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Dubai’s RTA to boost taxi fleet by 40% to 7000 by 2021

The RTA’s new five-year plan will also see 50 per cent of the taxis converted into hybrid vehicles

Dubai’s Arabtec Q2 reports seventh straight quarterly loss

The contractor made a net loss of Dhs186.4m in the second quarter

Dubai government to buy new electric and hybrid cars

Up to 10 per cent of new vehicles will be electric and hybrid cars

China’s ICBC aims for benchmark dollar bond via Dubai by year-end

It would be the third bond issue by China’s largest bank via its DIFC office

Emirates offers EK521 passengers $7,000 compensation

Flight EK521 crash landed on arrival in Dubai last week

Dubai Parks confirms October opening but some rides will be missing

Parts of one of the operator’s three theme parks will not be ready for the opening date

Pod-shaped luxury floating homes to be unveiled in Dubai

The Dutch developer behind the homes is expecting regional sales worth $50m over the first year

Dubai’s Nakheel to build new 375,000 sq ft retail complex at Dragon City

The developer has awarded a Dhs117.5m contract to build the complex

Dubai’s Deyaar makes standalone facilities management company

Deyaar remains the full owner of the firm

Dubai property prices drop for sixth consecutive quarter

Average sales rates fell by 12 per cent year-on-year in Q2, finds CBRE

Dubai’s Nakheel awards Dhs1.5bn contract for Al Khail Avenue

The Dhs2bn project will feature hospitality, retail and entertainment facilities

Dubai’s Damac to launch Akoya land plots, JVC apartments

Sale of both projects will begin on August 20

Dubai property market will see upturn in 2017- KPMG

Dubai businessman Al Habtoor says property prices will rise in ‘coming months’

Growth will be driven by the emirate’s ‘landmark’ project, Al Habtoor said

Aramex confirms stake acquisition by Australia Post

The deals follows Aramex’s recent sale of a Sydney-based courier firm to Australia Post

Hyperloop train to travel from Dubai to Fujairah in ‘less than 10 minutes’

Dubai to host international competition next month for hyperloop project designs

Emirates to deploy third daily A380 to Manchester

The jumbo jet will increase capacity on the route by 11 per cent

Dubai airport traffic drops by 1% in June due to Ramadan

In the first half of this year passenger traffic rose 5.8 per cent to 40.51 million people

Dubai-based TURN8 launches $60m venture capital fund

The new fund will be used to support start-ups in technology innovation

Emaar to launch homes next to Dubai Opera in Downtown Dubai

The new residential collection features 718 residential units

Dubai to expand Burj Khalifa metro station under new 2030 transport plan

Dubai’s ruler also approves design of marine transport stations for the water canal project

Dubai airport resumes regular operations after Emirates crash

Hundreds of flights were affected by the disruptions at the airport since Wednesday

Blaze breaks out at building in Dubai’s JVC, no injuries reported

The fire was reportedly brought under control some five hours after it started

Nepali billionaire ‘bullish’ about Dubai’s hospitality market despite oversupply fears

Binod Chaudhary is currently developing the Taj Vivanta hotel in Dubai

Why the UAE will be the theme park capital of the world

Developers are launching at least four new theme parks in the coming months

D-Town Enterprises

A week in the life of… Rowdha Al Sakit, CEO of D-Town Enterprises

The Dubai-based CEO reveals how she balances entrepreneurship with her social life

Dubai airport closure could have cost emirate $330m

Wednesday’s crash landing is believed to have cost Dubai’s economy $1m per minute that Dubai International Airport was closed

Dubai airport reopens second runway, in ‘recovery mode’

Flight disruptions affected 19,000 passengers on Wednesday

“Jump! Jump!” – video shows chaos in cabin of crashed Emirates plane

All 300 passengers and crew were safely evacuated from the plane

Investigation begins into Emirates crash landing

All 300 passengers and crew were safely evacuated from the gutted Boeing 777-300

Consultants sought for next phases of Dubai Tram

RTA issues tender for feasibility study of next phases which will take passengers to destinations including Burj Al Arab, Madinat Jumeirah and Mall of the Emirates