Silversea Cruises’ reimagined Silver Cloud has arrived in Antarctica on her first luxury expedition voyage to the White Continent. Silversea’s first crossover luxury expedition ship arrived successfully in Antarctica this week, marking her maiden visit to the remote continent following a $40 million refurbishment and conversion into an ice-class polar expedition ship. Currently sailing a ten-night Antarctic Peninsula expedition roundtrip from Ushuaia, guests are being treated to vistas of towering icebergs, snow-capped mountains, and awe-inspiring wildlife aboard the completely refitted ship that includes the only Relais & Châteaux restaurant at sea. “We are extremely excited to announce Silver Cloud’s debut…
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LONDON: The British Airline Pilots’ Association (BALPA) is advising passengers to make sure any gifts containing lithium batteries are carried in hand luggage rather than checked in. They say poorly packed parcels of cameras, laptops, phones and toys containing lithium batteries could pose a fire risk because poorly manufactured batteries, or those that are damaged or inappropriately packaged, can short circuit or fail, releasing harmful gasses or causing high intensity fires that can spread quickly. It said lithium batteries have been cited in the accident reports of at least two fatal accidents, including the UPS747 freighter in 2010 and the…
ABU DHABI: Etihad Airways will be suspending flights to the Iranian capital, Tehran, from January 2018, it has emerged. The decision, part of the airline’s strategy review, will come into effect from January 24, said a report in Reuters. Etihad’s five weekly flights to Iran’s capital will be reduced to two a week between December 25 and January 23, before it suspends the route entirely on January 24, said the report citing an airline spokeswoman. Passengers booked to travel after then can switch to an alternative travel date between December 25 and January 23 or be refunded, the spokeswoman said.
KARACHI: The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has introduced executive economy class for its Jeddah and Madinah routes, for the convenience of Umrah passengers. “The PIA passengers traveling for Umrah can now avail the facility of executive economy class where they will be served business class cuisine and will have an added advantage of 5kgs excess allowable baggage free of cost,” a spokesman of the national flag carrier said. Keeping in view the demand, PIA has introduced extra Umrah flights for the next two weeks; with four extra flights from Karachi, three from Islamabad, two from Lahore and one from Multan.…
NEW YORK: The Boeing 747, the original jumbo jet that was the favourite American presidents and key to affordable mass market air travel in the United States, passed into aviation history last week. Nearly 50 years after the debut, the 747 took its final commercial flight with an American carrier on Tuesday, December 19 on Delta Air Lines’ Seoul-to-Detroit route. It “made flying available for everyone,” said Boeing Chief Company historian Michael Lombardi said of the iconic jet. “The 747 gave wings to the world.” Aerospace consultant Michel Merluzeau said the plane changed travel. “All of a sudden, you could…
ISLAMABAD: The Ninth National Art Exhibition kicked off at Pakistan National Council of the Art (PNCA) last week.The Art Exhibition was inaugurated by the Minister of State for information, Broadcasting and National Heritage Marriyam Aurangzeb. More than 600 artworks in different formats went on display at the Exhibition. The two-month-long exhibition is dedicated to nine legendary artists of Pakistan including Ms. Hajra Mansur, Ijazul Hassan, Mansur Rahi, Iqbal Geofrey, Saeed Akhtar, Zulqarnain Haider, Ahmed Khan, Bashir Ahmad and Colin David.As many as 556 paintings and 140 sculptures and installations by 384artists from all over the country have been included in…
MUSCAT: Oman Air took home two awards at the World Travel Awards, which took place last week at JW Marriott Phu Quoc Emerald Bay Resort & Spa, Vietnam, claiming the titles ‘World’s Leading Airline – Economy Class’ and ‘World’s Ultimate Service Award in Hospitality’. The awards were received by Hamad Al Harthy, Acting Regional Vice President – Far East, on behalf of Oman Air. The year 2017 has been a stellar year for Oman Air; the airline has been presented with a multitude of awards and accolades from renowned organizations around the globe, including four World Travel Awards. Earlier this…
RAWALPINDI: Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC) will organise a three-day international conference on tourism from January 29 in Islamabad under the auspices of World Tourism Organization which would be attended by around 150 countries. While addressing a media briefing on Wednesday, 20 December, Managing Director PTDC, Chaudhary Abdul Ghafoor said the conference would be a major achievement which would help promote soft image of Pakistan in the world. He said secretary general of the WTO would also visit Pakistan next year. He stated that we are keen to promote tourism and strengthen the position of Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation in…
KARACHI: Adviser to the PM on Aviation Sardar Mahtab Ahmed Khan has said that comprehensive strategy has been made to cope with the modern era challenges posed to the aviation sector due to the continuous growth in air traffic. He said the principle decision has been taken to review and redefine the aviation policy and to restructure the civil aviation authority along with level playing field to upgrade and edifice the performance of airlines as per the requirements of contemporary markets and customers. He asserted the concerned authority to present a report after the consultation to all airlines in this…
KARACHI: Last week Airblue organized the Annual Dinner reception for the travel agents of Karachi. Mr. Mustansir Ali Khan, District Manager-Karachi Airblue and his sales team welcomed the guests. The dinner reception held at Rangoli, Arena. Dinner was followed by ten pin bowling and other fun filled activities. All the leading travel agents attended the event and enjoyed Airblue’s hospitality along with recreational activities at the end. [huge_it_slider id=”154″]