MIAMI: A just-released survey of subscribers to Private Jet Card Comparisons shows the demand surge for private aviation will continue for the foreseeable future. Some 69% of current private aviation users expect to fly more post-Covid than before the pandemic, with 28% saying they expect to fly privately at similar levels. Only 3% said they would be making fewer private flights in a post-Covid world. Half of the current private aviation users said they had started or re-started private flying due to Covid, and 100% of these new private flyers say they plan to continue after the pandemic. More than…
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SINGAPORE: Singapore will present on the global stage its vision of a sustainable, liveable, and resilient city of the future at the upcoming Expo 2020 Dubai, highlighting the city’s innovative urban solutions and culture. Situated within the Sustainability District of the Expo 2020 Dubai, the first World Expo to be held in the Middle East, Africa, and South Asia region the Singapore Pavilion will present a microcosm of the nation’s transformed landscape. Underscoring Singapore’s vision of shaping itself into a liveable, sustainable, and resilient city of the future through the smart integration of design, technology, and nature, the pavilion will…
MANAMA: Gulf Air, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, has recently signed up as a member of the International Pet and Animal Transportation Association (IPATA) to expand its specialized cargo services in the field of transporting pets and animals throughout its global network. The membership will allow Gulf Air to tap into a wider market of pet owners with requirements to transport their pets and animals when spending vacations or relocating from a city to another. IPATA is the worldwide non-profit association dedicated to the care and welfare of pets and animals during transport with the role to…
JAKARTA: Foreign visitors who have not been vaccinated against Covid-19 will be barred from entering Indonesia from Tuesday (July 6), as authorities battle to contain an outbreak of the highly-infectious Delta variant. In an announcement on Sunday, the government said that foreign nationals entering Indonesia will need to show a vaccination certificate and a negative PCR test result. Unvaccinated foreign nationals barred from entering Indonesia from July 6; a passenger wearing a mask at the Soekarno-Hatta Airport in Tangerang, Indonesia pictured A vaccination certificate is also required for air travel within the country, both for international and domestic travellers. The…
LAHORE: Punjab Tourism Department has decided to digitalize Patriata chairlift and cable system in Murree. Advisor to the Chief Minister on Tourism Asif Mehmood said this while presiding over a meeting on progress of digitalization project, here on Tuesday.He said that digitalization of the Patriata chairlift would provide convenience to tourists. He said that E-ticketing will be introduced on trial basis from 15th July adding that three ticket counters would be set up in Patriata to facilitate visitors. Asif Mehmood directed that transparency should be ensured in ticketing process. The advisor said that free passes should not be issued at…
ISLAMABAD: The Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA) has barred the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) from entering into a negotiated deal with England’s aviation regulator to train Pakistani pilots, advising it to instead float an international tender for training the pilots in line with global standards. The Pakistan CAA (PCAA) wants to hire the UK Civil Aviation Authority International for training Pakistani pilots after an inquiry report pointed out serious anomalies in its examination systems, which led to the grounding of dozens of pilots and cancellation of licences of many others. “The PCAA is recommended to engage in open competitive tendering…
LONDON: The regional travel & tourism contribution to GDP in the Middle East decreased significantly in 2020, dropping by 51.1%, compared to the average global decline of 49.1%, said the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) in a new report. While domestic spending declined by 42.8%, international receipts saw a much steeper fall of 70.3%, added the new annual Economic Trends Report from WTTC. The region, which was highly reliant on international tourism in 2019, saw international spending as a share of total Travel & Tourism spending decline from 62% of the total in 2019 to 46% in 2020. The…
KARACHI: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) is set to issue a 10-year sukuk, worth up to Rs20 billion this month to meet its working capital requirements, an investment banker engaged in the deal told The News. The national carrier has mandated National Bank of Pakistan, BankIslami Pakistan Limited and BIPL Securities, to act as joint book runners for the issue. BankIslami is also acting as advisor and investment agent for the sukuk issuance. The issue will be privately placed and backed by government guarantee, and will also be classified as ‘public sector sukuk’. The ministry of finance has given statutory liquidity…
DUBAI: Deep Dive Dubai, which holds the Guinness record for being the world’s deepest swimming pool for diving, has opened for business. Located in Nad Al Sheba 1, Deep Dive Dubai pool has a 60 m depth and can hold 14 million liters of water, equivalent to the quantity of six Olympic-sized swimming pools. Among the key features of the 60m pool are two underwater habitats with a dry chamber at six and 21 m, 56 underwater cameras covering all angles of the pool, as well as advanced sound and mood lighting systems. The pool’s water is filtered and circulated…
ISLAMABAD: Hashoo School of Hospitality Management (HSHM) has collaborated with Bluesky Students Consultancy Services to promote its premium hospitality school in Pakistan. In this connection, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed by Maj (Retd) Faisal Naeem Khan, Director Education, Hashoo School of Hospitality Management, and Mr. Mumtaz Khan, Country Head Bluesky Students Consultancy Services in PC Hotel, Lahore. HSHM is Pakistan’s first premier hospitality and tourism management school in collaboration with Sheffield Hallam University, UK, and in partnership with Construction Technology Training Institute (CTTI). HSHM’s first campus is located on IJP Road Islamabad and is now accepting admissions for…