Dubai / WAM Dubai International Airport, DXB, welcomed a record 7.7 million passengers in August, eclipsing the previous record achieved in July, according to the monthly traffic report issued by operator, Dubai Airports. Passenger traffic at DXB reached 7,727,105 compared to 7,282,256 in the corresponding month last year, an increase of 6.1 percent. The year to date traffic totalled ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The inaugural edition of the Global Manufacturing and Industrialisation Summit (GMIS) will be held at Al Reem Island, in Abu Dhabi, from March 27-30 the organising committee has announced. The GMIS will bring together high-profile representatives of public and private sectors, and representatives of civil society organisations. It will also attract global innovators in the ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Inspectors from the General Administration of Customs, Abu Dhabi, recently foiled two attempts to smuggle more than SR9.7 million at Al Ghuwaifat Customs Centre, in two separate incidents, when two Asian travellers were caught entering the country through the land border during a routine inspection. In one case, inspectors became suspicious of a vehicle driven ...