Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Heathrow tells airlines to stop selling summer tickets

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UK’s busiest airport has ordered airlines to stop selling summer tickets. Heathrow will cap the number of passengers who can depart each day to 100,000. This is 4,000 fewer than originally planned for the busy summer months. As the UK’s busiest airport struggles to keep up with the uptick in air travel, Heathrow Airport has … Read more

Paul to confront Rahman after Fury travel issues

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Heavyweight Hasim Rahman Jr. will supplant Tommy Fury. Conflict against Jake Paul at Madison Square Garden. After make a trip issues constrained Fury to pull out from the battle. Paul his colleague Nakisa Bidarian and Paul’s sibling Logan both encouraged him not to take the battle, ESPN detailed. Read More: Covid outbreak hits Sri Lanka on … Read more

Twinkle Khanna says she plays a “dual role” with the children

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Twinkle had asked Sushmita Sen if she struggles with balancing motherhood and her career. She said that after 23 years of practice, it has become automatic for her. Twinkle also revealed that a movie will be made based on her short story Salaam Noni Appa. One of the most beloved Bollywood couples is Akshay Kumar … Read more

Akshay Kumar begins work on “Capsule Gill”

Akshay Kumar

Akshay Kumar will start filming Capsule Gill instead of taking a break. The film is based on the life of mining engineer Jaswant Gill. Parineeti Chopra will appear with him. No one can stop Akshay Kumar because he keeps making movies and running his business no matter what happens at the box office. The actor, … Read more

Japan to open to tourists after two years but only with masks, insurance, guides

Japan is loosening mask regulations for the general public. Wearing masks to limit the transmission of diseases and protect against pollen was widespread in Japan. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has promised to bring Japan’s border policies in line with those of other prosperous countries. The government announced on Tuesday that foreign visitors visiting Japan will … Read more

Anger grows over ‘unjust’ travel bans on Palestinians in West Bank, Gaza

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Palestinian schoolteacher Zawada Shalaldeh has been the subject of an Israeli travel ban for 37 years. The 59-year-old from the town of Sa’ir, near Hebron, in the West Bank told Arab News that the restrictions imposed on his movements had also impacted his wife’s ability to get around. He said: “Since 1985 until today, I … Read more

Amadeus returns to profit as air travel recovers

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MADRID: Amadeus, the world’s largest travel reservations business, announced on Friday that it had returned to profit in the first quarter of 2022, as air travel resumed following the lifting of the Covid-19 travel restrictions. During the first three months of the year, the Spanish company had an adjusted net profit of 81.3 million euros … Read more

Susanna Reid says Elsie is ‘disappointed’ with Boris Johnson

Boris Johnson

Susanna Reid, the show’s host, said Boris Johnson’s response to a 77-year-old woman who eats only one meal a day and travels by bus during the day to keep her home expenditures down was “disappointed” with the response to her plight in an interview with Good Morning Britain. On the ITV show, Reid questioned the … Read more

PIA first flight to Sydney deferred for few days

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KARACHI: The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) maiden flight from Lahore to Sydney has been deferred for a few days on the advice of the Australian Homeland Affairs Department, a statement said. The flight was deferred as the Australian authorities want to reassess the prevailing security situation of the country and review the security apparatus and … Read more

Jane McDonald takes a beautiful photo on beach while filming new Channel 5 travel show

Jane McDonald

Jane is back on the road after the pandemic and bringing travel lovers a slew of new performances. Jane McDonald, star of Loose Women and a cruise crooner, has been permitted to resume her travels as pandemic restrictions throughout the world begin to relax.   The actress has had a difficult few years, having been … Read more

‘Fortress Australia’ re-opens to tourists after two-year Covid closure

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SYDNEY: Australia reopened its borders to vaccinated tourists Monday, nearly two years after the continent nation imposed some of the world’s strictest Covid-19 travel restrictions. The country closed its borders to almost everyone except citizens and residents in March 2020 in an attempt to slow surging Covid-19 case numbers. The travel ban — which also … Read more

Iraqi women defy critics to work

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BASRA, Iraq – Each working morning, oil engineer Safa al-Saeedi dons a safety helmet and heads into a gas complex for another day challenging conservative prejudices by being a professional woman in Iraq. “Society does not accept that a girl can live outside the family home,” said 29-year-old Saeedi, who works in Iraq’s southern oil … Read more

Ryanair slashes losses but Omicron hit winter bookings

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LONDON: Ryanair slashed its losses sharply in final three months of 2021 but the emergence of the Omicron variant cut into the normally busy winter holiday travel season, the low-cost airline said Monday. Ryanair said its final quarter of the year had started well, with strong bookings as there was “less confusion” about the British government’s … Read more

EasyJet halves first-quarter loss despite Omicron

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LONDON: British airline EasyJet slashed losses by half in the first quarter, despite the emergence of the Omicron coronavirus variant which disrupted the travel industry, it said on Thursday. Pre-tax losses stood at £213 million ($288 million, €255 million) in the three months to the end of December, after a £423 million loss in the … Read more

AT&T, Verizon agree to delay 5G implementation at some airports

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NEW YORK: AT&T and Verizon agreed Tuesday to a partial delay in activating their 5G networks following an outcry from US airlines, who said the rollout could lead to travel chaos. President Joe Biden said the move would avert major disruptions, but at least one airline, Delta, warned of the potential for cancellations despite the … Read more

Mauritius reopens to foreign visitors after Covid shutdown

PORT LOUIS: Mauritius fully opened its doors to international visitors on Friday, hoping to rebuild its vital tourism industry after long months of isolation because of the Covid pandemic. The move was greeted with a mixture of optimism, relief and some caution in the Indian Ocean paradise. “This reopening is inevitable because 100,000 families depend … Read more

South Asia eyes tourism revival with eased restrictions

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KATHMANDU: Nepal has restarted visas on arrival for vaccinated tourists as South Asian nations attempt to revive tourism businesses devastated after 18 months of the pandemic. A near travel shutdown has been in place in India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan and Sri Lanka for more than a year as successive waves of coronavirus took a deadly … Read more

Travellers around the world are taking to the skies again

WTTC urges the United States to approve the AstraZeneca vaccine

Travellers are taking to the skies again, but the immediate future of air travel remains highly turbulent, according to OAG’s survey of 1,800-plus U.S. travellers in July and August. Domestic capacity in the U.S. is up 81% from June – August 2021, compared to the same period last year. The increase is being fuelled by … Read more

Industry Leaders: International Travel is the Key to Recovery

Industry Leaders: International Travel is the Key to Recovery

According to the leaders of international trade associations from the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Europe, and the Caribbean appearing on a virtual panel arranged by the American Society of Travel Advisors, the return of international travel is critical to the industry’s recovery (ASTA). The panelists all agreed that the uncertainty around laws and regulations, … Read more

Philippines to resume flight to Pakistan, nine others from Monday

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Philippine on Saturday announced to lift its ban on flights from 10 countries including Pakistan. According to Khaleej Times, a spokesperson stated that President Rodrigo Duterte was lifting the coronavirus ban on travelers from 10 countries including Pakistan, India, and United Arab Emirates. The ban was introduced in April to curb the spread of deadly … Read more

Pakistan to launch a new low-cost airline by the name of Fly Jinnah

Fly Jinnah

“Fly Jinnah”, Pakistan’s new airline launched by Lakson Group, one of Pakistan’s leading business corporations, and Sharjah-based Air Arabia Group.

The future firm will see the creation of a low-cost traveler airline serving local and international roads from Pakistan.

“Fly Jinnah” will work for the deliberate vision of Pakistan’s travel and tourism sector and fund the country’s economic growth and job creation, whereas providing Pakistanis with dependable and value for cash air travel, Air Arabia stated in a press release.

Iqbal Ali Lakhani, Chairman of Lakson Group, stated: “We are excited to partner with Air Arabia is launching Pakistan’s new low-cost carrier. ‘Fly Jinnah’ will serve Pakistan’s travel and tourism sector and will play a constructive role in contributing to the nation’s economic growth.”

Sheikh Abdullah Bin Mohammed Al Thani, Chairman of Air Arabia, said: “We are delighted at Air Arabia Group to partner with Lakson Group on this joint venture to launch Pakistan’s new low-cost carrier. We are confident that ‘Fly Jinnah’ will add value to the air transport sector of Pakistan and directly contribute to the local economy through job creation and the development of travel and tourism sector”.

Fly Jinnah will firstly be centered in Karachi serving a variety of domestic routes across Pakistan and then will increase its way network globally.

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Saudi Arabia all set to receive Umrah pilgrims as per pre-Covid quota

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ISLAMABAD: The Saudi Arabia Ministry of Hajj and Umrah affirmed its readiness to receive as many Umrah pilgrims as per the quota that had been agreed upon with various Islamic countries before the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. Dr Amr Al-Maddah, Saudi deputy minister of Hajj and Umrah, said that all the preparations to receive … Read more

BA warns of serious cost problems when furlough ends

LONDON: In a memo to staff, the airline said its flight schedule and staff costs will not line up in their current form, BBCreported. BA said it believed this would be a temporary problem, but it was a “serious one which we need to manage”. The warning comes alongside plans to set up a lower … Read more

Sri Lanka to issue 6-month tourist visas for those applying through electronic system

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COLOMBO: The Sri Lankan government has decided to issue six-month visas for tourists applying through the electronic system, local media reported on Wednesday. Officials said the move is a follow-up to a cabinet decision taken on January 4 to link a mobile app created by Sri Lanka Tourism to the visa application process implemented under … Read more

US among six countries removed from Abu Dhabi green list 

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has extended its green list of countries and destinations from which travelers can enter the emirate without needing to quarantine on arrival. The latest update adds three countries to the list of approved places from where people can travel. Ireland has been added to the green list, after being removed … Read more

Dubai airports traffic surges led by Indians and Pakistanis

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Dubai Airports reported significant growth for Dubai International (DXB) in the second half of the year on Wednesday after attaining 10.6 million passengers in the first six months of 2021, while travel restrictions has been affecting its key source markets throughout the second quarter. India continued to be DXB’s top destination country by traffic volume … Read more