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maltatoday, WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2016 17 Events Emirates adds seventh daily service from Dubai to Bangkok EMIRATES has announced its seventh daily service between Dubai and Bangkok starting from 1 July. The additional service, which will be operated by a Boeing 777- 300ER aircraft, will help meet growing passenger demand, af- firming Thailand's position as a popular destination for business and leisure. It will make Bangkok one of the most served destina- tions on the Emirates network, on par with Kuwait and Doha. The new service joins the existing four daily A380 and two daily 777 f lights that cur- rently operate between Dubai and Bangkok, and enhances the weekly services on the route to 49, adding another 2,520 seats and up to 134 tonnes in cargo ca- pacity per week in each direction between Bangkok and Dubai to further facilitate travel and trade opportunities between Thailand and Emirates' global network. Passengers on Emirates f lights enjoy the renowned hospital- ity of its multi-national Cabin Crew, as well as gourmet cuisine and Emirates' award-winning ice entertainment system. With up to 2,500 channels including movies, television programmes, games, audio books, and music, ice has been named the world's best inf light entertainment sys- tem by Skytrax for 11 consecu- tive years. From July 1, the new service operating daily as EK350 will depart Dubai at 19:50 and arrive at Suvarnabhumi International Airport at 05:10 the following day. This f light provides an at- tractive departure time for trav- ellers from the UAE and Middle East with an early morning ar- rival in Bangkok enabling a full day ahead for business or leisure activity. Furthermore, it would allow numerous connections to regional points with our code- share partner, Bangkok Airways. The return f light, EK351, will depart Bangkok at 06:35 and arrive in Dubai the same day at 09:50 from 2 July. This f light will connect seamlessly with a number of destinations in Eu- rope such as London, Frankfurt, Lisbon, Istanbul, Madrid and Barcelona. As with all Emirates f lights, passengers on the new service will benefit from a generous baggage allowance of 30kg in Economy Class, 40kg in Busi- ness Class and 50 kg in First Class. Emirates operates daily sched- uled f lights between Malta and Dubai. From 1 June, Emirates will enhance its on-board expe- rience and increase capacity on its Malta service with the intro- duction of a larger Boeing 777- 300 aircraft. The airline f lies twice weekly to Malta via Larnaca in Cyprus, on Mondays and Wednesdays, and on Sundays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Sat- urdays Emirates operates the Dubai – Malta route on a circu- lar routing via Tunis in Tunisia. The return f light f lies direct from Malta to Dubai. The seventh daily service will make Bangkok one of the most served destinations on the Emirates network Palumbo Malta Shipyard to hold open day on 29 May ON the 6th anniversary of its op- erations in Malta, Palumbo Malta Shipyard Ltd., which boasts its reputation as "one of the best shipyards in Europe", will open its doors to the general public as a way of expressing appreciation towards the people who have con- tributed, in many ways, to reach- ing the success it is currently en- joying. Since June 2010, the Maltese branch of the Italian Palumbo Group has been at the top of its sector contributing a great deal towards the maintenance, conver- sion and refitting in the merchant shipping and also Passenger RoRo and cruise vessels. The shipyard was also busy in the Oil and Gas refitting sector with accommodat- ing more than 10 rigs so far. Since November 2014, the yard has also been officially accred- ited from the GTT for repairs in the cargo tanks membrane type of LNG carriers. The acquisition of this shipyard, which caters for ships of over 300,000 tons, has proven to be a prestigious project for the Group, since it has signifi- cantly shaped the Company's fu- ture thanks to its position in the heart of the Mediterranean. An open day event will take place on Sunday, 29 May from 10:00 till 20:30 at the Palumbo Malta Shipyard in Paola, entrance from Ghajn Dwieli road, the main gate is located further down from the petrol service station and second turn on the left. The site will be transformed into a family friendly premises with entertainment for all. The day's itinerary is jam packed of activities ranging from go karting to a mega slide, bouncy castle, magic show, clown show and magic train, all of which will be free. Among the events held throughout the day, the Malta Philharmonic Orches- tra will hold a concert at 18:00. Special guests will include, this year's representative for the Eu- rovision Song Contest, Ira Losco, as well as Maltese tenor Joseph Calleja. GO employees raise funds for Sacred Heart missions in bake sale THE GO Cares employee fund has made a donation to the Daughters of the Sacred Heart to support their missions in India, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and The Philippines. The funds were raised by GO employees through a bake sale staff activity. "Every year, GO employees organise numerous fundrais- ing initiatives and events to help those in need, both in Malta and abroad. The Daughters of the Sa- cred Heart, founded in Malta in 1903 by Madre Teresa Nuzzo, do a fantastic job both in providing education and support to hun- dreds of children in Malta and by working in other communities that have very limited resources. Education is of course close to our hearts and the key to our future, so I would like to thank all GO staff for supporting this activity," Senior Manager of HR Operations at GO Josephine Grima said, dur- ing the presentation of the funds to Madre Sr Prassede Farrugia. The GO Cares Employee Fund is an initiative through which GO employees voluntarily do- nate a small contribution from their salary on a monthly basis. GO employees are able to support various worthy causes by organ- ising different activities during the year and making use of dona- tions made through his Employee Fund. Mission Group Coordinator Prassede Farrugia DSH (right) together with Antoinette Calleja receiving the funds collected by GO Cares from committee members (from left) Ramona Borg, Miriam Galea, Katia Camilleri and Josephine Grima