DUBAI / Reuters Abu Dhabi’s new airport terminal is 86 percent complete and on course to open by the fourth quarter of 2019, the airport operator’s chairman said on Sunday. Local media reported in March the opening of the AED10.8 billion Midfield Terminal at Abu Dhabi International had been pushed back two years to 2019, but did not say by ...

SHARJAH / WAM Sharjah’s plans to boost regional connectivity were high on the agenda at a meeting held recently between Sheikh Khalid bin Issam Al Qassimi, chairman of the emirate’s Department of Civil Aviation (DCAA), and a team from Oxford Business Group (OBG). Sheikh Khalid told OBG that given its firm foundations, the local aviation industry was well placed to ...

ABU DHABI / Emirates Business Leading nuclear energy experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and senior UAE officials visited the Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant in Abu Dhabi, witnessing the significant progress being made across all four units. The delegation observed all of the key updates to the construction of the units which are being developed to the highest ...