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The Port of Beirut explosion on 4th August 2020 caused 181 fatalities and 6,000 injuries. At least 300,000 people have also been made homeless. With between $10-15 billion USD in damage done to the city,… Read More »Send love to Beirut with Skywards and Etihad Guest donations
UPDATE: Emirates and flydubai are now providing passengers who book travel by 31 March 2021 with free multi‑risk travel insurance, including cover for COVID‑19. Airlines are taking all sorts of steps to convince travellers it… Read More »Afraid to fly? Emirates is the first to offer free COVID-19 cover on all bookings
Skywards has launched a limited-time double Tier Miles promotion. The offer is available in all classes on both Emirates and flydubai bookings for travel from 17 February 2020 to 20 May 2020. However, if this… Read More »Earn double Skywards Tier Miles
In the end, 2019 ended up being a pretty good year for travellers in the UAE. Despite facing multiple challenges, Emirates, Etihad, flydubai, and Air Arabia added new destinations to their networks. Etihad appears to… Read More »10 travel highlights to look forward to in 2020
Last week Saudi Arabia launched its new online eVisa and tourism strategy. The launch was pretty slick. My social media and news feeds have been full of images of Saudi sites to add to the… Read More »Visit Saudi Arabia with Skywards Miles
Skywards, the loyalty programme of Emirates and flydubai, recently crossed the 25 million-member mark. Interestingly, 5 million of those have joined in the last 18 months at a rate of six new members every minute.… Read More »Emirates Skywards hits 25 million-member milestone
Emirates operates 16 ‘fifth freedom’ routes around the world. Fifth freedom flights are flights that do not start or end in the airlines’ home market, in this case, Dubai. More often than not, these are… Read More »Book Emirates fifth freedom flights with Skywards Miles
This news has been expected for some time now. Emirates has finally announced plans to start flying to Mexico City from 9 December 2019. This is Emirates’ first destination in Central America. The new route… Read More »Emirates launching flight to Mexico City
This is exciting. Emirates launched a new route connecting Dubai to Porto this morning. It is Emirates’ second destination in Portugal after Lisbon. The flight will operate four times a week on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays… Read More »Emirates launches new route from Dubai to Porto
Emirates has launched a second daily flight between Dubai (DXB) and London Stansted (STN). The extra flight took off this afternoon. It brings to 11 the number of daily flights Emirates operates between Dubai and… Read More »Emirates adds second flight to London Stansted
