Abu Dhabi / WAM The Government of Japan announced that it has conferred the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon, by the Emperor of Japan on Nasser Ahmed Alsowaidi, Chairman of the National Bank of Abu Dhabi (NBAD), in recognition of his outstanding contribution to promoting economic relations between Japan and the United Arab Emirates. The ...

  Sharjah / Emirates Business With a rapidly growing global network served from regional hubs across the Middle East and North Africa, Air Arabia is to introduce SITA’s next-generation passenger management system to extract even greater efficiency across its operations. Air Arabia carried close to 8 million passengers in 2015, serving 101 destinations spread across the Middle East, North Africa, ...

  DUBAI / WAM The Ministry of Economy discussed ways to minimise the export of paper, leather and aluminium waste to other countries in order to provide raw materials for the national industry. This came during a meeting chaired by Abdullah Sultan Alfan Alshamsi, Assistant Under-Secretary for Industrial Affairs at the Ministry of Economy. The practice has caused a shortage ...