Board of Directors for Air Arabia, the first and biggest low cost carrier for the Middle East and North Africa, have proposed a cash dividend of 10 percent for 2009. Air Arabia recently released its financial results for the 12 months ending December 31st, 2009. A press statement said the results demonstrated continued profitability and excellent levels of efficiency during an extremely challenging period for airlines around the world.
A study conducted by Aviation Week magazine in 2009 ranked Air Arabia as number one on the ‘Top Performing Companies’ chart for low cost carriers around the world. Several other leading aviation bodies have also named Air Arabia as ‘Low Cost Carrier of the Year’. Air Arabia currently serves 60 destinations around the world from its hubs in Sharjah and Casablanca.
This masjid is a 25 minute drive away from the Haram. Masjid-e- Janarah also serves as a meeqat from where the intention for Umrah can be made. Attractions include a well (which has been walled shut) which, according to traditions, maintains that the Prophet Muhammad (SAW) used his saliva to turn the brackish water sweet. Another attraction is a nearby graveyard of the companions of the Prophet Mu...
Japan is famed for the rapid technological advances it has made and the high quality electronics that its numerous factories churn out. The Panasonic Center allows for tourists to witness firsthand the sheer progress Japan has made in this department. Visitors are allowed to interact and use the various exhibits including Nintendo games on gigantic TV screens, checking out various cameras, camcor...
This museum showcases a wide range of exhibits, including the props that were used in Hollywood films. Visitors are shown how the industry began with the silent film, and then moving onto the Hollywood Golden Era, to the technology used today and finally to the future of the industry. You also get a chance to see the whip used by Harrison Ford in Indiana Jones, as well as Marilyn Monroe's autopsy....
The Hugh Lane Gallery serves as Dublin's museum of modern art and was the first of its kind in the world. It was founded in 1908 by none other than Hugh Lane, an Irish art dealer who died on the RMS Lusitania. The collection moved to the Charlemont House in 1933. This handsome dark grey Neo-classical mansion was built by famed Scottish architect Sir William Chambers. Today t...