DUBAI: The national United Arab Emirates carrier, Emirates Airlines, said it would maintain Dubai as the company's only hub. A spokesman for the airline said that all flights would go through Dubai, even as the carrier had looked at other cities as a potential hub to increase flights globally. “Emirates do not operate a multi-hub model. Our operations are routed through our home base in Dubai, where we link ...

DUBAI: There won't be a ban on bikinis or alcohol in Egypt just yet. According to the country's Tourism Minsiter Hisham Zaazou, the government has no intention of cracking down on women who wear bikinis or foreigners coming to the country and want to have a drink of alcohol. It comes as tension between the conservative Salafists and the Muslim Brotherhood government has increased, especially concerning the ...

CAIRO: Turkish Airlines is quashing a ban on female flight attendants wearing red lipstick and nail polish, its chief executive said on Thursday, after an outcry by secular Turks worried the country is becoming too Islamic. The national carrier had said in a statement this month the use of red and dark pink lipstick and nail polish would impair the "visual integrity" of its staff. But Chief Executive Temel ...

DUBAI: In a move aimed at helping to boost Kuwait Airways, sources close to the company said the Kuwaiti national carrier is looking to purchase some 25 new Airbus aircrafts to replace the aging ones already in the air. Airbus SAS is close to sealing a purchase agreement from Kuwait Airways Co. for 25 aircraft in a deal valued at $4.4 billion based on list price, according to two people familiar with the ma ...

DUBAI: The United Arab Emirates national airline, Emirates Airlines, has said they are looking to boost the number of flights to the Egyptian capital in order to increase travel between the wealthy Gulf country and the most populous Arab nation. Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman of Dubai Aviation Authority and Chairman of Emirates Group and Egyptian Minister of Tourism, Hisham Zaazou on Thursday d ...

AHMEDABAD: Tourists visiting Gujarat to get a glimpse of the Asiatic Lions might get to see them at a new address at Ambardi in Amreli district, the eastern end of Gir Sanctuary, by this year-end. With a view to ease burgeoning tourist rush during the peak seasons at Sasan Gir, the state government is developing Gir Interpretation Zone Ambardi in Amreli, on the lines of Devaliya park, in Junagadh district. ...

DUBAI: After 26 years outside the organization, the United Arab Emirates has returned to the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) on Wednesday. "The UAE plays a central role not only in the development of tourism in the region but also in linking the Middle East with other regions and we expect that by working together we will enhance tourism within and to the Emirates as well as increase regio ...

ADDIS ABABA: Ethiopian Airlines officials confirmed to Bikyanews.com on Tuesday that the company's CEO Tweolde Gebremariam will be looking at demanding compensation from Boeing after the 787 Dreamliner aircrafts they purchased have been grounded. "We are confident that our demands will be heard and that we will receive some form of compensation until we can get the planes back in the air," someone close to ...

CAIRO: Egypt's national airline carrier EgyptAir promoted for the past few weeks a 25 percent discount on all tickets purchased on Tuesday in the country. However, when users went to reserve and buy tickets, they did not receive the promise discounts. And EgyptAir refused to tell Bikyanews.com why this false advertising was pushed. "The price you see online or at any of our branches in the country is the fi ...

DUBAI: Hyatt announced today that it will use the upcoming annual Arabian Travel Market (ATM) exhibition in Dubai as a platform for updating its key regional stakeholders on its development plans for major properties in Saudi Arabia and France, two critically-strategic markets for the US-headquartered hospitality company. Within Hyatt’s pipeline are the 257-room, 37-suite Hyatt Regency Riyadh Olaya, and Hya ...