MANAMA: Gulf Air has revealed a cybersecurity step-change as part of an ongoing campaign to safeguard its operations and deliver industry-leading customer service. The move, according to Gulf Air, helped reinforce its network perimeter to pre-empt and combat Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks, improve data centre and application-level security and further enhance data and access protection measures. A key component of Gulf Air’s DDoS strategy is the deployment of the F5® DDoS Hybrid Defender. This ensures high line rate capabilities without impacting legitimate traffic. Crucially, the solution is compatible with Gulf Air’s current perimeter security controls to minimise maintenance…
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The last pristine environment on Earth; a frozen continent that’s home to some of the world’s hardiest wildlife and most dramatic landscapes. But Antarctica is under threat. Scientists claim climate change; invasive species and tourism are destabilizing the polar environment in the region, where temperatures have risen by as much as 3C over the last three decades. It is to that backdrop that Natural World Safaris has added a new tour to its catalogue: a one-day trip to Antarctica aboard a private jet. Departing South Africa, guests embarking on the Antarctica trip will spend just 12 hours on the icy…
MUZAFFARABAD: Seeing the big turnout of the tourists, The Prime Minister Azad Kashmir, Raja Farooq Haider Khan on Wednesday, 5 July visited Kohala entry point to check the arrangements and behavior of police officials with the passing tourists. On the occasion, Deputy Commissioners of three districts Muzaffarabad, Bagh and Poonch said under the directives of Prime Minister polite and people friendly police officials including women officers have been deployed to deal with tourists. They said that measures of government produced a positive effect resulting in high increased number of tourists. Azad Jammu & Kashmir (AJK) government is also providing pamphlets…
LAHORE: The Pakistan Railways, after a launch of electronic ticketing system last October, has initiated the duplicate ticket system, a major decision to facilitate the railways passengers in the country. Chairing a meeting on Monday 3 July, Khawaja Saad Rafique, Minister for Railways gave the approval to start the new system. Earlier, if a passenger lost his rail ticket, he would have to purchase the new ticket again by paying full payment but now he would be issued the new ticket without repayment. The Railways official told that a Double Ticket System is being introduced to address the growing number…
SYDNEY: Mr. Peter Collins, a former politician and Navy officer of Australia has suggested that Garden Island could be the answer to Sydney’s troubled infrastructure issues, for which there’s still no clear solution. Collins proposed the idea that holiday cruise vessels be granted greater access to Garden Island, the Sydney navy base, or if not, the construction of a new, completely new terminal. The cruise industry in Sydney has long required more space for international cruise lines to dock down under, and recently Norwegian Cruise Line exec Harry Sommer told that unless you’ve got the proper infrastructure, then don’t invite…
GENEVA: Middle East carriers registered the slowest year-over-year traffic growth in May, recording a 3.7 per cent rise in demand compared to a year ago – close to an eight-year low. According to figures released by the International Air Transport Association (IATA), capacity increased 5.7 per cent, and load factor dropped 1.3 percentage points to 69.8 percent. Although year-to-year comparisons are distorted by the strong performance for the same period a year ago, the slow-down also reflects the ban on the carriage of large portable electronics devices (PEDs) in the cabin from 10 airports in the region to the US,…
Written by Ch. Faisal Mahmood Very encouraging reports about the high arrival of tourists at places like Naran, Kaghan, Hunza, Chitral, Nathiagali and some part of AJK regions are pouring in constantly which is something to be celebrated by people like us, who has waited long to hear that Pakistan tourism is improving fast. All hotels in these regions are fully booked till end of August even some local people are renting out portions of their houses to tourists and earned their livelihood through tourism once again after long time. In last, couple of days the Prime Minister of Pakistan…
DUBAI: As it enters its ninth year of operation, flydubai has announced the roll out of a new smart and stylish new uniform for its cabin crew. The new uniform will be worn by more than 2,500 uniformed staff across the flydubai network; including pilots, cabin crew, training, engineering and maintenance staff as well as members of staff at the airport and flydubai Travel Shops. This is the carrier’s first uniform redesign since its first flight took to the sky on June 1, 2009. The roll out of this new look is scheduled to coincide with the introduction of the…
SriLankan Airlines, the national carrier of Sri Lanka has announced the commencement of the direct flight services between Hong Kong and Colombo, the business hub of Sri Lanka, effective from July 15th, 2017. Accordingly, SriLankan will have five (05) nonstop flights from Hong Kong to Colombo connecting 48 countries and 101 destinations within SriLankan’s network and over 1000 destinations via the oneworld alliance network. SriLankan Airlines to upgrade its connectivity between Colombo and Hong Kong through the introduction of nonstop flights, which will offer a wider choice and added convenience to the passengers. The Airline has identified APAC region as…
According to an interesting survey, too much time spent checking social media whilst on holiday could result in arguments and even complete relationship breakdowns for couples this summer. The online survey of over 1000 married individuals* was commissioned by London-based family law firm Brookman last month and revealed that whilst many expected their partner to take work calls or emails whilst on holiday, their biggest frustration came from their partners often constant use of social media. Although over half of respondents said their partner had sent an email or made a work-related phone call during a holiday and over a…