Bloomberg A federal rule change about how airlines count the luggage they lose has pitted Southwest Airlines Co., the “bags fly free” carrier, against its two larger rivals, which tend to charge for the privilege of using the cargo hold. For decades, an airline’s lost-bag rate has been calculated by dividing the number of people it flies by the number ...

DUBAI / WAM Princess Moudi bint Khalid bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, member of the Board of Trustees of the King Khalid Foundation, has received Hessa Essa Buhumaid, Minister of Community Development, at the headquarters of the Foundation. Buhumaid learned about the Foundation’s programmes provided to all segments of the society and its role played to develop the social security policy. ...

DUBAI / WAM The total value of non-oil trade between the Emirate of Dubai and Germany reached AED40 billion in 2017, the Director of Dubai Customs, Ahmed Mahboob Musabih said during a meeting with Gunter Rauer, Consul-General of Germany in the emirate. The two discussed means of boosting cooperation between Germany and Dubai especially in bilateral trade and customs business. ...