SHARJAH: Air Arabia (PJSC) yesterday announced strong financial results for the first half ending June 30, 2018 as the Middle East and North Africa’s first and largest low-cost carrier continued to deliver solid and sustained financial performance. Air Arabia reported a net profit of AED 230 million for the first half ending June 30, 2018; a 12 per cent less than the AED …

DUBAI: dnata, one of the world’s largest air services provider, announced today it has acquired Tropo, a Germany-based tour operator, from ProSiebenSat.1 Group. The acquisition marks dnata’s entry into the German market and extends its global network of travel businesses in Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Australasia. The purchase agreement also includes TV media volume worth several million euros for …

DUBAI: Emirates has refreshed its premium offering with new luxury products in First and Business Class for a more comfortable travel experience. The new products stem from collaborations with BYREDO skincare, Bowers & Wilkins and Emirates’ longstanding partnership with Bulgari for its refreshed amenity kits. BYREDO for Emirates Wellness kit Emirates First Class customers will find the BYREDO travel wellness …

By Farooq Dadi / Rafiq Vayani ISLAMABAD: President Rotary Club Karachi Platinum Faisal Nadeem one to one meeting with Chairman Senate Sadiq Sanjrani. President Faisal Nadeem is one of the most vibrant and active president of our District. His Club is engaged in several projects and already completed almost eight projects so far without any support from RI or District. …

LAHORE: VentureDive’s application, Athan, made global waves after it got featured as one of the fastest growing applications in the Asia Pacific region at the Google App Summit’18, held in Singapore. Athan was the only ‘made in Pakistan’ app to feature at the event. Representing Athan at the summit, VentureDive’s Managing Director Saad Fazil and Senior Product Manager Ali Raza …

KARACHI: Octara, Pakistan’s leading training solutions provider, will collaborate with Expothon, a Canadian think tank on innovative excellence to host a series of exclusive workshops focused on devising pragmatic solutions for Pakistani businesses. The ultimate aim of these workshops is to develop a plan to quadruple the total exports of Pakistan. A marathon debate on this key issue will be …

KARACHI: State Bank of Pakistan has noticed misleading rumors spreading in social media regarding clearing operations of Summit Bank Ltd. It is clarified that NIFT (National Institutional Facilitation Technologies), which provides clearing services for banks, has not discontinued its membership or its services in any way for the Summit bank. It is pertinent to mention that these rumors stemmed from …

ISLAMABAD: The imports of palm oil into the country witnessed increase of 7.06 percent during the fiscal year 2017-18 as compared to the imports of the corresponding period of previous year. Pakistan imported palm oil worth $2039.718 million during July-June (2017-18) against the imports of $1905.136 million in July-June (2016-17), showing growth of 7.06 percent, according to the data of Pakistan …

By Rafiq Vayani KARACHI: The emerging LED TV manufactures of Pakistan, Tri-Angels Electronics launched the latest and top of the line LED and Laser Televisions byChina’s number 1 TV brand, Hisense in Pakistan with a colorful ceremony held in Karachi Marriott Hotel. The 39-year-old brand Hisense form the past 14 years has been leading the charts in China being the …

RIYADH: The Middle East Facility Management Association (MEFMA), a non-profit association that provides a dedicated platform for facilities management (FM) professionals, wider construction industry stakeholders, and owner associations, reaffirmed its commitment to nurture and guide entrepreneurs as well as promote innovation in the regional FM industry through proper skills development and effective knowledge sharing. MEFMA made the statement during the …