News Desk DUBAI: The world is changing rapidly, and as a responsible airline loyalty programme, Emirates Skywards is keeping pace. Members can now earn 25% bonus Tier Miles, not just Skywards Miles, on everyday spends online and at retail outlets in the UAE during these challenging times. The initiative is a first from Emirates Skywards, and it joins less than …

DUBAI: For the fourth consecutive year, Dubai Duty Free has been announced as one of the winners of the International Safety Awards 2020, presented by the British Safety Council. Initially scheduled to take place at a ceremony on 29th May 2020 at Grosvenor House Hotel in the UK, the event was cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic, with the winners being …

News Desk DUBAI: In the midst of the current Covid-19 pandemic, Medan City – Indonesian is now highly recommended for hand washing. And hand washing equipment like this have been prepared in every place. The goal is to break the spread of Covid-19. Looking at the Malaysian Travel Consul in Medan, Hishamuddin bin Mustafa accompanied the staff while cleaning their …

SHARJAH: Sharjah Holding PJSC, a strategic partnership between Majid Al Futtaim Properties and Sharjah Asset Management, has announced a collaboration between the Al Zahia community and the Ministry of Health and Prevention to deploy autonomous vehicles in the community to support residents amid the coronavirus pandemic. Since its recent launch, the vehicles, known as AI Mobility Service Cars,have been traversing …

News Desk SHARJAH: Air Arabia (PJSC), the Middle East & North Africa’s first and largest low-cost carrier, today reported a profitable first quarter (January to March) 2020 despite COVID-19 impact on the carrier’s first quarter financial and operational performance. Air Arabia reported a net profit of AED 71 million for the three months ending March 31, 2020, a 45 percent less than the …

RIGA: After a decision from the Government of Latvia to enable international passenger traffic between Baltic states and receiving all of the necessary permissions, on May 18 airBaltic will resume daily direct flights from Riga to Tallinn and Vilnius. Martin Gauss, CEO of airBaltic: “We provide the best connectivity to and from the Baltics. Now we return with a clear target to maintain our …

News Desk FRANKFURT: Starting at the beginning of June, Lufthansa will be offering again a resumed flight service from Dubai to Frankfurt. The flight offer from the United Arab Emirates will thus resume with three weekly departures. These new connections are part of the overall restart of schedules containing at the end of June 180 destinations. The Lufthansa Group connections …

DUBAI: Dubai Airports CEO Paul Griffiths today confirmed that while the airport operator is taking appropriate measures to control costs, optimise liquidity, facilitate cargo and repatriation flights and prepare for a timely and proportionate activation of facilities and services at Dubai International (DXB) to support the resumption of scheduled traffic, the timing and the speed of air traffic recovery will …

DUBAI: In line with the updated Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) issued by the General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), Dubai-based flydubai’s passenger operation remains suspended until Thursday 04 June 2020 as part of the precautionary measures being implemented in response to COVID-19. The carrier continues to focus its efforts on supporting government requests with repatriation flights and enabling the movement of …

News Desk DUBAI: Emirates has announced its plan to operate scheduled flight services from 21 May to nine destinations: London Heathrow Frankfurt, Paris, Milan, Madrid, Chicago, Toronto, Sydney and Melbourne.* The airline will also offer connections in Dubai for customers travelling between the UK and Australia. These flights will be available for booking on emirates.com. Travellers will only be accepted on …