DUBAI: The Emirates A380 on Sunday, 8th July touched down in Pakistan for a historic one-off service to Islamabad International Airport. This was the first time ever that the iconic double-decker aircraft has landed in Pakistan. The landing demonstrated the airport’s readiness to accommodate the A380, the world’s largest commercial passenger jet. [huge_it_slider id=”262″] The special Emirates A380 flight was operated by UAE national, Capt Abbas Shaban, Chief Pilot of Technical Operations and Pakistani national, First Officer Qadir Moin. The special flight, operating as EK 2524, was joined by a VIP delegation led by Sheikh Majid Al Mualla, Emirates’ Divisional…
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KARACHI: Breakfast is an important part of a day; it must be Healthy and Nutritious. POHTM Culinary Arts students learn Continental and English breakfast menu in practical session. Students feel delighted to learn unique and healthy breakfast items. The Students prepared different types of omelet which include French omelet, cheese omelet, Spanish omelet, Pakistani omelet and also different types of eggs which include poached egg, scramble egg and boiled egg. Students learnt how to make tempting pan cakes, French toast, fried banana and beef patty with hot and cold beverages.
ISLAMABAD: Iran and Pakistan have tremendous potential for medical tourism as the people of Pakistan can greatly benefit from Iranian health facilities, which would also help in strengthening ties between the two brotherly Muslim countries. Medical tourism refers to people travelling to a country other than their own to obtain medical treatment. Iran is gradually becoming a destination for foreign medical tourists as hospitals in Iranian cities offer medical and health care services for foreign patients. Patients from Kuwait, Qatar and other countries prefer Iran for the medical treatment which is providing inexpensive facilities than European countries. Iran is one…
CAPE TOWN: South African low-cost carrier Mango and Amadeus have announced a content agreement that brings the carrier’s content, including corporate fares, to the world’s largest and most diverse travel network. Under the agreement, Amadeus travel sellers in over 190 countries around the world will be able to access Mango’s content through the same search and booking flow as that used for traditional carriers. Direct messaging with Mango will allow seamless access to its content, and Passenger Name Records (PNRs) will be confirmed immediately with a Mango record locator. This enables travel sellers to easily make changes to any Mango…
The world’s passenger fleet will more than double to 48,000 aircraft in 20 years with traffic growing at a resilient 4.4% per year, driving a need for 37,390 new passenger and freighter aircraft according to Airbus’ new Global Market Forecast 2018-2037. Growth drivers include private consumption increasing 2.4 times in emerging economies, higher disposable incomes and a near doubling of the middle classes globally. Emerging countries will account for over 60% of economic growth, with trips per capita to multiply 2.5 times for these nations. Combined with evolving airline business models and continuing liberalisation, the growing scale of air transportation…
TOKOYO: Japan relaxed its somewhat convoluted consumption tax rules on July 1, hoping to persuade tourists to be the big spenders they once were. Under previous regulations, visitors would have to spend at least 5,000 yen (US$45) on “consumable” souvenirs, such as food or cosmetics, or the same amount on “general” items, such as clothes, to be exempt from the 8 per cent tax. The two categories could not be combined and confusion abounded as to what was considered consumable and what was general. Under the new guidelines, overseas shoppers will be eligible for tax-exempt purchases if they spend a…
In 1950, 25 million tourists travelled internationally, according to the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO), equivalent to the current population of North Korea. By 2016, that number had risen to 1.2 billion and by 2020 is expected to reach 1.6 billion, or more people than live in China, the world’s most populous country. As the fastest-growing source and recipient, Asia is uniquely placed to boom or bust – both economically and environmentally – something that industry representatives met to discuss at the 30th Joint Commission Meeting of the UNWTO, held last month in Fiji. The focus of the assembly…
MADRID: The UNWTO Secretariat announced that the 7th UNWTO Global Summit on Urban Tourism will be held on 16-19 September in Seoul, Republic of Korea, under the theme ‘A 2030 Vision for Urban Tourism’. The summit, co-organized by the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and the Seoul Metropolitan Government and supported by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of the Republic of Korea, the Korea Tourism Organization and the Seoul Tourism Organization, will provide a unique platform to discuss the key issues shaping the future of urban tourism in the context of the 2030 Urban Agenda. A ‘2030 vision’ for…
MANAMA: The remarkably well-preserved remains of the Caliphate city of Medina Azahara, a medieval Arab Muslim town near the Spanish city of Cordoba, was added to UNESCO’S list of World Heritage sites recently. The 10th-century Moorish site provides “in-depth knowledge of the now vanished Western Islamic civilisation of Al Andalus, at the height of its splendor”, said UNESCO’S World Heritage Committee, which met in Bahrain. After prospering for several years, the magnificent palace-city, which was the de facto capital of Al Andalus, or Muslim Spain, “was laid to waste during the civil war that put an end to the Caliphate…
KARACHI: Mahan Air, a leading Airline of Islamic Republic of Iran has started its third frequency from Tehran to Lahore and back from June 30, 2018. The flight provides immediate connection to Milan, Dusseldorf and Munich, besides Istanbul and Dubai. It may be recalled that Mahan Air introduced twice weekly flights on Tehran Lahore Tehran sectors effective December 18, 2017, providing connections to Barcelona, Paris, Istanbul, Ankara and Dubai – besides Moscow, Najaf and other CIS countries.