September, 2019

• 9 September

  Typhoon strands 5,000 passengers at Narita airport

  

  Bloomberg More than 5,000 passengers are stranded at Japan’s Narita international airport as highways were closed off and train services were suspended after a powerful typhoon hit the nation’s capital. That number was expected to rise until the last flight arrived at about 11 pm, with no notice so far from the rail and highway operators on when services and ...

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• 9 September

  Air France-KLM shares drop on disappointing summer bookings

  

  Bloomberg Air France-KLM shares dropped the most in six months after the Franco-Dutch carrier said last-minute demand in the crucial summer season has been disappointing. “Close-in bookings in the peak travel period are weaker than foreseen in view of softening macro-economic environment,” the Paris-based airline said in a statement on its August figures on Monday. The shares fell as much ...

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• 9 September

  CDU leader says flight tax could help climate push

  Bloomberg The head of Germany’s ruling Christian Democrats suggested a levy on flights could be introduced to encourage travellers to use less polluting means of transport and help tackle climate change. Rail travel must be made cheaper, possibly by cutting sales tax on train tickets, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, leader of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s CDU party, said in an interview with ARD ...

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• 9 September

  Cargo door explosion ends Boeing 777X tests

  Bloomberg Boeing Co suspended testing of its 777X aircraft after a cargo door failed in a ground stress test, Reuters reported, citing a statement from a company spokesman. “During final load testing on the 777X static test airplane, the team encountered an issue that required suspension of the test,” Reuters quoted the spokesman as saying. The setback occurred last week, ...

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• 9 September

  Primark defies UK retail gloom by betting on in-store sales

  

  z Bloomberg Discount clothing chain Primark is betting that opening more and bigger stores will drive sales gains, bucking a trend in which competitors are scaling back their bricks-and-mortar presence. The apparel brand, owned by Associated British Foods Plc (AB Foods), expects new stores in the US and Europe to propel sales for the full year. The strategy runs counter ...

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• 8 September

  UAE, Saudi urge Yemen government and separatists to halt fighting

  

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The governments of the United Arab Emirates and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia have welcomed the response by the Legitimate Government of Yemen and the Southern Transitional Council, on the Kingdom’s call for dialogue, saying it is “a major and positive step” towards ending the recent crisis in the governorates of Aden, Abyan and Shabwa. The ...

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• 8 September

  Abu Dhabi leading efforts to shape global energy future

  

  ABU DHABI / WAM The upcoming 24th World Energy Conference 2019 will crown Abu Dhabi’s efforts to face the challenges of the global energy sector and shape a brighter future, as well as become the world’s energy capital, according to Suhail bin Mohammed Faraj Faris Al Mazrouei, Minister of Energy and Industry. During an interview with the Emirates News Agency ...

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• 8 September

  SCI spends AED2.5 billion on charitable projects

  SHARJAH / WAM As part of its charitable and humanitarian projects within the UAE and abroad from 2008-2018, Sharjah Charity International (SCI), spent AED2.5 billion in past decade on aid packages for underprivileged citizens and residents in UAE, payments for orphans, and the implementation of projects in some 110 developing countries across the world. This was documented in a report ...

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• 8 September

  Role of innovation in UAE’s green economy shift in focus at WGES

  DUBAI / WAM The upcoming sixth edition of the World Green Economy Summit (WGES 2019), will showcase innovation, as well as the key achievements realised by the UAE to push forward its transformation to a green economy. The event will take place on October 20-21 at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre. Held under the patronage of HH Sheikh ...

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• 8 September

  Saudi King appoints new energy minister

  

  Bloomberg Saudi Arabia’s King Salman dismissed Energy Minister Khalid Al-Falih and replaced him with one of his sons, putting a royal family member in charge of oil policy in the world’s largest crude exporter for the first time. Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman, a longtime top Energy Ministry official, is an older half-brother to the Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Analysts ...

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