Dubai Shopping Dubai is already renowned around the world for its magnificent shopping facilities, malls and stores. The emirate of Dubai is attracting a growing host of international retailers and there are now in fact more global brands in Dubai than in Paris or New York. Dubai’s popularity as a shopping destination is particularly increasing [...]
Emirates Dubai to London A380 service Emirates has now upgraded a third daily return flight between Dubai and London’s Heathrow Airport to the airline’s flagship Airbus A380. For Australian travellers on the Kangaroo Route, that means another option for more comfortable seats on their connecting flight, especially in business class, and more seats available on [...]
App for Dubai Airport Navigating Dubai Airport just got easier with the introduction of a mobile application for Apple and Android devices. Called myDXB, the Dubai Airport App provides information on flights and gate numbers as well as way-finding to locate customer-facing services across the 3 terminals of Dubai International. The idea behind creating myDXB [...]
Despite being less than three years old, flydubai has already reached the significant milestone of announcing its 50th destination. And true to its pioneering approach to network development it has selected Bishkek in the Kyrgyz Republic (also known as Kyrgyzstan), which it will begin serving twice-weekly with a 737-800 from 7 February. This will increase [...]
Dubai Airports has been given the go-ahead to launch a $7.8 billion expansion programme to boost capacity at Dubai International Airport from 60 million to 90 million passengers per year by 2018. With terminal expansion twice the footprint of London Heathrow Terminal 5, additional aircraft movements will be accommodated on the ground with the addition [...]
Dubai Royal Caribbean Royal Caribbean International announced the deployment of Serenade of the Seas to Dubai for its winter 2012-13 season. Serenade of the Seas will offer 17 sailings, departing every Monday on 7-night United Arab Emirates and Oman itineraries from December 2012 through April 2013. Serenade of the Seas will replace Brilliance of the [...]
Dubai as a Tourist Destination According to a study carried out by Mastercard, Dubai is among the top 10 Tourist destinations in the World. Approximately 8 million international tourists will visit Dubai in 2011, which will rank the emirate at No. 9 in terms of visitor arrivals out of 132 cities across the world. The [...]
With Dubai’s renowned safe environment, beautiful beaches and affordable luxury, it is no wonder that the emirate of Dubai is rapidly turning into a popular destination for a family holiday. To encourage this the Dubai Tourism and Commerce Marketing has launched a promotion which has been labeled as ‘Kids Go Free in Dubai’ which was [...]
Concourse 3 Dubai International Airport CEO Paul Griffiths has announced on the Dubai-based Business Breakfast radio programme that Dubai Airport’s Concourse 3 Terminal is targeting a January 2013 opening. The world’s first dedicated facility for A380′s will be home to Emirates’ growing fleet of superjumbos and feature dedicated first and business class lounges. The expansion [...]
Emirates and Alaska Airlines Partnership Emirates and Alaska Airlines have announced the launch of a new frequent flier partnership that will offer travelers the opportunity to accrue Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan miles when they fly to any of Emirates’ 118 destinations worldwide, including points across Africa, India and the Middle East. Emirates Skywards members can [...]
Virtual Assistants Dubai Airport Dubai Airport has introduced 4 bilingual virtual assistants at Dubai Airport to communicate important travel information to more than 50 million passengers that pass through Dubai airport each year. The state-of-the-art digital signage solutions use the very latest in rear-projected audio visual technology to create the illusion of a real person, [...]
Child Seats on Dubai Airport Taxis Dubai Airports taxi fleet of the Dubai Taxi Corporation at the Roads & Transport Authority will be equipped with free child seats as part of the “Child Safety First” campaign in co-operation with ‘BabyShop’. The campaign, which will runs for 3 months, aims at advancing the awareness of the [...]
Baggage Home Delivery Service by Emirates Emirates now offers it’s passengers a luggage home delivery service from Dubai Airport Terminal 3 so that passengers no longer have to wait for their luggage on arrival at Dubai Airport. Strategically positioned just after the immigration desks, Emirates baggage home delivery service provides passengers with a hassle free [...]
Emirates flight to Milan from Dubai Emirates are driving their operations in Europe by introducing a 3rd daily flight from Dubai to Milan from 1st June 2012. This will bring the number of weekly flights from Dubai to Italy to 49. Flight EK101 will depart from Dubai Airport at 03.40 and arrive at Milan Malpensa [...]
Emirates launched its new Dublin route, the third new route to be added to Emirates’ route network in the opening days of 2012 as the airline forges forward with its global expansion. After the launch of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil and Buenos Aires in Argentina on 3rd January 2012, the Irish capital took its position [...]
Glasgow airport has received a major boost when Emirates announced plans to introduce a second daily non-stop flight to Dubai from 1st June. The move is a result of continued growth in demand for Emirates service between Glasgow and Dubai. Emirates says it will generate up to 12 new direct jobs and indirectly support many [...]
Flydubai is set to shift operations to Al Maktoum Airport in Jebel Ali, according to Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, President of Dubai Department of Civil Aviation and Chairman and Chief Executive Emirates Airline and Group. The move aims to reduce traffic congestion at Dubai Airport following increasing traffic and growth of fleets. Sheikh [...]
Hertz UAE has announced the launch of the Hertz Club Gold service programme at its Dubai International Airport location in terminal 3 in a move to provide travellers the quickest possible service with extra benefits. The Dubai Airport Hertz Club Gold service in Dubai will offer customers exclusive benefits including faster reservations, a speedy vehicle [...]
flydubai launched flights last week to its western-most destination with the introduction of 4-times weekly flights from Dubai Airport to Belgrade in Serbia using a 737-800. Flights from Dubai depart at 09:10 in the morning and are scheduled to take 5 hours and 45 minutes while flights from Belgrade depart at 12:40 and are scheduled [...]
Emirates and Alaska Airlines Frequent Flier Partnership
Emirates and Alaska Airlines Partnership Emirates and Alaska Airlines have announced the launch of a new frequent flier partnership that will offer travelers the opportunity to accrue Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan miles when they fly to any of Emirates’ 118 destinations worldwide, including points across Africa, India and the Middle East. Emirates Skywards members can [...]
Dubai Airport Virtual Assistant
Virtual Assistants Dubai Airport Dubai Airport has introduced 4 bilingual virtual assistants at Dubai Airport to communicate important travel information to more than 50 million passengers that pass through Dubai airport each year. The state-of-the-art digital signage solutions use the very latest in rear-projected audio visual technology to create the illusion of a real person, [...]
