Aviatour

Tourism Report If the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach, then maybe the same applies to China’s growing number of globetrotters. Argentina is banking on the old adage to attract more Chinese tourism, and the strategy is part of the Hilton Huanying program that derives from the Chinese word for “welcome.” The […]

Travel Report Travellers at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) may soon hand their checked bags to a robot rather than a baggage attendant. The airport is testing autonomous robot vehicles in its international terminal to assist passengers who recheck bags after clearing customs and security when making connections to domestic flights. The FLEET vehicles […]

Tourism Report Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik has urged the Centre for introduction of direct flights between Bhubaneswar and Dubai. In a letter to Union minister of state for civil aviation Hardeep Singh Puri, Mr Patnaik on Friday stated that there has been a significant rise in traffic to various international destinations from Odisha. The […]

Armed Police Battalion (APBn) yesterday detained two staff members of Biman Bangladesh Airlines and recovered 38 gold bars, weighing around four kilogrammes, at Dhaka airport. Both detainees — Emdad Hossain Chowdhury, 46, and Abdur Rahim, 35 — are traffic helpers of Biman, said Alamgir Hossain Shimul, additional superintendent (ops and media) of APBn. The officer […]

Tourism Correspondent Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday inaugurated the two-day official celebration programme of ‘Dhaka the OIC City of Tourism-2019’ at Intercontinental Hotel in the city. Dhaka was chosen as the ‘City of Tourism for 2019’ by the tourism ministers of the OIC member states at the closing session of the 10th Islamic […]

Tourism Report The beautiful portal and trademark fluted azure dome of the Gur-e-Amir Mausoleum in Samadkhand, marks the final resting place of Timur (Tamerlane), along with two sons and two grandsons (including Ulugbek). It’s a surprisingly modest building, largely because Timur was never expecting to be buried here. The tilework and dome are particularly beautiful; […]

A Queensland pilot and his passenger are dead after a light plane crash in remote South Australia. Aviation Report The pilot, 59, from Greymare, and his passenger, a woman, 48, from Brisbane, were killed when the Brumby 610 aircraft crashed north of Leigh Creek about 6:30pm on Saturday. The pair had taken off from William […]

Aviation Rport The Kenyan National Assembly has recommended that the Kenya Airways should be renationalised. This decision is not the most favourable in the eyes of dispassionate taxpayers but it could have been worse. If Parliament endorses the decision to renationalise Kenya Airways, taxpayers would bear direct burden for Kenya’s largest financial bailout. The Kenya […]

Aviation Report After an extensive market research and customer feedback, Singapore Airlines (SIA) has committed SGD50 million ($36.8 million) to upgrade its SilverKris, and Krisflyer Gold Lounges at Changi Airport’s Terminal 3. The lounges opened in 2008 when Terminal 3 started operations, and the facelift will create an overall 30% increase in space and customer […]

Aviation Report Beijing is set to open an eye-catching multi-billion dollar airport resembling a massive shining starfish, to accommodate soaring air traffic in China and celebrate the Communist government’s 70th anniversary in power. Work on the Beijing Daxing International Airport officially ended on schedule Sunday, ready for a September 30 inauguration—on the eve of the […]