DUBAI: Airbus said on Thursday, 18 January that it is committed to producing its A380 aircraft for “at least another 10 years” after it signed a $16-billion (Dh58.7 billion) programme-saving deal with Emirates airline. John Leahy, Chief operating officer at Airbus commercial aircraft, said in a statement that he believed the A380 model will continue to be produced beyond 2030. The deal was an order from Emirates for 36 new Airbus A380s, set to be delivered from 2020 onwards. The order follows months of negotiations, including talks during the Dubai Air Show in November during which both sides failed to…
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LAHORE: As many as six new private airlines have applied for regular public transport (RPT) licence to Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) and are likely to start their flight operations during the first half of this year. These airlines are Askari Air Pakistan, Army Welfare Trust (AWT), Liberty Air owned by Ch. Munir and Mian Amir, Go Green Airways, Elahi Group, Danish Elahi and Arshad Jalil, United Airways Pakistan Limited by Adnan Tabbani, Air Sial, combined owner, Sialkot Chamber of Commerce, and Afeef Zara Airways owned by Rashid Siddiqui. They entrants would not meet pure domestic traffic requirements as in the…
LONDON: UK Supermarket chain becomes first in the world to remove plastic packaging from ALL its own-label products. Iceland’s landmark move puts pressure on its rivals to follow suit amid public demands to turn back the tide of plastic pollution. The company, which has more than 900 stores, has a five-year plan to ditch plastic from all of its own-brand products. Packaging on 1,400 products will be replaced, and the changes involve more than 250 suppliers. First to go will be plastic ready meal trays in favour of wood-pulp alternatives made in Britain. Plastic bags used for frozen vegetables and…
NEW DELHI: India will break up its debt-burdened flag carrier into four separate companies and offer to sell at least 51 per cent in each of them as part of a disinvestment proposed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The core airline business comprising Air India and Air India Express, the low-cost overseas arm will be offered as one company, and the process will be completed by the end of 2018, Junior Aviation Minister Jayant Sinha said in an interview. Its regional arm, ground handling, and engineering operations will also be sold separately in the same process. A successful sale of…
KARACHI: Atlasglobal, which was recently awarded 4-star status by the prestigious airline-rating organisation, Skytrax, and is Turkey’s second largest airline, has decided to open its inventory for sales from Pakistan. To this end Atlasglobal has formed a partnership with Karachi based GMG Travel (Private) Limited, the company is engaged in travel, aviation and tourism sector in order to cater for the ever-growing market for outbound travel from Pakistan The appointment of GMG Travel (Private) Limited as a GSA will ensure easy access for Pakistani customers to Atlasglobal’s outstanding products and services, together with the airline’s highly competitive fares. It also signals the carrier’s commitment…
MADRID: In International border crossing, the implementation of biometric technology to facilitate secure borders is the single biggest opportunity for the Travel & Tourism sector in 2018, according to Gloria Guevara Manzo, President and CEO of the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC). Ms Guevara also highlighted the importance of developments in artificial intelligence and machine learning, virtual and augmented reality and changing demographics, particularly the ‘coming of age’ of millennial and growth of Generation Z, for Travel & Tourism. Speaking at the 9th Executur Tourism Leadership Forum in Madrid, Spain, during the ongoing FITUR trade show, Ms Guevara said,…
MAKLI: The first International Conference on Makli was hosted by Culture, Tourism and Antiquities Department government of Sindh in collaboration with Endowment Fund Trust. The conference was attended by Archaeologists, anthropologists, architectures, heritage and monument experts across the globe on Sunday, 14 January at Makli Necropolis. Sindh Chief Minister, Syed Murad Ali Shah, the guest of honor at the conference said that, whatever comes out from such international conference his government will adopt each and every single recommendation and suggestion to make it more effective and result oriented. He stated that Makli is not just a graveyard, these are thousands…
WRITTEN BY CH. FAISAL MEHMOOD As we mentioned earlier also that the basic principle underlying the worldwide elevation of Tourism to its policy status of Visitor Economy is that local assets – whether physical or abstract – should be activated to sustain community pride and to generate income and thereby ensure its socio economic wellbeing. Other countries, which were part of the Mughal and British Raj like ours, have glorified even the smallest physical evidence of that part of their history; not only palaces but even roadside monuments and animal feed-troughs of that period are taken care of and added…
KARACHI: TPL Insurance Limited – An insurance company with the heritage of providing innovative insurance solutions and the only insurance company offering ‘direct settlement’ to its’ Travel Insurance customers along flexible coverage packages, entered into a strategic agreement with Global e-Commerce, a company providing technology solutions for the global travel industry. Global e-Commerce is a subsidiary of TSL (Pvt) Ltd., the Company was established in 2005. The principal business of the Company is to engage and deliver E-commerce services to the Travel Industry. The technical cooperation of TPL Insurance with Global e-Commerce will further reinforce the consumption of travel insurance…
KARACHI: From the 17th to 21st of January, 2018 Pearl Continental Hotel Karachi hosted a Barbecue Food Festival. The festival was held at Chandni restaurant which is known around the nation for serving succulent traditional and authentic Pakistani dishes,instrumental music and a backdrop of the breath taking roof-top city view providing their customers with an impeccable ambiance. [huge_it_slider id=”166″] The evening started off with an official ribbon cutting ceremony, by Ms. Asma Ahmad – Chief Editor Holiday Weekly. The senior management officials of PC Hotel including Aslam Khan – Hotel Manager and Laila Farah Naz – PR Manager were also…