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Abu Dhabi / WAM The General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) said that investigations into the cause of the flydubai crash are still examining the collected data related to the crew, aircraft, maintenance, ATC and weather, as well as the aircraft wreckage of the crashed flydubai Boeing 737-800. Saif Mohamed Al Suwaidi, GCAA Director-General said, “Before the data is fully examined, ...

Dubai / Emirates Business As part of its commitment to Dubai’s smart city vision, Dubai Trade, the premier cross-border trade facilitator, has partnered with Nakheel to offer its ‘Rosoom’ online payment services to the developer’s 45,000 customers. The partnership allows Nakheel customers to use ‘Rosoom’ as a convenient, online payment system to pay service charges for owner associations, community management ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan has sent a congratulatory cable to President Mohammed Abdul Hamid of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh on the occasion of the anniversary of his country’s Independence Day. Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, and His Highness ...

AMMAN / WAM The United Arab Emirates national Jiu-Jitsu team has concluded its participation in the West Asia Championship in the Arena Hall at Al Hussein City in the Jordanian capital Amman, receiving seven medals, three of gold, two of silver and two of Bronze. The tournament was started on Friday with the participation of eight teams from the United ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The National Centre for Meteorology and Seismology (NCMS) has warned of low-visibility caused by aggravated dust and sand, and advised against frequenting the sea. The NCMS said that the country will continue to be affected on Monday and Tuesday by south to southeasterly winds over most areas, causing some blowing dust and sand, and poor visibility ...

DUBAI / WAM The UAE’s Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation (FANR) on Sunday inaugurated an office in Dubai as part of its efforts to extend its services to organisations and companies that use nuclear- and radiation-related technologies in the UAE. The facility opened in Dubai Cargo Village, where the office will be open every Sunday from 9 a.m. to 2:30 ...

ABU DHABI / WAM ADNOC Distribution has announced the temporary closure of Embassy Area service station in Abu Dhabi. The service station will remain closed from March 28 for 6 weeks for conversion to SMART services as well as the execution of facility upgrade works. Khalid Hadi, Vice President, Marketing and Corporate Communication Division at ADNOC Distribution, said, “The temporary ...

SHARJAH / Emirates Business A new Sharjah Museums Department (SMD) initiative is encouraging local school students to bury themselves in books this year at its line-up of museum libraries. Coinciding with UAE reads initiative, ‘Read at Sharjah Museums’ is a year-long scheme held to mark the UAE leadership’s recent declaration of 2016 as Year of Reading. Hundreds of school students ...

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) announced on Sunday that it has distributed the first cash dividends on behalf of one of its listed companies through distributing the dividends of the shareholders of the Union National Bank (UNB) on bank’s behalf. Thus, the Union National Bank became the first listed company in the United Arab Emirates ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi Airports reported an 8.7% increase in passenger traffic at Abu Dhabi International Airport (AUH), for February 2016, compared to the same month last year. A total of 1,863,942 people traveled through AUH last month, exceeding February 2015’s figure of 1,715,540. “We continue to see year on year growth in passenger numbers traveling through Abu ...