA: Bahrain national carrier Gulf Air and Thai Airways International have signed an expansion to the existing codeshare agreement, effective from October 28. The expanded codeshare agreement will extend the travel opportunities for Gulf Air passengers to fly beyond Bangkok on Thai Airways to Hong Kong with immediate effect and to Singapore, Tokyo and Melbourne in the coming months and broaden the commercial partnership between the two companies. Gulf Air’s Chief Executive Officer, Krešimir Kučko, said: “Gulf Air has a longstanding commercial partnership with Thai that we are proud of. Gulf Air passengers can now have greater choice, convenience and…
NAIROBI: A milestone was achieved on Sunday, 28th October when Kenya Airways became the first East African airline to touch down on solid ground in the U.S. And while the maiden voyage of the aircraft didn’t garner many headlines among American media, it was certainly a big deal in Kenya, where a mass of journalists from the country were on hand to document the event. The direct flight from Nairobi to New York, carrying 234 passengers clocked in at 15 hours 25 minutes and covered more than 8,520 miles, making it the seventh longest flight in history. Previous flights between…
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Senior Minister Muhammad Atif Khan on Thursday said that provincial government had taken solid steps for the promotion of Kalash culture and improvement of standard of life of the Kalash tribe in Chitral district. [huge_it_slider id=”303″] “The people from Kalash tribe in Chitral district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have a distinguished and historic culture, religion and a specific way of life, which has now become a point of focus for people of the world in general and tourists, historians and social scientists in particular to explore and understand these characteristic of the little known people in this…
SHARJAH: Air Arabia, the Middle East and North Africa’s largest low-cost carrier, celebrated 15 years of successful operations with a new brand identity that is reflective of its innovative forward-looking and international approach. The unveiling took place during a launch ceremony at the Air Arabia hangar in Sharjah International Airport where guests and press got to view the carrier’s new corporate identity, including the new aircraft livery and interior, through a live display of one of Air Arabia’s newly branded Airbus A320 aircraft. Air Arabia has experienced solid and sustained growth since the launch of its first flight on October…
WASHINGTON: Nasa is to begin supersonic tests this month for its next-generation passenger airliner, dubbed the ‘Son of Concorde’ by aviation fans. The plane, officially known as the X-59 Quiet Supersonic Transport (QueSST), will fire off ‘quiet’ sonic booms when it is launched for test flights. The first flight of the X-59, which could one day fly from London to New York in just three hours without giving off a loud sonic boom, is scheduled for 2021. The craft could become the first commercial supersonic aircraft to carry passengers since iconic Anglo-French jet Concorde was decommissioned 15 years ago. Ahead…
LISBON: Embassy of Pakistan Lisbon, has established a tourist, business visa facilitation centre within the embassy’s premises. The Centre was inaugurated last week, which is Pakistan’s first in the Portuguese capital. Acting ambassador Fayyaz Ahmed Khan, on this occasion, said that establishment of visa facilitation center is in line with the vision of Prime Minister Imran Khan who wishes to promote tourism and Pakistani culture. He announced that the facility will allow tourist and business visa applications to be dealt expeditiously and the mission will also assist applicants with the opportunities of investments and tourism in Pakistan.
ISLAMABAD: China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) bus service would provide travelling services to passengers four days a week, North South Transport Network (NSTN), the authorised operator of the project. According to a message received here, the 30-hour road trip will cost Rs13, 000 for one-way and Rs23, 000 for return ticket. The NSTN service will depart from Lahore to Tashkurgan on Monday, Tuesday, Saturday and Sunday. Likewise, the bus service would depart from Tashkurgan on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. A passenger must have a valid passport, computerized national identity cards (CNIC) and Visa. According to itinerary the bus will…
KARACHI: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) will go under no retrenchment and all the employees are encouraged to work as hard as possible together to revive the past glory of national flag carrier, company’s new chief said on Saturday. Last week Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry while briefing the media about the decisions of the Federal Cabinet which met under the chair of PM Imran Khan said, “Privatization of PIA has been deferred for a time being as restructuring of these units was important.” In his first communication to his colleagues, Air Marshal Arshad Malik, the new President & CEO PIA, said…