September, 2019

• 1 September

  AUH sees 4.5m passengers during summer

  ABU DHABI / WAM Abu Dhabi International Airport (AUH), welcomed over 4.5 million passengers during summer months, demonstrating airport’s popularity with travelers heading to and leaving Abu Dhabi, as the airport seeks to offer a wide range of attractive routes, smooth operational efficiency and high customer satisfaction. During summer period, top five destinations that saw the highest share of traffic ...

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• 1 September

  Cabinet forms committee to implement VP’s directives

  

  ABU DHABI / WAM The UAE Cabinet formed a committee, chaired by HH Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs, with several ministers and officials as members, to implement the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, to the ministers, government officials ...

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• 1 September

  Emiratis get visa-free travel to Paraguay

  

  Abu Dhabi / WAM As of August 16, Emirati citizens with diplomatic, private, and regular passports have been exempted from applying for pre-entry visas to enter Paraguay, announced the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. The decision was issued as part of an agreement signed by Dr. Anwar bin Mohammed Gargash, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, and Foreign ...

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• 1 September

  DPM unveils digital map platform in Abu Dhabi

  

  ABU DHABI / Emirates Business The Department of Urban Planning and Municipalities (DPM) unveiled its new digital platform, My Land, allowing the public to identify land use, locate available sites and discover potential opportunities in Abu Dhabi. The DPM platform — the first of its kind in the region — provides the general public, including landowners and developers, with a ...

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• 1 September

  Empower enables bill payment through ADCB mobile app

  DUBAI / WAM Emirates Central Cooling Systems Corporation (Empower), the world’s largest district cooling services provider, announced that it has enabled bill payment service through Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank (ADCB) mobile application to facilitate customer transactions and upgrade its services. Among the 100,000 customers of Empower, who have an account with ADCB Bank, can easily pay their bills through ADCB ...

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• 1 September

  Al Hilal Bank appoints new chief executive

  ABU DHABI / WAM Al Hilal Bank’s Board of Directors has appointed Abdul Shakeel Aidaroos as the Bank’s new Chief Executive Officer. Abdul Shakeel replaces Amr Al Menhali, who has been announced as the incoming CEO of Waha Capital. Al Hilal Bank, which was acquired by the ADCB Group following the merger between Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank, ADCB, and Union ...

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• 1 September

  National Archives enriches Aqdar World Summit in Moscow with UAE’s history

  MOSCOW / WAM The National Archives has participated in the third edition of Aqdar World Summit, with the aim of enriching the summit’s events with the history of the UAE and to inform the world about the International Council on Archives Congress 2020, which will be hosted by Abu Dhabi next year. The summit, which is being held in the ...

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• 1 September

  Abu Dhabi seizes 9,148 counterfeit goods in Q2

  ABU DHABI / WAM The Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development (ADDED) confiscated a total of 9,148 counterfeit products in 31,325 inspection and supervisory visits conducted by the department on commercial establishments and outlets located within the emirate’s three cities during the second quarter of this year. The second quarter report of the commercial activity was released by the ADDED’s ...

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• 1 September

  Aviation sector to play key role in Expo 2020 success

  

  DUBAI / WAM Mohammed Abdulla Ahli, Director-General of the Dubai Civil Aviation Authority (DCAA), and CEO of Dubai Air Navigation Services (dans), stressed that the aviation sector, which accounts for some 30 percent of Dubai’s GDP, will play a significant role in the success of Expo 2020 by providing superior facilities and logistics services to exhibitors and visitors. He noted ...

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• 1 September

  Make-A-Wish drive to fulfill wishes of cancer-stricken kids

  

  ABU DHABI / WAM The Make-A-Wish Foundation on Sunday launched a childhood cancer awareness campaign that will also help realise the wishes of children with the disease by raising donations through SMS. The 30-day awareness campaign titled, ‘Cancer Steals Childhood and A Wish Returns it’, was fulfilled as per the directives of Shaikha Shaikha bint Saif Bin Mohammad Al Nahyan, Honorary ...

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