PARIS: Airbus is exploring plans to lower A380 superjumbo production to as low as six aircraft per year as it battles to secure viable production of the world’s largest airliner beyond the end of the decade, industry sources said. Squeezed by smaller but efficient twin-engined jets, Airbus has announced plans to lower A380 output to 12 aircraft in 2018 and 8 in 2019, down from an annual peak of 30, as it holds out for what its forecasters believe will be a recovery in demand. But plans to maintain that rate are in doubt as Airbus seeks to finalise an…
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NEW YORK: Luxury cruise line Cunard and 20th Century Fox Film partnered to host the world premiere of “The Greatest Showman” on the greatest ocean liner, Queen Mary 2, while the ship was docked in New York. This was the first time a Hollywood movie premiere took place on a passenger ship. [huge_it_slider id=”145″] “The Greatest Showman” cast including Hugh Jackman, Zac Efron, Rebecca Ferguson and Zendaya, Director Michael Gracey and Oscar and Tony winning musical duo Benj Pasek and Justin Paul walked the red carpet on board Cunard’s flagship ocean liner just before the film was shown in the…
LAHORE: PIA has started two more weekly flights from Lahore to Muscat, making 11 flights per week to Muscat from different airports of Pakistan. A spokesman for the national carrier said the first flight left from Lahore to Muscat on Monday. PIA CEO Musharraf Rasool Cyan, while sharing his views on the commencement of flights, said that more flights would be operated on profitable routes, providing better services to passengers with the aim to increase revenues of the airline. PIA is now operating three flights per week from Karachi, three from Islamabad, two from Sialkot, one from Peshawar and two…
MUMBAI: The Travel Agents Association of India (TAAI) Managing Committee was elected for the 2017-2019 term at the 66th Annual General Meeting held last week at ‘The Lalit’ in Mumbai, India. At the same meeting, all the office bearers of regions and chapters of TAAI, President, Vice President, Hon. Secretary General and Hon. Treasurer were announced as they were duly elected earlier during the year. In the President’s address, Mr. Sunil Kumar R. said: “The industry of travel, in the last two decades, witnessed changes that caused tremendous discomfort and posed challenges to its stakeholders. Enormous financials and time investments,…
NEW YORK: US airlines have moved to ban some smart luggage due to fire safety concerns over lithium batteries. Both American Airlines and Delta will bring in new rules from January 15 which forbids the carriage of smart luggage unless the lithium batteries which are used to power them are removed before check-in. Lithium batteries are used to power GPS signals to locate bags during a journey and have USB ports for charging other devices. Some models have removable battery packs while others are fixed. The airlines differ on policy over smart luggage as carry-ons. American Airlines will allow the…
MUSCAT: Oman Air, the national carrier of the Sultanate of Oman, continues its ambitious expansion plans in 2017 with a new Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner joined the fleet on 6th December 2017. The wide-body Boeing 787-9 is a stretched version of the advanced long-range twin engine B787-8. The Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft is configured with 30 award-winning flat-bed Business Class suites, designed by BE Aerospace and 258 Economy Class seats. All classes feature the state-of-the-art Thales Integrated In-Flight Entertainment System which provides an even more enjoyable guest experience, allowing access to a wide selection of on-demand entertainment delivered through passenger experience interface…
KARACHI: The Sindhi Culture Day this year was celebrated with the usual warmth but with a wider spread of its reach and impact. Readers will recall that the celebrations of the day was instituted seven years back to project Sindh’s unique Culture drenched in ancient heritage and Sufi influence. A large number of men, women and children wearing Sindhi Ajrak and Topi, expressing pride at their being Sindhis, assembled outside the Karachi Press Club. Seminars, debates, literary sittings, folk music programmes, drama and other theatric performances, tableaux were organized by political parties and social organizations. The Sindh Department of Culture,…
KARACHI: The Consul General of Japan in Karachi, His Excellency Toshikazu Isomura, hosted a clinquant grand dinner reception to celebrate the birthday of His Majesty Emperor Akihito, who will be 84 years on December 23, 2017. [huge_it_slider id=”144″] A vibrant event was hosted at Pearl Continental Hotel; the Consul General of many countries and a large cross section of the city’s elite, including industrialists, businessmen, lawyers, politicians and professionals had responded to his invitation, making the event highly impressive. Speaker Balochistan Assembly Ms. Raheela Hameed Khan Durrani and Sindh Minister for Local Government Jam Khan Shoro also attended the function.…
15 airlines from the Middle East & North Africa have entered into a 10-year framework agreement with Amadeus for distribution services, negotiated and led by the Arab Air Carriers Association (AACO). The airlines participating in the framework agreement to date carried 110 million passengers in 2016, meaning that these airlines will serve over 1 billion passengers during the 10 year duration of the agreement. The contract follows a previous 10yearagreement with 13 AACO airlines, signed in 2008. For the participating AACO airlines, the partnership will drive economies of scale, technological efficiencies and support the airlines’ vision for distribution in the…
KARACHI: PIA is offering 20% discount on one way and round trip to the holy city of Najaf from Pakistan. CEO PIA Musharraf Rasool Cyan, sharing his views at a meeting held at PIA head office, said that our aim is to make PIA the first choice of passengers. The Najaf flights are doing quite well and we would like to see more passengers. He instructed the officials concerned to provide best services to the passengers. PIA is presently operating non-stop flights between Karachi and Najaf with convenient connections from other cities of Pakistan. This limited ongoing discount is valid…