Saudi Crown Prince, US Secretary of Defense discuss troop deployment
:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman received a phone call on Wednesday from the US Secretary of Defense during which they discussed ongoing arrangements to send US troops of a More »
Saudi Energy Minister confirms restoration of Kingdom’s gas production capacity
:: Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Energy confirmed on Wednesday the restoration of production capacity, affirming the Kingdom’s position as a reliable energy supplier in the global market. The energy minister, Prince Abdulaziz More »
Egypt calls Erdogan statements ‘ironic,’ accuses Turkey of sponsoring terrorism
:: Egypt’s foreign ministry spokesman, Ahmed Hafez, slammed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s statements at the UN General Assembly this week where he urged the UN to “handle the suspicious death of More »
Saudi Crown Prince: Attacks are test of int’l resolve against destructive acts
:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said on Wednesday that the attacks on Saudi Aramco oil facilities are a test of international resolve in the face of destructive acts that More »
Saudi Crown Prince says attacks on oil facilities are a ‘dangerous escalation’
:: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said the recent attacks on Saudi Aramco facilities represented a “dangerous escalation not only toward the Kingdom but also the entire world.” The Crown More »
Tag Archives: AIR TRAVEL
The code you do not want to see on your boarding pass
:: If you are about to embark on a journey to the US and you see “SSSS” code on your boarding pass, then be prepared for a potentially lengthy experience at security. The code is part of the ongoing crackdown
Air travel demand up in February, despite US travel curbs
Global demand for air travel rose 4.8 percent in February, thanks to lower fares and improving economies, with no major impact from an attempted US travel ban, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) said on Thursday. Tourism bodies have warned
Qatar Airways chief says laptop ban not designed to hurt Gulf carriers
Qatar Airways’ chief executive said on Monday he did not believe the ban on carrying most electronics in the cabins of passenger flights to the United States from eight Muslim majority countries was designed to hurt Gulf airlines. The US
Air India claims record with all-female round-world flight
India’s national airline claimed Monday to have set a new record with the first round-the-world flight staffed entirely by women. Air India said its Boeing 777 travelled from Delhi to San Francisco and back again with an all-female crew last
Saudi airliner in emergency landing after pilot falls ill
The co-pilot of a Saudi Arabian airliner was forced to make an emergency landing at Karachi airport in Pakistan after the pilot was taken ill. An official source at Saudi Arabian Airlines confirmed that after the departure of Flight SV891
Russian report reveals FlyDubai plane crash details
Russia’s civil aviation authority issued its first report Friday on last month’s crash of a FlyDubai plane in southwestern Russia, shedding light on what caused the sudden descent that killed all 62 people on board. The Interstate Aviation Committee said
Possible MH370 debris found near Mozambique
A piece of debris found along the eastern African coast between Mozambique and Madagascar may be from the tail section of the Malaysia Airlines plane that disappeared two years ago, NBC News reported on Wednesday. Citing U.S., Malaysian and Australian
Air travel booms in India, strains creaky infrastructure
Lightson Ngashangva still remembers the long train journeys followed by interminable bus rides each summer when he went home from New Delhi to his village in India’s remote northeast. Now, when the 26-year-old biotechnology student visits his home in Manipur
Pilot after emergency: Somali airport security is ‘zero’
The Serb pilot who landed a jetliner in Somalia with a large hole in its fuselage says he has never doubted that it was caused by a bomb and describes the security at Mogadishu Airport as “zero.” After initially saying
Plane makes emergency landing in Somalia with hole in side
A commercial airliner made an emergency landing at Mogadishu’s international airport late Tuesday after passengers heard a loud bang and a fire broke out on board, leaving a gaping hole in the fuselage, officials and witnesses said. Two people were
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