DUBAI / WAM Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) reached an agreement to buy Dublin-based AWAS Aviation Capital Ltd. from UK private equity firm Terra Firma Capital Partners, DAE announced on Monday. The multi-billion deal will propel DAE, one of the Middle East’s biggest plane-leasing companies, into the top rank of global players in the field. The deal will swell the …

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Abu Dhabi achieved a record 4% rise in the number of hotel guest arrivals over the first three months of the year in comparison to the same period in 2016. The increase in hotel guest arrivals was driven by the rapid growth in visitor numbers from China and Russia. New visa-on-arrival regulations have seen …

  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, today received the players of the National Jiu-Jitsu Team who won gold medals at the 9th Abu Dhabi World Professional Jiu-Jitsu Championship 2017, in His Highness’s Council at the Al Bahr Palace. HH Sheikh …