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MUSCAT: Oman Air, the national airline of Oman, has been named World’s Leading Airline – Business Class; World’s Leading Airline – Customer Experience; and World’s Leading Airline Lounge – Business Class by the World Travel Awards 2022. The airline’s Chief Executive Officer, Abdulaziz Al Raisi, along with the management team, received the awards during a ceremony hosted by Oman Airports at Al Bustan Palace, a Ritz-Carlton Hotel, under the patronage of His Excellency Salim Mohammed Al Mahrouqi, Minister of Heritage and Tourism. The awards, which are decided by public vote, were presented to winners from 50 participating countries, of which…

KARACHI: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) and JS Bank Ltd signed an agreement to offer discount on PIA international and domestic travel tickets.JS Bank customers will now be able to get discounted airline tickets. The agreement was signed between CEO PIA Amir Hayat and President JS Bank Ltd. Basir Shamsie. Air Vice Marshal Amir Hayat congratulated both the teams at PIA and JS Bank Ltd. for augmenting air travel in the country, as well as, abroad. Speaking on the occasion, he said, “PIA is following a robust plan to recover from Covid pandemic that affected the aviation industry including PIA. He…

DOHA: Qatar has unveiled a 6,000-cabin fan village in an isolated lot near its airports, an offering for housing toward the lower end of what’s available for the upcoming World Cup just days away from starting. As journalists toured the cabins, desert winds kicked up sand at the 3.1 square-kilometer (1.1 square-mile) site, which housed a metro station, a bus stop, and a planned temporary restaurant and convenience store. The area could in theory hold as many as 12,000 people if booked at capacity, officials said. Artificial green grass coveredare the walkways outside, with common areas filled with large bean-bag…

LONDON: Adviser to the Prime Minister on Sports and Tourism, Awn Chaudry inaugurated the ‘Pakistan Pavilion’ at World Travel Market (WTM) in London today. Tourism Ministers of Azad Jammu & Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan as well as Pakistan High Commissioner to the UK, Moazzam Ahmad Khan were also present on the occasion. Led by Awn Chaudry, Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC), Provincial Tourism Departments, Azad Jammu &Kashmir, Balochistan, Punjab, and Gilgit Baltistan participated in the travel show. Appreciating the organizers, he said showcasing Pakistan’s tourism opportunities at international travel shows like WTM would help attract more tourists to Pakistan. He also…

KARACHI:  Last week Mr.  Ahmed Zahoor, General Manager-Pakistan  Etihad Airways hosted travel trade partners dinner at Movenpick Hotel Karachi to celebrate the 18th Anniversary of Etihad Airways flights to Pakistan. On 2nd November 2004, the first flight of Etihad airways landed at Jinnah International Airport Karachi.   The Seniors of the travel trade industry of Karachi responded to the invitation of Mr. Ahmed Zahoor including, Muhammad Rafiq Khan (Chairman of Bukhari Group), Muhammad Dochki (FRG Group CEO) and  Muhammad Naeem Sharif (Convener, of the Travel & Tourism Committee of Federation of Pakistan Chamber of Commerce & Industries-FPCCI)  making the event…

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is in the final stages of preparation to showcase its rich tourism potential at World Travel Market (WTM) which is scheduled to be held from 7th – 9th November 2022 at Excel London. Managing Director PTDC, Aftab ur Rehman Rana informed that PTDC after the interval of almost 14 years is going to setup an impressive Pakistan Pavilion in WTM London in collaboration with provincial tourism departments and private sector companies. He said, Promotion of Pakistan as a top tourist destination is the prime focus of government of Pakistan. Pakistan is blessed with breath-taking natural beauty, rich culture…

BERN: A Swiss railway company has claimed the record for the world’s longest passenger train this weekend, sending a two-kilometre long trail of red carriages through the Alps. The Rhaetian Railway company ran the 1906-metre-long train composed of 100 coaches along the Albula line route from Preda to Bergün. Taking all night on Friday to assemble “like a string of pearls”, the hundred-coach service set off at 2.20 on the dot arriving in Bergün an hour and ten minutes later. Around 3,000 train spotters and pedestrians lined the route through the UNESCO World Heritage area. Crowds and bypassers stopped to…

TOKYO: The first Etihad Airways flight to use Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) supplied by ITOCHU Corporation and NESTE has departed from Tokyo Narita Airport (NRT). The pioneering flight, EY871 departed Tokyo Narita at 1500, was the result of a partnership in which ITOCHU provided Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) to Etihad, the national airline of the UAE, making Etihad the first international airline to procure SAF in Japan. Cassie Mackie, Vice President Procurement & Supply Chain, Etihad Airways commented: “The aviation industry needs partnerships like the one we have created with ITOCHU and NESTE to bring widespread SAF adoption…

KARACHI: Fly Jinnah, Pakistan’s new low-cost carrier (LCC), held the inaugural ceremony of its first flight to Islamabad, marking the start of the airline’s operations. The ceremony took place at the Ramada Plaza by Wyndham Karachi Airport Hotel prior to the departure of the inaugural flight which included delegates and members of the media. The inaugural ceremony, which also included a press conference prior to departure, was attended by members of the Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (PCAA), along with senior leaders of Lakson Group, Air Arabia Group, Jinnah Airport, members of the press, and other delegates. Iqbal Ali Lakhani, Chairman…

AJK: President Dr. Arif Alvi on Tuesday, launched the commercial helicopter flight operations of Kashmir Air in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) as part of an effort to promote tourism in the region. The president, addressing the launching ceremony of Kashmir Air, at Bagh, said the AJK was blessed with immense natural beauty and tourism potential, and the private sector should come forward to develop AJK’s tourism sector to realize its fullest potential. Kashmir Air is a private company that is going to start commercial helicopter flights to AJK and northern areas of Pakistan for the transportation of tourists. During…