MANAMA: Bahrain national carrier Gulf Air recently welcomed another batch of Bahraini pilots who joined the airline as second officers as part of the ongoing cooperation agreement between Gulf Air and Tamkeen. The cooperation is tailored to the airline’s requirements and brings a value-added, unmatched training experience to Gulf Air’s aviation professionals. Gulf Air and Tamkeen signed a joint agreement in May aimed at enhancing opportunities for the training and employment of Bahrainis within the kingdom’s aviation sector.
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The Russian economy got a significant boost in June and July from increased tourist revenue during the FIFA World Cup, according to the CEO of the FIFA Organizing Committee Alexey Sorokin. “In total, Russia got around 100 billion rubles ($1.6 billion),” he said. Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin said earlier that the Russian capital received about 13 billion rubles ($206 million) during the World Cup. Overall, tourists spent 715 billion rubles ($11.3 billion) in Moscow this year. After the French national team’s victory in the 2018 final in Russia, RT talked to precious metals experts at Bullion Star, who took a…
DUBAI: Emirates and its partner airline flydubai announced on Monday 23 July that flights between Dubai and Zagreb in Croatia will be operated by flydubai from December 2 to March 30, 2019, after which flights will be operated by Emirates. The move will ensure that capacity is deployed to best serve customer demand by maximising the frequency for passengers during the winter season. This further illustrates the passenger benefits of the strategic partnership between the two Dubai-based airlines. Emirates and flydubai will continue to offer a travel experience reflective of each other’s brand. Flydubai’s Zagreb flights will operate from Terminal…
ABU DHABI: Etihad Airways has introduced a new live auction feature for customers to secure a premium seat in a higher cabin class. Etihad has been offering guests bidding upgrades since 2012. It is particularly popular on routes operated by the airline’s Airbus A380s from Abu Dhabi to New York, London, Paris and Sydney. Using the new feature, customers will be able to take part in a bidding system where real-time notifications of their bid will be displayed on their screen, allowing two or more individual bids at the same time. Regular email and SMS updates will also be sent…
GHANA: Africa Tourism Partners and its Africa Tourism Leadership Forum (ATLF) strategic partners are excited to announce the first-ever Africa Tourism Leadership Awards (ATLA). These Awards will be presented on 31 August 2018 in Accra, Ghana. These are Pan-African tourism leadership awards that seek to recognize leadership, change-makers, excellence and innovation in Africa’s tourism sector. It is anticipated to be the ultimate Pan-African tourism industry public-private sector networking event in Africa. The Awards will be judged by a committee of renowned African and global tourism experts including academics and audited by Grant Thornton. The Co-Chair persons of the Committee are…
FARNBOROUGH: The Farnborough International Airshow saw $46.4 billion in deals announced on the first day, surpassing the figure achieved on the first day of the 2016 Airshow which stood at $23 billion. Orders were placed for 311 civil aircraft across the show worth $43.6 billion.More than $2.8 billion in engine orders were also announced.Going into the show, the commercial aircraft backlog stood at 14,327 – the largest ever. The Prime Minister, Theresa May, officially opened the airshow. Speaking at the opening ceremony, May stated: “This is an incredibly exciting time for aerospace. Not only is there huge growth potential, but…
DUBAI: Marriott International announced that it has adopted a plan to remove disposable plastic straws and plastic stirrers from its more than 6,500 properties across 30 brands around the world. Once fully implemented in one year, the company could eliminate the use of more than 1 billion plastic straws per year and about a quarter billion stirrers. A single plastic straw, which might be used for about 15 minutes, will never fully decompose. “We are proud to be among the first large US companies to announce that we’re eliminating plastic straws in our properties worldwide,” said Arne Sorenson, President and…
NEW DEHLI: India’s tourism ministry has launched a campaign to reassure women that they are safe in the country after a poll of experts ranked the nation as the most dangerous country in the world for women. According to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), a total of 338,954 incidents of crimes against women, including nearly 38,947 cases of rape, were reported in 2016—an increase of 2.9 per cent over 2015. On the other hand, conviction rates in rape cases were as low as 23.9 per cent in the same year. Overall, NCRB data shows that the number of reported…
WRITTEN BY CH. FAISAL MAHMOOD As we go to Press, we notice that our next communication with our readers would be in a post-election environment. Next Saturday ‘we, the people,’ will elect a new Parliament and new Provincial Assemblies. When asked whom we would vote for, we responded – secrecy of ballot notwithstanding – that our vote would go that political party which promises to adopt Tourism as a major instrument of its economic policy. Luckily this time 2/3 contesting political parties has Tourism in its manifesto or has given some weight enough for it to be noticed except, perhaps,…
KARACHI: Seen here in the picture His Excellency Khairul Nazran Abd Rahman, Consul General of Malaysia, inaugurating ‘Study Malaysia Expo’ at a local hotel. Mr. Babar Bashir and Mr. Nasir Butt are also seen in the picture.