Dubai / Emirates Business DEWA’s 200MW Photovoltaic Plant Project Activity successfully achieved the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) registration under UNFCCC with an initial crediting period of seven years. The Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park is the largest single-site project of its kind in the world. It will generate 1,000MW by 2020, and 5,000MW by 2030, with total …

  Bloomberg Southwest Airlines Co. pilots approved a new contract that will boost pay almost 30 percent over its term and improve retirement benefits while falling short of recent raises proposed at some rival US carriers. The agreement was approved by about 84 percent of those voting, the Southwest Airlines Pilots’ Association said in a statement. The labor group, which …

  Lagos / AFP Nearly 60 percent of domestic flights were delayed in Nigeria in just three months to the end of September, local media reported, citing statistics from the country’s aviation regulator. The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) recorded 7,722 delays of the 13,097 scheduled flights operated by eight airlines in the third quarter; 253 services were cancelled in …