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Dubai’s Emirates now offers airport map on its app to guide passengers

The wayfinding feature includes Dubai International Airport’s Terminal 3, London’s Heathrow and Gatwick airports as well as Hong Kong International airport

Emirates introduces remote check-in terminal in Dubai for cruise travellers

During the next six months, 198 cruise ships are expected to arrive at Port Rashid and nearly 280,000 passengers will have onward Emirates flights

All Dubai taxi bookings will soon be done only via the Hala app

Customers will get a booking confirmation in less than 10 seconds, and a taxi in an average of 3.5 minutes

UAE-based startup Trukker wins Saudi funds to expand in Middle East

The company’s $23m financing round is being led by STV, a $500m Saudi technology venture capital fund

Dubai Tram has served over 28 million commuters since launch

Dubai Tram completes five years of operations this November

Dubai’s RTA to revamp three metro stations

Dubai Internet City, Damac Properties and UAE Exchange metro stations, will have improvement works carried out.

Motorists can avail 75% discount on traffic fines in Dubai

Dubai Police launches third phase of its traffic fines settlements’ initiative

Dubai’s RTA announces road closures this weekend

Parts of Sheikh Zayed road, MBR Boulevard and Happiness street will be closed on November 8

Dubai’s Emirates posts 282% rise in first half net profit as fuel costs drop

The airline’s net profit during the six-month period reached Dhs862m

Sharjah motorists will soon be able to book parking slots via mobile phones

The smart parking initiative will begin as a three-month pilot programme

New Etihad-Air Arabia low cost airline aims to fill India void

The future carrier will take over most of the 100 slot pairs for the market held by Etihad after ally Jet failed this year

Abu Dhabi’s ADNOC now offers free assisted fuelling

ADNOC Distribution scrapes Dhs10 fee for having assistance while refuelling vehicles

Roads, tunnels leading to Dubai’s Jewel of the Creek project complete

The Dhs4bn Jewel of the Creek project is located between the Al Maktoum bridge and the floating bridge

Saudi to levy new airport tax from 2020 – reports

The new charge will be imposed on passengers travelling on domestic routes

Airbus working to secure 100-jet Air Arabia deal for Dubai Show

An order for 100 narrow-body A320neo-series aircraft from Air Arabia PJSC would be worth more than $10bn at list prices

Dubai introduces low-cost taxi fares for Global Village visitors

Special taxi fares begin October 29 when Global Village opens

Boeing should ‘turn themselves inside out’ after 737 Max crisis – Emirates head

Boeing 737 Max planes were grounded in March 2019 following two fatal crashes

Sharjah tests suspended rail transport system

Short tracks have been set up and testing on longer tracks will commence soon

Saudi’s hyperloop track project to create over 120,000 jobs – study

The study reveals plans for an R&D centre and manufacturing facility

Uber mulls entry into Kuwaiti market – report

The car hailing service has reportedly approached several local authorities

Speed limit increased on key Dubai road

The speed limit on Tripoli Street has been hiked from 80km/hr to 100 km/hr in a certain section

Indian low-cost airline SpiceJet to open first international hub in UAE

SpiceJet also revealed plans to launch an airline from Ras Al Khaimah

Sharjah offers motorists 50% discount on fines

The offer will be valid until January 31, 2020 on fines

UAE’s Ekar to offer Tesla cars for rent

Users can now rent out a Tesla Model S or Model X by the minute in Masdar City

I just took the world’s first 20-hour flight. Here’s what it did to me

Bloomberg’s Angus Whitley had a seat in Qantas’ research flight from New York to Sydney

New bridges to ease entry/exit to Dubai Mall parking to open this month

The bridges link the Dubai Mall Zabeel parking building with the Financial Centre Street, Sheikh Zayed Road and Jumeirah

Etihad, Air Arabia to launch Abu Dhabi’s first low-cost carrier

The new airline, called Air Arabia Abu Dhabi, will have its hub at the Abu Dhabi International Airport

Emirates launches new platform to deliver products from US to UAE

Emirates Delivers allows consumers to shop from multiple online retailers in the US and have the goods delivered in the UAE

Sir Tim Clark Emirates Airlines

Dubai’s Emirates warns US-EU jet-tariff war will drive up travel costs

A tit-for-tat imposition of import duties on Boeing and Airbus planes would ultimately increase the cost of planes and ticket prices

New Abu Dhabi toll gates will only charge motorists from January 1, 2020

The four toll gates will be become operational from October 15