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  Dubai / WAM Emirates will operate a special one-off A380 service to Amman on September 25, marking 30 years of commitment to Jordan. The airline’s flagship double-decker, with the ability to carry over 500 passengers at a time, will make history when it becomes the first-ever scheduled A380 service to Queen Alia International Airport, and it will also be ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM Etihad Airways, the national airline of the UAE, will expand its services to Italy with a new daily flight to Venice’s Marco Polo Airport. The new service will begin operations from October 30 and be served by an Airbus A319, offering 16 seats in Business and 90 in Economy. Together with Alitalia, its code-share and ...

  Dubai / WAM Mattar Al Tayer, Director-General and Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), has discussed with Frode Mouring, Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNPD), the UAE, a host of issues of common concern including strengthening bilateral co-operation. The two parties also tackled sharing of information and knowledge, and ...

  Dubai / WAM Dubai Municipality (DM) will launch the third phase of its ‘My City My Environment project’ in October after the successful completion of the first and second phases of the project, which was launched in 2012. Salah Amiri, Assistant Director-General of Environment and Public Health Services Sector at DM, said that this phase will cover Muhaisina, Nadd Al ...

  Dubai / WAM Emirates Environment Group (EEG), honoured the winners of the recycling, reforestation and recycling campaign, it carried out for a month involving various members of the community during the summer. The programme was part of the EEG’s efforts to promote the message of World Day to Combat Desertification in collaboration with the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification. ...

  Sharjah / WAM Al Qasba, Sharjah’s premier leisure, tourism and family destination, has unveiled two electric vehicle charging stations as part of the emirate’s green parking initiative, launched recently by the Sharjah Investment and Development Authority, (Shurooq) with the aim of promoting a sustainable ecosystem in Sharjah. The charging stations are also to be used to spread awareness about the ...

    Dubai / WAM Customers no longer have to stand in line for regular customs card for the ‘means of transport and machinery issuance’ procedure. The process has become a lot easier now, as Dubai Customs has deployed an automated, self-service device to issue the card in Port Rashid Customs Centre. Dubai Customs issued a total of 769,000 customs cards ...

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Peruvian gold exports to the UAE reached US$233 million in the first half of 2016, a 155% increase compared to the same period in 2015. Total gold shipments jumped from 42 kilograms in 2015 to reach more than 7 metric tons in 2016, making the UAE the fourth largest destination for Peru’s gold exports, ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business The Dubai Future Accelerators (DFA) programme received an unprecedented number of submissions for the first cycle of its programme, which begins September 12. Over 2,200 companies from 73 countries, on all 7 continents, applied to be a part of the first cycle of the program; including one submission from scientists in Antarctica! Applications poured in ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business HE Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD & CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), visited the Mohammed bin Rashid Solar Park (MBRSP), in Seih Al-Dahal, Dubai. The Park’s ongoing projects support the Dubai Clean Energy Strategy 2050, launched by HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE ...