Jet Airways cancels more Dubai flights from Indian cities

Agencies
March 7, 2019

Mar 7: Jet Airways, the Indian airline part-owned by Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways, on Thursday cancelled some of its flights from Dubai to Delhi and Mumbai, due to large-scale grounding of its aircrafts.

Three Jet flights departing Dubai – two to Delhi and one to Mumbai – are among the flights cancelled.

Jet Airways’ official spokesperson told Arabian Business that while some of these cancellations were pre-planned due to grounding of aircrafts and were intimated to guests in advance, one of the cancellations happened due to grounding its aircraft at Dubai due to technical issues.

“The 9W 545 Dubai-Delhi flights has been cancelled from 7 till 17 of this month, and from 18 till 31 will operate only one day in a week,” the Jet spokesman said.

Similarly, the 9W 507 Dubai-Delhi flight is scheduled to be cancelled from 11 till 17 and from 18 till 31 is scheduled to operate only once in a week.

“Today’s cancellation of this flight was not scheduled and could be due to technical issues”, the spokesperson added.

Travel industry sources said Jet Airways flights from South Indian airports such as Kochi, Hyderabad and Bangalore to Dubai have also been cancelled.

“The information charts on departure and arrival of international flights at airports in most of the South Indian cities such as Kochi, Bangalore and, Hyderabad have not listed any Jet Airways flight today,” Anil John, manager with Ebenezer Holiday, a Kochi-based leading travel and tour operator, told Arabian Business.

An Arabian Business reporter at Dubai International Airport on Thursday morning reported seeing large crowds of people shouting at Jet staff after a 5am flight was rescheduled to 3pm. Airport security and Dubai police were present at the scene.

Several passengers reported being at the airport for almost 12 hours because of previous Jet Airways cancellations and delays. Some passengers were being promised refunds due to the delays.

Besides grounding of 25 aircrafts due to payment defaults to its aircraft leasing companies, Jet Airways has also grounded several other flights – aviation industry sources put the number at 15 to 20 – due to engine related and other maintenance issues.

In December last year, Jet Airways had cancelled about 40 flights in a week connecting several destinations in the Gulf region and various Indian cities, citing realignment of flights through is hubs in Mumbai and Delhi due to route viability issues with these sectors.

The cancelled routes included Kochi-Doha, Abu Dhabi-Lucknow, Abu Dhabi-Mangalore and Mangalore-Dubai.

Etihad Airways bought a 24 percent stake in Jet Airways in 2013 and there has been continued speculation that the Abu Dhabi carrier will increase its ownership in order to help bail the cash-strapped Indian airline out of its financial difficulties.

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Agencies
June 5,2020

Dubai, Jun 5: A new set of coronavirus guidelines for UAE hotels has been published by the National Emergency Crisis and Disasters Management Authority.

The guidelines, released late Thursday, require all employees to be tested for Covid-19 before reopening, and to be re-tested every 15 days.

Hotels are expected to provide an infrared thermometer and thermal camera, with employee temperatures to be tested several times per working day.

Any guest or employee showing coronavirus symptoms will not be permitted to enter hotel facilities, the guidelines stress.

Hotels must also leave a 24-hour gap between guests leaving a room, and the next guests arriving.

Facilities such as restaurants, cafes, gyms, swimming pools and beaches in hotels will resume operation under a minimum capacity.

Customers must have their temperatures taken before they enter.

The working hours of restaurants and cafes will be from 6am until 9pm, allowing four people to sit at the same table with 2.5 metres left between tables. Menus must be sterilised after each use.

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Agencies
August 8,2020

Beirut, Aug 7: A devastating explosion that destroyed much of Beirut might have been the result of a missile attack or bomb, Lebanese President Michel Aoun said, as the death toll from the blast rose to 154.

More than 2,700 tons of ammonium nitrate had been sitting in a port warehouse for six years, but there have been conflicting accounts about why Lebanese authorities decided to empty the shipment of explosive material. The vessel carrying the flammable cargo was heading from Georgia to Mozambique when it stopped in the Lebanese port to load up on iron, according to the ship’s captain.

By Friday, 19 suspects had been arrested and Lebanon’s former director general of customs Chafic Merhy had been questioned by military police.

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News Network
April 11,2020

Dubai, Apr 11: The UAE has conducted over 49,000 Covid-19 tests among UAE citizens and residents, it was revealed on Friday, using state-of-the-art technology in line with the 's plans to intensify virus screening in order to bring the disease under control.

The accelerated investigative measures helped detect 370 new coronavirus cases among various nationalities, all of whom are in a stable condition and receiving the necessary care.

This took the total number of infections in the country to 3,360, according to a MoHaP statement.

The Ministry also revealed the death of two patients suffering from Covid-19. Both of the deceased were Asian nationals and had pre-existing chronic illnesses. The total number of deaths has now reached 16.

The Ministry expressed its sincere condolences to the families of the deceased and wished a speedy recovery to all patients, calling on the public to cooperate with health authorities and comply with all precautionary measures, particularly social distancing protocols, to ensure the safety and protection of the public.

The Ministry also announced the full recovery of 150 new cases after receiving the necessary treatment, taking to 418 the total of those now recovered from the virus in the UAE.

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