DUBAI/KARACHI: Emirates has resumed scheduled services from Pakistan, operating flights from Karachi and Lahore to Dubai yesterday. The first scheduled flight from Islamabad will take off on Thursday. The resumption comes after over two months of travel restrictions imposed globally due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Emirates is operating 14 weekly flights to Dubai, including seven from Karachi, five from Lahore and …

DUBAI: Emirates has received approvals to carry passengers on flights to Kabul in Afghanistan, starting from 25 June, taking to 30 the total number of destinations currently offered to travellers. In addition to Kabul, flights to the following cities can be booked on emirates.com or via travel agents: Bahrain, London Heathrow, Manchester, Frankfurt, Paris, Milan, Madrid, Zurich, Vienna, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Dublin, …

DUBAI: During an interview with aviation industry consultant John Strickland, during ATM Virtual, Wizz Air CEO, JoszefVaradi, confirmed his ambitions for the low-cost carrier’s impending move to operate out of Abu Dhabi. “If you look at what we’ve been able to achieve in the EU, we managed to grow our fleet to 100 aircraft over the last 15 years and …

News Desk DUBAI: Emirates Official Store has just made shopping for Emirates merchandise even more convenient and rewarding. Emirates Skywards members can now shop online for Emirates branded items using their Skywards Miles as currency. Members can also earn Skywards Miles while shopping, with 1 Mile earned for every $1 spent. With online shopping on the rise, Skywards Members can continue to access …

News Desk ABU DHABI: Multi-Michelin-star chef and Ironman athlete Gordon Ramsay laces his boots, grabs his knives and buckles up as he hits the road in the second season of Gordon Ramsay: Uncharted,premiering June 8, 2020 at 10 PM UAE Time/9 PM KSA Time on National Geographic.Season two follows Ramsay as he embarks on new, exhilarating adventures, exploring world cultures …

News Desk DUBAI: National Air Cargo (NAC), which operates on-demand cargo, passenger charter and scheduled passenger services from its hub at Orlando Sanford International Airport in the US, has thanked Dubai Police for its extraordinary efforts in maintaining public and containing the coronavirus pandemic. Jacob Matthew, President of NAC which runs its regional operations from the Dubai Airport Free Zone (DAFZA), …

DUBAI: Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has unleashed a new generation of bus shelters at four hotspots across the city. The shelters boast of an innovative design that had been endorsed by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai. It is the first batch under a plan …

LONDON: British Airways has donated more than 200,000 items including washbags, socks, snacks and blankets to more than 90 community projects, NHS hospitals, care homes and food banks across the UK to support the Covid-19 response.  Lydia Lowe, Senior Staff Nurse at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust who received some of the donations, said: “The toiletries …

News Desk DUBAI: While people around the planet continue to grapple with the pandemic, there’s also a call to pause and reflect on another cause – Time for Nature, the theme of the UN’s World Environment Day on 5 June. Emirates, acutely aware of its role in the planet’s natural ecosystem, has continued to make progress in the attainment of …

By Rafiq Vayani ABU DHABI: Etihad Airways has operated its first ever flight to Havana, Cuba. The goodwill flight, chartered by the Government of the United Arab Emirates, landed in the capital of the Caribbean island nation, carrying Cuban nationals returning home from the UAE. Havana is the latest addition to an expanding list of special charter flights to destinations not …