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ISLAMABAD: Mr. Bram de Muijnck, from The Netherlands, has a professional experience of 40 years. He is currently associated with the Industry of Catering and Hospitality. Previous to this, he has worked as a restaurant manager, teacher hospitality, advisor by a knowledgeable center, coordinator internship Hospitality. He has also worked as a volunteer for 6 projects, which are: one in Armenia, one in Kosovo, 3 in Ethiopia, and one in Sri Lanka. He has especially flown from The Netherlands to Pakistan to impart his valuable knowledge to the teams of Legend hotels and resorts, Islamabad, Hunza, Chitral, and Skardu.

LAHORE: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has acquired a state-of-the-art Airbus A320 simulator for pilot training, refresher courses, and air safety. The simulator would lead to safer training and cost savings for the local airlines, as they have to spend a significant amount of money on training their pilots overseas. The state-of-the-art digital 7E Evolution Airbus A320 Full Flight Simulator, acquired from L3Harris Technologies, will be installed at the PIA Training Centre in Karachi. Currently, the national flag carrier operates 11 Airbus A320 aircraft. The simulator will not only benefit PIA’s own pilots who fly Airbus A320 but also other Pakistani…

HONG KONG: According to the website Bloomberg Quint, Hong Kong Airport has ceased to be an international aviation hub. Willie Walsh, Director General of the International Air Transport Association (IATA), has said that Hong Kong is effectively off the map now in terms of being an airport hub. He also added that it will take a long time for the airport to recover from the effects of Covid and that it is seriously lagging behind in terms of the recovery happening elsewhere. With reference to the website Simple Flying, Hong Kong Airport, before the pandemic in February 2019, handled 5.89…

Multan MULTAN: flydubai hosted an Iftar Dinner in Multan and presented its top achievers with awards of excellence who remain an integral part of the airline’s success. Held on 12th April 2022, the event was attended by top travel partners of Multan. The awards ceremony was organized at Conference Hall, Zanzibar Restaurant Multan. Faisalabad FAISALABAD: flydubai hosted an Iftar Dinner and Achievers Awards ceremony in Faisalabad and presented its top achievers with awards of excellence who remain an integral part of the airline’s success. Held on 14th April 2022, the event was attended by top travel partners of the Faisalabad…

LAHORE: Pakistan International Airline’s (PIA) maiden flight from Lahore to Sydney has been deferred for a few days on the advice of the Australian Homeland Affairs Department, a statement from the flag carrier said Thursday, April 21. Citing the reason for the deferment, the flag carrier, in a statement, said the Homeland Affairs Department wants to reassess the prevailing security situation of the country and review the security apparatus and procedures adopted at Pakistani airports. PIA was set to operate its first-ever direct flight between Pakistan and Australia on April 22, initially planning to operate one weekly flight on this…

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC) and Mishal Pakistan here Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to promote research in the tourism sector of Pakistan to develop national travel and tourism competitive index on annual basis. Managing Director PTDC, Aftab ur Rehman Rana signed the MoU on behalf of PTDC while CEO Mishal Pakistan, Amir Jehangir signed from the other side to jointly work for bringing travel and tourism-related initiatives into public discussions, through various interventions. Mishal Pakistan is a country partner institute of the World Economic Forum and PTDC is the national tourism organization of Pakistan. The prime…

Celebrity Cruises has canceled Celebrity Solstice sailings in Asia, which previously included destinations like Japan, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Singapore, and the Philippines. In an email sent to travel partners and booked guests, the cruise line said the decision was necessitated by “ongoing uncertainty regarding the restart of international operations in the Asia region”. Celebrity Cruises has canceled 18 Asia sailings for 2022-2023 All Celebrity Solstice Asia sailings scheduled to depart September 16, 2022, through April 21, 2023, are affected. Celebrity Cruises has assured affected guests that they have the option to “Lift and Shift”, that is to rebook similar Asia…

SHANGHAI: Shanghai reported a record number of symptomatic Covid-19 cases on Saturday and other areas across China tightened controls as the country kept up its “dynamic clearance” approach that aims to stamp out the highly transmissible Omicron variant. The Zhengzhou Airport Economic Zone, a central Chinese manufacturing area that includes Apple Inc supplier Foxconn, announced a 14-day lockdown on Friday “to be adjusted according to the epidemic situation.” In northwestern China, the city of Xian on Friday urged residents to avoid unnecessary trips outside their residential compounds and encouraged companies to have employees work from home or live at their…

CANBERRA: Australians returning from overseas will be corralled into separate green zones and red zones at the nation’s international airports, depending on the federal government’s ‘Covid risk rating’ of the country they’re arriving from. The government will also nominate ‘green zone routes’ – similar to the New Zealand travel bubble and Singapore’s Vaccinated Travel Lane scheme – which will be subject to “eased Covid- 19 border restrictions”, according to Covid-19 safety protocols drawn up by the Department of Health in a document updated on Tuesday, October 12, 2021. With the return of overseas flights just weeks away, Australia’s international airports…

RAWALPINDI: Aviation authorities have decided to upgrade the air cargo control unit at the Islamabad International Airport. The unit, tasked with profiling inbound and outbound air consignments and identifying and stopping those that may carry illicit substances, was inaugurated in 2020 by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Pakistan Country Office, the World Customs Organisation (WCO) as part of the UNODC Container Control Programme (CCP), in partnership with the Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF), Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), and Pakistan Customs. Sources said that the container control system will be upgraded per international regulations. Smugglers use legitimate cargo to…