ABU DHABI / AGENCIES Abu Dhabi-listed Aldar Properties won a contract on Monday to build a new site for the twofour54 free trade zone that hosts media firms. Aldar, the state-linked construction firm that built Abu Dhabi’s Formula One circuit, was awarded the build-operate-transfer contract for the new site by the government-owned Media Zone Authority- Abu Dhabi, twofour54 said in ...

LONDON / WAM The UAE-UK Business Council held its eleventh plenary meeting at the PwC Head Office in London. Against the backdrop of the current General Election in the United Kingdom, The Business Council continued to review both the challenges and opportunities presented by the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union. The Business Council was keen to ensure that if ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi International Airport (AUH) handled in excess of 2 million passengers in the month of April this year, representing a 5.6% increase in airport traffic compared with April of 2016, which reached 1.9 million. Total arrivals hit 1,050,520 up by 6.6%, total departures, 1,019,835 up by 5.8%, and total transfer passengers reached 1,311,262 up by ...