The Ministry of Finance has enhanced the credit limit available to airlines under the Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS). This makes them eligible for a sum equivalent to 100% of their outstanding debt, up to INR 1,500 crore, as per a news report in the The Hindu. Earlier, airlines were eligible to borrow up to…
Now fly direct with flynas from Riyadh and Dammam to Mumbai from 20 Oct
flynas, the Saudi carrier has announced the launch of weekly direct flights from Riyadh and Dammam to Mumbai, starting from 20 October 2022. Daily direct flynas flights will connect Riyadh with Mumbai, departing from King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh back and forth, in addition to in Dammam, four direct weekly flynas flights departing on Saturday,…
Kenya Airways slips three slots in new airline ranking
Kenya Airways dropped three places in the latest global ranking of airlines, trailing its regional rival Ethiopian Airlines, which recorded a significant jump to fly within the top 30 carriers in the world. Skytrax World Airline Awards—which rates the world’s best carriers— placed KQ in position 81 in this year’s ranking, down from 79th in…
Passport Legacy opens office in Singapore
Passport Legacy, a Swiss boutique firm with over 25 years of combined experience in the investment migration industry, has officially opened its sixth office in Singapore. The inauguration ceremony took place at 20 Collyer Quay, Singapore on 3 October 2022, with Jeffrey Henseler, Founder and Managing Partner of Passport Legacy UAE HQ, unveiling the global…
Rail sees popularity boost as business travellers seek to avoid “travel dead time”
New research from Trainline Partner Solutions (TPS) shows rail travel is seeing a boost in popularity among business travellers, as hybrid working patterns become the norm and employees seek to avoid “travel dead time” at all costs. More than eight in ten (82%) of business travellers in the UK reported that maintaining productivity is a major…
Thailand renews visa processing with VFS Global in India
The Thailand government has renewed its pan-India visa processing mandate with VFS Global. VFS Global will cater to travellers from India across visa categories through visa application centres and drop off centres as per the jurisdiction of the Royal Thai Embassy in Delhi and the Royal Thai Consulate General/s in Chennai, Kolkata, and Mumbai. “The…
Britain to propose asylum ban on English Channel migrants
The United Kingdom’s Minister, Suella Braverman, has said that they will introduce a new plan which would prohibit the entry of migrants who cross the English Channel from claiming asylum. Such an announcement, according to Reuters, was confirmed by a government source, while she said that she would use her speech at the Conservative Party’s…
The Sarojin to launch ‘One Booking One Tree’ initiative
The Sarojin, Thailand’s 56-room independent boutique residence, is launching a “One Booking One Tree” initiative on 1 October, whereby the resort will commit to planting a minimum of one tree for every booking that is made. With at least one planting day scheduled to take place every month, on which guests will be invited to…
Google launches ‘Travel Insights with Google’ for ME
The tools are launched under the ‘Travel Insights with Google’ website which includes two new tools available in both English and in Arabic; Destination Insights and Hotel Insights. On World Tourism Day, Google had launched two free tools to help the travel industry in the Middle East and North Africa identify timely travel demand and…
Govt to modernise 200 railway stations
Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has announced the modernisation of around 200 railway stations across India. “Tendering process for 47 railway stations is completed while physical work has started at 32 stations,” he said. He said the railways is being transformed. “The government has prepared a master plan to revamp 200 railway stations. Overhead spaces will be…