LONDON; Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd. said that commercial head Shai Weiss will take over as Chief Executive Officer as billionaire founder Richard Branson prepares to cede majority control of the U.K. carrier. Craig Kreeger will stand down as Chief at the end of this year, with Weiss taking the helm on Jan. 1, 2019, the Crawley, England-based Company said in a statement Thursday, 21 June. The switch comes as Virgin’s alliance with 49 percent owner Delta Air Lines Inc. is set to be extended to include Air France-KLM Group. The Paris-based carrier will in turn acquire a 31 percent holding…
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KARACHI: Best of Pakistani Celebrities namely Hareem Farooq, Osman Khalid Butt, Adnan Siddiqui and Shahzad Roy travelled over Canada during the Eid Weekend to celebrate the Mississauga Halal Food Festival that was held in Canada. [huge_it_slider id=”256″] IHA entertainment in Collaboration with Another Hit inc. and Universal promotions arranged the Mississauga Halal Food Festival on June 16 & 17, 2018 at the Celebration Square Mississauga, Toronto. The renowned vocalist Shahzad Roy rocked the stage and along with Hareem Farooq & Osman Khalid Butt left the audience awestruck. The celebrities had a great time in extravaganza and took selfies with their…
MUSCAT: Oman Air, the national carrier of the sultanate, recently took the delivery of the third of 30 Boeing 737 Max 8s it has on order. The airline expects to receive a total of five 737 MAX by September. The 737 MAX family has been designed to offer customers exceptional performance, flexibility and efficiency, with lower per-seat costs and an extended range that will open up new destinations in the single-aisle market, said a statement from Oman Air. With the addition of the new MAX, Oman Air’s fleet currently consists of seven Boeing 787 Dreamliners, six Airbus 330-300s, four Airbus…
DUBAI: UAE new visa policy promising free limited visas to transit passengers could potentially allow visitors to stay in the country for nearly a week, and it’s not just good for the tourism sector but for the local economy as a whole. The UAE cabinet approved last week a decision to exempt transit flyers from all entry fees for the first two days. The visa, which can be obtained at express counters across UAE airports, can be extended for up to four days for a minimal fee of Dh50. Airports across the UAE attract millions of passengers every year and…
MUMBAI: India has shelved its plans to sell debt-stricken national carrier Air India after failing to attract any bidders, a senior official has told local media. Civil Aviation Minister Suresh Prabhu said the government had dropped the idea for now because of next year’s general election and rising oil prices, the Press Trust of India news agency reported. Prabhu said the decision to put on hold the proposal to sell a 76 per cent stake in Air India had been made at a meeting headed by India’s finance minister Arun Jaitley on Monday. India’s government announced in March that it…
MOSCOW: Russia’s Vladamir Putin has responded to a call by Russia’s head of parliament’s committee for families Tamara Pletnyova deterring Russian women from having sexual relations with foreign tourists, who will come to the country during the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Putin dismissed the call, as Russian women should have right to make their own decision. Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters, “They can, perhaps, decide it on their own. They are best in the world.” The Russian head of parliament’s committee for families, Tamara Pletnyova, said on Thursday that when Russian women marry foreigners, the relationships end badly and…
DUBAI: Emirates will be the first carrier to fly the world’s largest aircraft, the Airbus A380, to Pakistan next month. The Airbus A380 is expected to land at the newly-opened Islamabad International Airport on July 7. “Emirates can confirm that it will launch a scheduled A380 service to Pakistan in July. The airline is currently in the middle of planning the operation and will disclose inaugural date and flight details in due time,” said an Emirates spokes person . Media reports said the Airbus A380 is expected to land at the newly-opened Islamabad International Airport on July 7 as other…
HAMBURG: Airbus has inaugurated the fourth Hamburg A320 Family production line. The innovative state-of-the-art line is a key enabler for ramping up the single aisle program to 60 aircraft per month by mid-2019. Frank Horch, Hamburg’s Senator of Economy, Transport and Innovation and Thomas Jarzombek, Federal Government Coordinator of German Aerospace Policy, witnessed the milestone together with Guillaume Faury, President Airbus Commercial Aircraft, and 500 distinguished guests at a special ceremony in Hamburg. “The inauguration of our latest, most modern A320 production line opens a new chapter in efficient, digital aircraft manufacturing,” said Guillaume Faury. “With these new technologies we…
KARACHI: Azaadi, the latest offering by Pervez Malik Films in association with ARY Films recently held a premiere in Karachi at Nueplex Cinema on 12th June, 2018. [huge_it_slider id=”254″] Moammar Rana and Sonya Hussyn play the main leads in the movie, and it also stars veteran actor, NadeemBaig. The rest of the cast includes Maryam Ansari, Ali Bilal, ErumAzam, Maryam Khalif and others. The dialogues are penned down by WajidZuberi, and the beautiful music is composed by Bobby Wazir and Sahir Ali Bagga. Popular celebrities from the industry graced the red carpet of the premiere including Adnan Siddiqui, Junaid Khan,…
DUBAI: Dubai has slashed municipality fees on sales at restaurants and hotels from 10 per cent to 7 per cent in a move aimed at reducing the cost of doing business in Dubai and promoting the emirate as a favourite business destination worldwide, a media report said. This is in addition to enhancing the competitiveness of the emirate’s tourism industry and luring more investments to the hospitality and tourism sector, reported Emirates news agency Wam. The decision is in line with the resolution issued by Dubai Executive Council last week to slash “market fees” imposed by Dubai Municipality by 50…