Bloomberg Airbus SE completed the year gone by doing what it does best: selling its bread-and-butter narrow-body aircraft. The European manufacturer firmed up its biggest-ever order from Indigo Partners for 430 A320 aircraft—a contract that was previously announced— while also unveiling a new deal for 50 re-engined versions of the same jet. All told, the flurry of activity during the ...

Bloomberg Many Britons seem to have tightened their belts this festive season in an early sign that retailers won’t have received much of a boost from the holidays. Forty-seven percent of consumers said they spent less on Christmas in 2017 than last, according to a survey by Retail Economics. A quarter said they wouldn’t shop in after-Christmas sales because they ...

Bloomberg President Donald Trump said the US Postal Service should charge Amazon.com Inc. more to deliver packages, the latest in a series of public criticisms of the online retailer and its billionaire founder. The post office “should be charging MUCH MORE” for package delivery, the president tweeted from his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, where he’s spending the holidays. “Why is ...

DUBAI / WAM The Board of Directors of the Sheikh Zayed Housing Programme on Wednesday approved housing support for 449 eligible Emiratis with a total value AED322 million. The housing support is part of the directives of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, and Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, His ...

CASABLANCA / WAM The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) and the OCP Group of Morocco (OCP) announced on Wednesday the signing of a long-term sales agreement whereby ADNOC will supply OCP with granulated Sulphur. Under the agreement, ADNOC, one of the world’s largest exporters of Sulphur, will steadily supply OCP, the largest worldwide Sulphur importer, until 2025. The two ...

DUBAI / WAM Seventeen new judges including five Emiratis at the Dubai first instance courts have sworn-in before His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, at Zabeel Palace. HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of Dubai Executive Council, and ...

DUBAI / Emirates Business Travel is expected to peak once again at the end of the year for Emirates, as the airline expects yet another busy period with visitors flocking into Dubai for New Year’s celebrations. Over 250,000 people are expected to arrive into Dubai from December 28 until just after New Year’s Day, while 200,000 travellers will be departing ...

Fujairah / WAM Total refined product stocks at the Port of Fujairah stood at 16.952 million barrels in the week to December 25, edging up 2% or 326,000 barrels from the previous week, according to data from the Fujairah Energy Data Committee, FEDCom. The rise was largely on the back of a significant increase in middle distillates, rising by almost ...

DUBAI / Emirates Business Emirates Post Group (EPG), encouraged customers to renew their Post Office Box subscriptions before January 31, 2018, to avoid late renewal penalties. Obaid Mohammed Al Qatami, Acting Chief Commercial Officer of EPG, said, “We urge all our customers to renew their P.O. Box subscriptions before the above mentioned date by visiting any of EPG’s post offices ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Emirates News Agency (WAM), is will launch a ‘Kids’ Bulletin’ from next month. The new service comes as part of WAM’s development process and its support for the strategic partners and is designed to enhance its effectiveness in promoting national identity. As of January, strategic partners in news agencies, newspapers, magazines, radio stations, television channels ...