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Filipino evacuees from Libya land in Dubai
Four plane loads of Filipino evacuees from Djerba, Tunisia, arrived at Terminal 1 of Dubai International Airport on Tuesday night and Wednesday noon for immediate repatriation to Manila. The arrival of the first four flights to Dubai signaled the beginning of the ongoing evacuation of Filipino expatriates from Libya via Dubai and Abu Dhabi.
Dubai’s debt plans ‘well received’
ONE of the biggest lenders to the state-owned holding company Dubai World said yesterday that Dubai World’s $24,8bn debt restructure plans had been welcomed by creditors.
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Passenger traffic at Dubai International Airport hits new record
Dubai International began the new year in top gear as monthly traffic in January reached...
Etihad Airways to invest in digital infrastructure
Abu Dhabi: Etihad Airways is investing in digital infrastructure, with plans to have an innovation...
UAE weather today: Cloudy, windy, misty with a chance of…
It's going to be fairly cloudy today with light to moderate winds, according to the...
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New A380 Onboard Lounge | Emirates Airline
Emirates is introducing an enhanced Onboard Lounge for its flagship Airbus A380 aircraft.
The new...
Dubai Spring Carnival starts today
Ahmed Abdul Karim, Director, Department of Public Parks and Horticulture, said: "The public parks in Dubai are not purely commercial entities and the Dubai Government has invested several billion dirhams to develop these parks in accordance with the long-term vision of the leaders. It is our core strategy to attract more people to public parks."
Motiongate Dubai: Get ready for Hollywood fun
Motiongate Dubai will be a good addition to the region's growing theme park industry and...
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Historic first flight shows all systems are 'Go' for Dubai's new airport
Dubai Airports paved the way for the successful opening of Dubai World Central-Al Maktoum International for cargo operations on June 27 after the new airport passed a series of operational tests conducted during its first 'live' flight yesterday with flying colours.
Emirates flight makes emergency landing in Mumbai
A Dubai-bound Emirates flight with 186 passengers on board was forced into making an emergency landing Wednesday at Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport shortly after take-off owing to technical problems with one of its engines.
Palestinians in Dubai airport asylum appeal
Four of the eight Palestinians who were allowed into Dubai after being stranded more than a month at the airport have requested asylum in the west, telling authorities their lives would be in danger if they returned to Gaza. The men, part of a group of eight who had been stuck in transit for up to 46 days after Egyptian officials refused them entry to Egypt, returned to Dubai International Airport's terminal one on Monday, spending the night sleeping on the floor.
Emirates announces $1 billion bond repayment
Emirates has repaid a bullet bond valued at $1 billion (AED3.673 billion) and plans to repay another bond worth SGD150 million ($111 million) later this month, the airline said on Thursday.
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If Clark takes a subway from the station conveniently located in his building to its last station and then hops in a cab for another couple of minutes, he can already survey what will be the home of his airline's future headquarters building: Dubai World Central, a new, massive airport. Although Emirates won't be able to move into its facilities there until 2022, there are already eight-lane palm-lined streets leading to the airport's 140-square-kilometer (54-square-mile) desert plot.
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IndiGo launches Dubai-Hyderabad daily flight
IndiGo Airlines Tuesday launched its new daily Dubai-Hyderabad flight with an Airbus-320 aircraft. The first flight landed at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) from Dubai at 11.05 a.m. and received a traditional water canon salute welcome at the airport in the presence of RGIA and IndiGo Airlines officials.
Best airport micro-hotels proving that size is not everything
And they are spreading beyond the airport terminal. Yotel, which operates short-stay "cabins" in airports in London and Amsterdam, has also opened a hotel in Manhattan based on a similar concept, while Sleepbox, which has a demonstration model in Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport, will open 60 of its units in downtown Moscow in a matter of weeks.
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Emirates partners with flydubai, broadens destinations
Emirates has announced the expansion of its network to 29 flydubai destinations across three continents after the two Dubai-based airline companies sealed an extensive partnership deal.
“This is an exciting first step in unlocking the...
Passengers at Dubai airports to pay excise tax
Dubai: Dubai Duty Free (DDF) confirmed on Monday that both departing and arriving passengers at Dubai’s airports will pay an excise tax on carbonated drinks and energy drinks in line with the UAE’s implementation...
Dubai airport offers ‘sleep pods’ to travellers
Dubai Airports has introduced “sleep pods” at Dubai International (DXB) Terminal 3, it said on Wednesday.
The Scandinavian-designed sleep lounge, located close to Gate A1 in Concourse A, includes 20 “igloo sleep pods” and seven...
Emirates in Kolkata airport bird strike
No passengers suffered any injuries during a reported bird strike encountered by an Emirates flight EK571 landing at Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport in West Bengal on Monday, according to the Kolkata airport.
There...
Emirates NBD Group becomes official banking partner for Expo 2020 Dubai
Emirates NBD, a leading banking group in the region, has signed a Premier Partnership agreement with Expo 2020 Dubai to become its Official Banking Partner.
The partnership marks Emirates NBD’s long-term commitment to supporting the...
Emirates’ Sheikh Ahmed says confident over succession plan
Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum has dismissed concerns over corporate succession should Emirates president Tim Clark retire in the near future.
Clark has been in post since 2003 and has lived in Dubai for...
Emirates to launch new first class product ‘this year’ – Sheikh Ahmed
Emirates is to launch a brand-new First Class product "by the end of 2017", the group's chairman Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum told reporters on Tuesday.
There have been whispers of a new First...
No plans to reduce US flights, says Qatar Airways
On the day it announced plans to launch flights to San Francisco, Qatar Airways CEO insisted that the carrier has no plans to reduce its capacity on any of its routes to the United...
Passenger traffic at DXB up 7.4% in Q1
Passenger traffic at Dubai International (DXB) airport grew 7.4 percent during the first quarter of 2017, according to the latest figures released today.
Dubai Airports said a total of 22,496,596 passengers used DXB during the...
Air Canada apologizes for bumping youth off oversold flight
Air Canada has apologized and offered compensation for bumping a 10-year-old off a flight, the boy's father said on Monday, after the Canadian family's story sparked headlines following a high-profile incident involving overbooking by...
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Dubai International soars to a record
"Robust passenger traffic growth continues despite high fuel prices and growing economic uncertainty in Europe and the US," said Paul Griffiths, the chief executive of Dubai Airports, which manages Dubai International and the new Al Maktoum International Airport in Jebel Ali. "This is being driven by the addition of new routes and frequencies."
