Bloomberg Step aboard an ultra-low-cost airline such has Ryanair or Frontier and the amenities can be jarringly Spartan. To keep costs low, free snacks don’t exist and in-flight entertainment is the seatback safety card. How do you distract passengers from this painful minimalism? Well Wi-Fi, of course, a lesson learned by a small but growing group of no-frills carriers. For ...

DUBAI / WAM The Emirates Group on Wednesday announced its 30th consecutive year of profit and steady business expansion. Released in its 2017-18 annual report, the Emirates Group posted a profit of AED4.1 billion ($1.1 billion) for the financial year ended on March 31, 2018, up 67% from last year. The group’s revenue reached AED102.4 billion, an increase of 8% ...

DUBAI / WAM The Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Wednesday hosted the UAE-Moldova Business Forum on its premises, which was attended by a high-level Moldovan delegation led by Chiril Gaburici, the country’s Minister of Economy and Infrastructure. The forum, organised in cooperation with Moldova Investment and Export Promotion Organisation (MIEPO) highlighted attractive trade and investment opportunities in Moldova, ...