Indian carrier Kingfisher will launch two new Dubai routes to Mumbai and Delhi by the end of the year. Company chiefs said the new services are part of an expansion plan that will add six new destinations to the winter schedule, which starts at the end of October. Subject to civil aviation ministry approval, Kingfisher will begin service on the following routes: Delhi-(Bangkok), Delhi-London (Heathrow), Mumbai-Dubai, Mumbai-Bangkok, and Mumbai-Colombo. Liquor king Vijay Mallya is promoting Kingfisher in starting the new services.
The new flights will be the carrier’s first international flights out of Delhi. The Delhi-London flight will be serviced by wide bodied A330-200 while the other routes will operate on A320 and A321 aircraft. A spokesperson said the flights launch dates will be announced after statutory approval is received.
The Schanzengraben is a canal that connects Lake Zurich to the Limmat, through the western end of central Zurich. The canal was dug beginning in 1642 as a part of a new set of defensive fortifications necessitated by the Thirty Years War. It was actually a moat, and the bridges across were wooden so they could easily be burned in times of trouble. Originally, it ran along what is...
Feel seven and a half centuries of Stockholm’s history come alive as you wander around this museum. The different floors of this building show the different stages of the city’s developemnet and growth, from the Medieval times to the present day modern metropolis. Smaller exhibitions, like the photographic exhibition, also run concurrently with the main one. The museum has a cafe and a shop, and ...
The Capital Museum is one of Beijing’s newest. It first opened in 1981, and moved into its current location in 2005. Initially, it wasn’t much more than a storehouse, completely overshadowed by Beijing’s other museums. Now it stands as one of its best, thank to the new building, which is an attraction in its own right. With more than 60,000m² of floor space and room for 13 ...
The Agora is the most renowned of Athens sites. It dates back to 6 th century B.C. It was the political, administrative, economic and social center of ancient Greece. It is famed as the market place where Socrates asked passers-by philosophical questions and conducted many dialogues penned down by his student Plato. It is also well-known as being the area where Socrates was made to drink hemlock f...