SHARJAH: Air Arabia has rolled out a new vibrant and creative flight safety video across its 53-strong fleet featuring people from multiple cultures and ethnicities performing safety instructions. The video was conceived and developed by the airline’s communications team. The theme of the safety video reflects the strong diversity of travellers onboard Air Arabia flights across the world. Bringing passengers …

DUBAI: Mohammed Al Habtoor, Vice Chairman & CEO of the Al Habtoor Group and Ian R. Carter, President, Global Development, Architecture, Design & Construction, Hilton hosted a press event to announce a new franchise agreement, effective as of 1 August 2018, for the three hotels at Al Habtoor City. The decision to rebrand these properties as Habtoor Palace, LXR Hotels …

DUBAI: Emirates Skywards today replaced flydubai’s frequent flyer programme, OPEN, officially becoming the loyalty programme of Emirates airline and flydubai. The alignment of the loyalty programme now allows Emirates Skywards members to also earn Skywards Miles and Tier Miles when travelling on both airlines. Former OPEN members can enrol into Emirates Skywards to continue earning Miles on flydubai. The alignment …

DUBAI: Emirates is celebrating 10 years of A380 operations. Since its first flight to New York from Dubai on 1 August 2008, the Emirates A380 has carried more than 105 million passengers, clocking in more than 1.5 billion kilometres on 115,000 flights, equivalent to 39,000 trips around the globe. Watch the Emirates A380 10 year journey here Emirates is the world’ largest operator of …

DUBAI: Reed Travel Exhibitions (RTE), organiser of the annual Arabian Travel Market (ATM) showcase in Dubai, has boosted its executive team with the appointment of Danielle Curtis as regional Exhibition Director for the Middle East Curtis takes on the overall responsibility for ATM, IBTM Arabia and all associated travel projects throughout the region. Originally from Australia, Curtis has over 15 …

DUBAI: Al Bustan Centre & Residence, the popular hotel-apartment among tourists and businessmen in the heart of Dubai, is the official hotel of the 11th Asian Bench Press Championship happening on September 18 to 24, 2018 at the Dubai Club for People of Determination. A contract signing was held between Emirates Body Building Federation represented by Mohammed Abdul Rahim Al-Marri, …

DUBAI: Emirates today announced that it will introduce two additional flights to its Toronto (YYZ) service, complementing its existing schedule and providing even more choice and convenience to travellers. The additional Toronto flights will be introduced on August 18 2018 and will operate on a Saturday departing Dubai as EK241 at 03:30 and arrive in Toronto at 09:30. The return …

MUSCAT: As one of the fastest growing travel organisations in Oman, Majan International Agencies Travel and Tourism reaffirmed trust in Amadeus as a reliable partner to manage the expansion of its operations. The leading travel agency has renewed its strategic three-year partnership with Amadeus to continue delivering service excellence to its expanding customer base. Managing the expanding needs of a growing business, along …

By Rafiq Vayani DUBAI: Emirates SkyCargo, the freight division of Emirates, and Gargash, one of the largest distributors of premium and luxury cars in the UAE, have partnered to transport two Alfa Romeos from Dubai to London for the prestigious Gumball 3000 motor rally. The two cars, an Alfa Romeo Stelvio Quadrifoglio and an Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio were transported …

ADDIS ABABA: DHL Global Forwarding, the leading international provider of air, sea and road freight services, and Ethiopian Airlines, the largest aviation group in Africa, today signed a new agreement to form a joint venture company – DHL-Ethiopian Airlines Logistics Services Ltd., to build the Leading Cargo Logistics provider JV company in Africa; the company will be based in Ethiopia …