Planning documents seen by WSJ show site on Red Sea island of Sindalah set to serve cocktails, wine and champagne. Saudi Arabia is planning to break with its total ban on alcohol by offering strong drinks at a new resort scheduled to open next year, the Wall Street Journal reported. Citing planning documents it reviewed...
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Pakistan’s AirSial Shows Off Newest Airbus A320 Ahead Of International Launch
With domestic operations running smoothly, AirSial is now nearing the launch of international operations with the addition of another Airbus A320. By Chris Loh AirSial’s social media has been active lately, showing off some of its newly acquired Airbus A320s in advance of commencing international operations. The airline is adding two more A320-200s to its...
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Dirty Little Secrets Of Big Cruise Ships
If you’ve taken a cruise before you’ll know there are some parts of the ship that are off-limits to passengers. By Solomon Williams One of the great things about working on a cruise ship is spending most of your life seeing the world with like-minded colleagues. That helps to create a feel-good experience for the...
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Emirates Makes Further Cuts To Its German Airbus A380 Schedule
While Germany sees cuts, there’s good news for Perth and Bangkok. By James Pearson Four main changes have emerged in this weekend’s schedule filing involving Emirates‘ A380s. The return of the double-decker to Perth has been brought forward, and Bangkok will see it more often sooner. However, Düsseldorf and Hamburg will see it less often. It follows the A380 returning to...
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Qantas strike threatens travel chaos
Hundreds of Qantas ground staff are set to walk off the job for 24 hours in the latest blow to the underfire airline. Baggage handlers from Dnata, an Emirati airport services provider used by both Qantas and Emirates, will strike on Monday, September 12 after the Trade Workers Union revealed 96 per cent of workers had voted to...
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Saudi Arabia Ear Marks $30 Billion to Create New International Airline That Aims to Take On Emirates
RIA will be based in Riyadh which will act as the new gateway into the Kingdom’s tourism industry By Mateusz Maszczynski Saudia Arabia has reportedly built a ‘war chest’ of more than $30 billion to create a new international airline that would specifically try to take on Emirates and other Persian Gulf airlines like Qatar...
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Germany’s Lufthansa cancels flights amid pilot strike threat
The pilots’ union is demanding a pay rise for thousands of workers, but Lufthansa said the union walked away from a “very good” offer. The planned strike will affect passenger and cargo flights. The strike would be the latest industrial action in an ongoing pay dispute Pilots at German airline Lufthansa will strike on Thursday...
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Sri Lanka To Push Ahead With National Airline Privatization
Parts of Sri Lankan Airlines’ catering and ground handling operations may soon be up for sale. By Steven Walker The Sri Lankan Government has announced plans to privatize part of the national carrier, SriLankan Airlines. The bid to restructure the debt-ridden airline comes as the government, faced with unprecedented economic turmoil on a national scale, can...
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Things Italians want tourists to stop doing – or face fines
By Thomas Bywater
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Absence of Chinese airlines in Australia pushes up cost of flights to Europe
In 2009 there were three China-based carriers flying into Australia. A decade later there were nine.
