January, 2023

• 7 January

  First retrofitted Emirates A380 takes flight for UK

  

    Dubai / WAM The first Emirates A380 to be completely refurbished under the airline’s $2 billion retrofit programme has been deployed on Friday on the Dubai-London Heathrow service, operating as EK003. The retrofit work was done on A6-EVM, the first of 120 Emirates aircraft to have completed its refurbishment. Sir Tim Clark, President Emirates Airline, said, “Customers will notice ...

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• 7 January

  Dewa wins ‘global excellence award’

    Dubai / WAM Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) has been crowned with the Global Excellence Assembly awards 2022, based in the US, in the “Organisational Achievements” category. This is in recognition of Dewa’s global achievements in total quality and excellence. Dewa is the only entity worldwide to win this category in the second round of the award this ...

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• 7 January

  Aldar launches Sustainable City on Abu Dhabi’s Yas Island

  

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Aldar Properties (‘Aldar’) in partnership with Diamond Developers has launched The Sustainable City – Yas Island, a sustainability-centric community offering a new way of life for residents in Abu Dhabi. The family friendly development, which builds on the strengths of The Sustainable City – Dubai, is a walkable community in the surrounds of open green spaces, ...

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• 7 January

  Nationwide Pink Caravan Ride kicks off on February 4

  

    Sharjah / WAM The 11th edition of Pink Caravan Ride (PCR), a breast cancer awareness initiative of UAE-based non-profit, Friends of Cancer Patients (FOCP), will commence its annual ride around the seven emirates on February 4, coinciding with World Cancer Day, and marking the internationally recognised day with a unique awareness programme on all forms of cancer. The Pink ...

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• 7 January

  Expo City Dubai extends activities at Winter City

    Dubai / WAM The festive spirit continues at Expo City Dubai, with Winter City extended until January 12 and a parade on January 14 kickstarting celebrations for Chinese New Year. Expo City Dubai’s wintry wonderland activations will continue until January 12, with new timings of 15:00-21:00 from January 9. Visitors can enjoy a market with arts and crafts, arcade ...

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• 7 January

  Emirates’ first retrofitted A380 takes flight for London

  

    Dubai / WAM The first Emirates A380 to be completely refurbished under the airline’s $2 billion retrofit programme has been deployed on Friday on the Dubai-London Heathrow service, operating as EK003. The retrofit work was done on A6-EVM, the first of 120 Emirates aircraft to have completed its refurbishment. Sir Tim Clark, President Emirates Airline, said, “Customers will notice ...

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• 7 January

  Lufthansa to bring back A340 jets for more first-class seats

  

  Bloomberg Europe’s biggest airline is resurrecting a dinosaur of the skies to tackle a dearth of premium seats on lucrative intercontinental routes. Deutsche Lufthansa AG will return five aging Airbus SE A340 jets in order to boost the availability of first-class seats as travel demand continues to rebound from the coronavirus crisis. The widebodies will be brought out of storage ...

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• 7 January

  Southwest Airlines set to revise earnings forecast

  

    Bloomberg Southwest Airlines Co will update its earnings guidance prior to reporting fourth-quarter results to reflect costs associated with an operations meltdown that forced it to cancel 15,700 flights over eight days. “We will be issuing some information before earnings,” Chief Executive Officer Bob Jordan said in an interview without providing specifics of the changes. “Obviously it’s a significant ...

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• 7 January

  UK retail mood may get bleaker following Next’s holiday surprise

  

  Bloomberg British shoppers defied rampant inflation and economic gloom over the holiday season, driving up sales at clothing seller Next Plc and budget retailer B&M European Value Retail SA. Whether that spending will carry into the new year, however, remains in doubt. Next raised its annual profit forecast after Christmas sales gained, helped by a December cold snap that brought ...

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• 7 January

  Bed Bath & Beyond warns it may go out of business

  

  Bloomberg Bed Bath & Beyond has begun preparations for a bankruptcy filing that would likely come during its first operating quarter of the year, according to people with knowledge of the moves who asked not to be named discussing confidential plans. The Union, New Jersey-based company called off a proposed debt exchange and said that it might not be able ...

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