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Things are looking better after two years – Emirates CEO

‘We are in a world in which we have to change all the time’ – Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed

Airbus beats Boeing on deliveries, is set to lose on orders

The latter part of last year saw carriers take advantage of low prices to make landmark orders

Dubai Airport

Dubai Airports chief says visitors to the emirate surpassing pre-Covid levels

Paul Griffiths also anticipates that Covid testing at airports will end in the near future

Wizz Air Abu Dhabi to begin operations to Russia’s Krasnodar

Flights will operate twice a week, commencing from February 7, 2022

Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi offers 25% discount on traffic fines paid within 30 days of violation

Also, all parking permit services for residents in Abu Dhabi has moved to the Darb platform

Dubai taxi

Dubai Taxi to add 2,219 vehicles to fleet, including 1,775 hybrids

The total number of hybrids operated by Dubai Taxi will rise to 4,105, accounting for 71 per cent of its entire fleet

Power Letters 2022: Colm McLoughlin, executive vice chairman and CEO, Dubai Duty Free

Dubai International Airport is forecasting around 56 million passengers and we expect our revenue to continue to grow in line with that

Dubai’s Emirates named the world’s safest airline

The Middle Eastern airline came out on top in a study of 25 airlines conducted by the Hamburg-based Jet Airliner Crash Data Evaluation Centre

Emirates

Emirates suspends flights between Dubai and six African destinations

The airline will operate one-way flights from Dubai to six other countries

Air Arabia

Air Arabia resumes city check-in service in Sharjah, Ras Al Khaimah and Ajman

The centres will accept baggage for direct transportation to the airport and generate boarding passes between 8-24 hours prior to departure

2022: Abu Dhabi International Airport completes 40 years of operations

The airport officially opened on January 2, 1982

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Emirates suspends entry of passengers from 10 African countries to Dubai

Outbound passenger operations from Dubai to these destinations will remain unaffected

Emirates Angola Guinea

Emirates suspends flights from two African countries to Dubai

The suspensions from Angola and Guinea take effect from Tuesday, December 28

Public parking in Dubai to remain free on Fridays ‘until further notice’

Revised timings have been announced by the RTA for the Dubai Metro

ADQ, Etihad unveil plans to grow Abu Dhabi’s aviation ecosystem

Etihad Airways to divest several entities to ADQ’s new company and to ADNEC

Cathay Pacific warns of ‘several’ more flight cancellations in January

The pandemic and the government’s strict rules on quarantine have forced the airline to dramatically pare back services

Dubai’s Emirates announces extension of flight suspension from Kenya

Dubai had announced a 48-hour temporary suspension on all flights from Kenya on December 20

Emirates to reopen 20 airport lounges across its network

First and business class passengers, as well as platinum and gold skywards members to have access to more than 120 Emirates lounges

Egypt seeks to build affordable electric vehicles priced at around $20,000

Production is set to begin in 2023, with output increasing to an annual 20,000 units over three years

Dubai airport back at ‘100% operating capacity’

Terminal 3 is expected to serve more than 1.6 million passengers in the second half of December

Dubai temporarily suspends flights from Kenya – Emirates

Emirates says inbound flights from Kenya for will be suspended for 48 hours effective from Monday

Dubai’s Emirates SkyCargo transports 600 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines

Each Emirates SkyCargo flight carried seven million Covid-19 vaccine doses

Dubai’s RTA awards contract for 16km of roads at Al Quoz 2

The project will improve the accessibility of the market complex and Al Quoz Lake Park

Dubai’s Emirates to operate flights at full capacity to Brisbane as Australian city eases restrictions

The airline’s flights will also return to full capacity on the Dubai-Perth route from February 5

UAE suspends all flights from Congo, announces new travel rules for four other African countries

Travellers who were in Congo up to 14 days before coming to the UAE will also not be permitted to enter the country

Dubai E-scooters

RTA to operates e-scooters in 10 Dubai districts from Q1 2022

The RTA plans to expand the use of e-scooters to several other districts in the city

Dubai’s Emirates to suspend all Nigeria flights from December 13

The last flights to operate on December 12 include EK 783/784 to/from Lagos and EK 785/786 to/from Abuja

Dubai’s Emirates to welcome over a million passengers through DXB’s Terminal 3 until Dec 21

The upcoming weekend will see close to 250,000 travellers departing from Terminal 3

UAE’s Etihad signs codeshare agreement with Italy’s ITA Airways

The new commercial partnership is designed to boost business travel and tourism between the two countries

Etihad Conscious Choices

UAE’s Etihad launches Conscious Choices, world’s first green loyalty programme

Conscious Choices will rewards customers with Tier Miles and other benefits for carrying less baggage on board and offsetting their flights’ carbon emissions using Etihad Guest Miles