SHANGHAI:China’s commercial aerospace dreams took wing on Friday, as the first Chinese-built passenger jetliner completed its first public flight test, embodying the country’s ambitions to take on the industry champions, Boeing and Airbus. [huge_it_slider id=”28″] With a brisk breeze blowing through light smog under overcast skies, a large crowd of government officials and aerospace executives gathered to watch as the C919, white with a green-and-blue striped tail, underwent a lengthy preflight check, then rumbled down a runway and into the sky for a test flight that lasted about an hour. The aircraft landed safely, and Comac, its manufacturer, declared it…
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LAHORE: Channel Group is one of the Leading Travel Group in Pakistani’s Travel & Tourism Trade, Company growing progressively and it has great leverage of nationwide infrastructure, operation strength & strong relation with Airlines & suppliers with the experience of more than 1.4 Decade. Channel Group Chairman Mr. Asif Naseer Khara has recently launched new OTA office of www.faremakers.com consisting upon 54 Numbers of Sales Counter under one Roof. Chief Guest of the Grand Launching Ceremony were Mr. Sam Wong General Manager- Pakistan of Sabre Travel Network Pakistan (Private) Limited. & Mr. Naeem Siddique Senior District Manager-Sales Sabre Lahore. Chairman…
ABU DHABI: Etihad Airways has announced new roles and responsibilities for four of its most senior Emiratis. [huge_it_slider id=”26″] Mr. Ahmed Al Qubaisi, who currently holds the position of Vice President aero political and industry affairs, will be promoted to senior vice president and take on responsibility for international affairs and for environmental affairs. Mr Al Qubaisi joined Etihad Airways in 2015 as vice president alliances and partnerships, before being promoted to his current role in 2016. Mr. Hareb Al Muhairy is to become Senior Vice President, UAE and GCC sales, responsible for driving sales revenues in the airline’s priority…
ISLAMABAD: While talking to the French Ambassador Ms. Martine Dorance, who called on her here on Wednesday, 3 May, Marriyum Aurangzeb, Minister of state for Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage said that the Government of Pakistan is making strenuous efforts to project beautiful culture and heritage of Pakistan at the global level. According to a press statement, the Minister of State said that Pakistan highly valued its relations with France and would like to further enhance cooperation between the two countries in the fields of art, culture, information and preservation of heritage. She said that in view the culture being…
LONDON: In the run-up to the May release of the action adventure film King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, from Warner Bros. Pictures and Village Roadshow Pictures, VisitBritain has launched an international film tourism campaign to showcase why Britain is a legendary tourist destination. [huge_it_slider id=”25″] The six-week global ‘Where Stories Become Legends’ digital campaign, a non-commercial partnership between VisitBritain and Warner Bros. The campaign features an exclusive behind-the-scenes video of writer/director/producer Guy Ritchie, writer/producer Lionel Wigram, and the film’s stars Charlie Hunnam and Jude Law, on location talking about the epic British landscapes used in King Arthur: Legend of…
DALLAS: YPO, the world’s premier chief executive leadership organization has announced the names of the top finalists for its Global Innovation Award. The 2017 Global Innovation Award finalists are invited to YPO Innovation Week’s Grand Finale event in New York City on 12 May, where the winner will be announced. [huge_it_slider id=”24″] The prestigious award honors those YPO members who have initiated breakthrough innovations that inspire positive transformation and nurture continued growth and opportunity for leaders around the world. In addition to recognizing the top 10 innovators from among more than 24,000 YPO members across 130 countries, the Global Innovation…
BANGKOK: Among the 171 destinations in the Asia- Pacific region, Bangkok, once again retains the title of the top destination in terms of visitor numbers. [huge_it_slider id=”23″] The latest figures from Mastercard ‘Asia-Pacific Destinations Index 2017’ revealed that Thailand’s capital, Bangkok, is the most visited destination in the region. Bangkok welcomed 19.3 million international overnight arrivals in 2016 of the 339.2 million visits made to the 171 Asia-Pacific destinations on the Mastercard list. This put the Thai capital above second place Singapore, which attracted 13.1 million. Thai destinations Phuket and Pattaya also placed in the Top Ten on the report,…
A gigantic crane, which was transformed from a tanker, hoists a 6,000-ton key structure of the world’s longest cross-sea bridge linking Hong Kong, Zhuhai and Macao, May 2, 2017. The wedge, 12-meter-long and weighing more than 25 Airbus A380 jets, was lowered to connect the immersed tubes of the underground tunnel of the bridge. The 55-kilometer bridge connects Zhuhai in Guangdong Province with Hong Kong and Macao. It includes a 22.9-km bridge and 6.7-km underground tunnel.
JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia’s General Authority of Civil Aviation (Gaca) has awarded the contract to operate the King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah to Singapore’s Changi Airport Group for up to 20 years, a report said. The statement from the kingdom’s aviation authority did not provide any details other than that the selection was made after an evaluation of bids. The Saudi Arabian airport is also home to the world’s fourth largest terminal in the world, the Hajj terminal, a whopping 510,000 SqM in size.
SHANGHAI: After years of consistent efforts, ultimately Friday, 5 May will be the historic day for the Aviation industry of China when its homemade passenger jetliner will take to the air for its maiden flight, according to a report. [huge_it_slider id=”22″] The C919 is part of China’s efforts to develop a homegrown aviation industry in one of the world’s biggest and fastest-growing air travel markets. China currently relies heavily on foreign-made aircrafts State-owned aircraft maker Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China Ltd., or Comac, based in Shanghai, has completed work on the 175-passenger C919. Earlier The C919 was due to fly…