Aviation

Its the perfect takeoff for Northern hemisphere summer travel season

Arnold Pinto 09/08/2023

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has confirmed that the annual northern hemisphere summer travel season got off to a flying start in June 2023, buttressed by double-digit demand growth and average load factors even topping 84%. Representing some 300 airlines comprising

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Saudi sovereign wealth fund netting world-class football talent

Arnold Pinto 08/08/2023

Flush from its prior success in golf, Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) is now redirecting its focus to the world’s most beloved sport: football. Having made waves in the Premier League by acquiring Newcastle United two years ago, the Saudi sovereign wealth fund is intensifying its efforts to shine a spotlight on the domestic […]

Lifestyle Travel Video

Middle East tourists visiting Moscow City makes everyone happy

Arnold Pinto 07/08/2023

Moscow City Tourism Committee (Mostourism), the lead governmental agency that promotes domestic and international tourism to the Russian capital, has set its sights firmly on boosting tourist inflow from the Middle East and North Africa region, especially from the six affluent Gulf Cooperation Council nations comprising Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar,

Space

Copenhagen Suborbitals offers its speakers’ expertise in lecture bookings

Arnold Pinto 05/08/2023

Copenhagen Suborbitals, the crowd-funded non-profit organisation, has opened lecture bookings where its senior team members, who are experts in space exploration and technological innovation, will offer their wealth of knowledge through lectures, inspirational talks, and events. These hi-tech veterans have conducted more than 100 lectures worldwide over the past 10 years,

Energy

ADIPEC 2023 will feature top speakers from the global energy sector – 1,600+ of them   

Arnold Pinto 05/08/2023

More than 1,600 leaders, innovators and policymakers from across the global energy industry will speak at ADIPEC 2023, from October 2-5, 2023 in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Hosted by ADNOC and organised by dmg events, the annual ADIPEC exhibition and conferences B2B event collects the who’s who of the global energy vertical under one roof, to […]

Aviation

Airbus gets Wizz Air order for 75 new A321neo aircraft

Arnold Pinto 04/08/2023

Wizz Air, the Budapest-headquartered ultra-low-cost airline, has signed a contract for 75 new Airbus A321neo aircraft, taking its total order for the A320neo family to 434, and for its A320 fleet overall to 565 aircraft. Neither Wizz Air nor Airbus has disclosed the cost of the contract. The list price of a new A321neo is […]

Food & Beverage

BeanBurds brews delightful coffee or tea for the Middle East with new Barisieur beverage maker

Arnold Pinto 04/08/2023

BeanBurds, the Dubai-based online coffee retailer, has launched the Joy Resolve Barisieur premium coffee and tea maker with alarm clock for the Middle East region. Promoted as a personal barista and retailing for Dh1,889, the Barisieur unit is ideal for home use and is designed to provide its owner with the soothing sounds of bubbling […]

Business Aviation GCC UAE

Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) H1 2023 revenue up 15%

Arnold Pinto 03/08/2023

Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) has reported that its revenue has increased by 15%; while profit before tax increased by 13% for the six months ended June 30, 2023. The Dubai headquartered aviation services corporation disclosed its latest financial results on August 2, 2023. Firoz Tarapore, CEO of DAE, said: “Our first half 2023 results demonstrate the […]

Space

Voyager Space and Airbus in new partnership to build commercial space station

Arnold Pinto 03/08/2023

Voyager Space, a US-based global leader in space exploration, and Airbus Defence and Space (Airbus), the largest aeronautics and space company in Europe, have signed a joint venture agreement to develop, build, and operate Starlab, a commercial space station planned to succeed the International Space Station. The partnership will bring together world-class leaders in the

Automotive Video

Toyota excites with world premiere of all-new 2024 Land Cruiser

Arnold Pinto 02/08/2023

Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) unveiled the all-new 2024 Land Cruiser “250” Series and the all-new Land Cruiser “70” Series to the world on August 2, 2023. Simon Humphries, Member of the Board of Directors, Operating Officer, Senior General Manager of Design Field, and Chief Branding Officer of Toyota, made the live presentation of the all-new

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Etihad Airways will fly from Abu Dhabi to Boston from March 31, 2024

Arnold Pinto 02/08/2023

Etihad Airways will launch four weekly flights from Abu Dhabi to Boston in the United States from March 31, 2024. Boston will be Etihad Airways’ fourth US gateway from the UAE capital, in addition to Chicago, New York, and Washington. The airline will operate its flights to Boston on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays, utilising […]

Aviation

DC Aviation Al-Futtaim conducts 60-month check of Bombardier aircraft

Arnold Pinto 02/08/2023

DC Aviation Al-Futtaim (DCAF) – the business aviation services partnership between Dubai-based Al-Futtaim Group and Stuttgart-based DC Aviation Group – has completed its first 60-month heavy maintenance check of a Bombardier Global 6000 aircraft. The privately owned aircraft underwent its first heavy maintenance check at DCAF’s hangar located at Dubai’s Al

Travel Lifestyle

Emirates achieves a year of Premium Economy service for passengers

Arnold Pinto 01/08/2023

Emirates airline has completed the first year of full-service operation involving its Premium Economy cabin configuration, with 160,000+ passengers availing of the service since its introduction in August 2022. The Dubai-based carrier currently operates 20 aircraft fitted with the Premium Economy configuration, including A380 flights to London Heathrow, Sydney, Melbourne,

Lifestyle NEWS DESK Travel

Here’s why Middle East tourists will love Moscow City

Arnold Pinto 01/08/2023

Moscow City Tourism Committee (Mostourism) is ramping up initiatives this year to substantially increase tourist arrivals to the Russian capital from the Middle East by launching a raft of curated marketing products and services for the region’s B2B and B2C outbound tourism segments. Post-pandemic, Middle East residents – citizens and expats alike – are proving

Video Sport

Oh my! Estonian athlete sets record for world’s longest LED-lit slackline walk in Doha

Arnold Pinto 31/07/2023

Adhering to his motto of ‘Everything is hard before its easy’ three-time slackline world champion Jaan Roose of Estonia has set a new world record for successfully completing the world’s longest LED-lit, single-building slackline walk between the scimitar-shaped Iconic Towers in Doha, Qatar. Walking barefoot, with rolled up trousers and a Red Bull tee-shirt, Roose, […]

Travel Lifestyle NEWS DESK

How to enjoy Zaryadye Park in Moscow City this summer when visiting from the Middle East

Arnold Pinto 27/07/2023

When exploring Zaryadye Park in Moscow City during the summertime it is best for one to possess a great deal of curiosity, wear comfortable clothes and footwear, have a fully charged smartphone for spectacular photo opportunities, and be ready to be wowed! Located alongside the placid Moskva River and within easy strolling distance of the […]

NEWS DESK

Alrosa showcases why a diamond is forever at Moscow exhibition

Arnold Pinto 25/07/2023

Middle East residents vacationing in Moscow City can choose to visit ‘The Way of the Diamond: A Miracle of Nature and a Man-made Masterpiece’ exhibition running at the State Historical Museum of Russia (May 31 to September 10, 2023). With Alrosa (short for Almazy Rossii Sakha), the largest diamond mining company in the world, as […]

NEWS DESK Sport

Paddy Upton: A leader helps others learn and grow in some shape or form

Arnold Pinto 10/06/2023

Paddy Upton delivers his corporate leadership workshop in association with Nexo Business Consulting in Dubai on June 14, 2023. From playing a major role in the Indian national cricket team winning the ICC Cricket World Cup in 2011 to schooling business leaders in the fine nuances of leadership, Paddy Upton confidently strides two trending domains: […]

Tech Business

Spirogyra Software has Middle East security market in focus for its Protektor Pro digital guard tour patrol system  

Arnold Pinto 02/06/2023

Spirogyra Software, an India-based startup, aims to target the security sector in the Arabian Gulf with its flagship Protektor Pro digital guard tour patrol system – a QR code-based solution that monitors security guards physically protecting commercial premises anywhere in the world. The platform consists of a customised Android device equipped with a QR code […]

NEWS DESK

Flight data analysis confirms ispace’s Hakuto-R Mission 1 lunar lander crash-landed due to landing stage fuel shortage

Arnold Pinto 29/05/2023

The ispace Hakuto-R Mission 1 (Hakuto-R M1) lunar lander that crash-landed on the lunar surface on April 26, 2023 had run out of fuel for its propulsion system after the spacecraft’s altitude measurement system erroneously estimated the altitude of the small sedan-sized lander to be zero (on the lunar surface) when in effect the spacecraft […]