KARACHI: Oman Air, the national carrier of the Sultanate of Oman, has introduced a new baggage offer for the holy month of Ramadan. Guests travelling in economy classes during Ramadan will be able to travel with two bags (weighing up to 30kg in total) for no extra charge. The same offer will also apply for Oman Air guests who book their flights during Ramadan for travel after the holy month. Guests wanting to travel with more than two pieces of luggage totaling 30kg will be able to purchase an additional piece of up to 20kg for a nominal fee as…
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BANGKOK: Finnair, the flag carrier for Finland and a member of the oneworld alliance, has joined the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA). The carrier, headquartered in Helsinki, is majority owned by the Government of Finland and listed on the Helsinki Stock Exchange. PATA CEO Dr. Mario Hardy said, “We are extremely pleased to welcome Finnair to the PATA family as our newest aviation member and the first Nordic airline to join in recent years. The airline is not only a leader in sustainable practices but also in pioneering new technologies such as testing face recognition technology for use by travellers…
RABAT: The tourism industry in Morocco is still successful despite the turmoil in the region since 2011, that was reported by Masralarabia.com last week. More than 10 million tourists visit the country every year, with Morocco being the least affected by the ongoing geopolitical changes in the Middle East-North Africa (MENA) region. Moroccan Tourism Minister Mohamed Sajid expects a 5.5 per cent increase in the number of tourists visiting his country this year. That translates into 10.9 million people. The minister revealed earlier this year that the expected tourist revenue for the public sector in 2017 is $6.5 billion, compared…
MEXICO: The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that leaders of the global air transport industry are gathering in Cancun, Mexico for the Association’s 73rd Annual General Meeting (AGM) and World Air Transport Summit. The AGM will feature keynote addresses on Monday by Mr. Gerardo Ruiz Esparza, Mexico’s Minister of Communications and Transport and Dr. Olumuyiwa Benard Aliu, President of the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). “Cancun will be the capital of air transportation as aviation leaders gather for the 73rd IATA AGM and World Air Transport Summit. The airline industry’s most senior leaders will work together…
WASHINGTON: The visitors planning to visit the US soon will be asked to fill out a new questionnaire for the US Visa that asks for all prior passport numbers, five years’ worth of social media handles, email addresses and phone numbers and 15 years of biographical information including addresses, employment and travel history, says the report. The US Department of State has proposed tougher questioning of visa applicants who it believes warrant extra scrutiny, according to a government document published Thursday, 1st June, in a push toward the “extreme vetting” sought by President Donald Trump. The additional criteria would be…
Lufthansa has decided to provide iPad Minis to its 20,000 flight attendants. The process of providing of new cabin mobile device to the entire cabin crew will be completed within next few weeks. This is a major step in the year of digitization at Lufthansa. In the cockpit, the electronic flight bag has already been in operation since the beginning of 2015 and is used by 4,300 pilots for flight planning and operations. Simultaneously, cabin crew managers received tablets, which will now be extended to include all cabin crew as a result of the positive experience. The cabin mobile…
LAHORE: Chief Minister Punjab, Mian Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday, 31 May, has directed to prepare feasibility report on installation of ropeways transport system at as many as three different localities in Lahore, reported Lahore News. Chairing a meeting in Lahore, CM Shehbaz said that international company has expressed willingness to work on this project with Punjab government after which the authorities have been given green signal to start paper work on it. The areas to be facilitated will be from Imamia Colony to Railway Station, Jehangir Tomb to Greater Iqbal Park, Jalo Mor to Thokar Niaz Baig and one from…
PESHAWAR: Tourism Corporation of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (TCKP) has handed over all the government rest houses in the Galiyat area to the Galiyat Development Authority (GDA) which would now be responsible for the booking of these resorts. [huge_it_slider id=”47″] The TCKP spokesperson on Monday said that the rest houses were handed over to GDA last week and that tourists had been advised to contact the authority from now onward for booking. She said that TCKP earned Rs15 million in a very short time after getting charge of rest houses and and renovated all these properties while keeping the expenditure very low.…
World leaders reacted with anger and defiance after President Donald Trump on Thursday, 1 June, announced the United States, the world’s second biggest carbon emitter, was quitting the 2015 Paris climate agreement. The 2015 Paris Agreement is the first pact to commit all nations to limiting global warming caused by emissions from burning coal, oil and gas. “I cannot, in good conscience, support a deal that punishes the United States,” Trump said while announcing the decision to pull the US out of the agreement. Trump repeatedly painted the pact, struck by his predecessor Barack Obama, as a deal that did…
ISLAMABAD: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has accepted the first-ever nomination of intangible cultural heritage filed by Pakistan of Kalash practice of ‘Suri Jagek’ for placing it at ‘UNESCO’s List in Need of Urgent Safeguarding the tradition’. [huge_it_slider id=”46″] ‘Suri Jagek’ is a traditional Kalash metrological and astronomical practice of observing the sun, the moon, stars and shadows with respect to the local topography. Mr. Nazir Ahmad, Joint Secretary, National History and Literary Heritage (NHLH) Division told that the nomination for placing the practice at UNESCO’s list was filed by the division on March 29, 2017 and…