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SHARJAH / WAM Air Arabia on Tuesday launched its inaugural flight to a new European destination, Prague in Czech Republic, direct from Sharjah. The flight departed Sharjah International Airport, at 07:35 hours and landed in Prague Vaclav Havel Airport on Tuesday at 11:20 hours local time. The six hour 50-minute flight operates five times a week, every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, ...

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Etisalat’s ‘eLife Unlimited’ customers are in for a major upgrade as Etisalat doubles the broadband speed across the board of the recently launched ‘eLife Unlimited’ plans. The plans now deliver more than five times the broadband speed of the previous generation. ‘eLife Unlimited’ customers will immediately enjoy the new speeds at no extra charge automatically. ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, has received an invitation from President Beji Caid Essebsi of Tunisia, to attend the 30th Arab League Summit to be held in Tunis in March 2019. The invitation was received by His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs, ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM During its meeting in Riyadh, chaired by the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia, with the participation of the His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, the 39th Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Summit has conveyed ...

Dubai / WAM For the first time, E2 Dubai South has introduced a 3D virtual tour of spacious events venue on its website, setting up a fresh and contemporary trend in Dubai’s events industry. The tour displays a 360-degree view of the modern centre’s interior and allows users to enjoy an exciting virtual experience. The 3D graphics transport remote spectators ...

Dubai / Emirates Business November data signalled a stronger improvement in the health of Dubai’s non-oil private sector, reflecting faster expansions in business activity and new work and a stable trend in employment. The three main sectors monitored all registered stronger performances, with construction seeing the fastest growth. The seasonally adjusted Emirates NBD Dubai Economy Tracker Index – a composite ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM With the launch of Etihad Airways passenger services to Barcelona, Etihad Cargo has expanded its cargo capacity into Spain, providing freight forwarders and cargo customers greater access to its global network along key trade routes connecting Europe to the Middle East, Africa and Asia over its Abu Dhabi hub. Etihad launched its first scheduled flights linking ...

dubai / WAM The Etihad Credit Insurance (ECI), the UAE federal export credit company, announces its association with Aman Union, a professional forum for commercial and non-commercial risks insurers and reinsurers in member countries of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation. Amongst Aman Union’s members are multilateral agencies such as The Arab Investment and Export Credit Guarantee Corporation (Dhaman); The Islamic ...

Bloomberg Some of the world’s biggest fossil-fuel producers are calling on taxpayers to help them kick their pollution habit. The world’s biggest oil, natural gas and mining companies are stepping up their campaign to deploy carbon capture and storage, or CCS, as way to slow global warming. But with a potential $90-billion-a-year price tag, it’s too rich for them to ...

Bloomberg Big oil is investing more in US shale, not less, after the recent tumble in crude prices. The US shale sector has helped boost American production to an average of 10.9 million barrels a day this year, the most on record. Output is forecast to grow a further 11 percent next year, according the Energy Information Administration. ConocoPhillips said ...