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Sharjah / Emirates Business Air Arabia, the Middle East and North Africa’s first and largest low-cost carrier (LCC), announced that, from June 2, it will become the first airline to connect the UAE and the Turkish city of Izmir with a direct flight. Izmir, which is the third largest city in Turkey, joins Istanbul, Antalya, Bodrum and Trabzon as the ...

DUBAI / Emirates Business Dubai-based property developer, Omniyat, appointed Transguard Group, the UAE-based business services provider, to handle facilities management (FM) services across its portfolio of commercial Business Bay properties, including The Opus, which was designed by internationally-renowned architect, the late Dame Zaha Hadid, DBE. Under the terms of the three-year, AED14.5 million contract, mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP) maintenance, ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi Airports announced the receipt of two ‘Pearl ratings’ from Estidama, for the construction of two of its latest facilities, the District Cooling Plan of the Midfield Terminal (MTB), and the fire station at Sir Bani Yas Island Airport. The objective of the Pearl Building Rating System (PBRS), from Estidama, an initiative from the Department ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Department of Transport – Abu Dhabi (DoT) and the Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company (Masdar) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to cooperate in the study, testing and evaluation of sustainable, electrical and autonomous transport technologies. Khalifa Mohamed Al Mazrouei, Under-Secretary of the Department of Transport, and Mohamed Jameel Al Ramahi, Masdar’s Chief Executive Officer, ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Saif Badr Al Qubaisi, General Manager of Abu Dhabi City Municipality (ADM) signed an agreement and several contracts with property development and investment companies. The contracts included constructing, building and operating recreational playgrounds for workers and Musaffah, and an agreement for construction and operation of recreational playgrounds for workers, one sports complex in Musaffah, 4 service ...

DUBAI / WAM Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, Managing Director and CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) met with a high-level delegation from the US Department of Energy. Waleed Salman, Executive Vice President of Business Development and Excellence, Dr. Yousef Al Akraf, Executive Vice President of Business Support and Human Resources, and Marwan Bin Haider, Executive Vice President of ...

Dubai / Emirates Business Dubai Land Department (DLD) announced that Dubai has been chosen to host the First Arab Land Conference, which will be held between February 26 -28. The conference will address many of the most-challenging land-related issues in Arab countries, including how to manage land to reduce conflicts, and how to maximize the use of land and real ...

Dubai / Emirates Business The 2017 edition of the CSR in Action programme, which is spearheaded by the Al Ahli Holding Group (AAHG), selected five projects for further development in the pilot stage. Run over a period of four months, the programme has helped to significantly enhance the practice and awareness of CSR activities among practitioners and students. CSR in ...

Dubai / Emirates Business MAG Lifestyle Development (MAG LD), the development arm of MAG Group, announced that it will deliver its ‘MAG 5 Boulevard’ project months earlier than expected as construction works continue to progress ahead of schedule. The first phase of the value housing project in Dubai South was due to be handed over in Q4 2018, but the ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, on Saturday received Angelino Alfano, Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs, who is currently on a visit to the country to attend the third round of the UAE-Italy Strategic Dialogue, to be held in Abu ...