Telecom Egypt Expects Mobile Licence In March Or April

Telecom Egypt has been relying on its data business to boost revenue.

IATA Cuts 2014 Global Airline Profit Forecast To $18.7bn

Higher oil prices due to tensions in Crimea and economic weakness in Argentina and Brazil are expected to weigh on profits.

SpiceJet Places $4.4bn Boeing Order

The deal is a further fillip for Boeing, following flydubai’s large 737 MAX order placed at the Dubai Airshow

No Sign Of Missing Malaysian Plane, As Search Spreads Far Across Land And Sea

The search for the Malaysian Airlines jetliner and its 239 people on board has now entered the fifth day.

Gold Extends Gains On Safe-Haven Demand

Weakness in equities and base metals, along with technical buying, propelled gold prices through resistance at $1,355 an ounce.

JA Resorts And Hotels Buys Maldives Resort

Dubai operator steps up its Indian Oceans portfolio with purchase of 84-key resort

Hyundai Motor To Launch First Battery-Powered Electric Car In 2016

The South Korean car maker has so far focussed on manufacturing fuel-cell cars.

Bahrain’s GFH To Start $3bn Tunisia Project

The financial park and real estate project had been suspended for five years.

TIMELINE-Malaysia Airlines Flight To Beijing Missing In Asia

A timeline of events in the disappearance of a Malaysia Airlines jetliner which vanished from radar screens on Saturday.

Qatar-Backed Bloc Says To Rejoin Syrian Opposition Coalition

The 40-member bloc, which quit the 120-member coalition, said it had returned to confront what it saw as its unfair exclusion from decision-making.

Emirates Starts Daily Boston Flights

The east coast city becomes the eighth destination in the carrier’s US network

UAE’s Arabtec Agrees $40 billion Housing Project With Egypt Army

The project will cover 160 million square meters across 13 sites in Egypt for lower income individuals, a statement said.

Japan Airlines Boeing 787 Makes Emergency Landing At Honolulu

The jetliner en route to San Francisco from Tokyo diverted to Honolulu after oil pressure in its right engine dropped.

Iraqi PM Maliki Says Saudi, Qatar Openly Funding Violence In Anbar

He also blamed both countries for launching Syria’s three-year civil war through al Qaeda-linked groups.

Caution May Return On Ukraine-Russia Crisis, Egypt Clashes Could Weigh

Regional shares were dampened last week due to the Ukrainian crisis but recovered lost ground as the situation seemed to have calmed.

Malaysian Jet’s Disappearance Among Rarest Of Aviation Disasters

The incident is likely to rekindle a debate about whether black box flight recorders should be replaced with satellite-based systems capable of sending back telemetry in real time.

IMF Says Its ‘Negative Image’ Steers Countries Away From Borrowing

The Fund’s traditional lending programs are meant for countries with an urgent crisis, and come with stringent conditions attached.

Egypt Lobbies Germany To Ease Travel Advisory

The fatal bombing of a tourist bus in Egypt’s Sinai region prompted a travel advisory from Germany.

Middle East Records 18% Air Passenger Traffic Growth In January-IATA

Middle Eastern carriers are benefitting from the strength of regional economies and a solid growth in business-related premium travel, says IATA.

Drake & Scull’s German Unit Wins Two Indian Deals Worth Dhs50m

Passavant-Roediger, a German subsidiary of UAE-based Drake & Scull International, will undertake one project in Gujarat and one in Rajasthan.

More Gulf Capacity Set For Tokyo

Qatar Airways joins Emirates in providing more access to and from Tokyo’s second airport

Lufthansa, Qatar Airways Clash Over In-Flight Movies On Smartphones

Germany’s Lufthansa has announced plans to offer wirelessly streamed movies to passengers.

All EU Citizens To Get UAE Visa On Arrival From March 22

The UAE has passed a new ruling exempting citizens from 13 European member states from requiring a pre-entry visa.

Lufthansa Unveils Premium Economy Seat

Seats have 50 per cent more room than economy and will initially be on Boeing 747-8s and gradually rolled out across the long-haul fleet.

Sofitel Dubai Downtown To Open May 1

The city’s third Sofitel will have a strong artistic flavour

Yahoo To Stop User Access Of Services With Facebook, Google IDs

Users will need Yahoo accounts to access services such as Fantasy Sports and photo-sharing site Flickr.

Middle East Air Passenger Traffic To Grow By 6.7%

Air passenger traffic in the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Oman is expected to grow at 6.6, 6.9 and 7.2 per cent respectively, a report says.

Inflation Rates In GCC Economies To Rise In 2014

Inflation rates will stay at manageable, low single-digit levels throughout the region, the report said.

Bahrain’s Al Salam Bank Launches Asian Islamic REIT Fund

The REIT will invest in between 15 and 35 properties and be managed by Swiss-based B&I Capital AG.

Revealed: Top 10 Billionaires In The GCC

Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed again ranks first in the region on Forbes’ annual list of the world’s billionaires.