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Oman Air Receives Its Third New Boeing 737 Max 8 Oman Air, the national carrier of the Sultanate of Oman, has taken delivery of the third of 30 Boeing 737 Max 8s it has on order on Wednesday 13 June. The 737 MAX family has been designed to offer cus... June 20, 2018 940 Category: Travel

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Haj Committee Of India Released The Haj Flight Schedule 2018 The Haj Committee of India on Tuesday released the Haj flight schedule 2018 of all outbound and inbound flights from Delhi, Lucknow and Varanasi airports on its official website. The pilgrims from Utt... June 21, 2018 2538 Category: Travel

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Women In Saudi Arabia Gear Up To Take The Wheel And Make History While the world watches women in Saudi Arabia gear up to take the wheel and make history on Sunday, many had thought that Saudi men opposed this new-found independence and would fight hard against it.... June 23, 2018 806 Category: Travel

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Historic Moment Was Set To Drive Economic And Positive Social Change In The Country- Mudassir Sheikha As the largest mover of people in the Kingdom, the ride-hailing app Careem has been preparing for women driving by investing almost $80 million over the past five years in its Saudi operations. ... June 23, 2018 919 Category: Travel

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Adventurous Vehicles, Unconventional Colors In Demand As Women Gear Up To Hit Saudi Roads Ever since the long-standing driving ban for women was lifted last September, auto-industry marketers have been scrambling to figure out just what women want. The auto industry has an estimated 9 mill... June 23, 2018 878 Category: Travel

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Saudi Businesswomen Eye Greater Role In The Economy With End To Driving Ban The end of the driving ban will boost women’s financial power and allow them to play a bigger role in economic and social diversification in line with Vision 2030, prominent businesswomen said o... June 23, 2018 845 Category: Travel

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Riyadh Metro Set To Create New Residential Hotspots In Saudi Capital The launch of the Riyadh Metro project, scheduled to start operating in 2019, is likely to create new property hotspots in currently unfashionable neighbourhoods in the Saudi capital, according to a n... June 24, 2018 750 Category: Travel

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Saudi Arabia Lifts Ban On Women Driving Women throughout Saudi Arabia waited for the stroke of midnight, turned the keys in the ignition, fired up their engines — and hit the road to a bright new future. It was the moment they had ... June 24, 2018 861 Category: Travel

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World Applauds As Saudi Women Take The Wheel The world awoke on Sunday to images and video footage many thought they would never see — newly empowered Saudi women taking the wheel and driving their cars. As the de facto ban on women dri... June 25, 2018 779 Category: Travel

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Haramain Trains To Transport 60 Million Passengers A Year The Haramain Speed Train, which is to bring about a dramatic change in the transportation of pilgrims and other passengers between the two holy cities of Makkah and Madinah, will be launched this year... June 25, 2018 797 Category: Travel

New Era Of Social Mobility Women in Saudi Arabia took to the roads early on Sunday for the first time in decades as the Kingdom overturned the ban on female motorists, a historic reform expected to usher in a new era of social ... June 25, 2018 835 Category: Travel

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Saudi Woman Drives F1 Car On Historic Day Aseel Al-Hamad declared the start of a new era for Saudi women in motorsport on Sunday as she prepared to drive a Formula One car around the French Grand Prix circuit in front of thousands of fans. ... June 25, 2018 747 Category: Travel

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Kuwaiti Singer Nawal Has Become The First Arab Female Artist To Drive In Saudi Arabia Kuwaiti singer Nawal has become the first Arab female artist to drive in Saudi Arabia. She joined other Saudi and foreign women, holders of valid licenses, to drive for the first time ever in the K... June 26, 2018 806 Category: Travel

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Saudi Women Celebrated Taking The Wheel For The First Time This Week Saudi women celebrated taking the wheel for the first time this week. But a woman driver is such a novelty that when the decree took effect on Sunday, it prompted jubilation and disbelief. “L... June 27, 2018 650 Category: Travel

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GCC National Can Rent A Car In Saudi Arabia With A GCC License When I first tried to rent a car in Saudi Arabia, in the morning women were allowed to drive for the first time, I was told I couldn’t without a Saudi license, but one day, “Insha’Al... June 28, 2018 800 Category: Travel

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5,000 Women Trained At Saudi Driving School The Saudi Driving School, in partnership with Princess Nourah University (PNU), has trained some 5,000 women, according to the school’s CEO, Abdul Baset Al-Suwaidi. Al-Suwaidi said: “Th... June 28, 2018 687 Category: Travel

Kabul-Jeddah Air Cargo Launched The first Afghanistan-Saudi Arabia air cargo route linking Kabul to Jeddah city was officially launched on Tuesday. Officials from the two nations said they hope to improve Afghan exports to Saudi Ara... June 28, 2018 852 Category: Travel

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Effat University Launches 10 By 10 Initiative To Back Women Drivers In the presence of Princess Lolowah Al-Faisal, Effat University launched the website and the 10/10 application on Tuesday. 10/10 is a social initiative launched by Effat University in collaboration... June 28, 2018 916 Category: Travel

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Saudi Airlines And Kuwait Airways Have Been Ranked Among The Lowest Cost Airlines Saudia Airlines and Kuwait Airways have been ranked among the lowest-cost airlines in the world, Kuwait Times reported. A French study specialized in aviation has listed the kingdoms’s nation... July 01, 2018 1393 Category: Travel

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Philippine Airlines To Suspend Manila - Jeddah Flights Philippine Airlines has confirmed that it will temporarily suspend flights to and from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia beginning 19 September 2018. Passengers with confirmed bookings on PR662/663 (Manila-Jedd... July 04, 2018 3283 Category: Travel

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