Abu Dhabi / WAM President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has issued directives to allocate an AED6 million grant to purchase a selection of books, and reference and educational materials from the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair (ADIBF), which launched its 31st edition on May 23. The purchased books and materials will be distributed to school ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Supporting priority sectors and opening up new horizons for businesses in Abu Dhabi and Portugal came at the top of discussions between Mohamed Helal Al Mheiri, Director-General of Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and Fernando Figueirinhas, Ambassador of Portugal to the UAE. The meeting took place at the chamber’s tower in Abu Dhabi ...

  DUBAI / Gulf Time Dubai-based carrier flydubai and Standard Chartered, have successfully signed the sale and leaseback (SLB) agreement for five new Boeing 737 Max aircrafts. Four aircrafts were delivered between March and May with the remaining aircraft scheduled to arrive from Boeing, before the end of the first half of the year. The deal was structured, financed and ...

  DUBAI / WAM DP World was awarded two prestigious awards at this year’s Dubai Award for sustainable transport (Dast), recognising its latest sustainable mobility initiatives – the electrical terminal truck under the environmental protection category and the real-time locating system (RTLS) under the mobility management category. HH Sheikh Ahmed bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairman of the Dubai ...

  Dubai / WAM His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Chairman of Dubai Executive Council and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Dubai Future Foundation (DFF), has announced that Dubai will host the Dubai Future Forum on October 10-11, at the Museum of the Future. The forum will convene 400 ...

New York / WAM At a meeting of the UN General Assembly, the 193 member states of the United Nations paid tribute to the late president of the UAE, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan. In his opening remarks to the UN membership, António Guterres, Secretary-General of the UN, said, “At this time of mourning, let us take inspiration from ...

  Dubai / WAM The Commercial Transport activities sector in Dubai has reported a significant growth of 37 percent during the first quarter of 2022 extending from the same period of last year. These results reflect the cohesion and strength of the business movement in the commercial transport sector, which plays a vital and prominent role by contributing to facilitating ...

  Dubai / Gulf Time Dubai-based carrier flydubai and Standard Chartered, have successfully signed the sale and leaseback (SLB) agreement for five new Boeing 737 Max aircrafts. Four aircrafts were delivered between March and May with the remaining aircraft scheduled to arrive from Boeing, before the end of the first half of the year. The deal was structured, financed and ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The sixth edition of the Global Aerospace Summit 2022, hosted by Mubadala, commenced on Tuesday in Abu Dhabi, welcoming around 1,000 C-level leaders, experts and specialists from across the aviation, aerospace, space and defence sectors. This is the first in-person edition of the Summit since the 2018 edition. Mohammed bin Ahmed Al Bowardi, Minister of ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Strategic relations between Abu Dhabi Development Fund for Development (ADFD) and the government of Jordan date to 1974, when ADFD financed the first project in the country. Thereafter, the fund financed hundreds of development projects in vital sectors, whose total value stands at about AED6.5 billion. These projects collectively raised the standard of living in Jordan ...