DUBAI: Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has briefed officials from the Government Excellence Department at the Etihad Aviation Group on the best practices and procedures of excellence. The briefing is part of RTA’s strategy of sharing expertise and knowledge with government and semi-government entities and improving business processes.  The briefing took place recently in a virtual meeting held via …

News Desk DUBAI: Emirates will re-start passenger services to Moscow Domodedovo Airport (DME) with two flights a week, starting 11 September. The resumption of flights to Moscow will take the airline’s expanding network in Europe to 26 cities – offering Emirates’ global customers with more travel options to Europe, and customers in Russia with renewed connections to the Middle East, …

Sport Desk DUBAI: Shane Lowry will tee it up at the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open for the first time since his career-defining Open Championship triumph, as Galgorm Castle Golf Club plays host to the island of Ireland’s national open from September 24-27. The 33-year-oldlifted the Claret Jug in front of his home fans last year following a six-stroke win …

DUBAI: Emirates has announced a collaboration with Huawei, one of the world’s top smartphone brands, to promote the Emirates app to Huawei phone users and build a more convenient and rewarding experience for passengers as travel demand recovers in the post-pandemic era. Since January 2020, Emirates passengers have been downloading the Emirates app (Android version) at AppGallery and benefiting from …

DUBAI: Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) and the Department of Planning and Development – Trakhees at the Ports, Customs and Free Zone Corporation, expressed their intents to step up cooperation in several fields of common concern. Of late, the two parties signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to streamline the process of issuing permits of lands impacted by the …

It can be said without a doubt that COVID-19 had an enormous impact on the global travel and tourism industry. According to UNWTO data there are more than 120 million tourism jobs at risk with the total damage likely to exceed $ 1 trillion this year alone. However, as some countries like the USA, UK, India and Brazil struggle to …

DUBAI: Malaysia registered 4,252,997 tourist arrivals in the first half of 2020, marking a decrease of 68.2% compared to the same period in 2019. Last year, Malaysia received over 13.3 million tourist arrivals from January until June. For the first six months of 2020, the tourist expenditure recorded a total of RM12.5 billion, a decrease of 69.8% compared to RM41.6 billion received for the same period last year. …

News Desk ABU DHABI: Etihad Airways, the national airline of the UAE, is introducing COVID-19 global wellness insurance cover as part of Etihad Wellness, the airlines new health and hygiene programme. Guests who are diagnosed with COVID-19 during their trip won’t have to worry about medical expenses or quarantine costs when they fly with Etihad. Duncan Bureau, Senior Vice President …

RIGA: Latvian airline airBaltic announces that as of today it resumes flights between Riga and nine additional destinations. In total, airBaltic now connects Riga with 35 destinations across Europe. Martin Gauss, CEO of airBaltic: “We welcome the decision of the Latvian government to ease the travel restrictions in place, while maintaining safety and health of the public as its top priority. It enables us to perform a …

LONDON: British Airways’ award-winning on board magazine, High Life, is moving online to ba.com and will offer access to content for customers before, during and after a flight. Created with publishing house, Cedar, the magazine will also include a new section for Business Life which will replace the current on-board paper versions of both publications.   Each issue will include monthly audio stories, photo experiences and live …