Tag: Middle East

British Airways World Cargo expands freighter programme across Middle East and South Asia

Posted by | Apr 2, 2008 | |

The additional weekly rotation marks the expansion of British Airways World Cargo’s successful partnership with DHL in the region and comes as a direct response to increased customer demand.

The new rotation means that BA World Cargo now operates two Lahore-Bahrain routings per week while maintaining one Karachi-Bahrain rotation. These routes connect with the Bahrain – London line flights, allowing customers in Pakistan increased access to the BA network, the world’s largest wholly-owned global network covering 200 destinations across 80 countries.

The carrier has also secured additional capacity on flights between Bahrain and Dubai. This gives BA World Cargo a greater footing in the Saudi Arabian market and facilitates flexible customer access to the BA network. British Airways currently operates 14 flights per week from Dubai to London Heathrow.

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UAE’s Etisalat SMS money transfer service to India from June

Posted by | Apr 1, 2008 | |

From June onwards, UAE-based Indian workers can send money home through a short message service (SMS) on their mobile phones with connection to the Emirates Telecommunications Corporation, called Etisalat. Consumers will be given an m-wallet on to which money can be transferred from their partner-bank accounts.

The service will be extended by the end of this year to include the Philippines, Egypt and Pakistan. The next in line are Jordan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal, working in the order of migrant workforce in the UAE.

The pilot service is currently partnering with Mashreq Bank, UAE’s largest private bank, and Indian businesses Tata Communications, Idea Cellular and HSBC India and remittances may be received at 40,000 bank branches across India.

The UAE has 150 per cent mobile-phone market penetration or 6.4 million cellular phones in use. Money remitted by UAE expatriates through the banking system is estimated at Dh25.7 billion (USD 7 billion) in 2005.

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Net Holding & TNT enter into associate partnership in Lebanon

Posted by | Apr 1, 2008 | |

The partnership and extension of the MERN fit in TNT’s strategy to be the No. 1 integrator in the intra-regional and intercontinental express flows. The combination of Net Holding’s 15 years experience in the Lebanese market, its entrepreneurial and innovative spirit and TNT’s complete suit of services make this a very promising partnership.

Jinendra Sancheti, TNT’s Regional Managing Director for the Middle East and Africa says: ‘We find Net Holding our perfect partner in terms of both business practice and culture. We certainly believe Lebanon is a worthwhile and positive investment and is well placed with our plans of becoming No 1 in the regional and emerging markets.’

Through this partnership TNT now offers the widest choice in standard morning delivery services to business in Lebanon, 9:00 Express, 12:00 Express, Global Express, Economy Express, Receiver Pays, Air freight services and Road Haulage. TNT’s MERN is one of the most extensive road delivery networks in the Middle East. Customers of TNT can now benefit from the fastest daily, time definite by road door to door customs cleared express delivery transit times in the Middle East.

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Q-Post releases ‘perfume’ stamps

Posted by | Mar 31, 2008 | |

Q-Post yesterday launched its latest version of stamps, which it labelled as “traditional perfume”.

The stamps, released in a set of four, each of which priced at QR 1.50, ooze fragrance of four traditional perfumes produced in Qatar.

The four perfumes include Al Marash, Oud oil, Agar wood and Al Moghass.

Describing it as a unique set of stamps, chairman of Q-Post Ali Mohamed al-Ali said the idea of perfume stamps was conceived long back by Qatar Foundation vice-chairman Dr Saif al-Hajri. “Our initial plan was to bring out stamps, perfumed in a liquid made of Sidra. However, that did not materialize.”

Each of the four perfumes is dear to Qatari people, said al-Ali.

The stamps would be available from the country’s post offices from today onwards.
Khalid Fikri, head of philatelic bureau of Q-Post, designed the stamps.

Over 80,000 units of the stamps have been released for sale. Along with, 2,000 First Day
Cover of the stamps were also released, each priced at QR7.

The chairman also announced that Q-Post would also release nine stamps on the Qatar Islamic Museum, the work of which is progressing fast.

Al-Ali said that the postal corporation would launch next year a “petroleum” stamp, which would have fragrance of petrol.

One of the nine stamps would be on the complex housing the museum and the other on antiques to be showcased there, said al-Ali.

The museum is expected to be ready by November.

Besides al-Ali, Fikri and public relations manager Abdulla al-Hajri also attended the meeting.

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Bahwan Cybertek and DHL to deliver world-leading solutions in Oman

Posted by | Mar 25, 2008 | |

In a move signalling the company’s commitment to the Omani market, and to bringing enhanced logistics capability to the Sultanate, DHL Exel Supply Chain has strengthened its ties with Bahwan Cybertek, under a new corporate brand, Bahwan DHL Exel Supply Chain.

The newly named company is committed to providing complete supply chain and logistics solutions using the latest technologies and best industry practices to support Oman’s booming economic growth, especially in the oil and gas sector.

Outsourcing supply chain operations helps companies focus on their core competencies and customer service, while Bahwan DHL Exel Supply Chain effectively manages their inventories and deliveries. The company will also add further value to customers by offering the global capabilities of DHL Global Forwarding and DHL Express.

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