NEW DELHI: Though late but India has started using its coastline for leisure, tourism and commercial purposes. Recently, the Indian government has embarked on an ambitious program to see that the waters are used not only for navigation, but for tourism and entertainment as well. This is being done largely through a joint venture and partnerships with the private sector. [huge_it_slider id=”185″] Taking a big initiative and major step forward towards sea tourism, Ms. Shripriya Dalmia Thirani, has taken the plunge, as it were, and is offering two ships, which will be near the Mumbai coastline, to provide entertainment, a…
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TOULOUSE: Airbus has delivered the world’s first A350-1000 widebody airliner to launch customer Qatar Airways at a delivery event in Toulouse, France. The aircraft is the first of 37 A350-1000s ordered by the carrier and is the first ever Airbus aircraft fitted with the revolutionary new Qsuite seats, offering the first ever double bed in Business class. Qatar Airways is the world’s largest A350 XWB family customer with 76 aircraft on order and the largest A350-1000 customer. “Qatar Airways always demands the very best for its customers, so it is right that we are the first airline in the…
MUSCAT: Oman Air, the national flag carrier of Sultanate of Oman, is launching three new routes this year covering Turkey, Morocco and Russia. The carrier will fly to Istanbul (Turkey) on June 1, Casablanca (Morocco) on July 1 and Moscow will be launched during the Winter Schedule 2018. While Istanbul and Moscow will be served by Oman Air’s Boeing 737-800, Casablanca will be served by 787-8. The direct flight to Moscow will be operated daily and it will be the only non-stop operation between Oman and Russia. From trading to sharing information, Oman has strong bilateral relations with Turkey, Morocco…
MOSCOW: The Aeroflot Open 2018 international chess festival will be held from 19 February to 1 March at the Cosmos Hotel. The competition is one of the world’s oldest and most popular, and is traditionally held with support from Aeroflot. This year’s event is taking place in the Russian capital for the 16th time and brings together a strong line-up of participants. The Aeroflot Open consists of three tournaments (A, B and C), into which competitors are entered according to their ratings. Players in all sections will play according to the Swiss system of nine rounds. Naturally much of the…
DUBAI: As the global air passenger numbers likely to hit a whopping 4.3 billion this year, the demand for private jets will peak to a new high with the industry needing more than 21,000 aircraft to cater to the passenger boom, said a report. According to IATA, the number of travellers will continue to rise in 2018. So airlines should also expect growth in the number of new aircraft in the market. The European business aviation company KlasJet has noticed this trend too, in the rising number of flight requests by private jet. In recent years we have been hearing…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Turkey Thursday, 15 February discussed ways and means to extend mutual interest and cooperation in different avenues, particularly in the arena of Information technology for up-gradation of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA). The discussion took place during a meeting held between Turkish Ambassador to Pakistan Mustafa Yurdakul and Advisor to the Prime Minister on Aviation Sardar Mehtab Ahmad Khan here in the capital. Other high officials of PIA and Aviation Division were also present on the occasion. “The officials discussed the affairs to extend mutual interest and cooperation in different avenues, particularly in the arena of Information technology…
KARACHI: President FPCCI, Mr. Ghazanfar Bilour has appointed Mr. Mohammad Anwar Qureshi, Chairman Ramada Hotels, as “Chairman FPCCI Standing Committee on Hotels” for the Year 2018.Mr. Anwar Qureshi has rich experience of hotel business in Pakistan & abroad and successfully running Ramada Hotels in Pakistan. He is also former Chairman of Pakistan Hotels Association and actively engaged in Associationactivities to promote hotel industry of Pakistan. He said that withdrawal of Concessionary SRO for Hotel &Tourism Industry by former Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has badly affected tourism business and his top priority will be to restore the same incentives by the…
SHARJAH: Sharjah-based budget carrier Air Arabia said it has once again delivered high levels of profitability and growth across the breadth of its operations for 2017 clocking a net profit of Dh662 million ($180.2 million), up 30 per cent over Dh509 million registered the previous year. Announcing the full-year financial results for 2017, Air Arabia said the turnover for the full year 2017 was in line with the preceding 12 months reaching Dh3.74 billion. More than 8.5 million passengers flew with Air Arabia in 2017 and the average seat load factor – or passengers carried as a percentage of available…
KARACHI: The Chinese New Year celebrations started here at Suzie Wong. The ceremony took place during the lunch and Chinese Consul General, Mr. Wang Yu along with the Regional General Manager Karachi Marriott Hotel, Mr Rehan Pirzada inaugurated the new year festival by cutting the ribbon. [huge_it_slider id=”183″]
WRITTEN BY CH. FAISAL MEHMOOD There was a time not too long ago when it was unbecoming of a diplomat to even mention matters of commerce in his host country; now diplomacy and diplomats are promoting their countries’ tourism, culture & commerce – and very rightly so. Particularly tourism of their counties, last week two important event were organized in the city by the Consul Generals of two friendly country. The events were true reflection of their Culture, food, traditions and projected both the countries as best tourism destinations. Our readers would have noted the promotional activities, which our guest…