DUBAI: Sighting extended support to the program of Emiratization in the country, Union Coop, the largest Consumer Cooperative in the UAE announced the immediate recruitment of 44 UAE Nationals during its ‘Open Day’ recruitment drive, held this week at Etihad Mall. The Director of Human Resources and Emiratization at Union Coop‘ Mr. Ahmed Bin Kenaid’ has been optimistic about Union …

DUBAI: SIG Combibloc Obeikan (SIG CBOB), one of the world’s leading systems and solutions provider for aseptic packaging and filling machines for food and beverages and Fair Cape Dairies, a Cape Town-based dairy farm announced today the launch of the first combibloc EcoPlus in the MEA region during the Gulfood Manufacturing Exhibition. The pack will be launched supported by a …

ABU DHABI: Bawabat Al Sharq Mall lines 32 days of mega festivities to celebrate the Year of Tolerance. As part of the celebrations, special activities have been planned coinciding with the UAE Flag Day, Tolerance Day and finally the 48th UAE National Day. A 6-day action packed workshop for kids is yet another highlight of this year’s celebrations. Apart from …

KARACHI: TPL Insurance, Pakistan’s first direct insurance company, joins hands with UBL, a leading player in the banking and financial services sector in Pakistan. An MoU was signed between the two organizations recently, at the UBL Head Office, Karachi. The two companies have collaborated to launch ‘Assure Finance’, an insurance premium financing project for mutual customers of TPL Insurance and UBL. …

COLMAR, France: “At Pegasus Airlines, we are convinced that it is an absolute necessity to use flight data animation in order to recreate flights in form of animations. Understanding better what happens in the cockpit allows to avoid incidents in the future and thus strengthens flight safety,” explains Captain Murat Cem Alkan, Chief Safety Management & Quality Compliance Monitoring Officer. …

MANAMA: Gulf Air, the national airline of the Kingdom of Bahrain, and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines have signed a codeshare partnership, for travel commencing from 27 October 2019. The announcement follows the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the two airlines and will further strengthen the strong ties between the Kingdom of Bahrain and the Netherlands. Gulf Air …

KARACHI: Byco Petroleum Pakistan Ltd. (BPPL), Pakistan’s largest oil company, today announced the financial results for the quarter ended 30 September 2019. In this period, oil prices remained largely steady and the value of the Pakistani Rupee improved slightly against the US Dollar. However, due to the overall slowdown in Pakistan’s economy, the consumption of petroleum products has declined, except …

By Rafiq Vayani SHARJAH:  The Council of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan (ICAP) elected its new Office Bearers for the year 2019-20 in its 319th meeting held in Lahore on October 26, 2019. The Council unanimously elected Mr. Khalilullah Shaikh as President and Ms. Hina Usmani and Mr. Rana Muhammad Usman Khan as Vice Presidents of the Institute. …

News Desk DUBAI: Emirates Flight Catering (EKFC), one of the world’s largest catering services providers, has introduced a new packaging solution to further reduce waste across its food manufacturing operations. The company has replaced cardboard packaging with reusable crates to store and transport an average of 100,000 inflight meals daily. As a result of its newest environmental initiative, EKFC will …

DUBAI: Over 5.27 million passengers have benefitted from seamless connectivity on the Emirates and flydubai network since both Dubai-based airlines begun their partnership in October 2017. In addition, some 800,000 Emirates Skywards members have earned over 1.5 billion Skywards Miles on Emirates and flydubai codeshare itineraries in the last 12 months. Marking the milestone as the partnership enters into its …