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28 August 2014, 5:40pm TOULOUSE, FRANCE – Qatar Airways, the launch customer of the Airbus A350 Xtra Wide Body aircraft is set to receive its first delivery before the end of this year. The airline has ordered 80 of the widebody A350 XWB which will be deployed on a wide variety of routes served by the Qatar Airways network. The …

Published : 28.08.2014 5:30:40pm ANKARA — A Turkish air force plane left Ankara Thursday morning bound for Israel to collect 33 injured Palestinians and bring them to Turkey for medical treatment. The Gazans will be picked up from Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv. Around 80 people from Gaza, injured in the 50-day long Israeli bombardment have been flown to Turkey …

ISTANBUL — World leaders and international organizations’ representatives have started to arrive in Turkey to attend President-elect Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s inauguration ceremony, which will be held at Turkish Parliament in Ankara on Thursday. More than 40 foreign invitees, including Bosnian chairman Bakir İzetbegovic, General Secretary of Shanghai Cooperation Organization Dmitry Mezentsev, Deputy PM of Swaziland have been greeted by officials …

SIEM REAP Domestic and regional airlines are scrambling to deliver more Siem Reap flights to tap the destination’s popularity with tourists. Siem Reap is the base for visitors who want to explore the Angkor Historical Park. According to Cambodia’s Air Transport Department director, Vann Chanty, said Korea’s Air Busan, a subsidiary of Asiana Airlines, plans daily flights between Busan, South …

AUG 26, 2014 Confirmation has been received from Nairobi that the Kenyan government has, for the time being, suspended the introduction of what has been described retaliatory Visa requirements for South African citizens. Forward bookings by South African tourists visiting the Kenya coast had in recent weeks taken a drastic downturn when it became known that wannabe visitors were to …

The first property in Turkey under FRHI Hotels & Resorts’ Raffles brand is set to open on September 1. Raffles Istanbul is located in the Zorlu Center, overlooking the Bosphorus, the Prince Islands and the historic peninsula. The hotel has 132 rooms and 49 suites, as well as two restaurants, two bars and lounges and a patisserie. “The spirit of …

Regional humanitarian hub Senegal said on Friday it had blocked a regional U.N. aid plane from landing and was banning all further flights to and from countries affected by Ebola, potentially hampering the emergency response to the epidemic. A number of aid agencies have their regional headquarters in politically stable Senegal. Both medical charity MSF and the United Nations, which …

Labor market improvements and positive consumer expectations drive 1.3 percent increase in holiday travelers. Automobile travel will increase by 1.4 percent this year, with 29.7 million travelers hitting the road. Nearly eight percent of travelers (2.65 million) will travel by air, a one percent increase from last year. ORLANDO, FLA. – AAA Travel projects 34.7 million Americans will journey 50 …

BANGKOK, 25 August 2014: Nok Air and Singapore’s Scoot have successfully acquired Pete Air Company Ltd that will allow the two airlines to speed up registration and air operating permits for their planned joint venture It is understood Pete Air Company was acquired as it already had an airline operating permit from the Thailand Department of Civil Aviation and this …