Gulf Air Resumes Direct Flights to Amman
Gulf Air, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, announces that it has resumed its direct flights to and from Amman’s Queen Alia International Airport with scheduled operations starting from 24 September 2020. Gulf Air has been operating direct flights between the Kingdom of…
Gulf Air Welcomes Back Kuwait to its Network
Gulf Air, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, announces that it will resume its direct flights to and from Kuwait with scheduled operations starting from 1 August 2020. Gulf Air has been operating direct flights between the Kingdom of Bahrain and the State…
Air cargo operations at Frankfurt Airport are running at full speed
“[Some] 3.5 billion respiratory protection masks and other protective equipment in 22,000 shipments plus medical equipment and pharmaceuticals as well as urgently required industrial goods, post, packages and food for the German and European markets. That sums up air cargo in Frankfurt since the worldwide lockdown…
Turkish Airlines becomes the largest operator in Europe! (for now)
COVID-19 is creating new airline rankings as some airlines restart operations at a faster pace than others. Turkish Airlines has made this announcement: Turkish Airlines, flying to more countries than any other airline, was reported as the busiest operator in Europe recently after successfully restarting…
PATA joins with the Asian Development Bank to expand Crisis Resource Center
The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) is collaborating with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to expand its Crisis Resource Center (CRC) to provide further aid in the rapid, robust and responsible renewal of the Asia Pacific travel and tourism industry. “Timely, accurate, and useful information is the…
Revival of tourism industry TRAC formulates the strategies & SOPs
The Tourism Recovery Action Committee (TRAC) has formulated a three-pronged strategy to mitigate the socio-economic impact of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) on the tourism sector which has been remained closed since impositions of the lockdowns across the country for containing the virus spread. The TRAC…
Gulf Air Operates to 25% of its Network by Resuming Direct Flights
Gulf Air, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, is proudly announcing that it will resume it’s direct Abu Dhabi and Dubai flights with scheduled operations starting from 5 July 2020. Gulf Air has been operating direct flights between the Kingdom of Bahrain and…
Gulf Air Resumes Flights from Pakistan to Bahrain
Gulf Air, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, confirms the return of operations out of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan starting from 31 May 2020 with the resumption of a direct flight from Islamabad International Airport to its hub Bahrain International Airport with flights…
Shall passenger airliners run as freighters during the COVID-19 crisis?
With the COVID-19 pandemic, the passenger traffic has ground to a halt in many countries. The airliners are parked and their crews sit idle. At the same time, the air freight market booms. From a decline in demand in the first months of the year,…
SereneAir achieves another milestone
SereneAir – Pakistan’s second-largest private airline has spread its wings into the international aviation arena after getting an international charter license from CAA Pakistan, SereneAir operated its maiden international cargo flight transporting COVID-19 medical supplies to Dhaka (DCA) via Nanjing (NKG) on the 23rd of…
Tourism will be promoted through regional connectivity: minister
Minister for Aviation Ghulam Sarwar Khan said recently that the government has taken a number of steps to improve the economy and tourism by promoting regional connectivity through the aviation sector. He was speaking at a ceremony held at a hotel in Islamabad to issue…