January, 2019

• 13 January

  Cathay Pacific commits another ticketing error

  

  Bloomberg Less than two weeks after saying it had a ticketing error that gave away premium seats at huge discounts, Cathay Pacific has done it again. This time, some visitors to their booking site got lucky on flights from Europe to Hong Kong. The South China Morning Post reported that the carrier offered first-class seats from Portugal to Hong Kong ...

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• 13 January

  Airline battle for Hawaii picks up as Sun Country adds flights

  

  Bloomberg Sun Country Airlines Inc will begin service from San Francisco to Hawaii on May 18 for the peak summer season, bulking up its service to the island state just as Southwest Airlines Co plans to jump into the market. Fares to Honolulu will start at $259 each way. The average one-way fare on the route is $339 during the ...

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• 13 January

  Indonesian airlines slash fares by 60% 

  Bloomberg Indonesian airlines reduced air fares for some local routes by as much as 60 percent starting last week in response to a backlash over a surge in ticket prices during the peak holiday season. PT Garuda Indonesia, Lion Air and PT AirAsia Indonesia are among the carriers which already cut prices from January 11, the Indonesian National Air Carrier ...

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• 12 January

  DLD records growing demand on its smart apps

  

  Dubai / Emirates Business Dubai Land Department (DLD) identified an increasing demand on its various applications. DLD monitored the activity of its customers, the number of times customers downloaded DLD applications on Android and iOS platforms. The monitoring included DLD’s various applications: Dubai Brokers, Dubai Rest, Dubai Land Department, Ejari, Mashrooi, Rental Disputes Center, Smart Investment Map, and Dubai Real ...

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• 12 January

  7,709 Yemenis benefit from ERC aid convoys in Shabwa

  SHABWA / WAM A total of 1,272 food baskets have been distributed by Emirates Red Crescent’s (ERC) convoys across remote and nomadic pastoralist areas in a number of districts in governorate of Shabwa, from which 7,709 eligible locals benefitted. The convoys, fitting within the UAE continued aid programmes in Yemen, reached out to medical and disabled rehabilitation centers as well as ...

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• 12 January

  Market to be ripe for price corrections by Jan-end: Al Mazrouei

  

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Suhail bin Mohammed Faraj Faris Al Mazrouei, Minister of Energy and Industry, on Saturday said that the oil market will be ripe for more price corrections by the end of January following the deal reached by Opec and non-Opec members in December to cut their combined oil output by 1.2 million barrels per day to balance ...

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• 12 January

  Mohamed meets US commander

  

  Abu Dhabi / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, on Saturday received General Austin Scott Miller, Commander of Nato’s Resolute Support Mission and US Forces-Afghanistan. During the meeting, held in Al Shati Palace, they discussed cooperation and joint coordination between the two sides ...

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• 12 January

  VP inspects progress in Dubai Future Foundation projects

  

  Dubai / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai visited the Dubai Future Foundation on Saturday and was briefed on the development of work at various projects undertaken by the foundation. Sheikh Mohammed toured Area 2071, which is designed as a collaborative innovation hub that brings ...

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• 12 January

  ‘Operational efficiency key in today’s oil market conditions’

  

  Abu Dhabi / WAM A relentless focus on operational efficiency, while balancing market conditions with long-term future growth, requires a careful, calibrated and agile response from the oil and gas industry, according to Dr Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, UAE Minister of State and Group CEO of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc). Speaking at the third Atlantic Council Global ...

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• 12 January

  Khalifa Fund signs $25mn pact to promote, develop SMEs in Mali

  Abu Dhabi / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, and Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, President of Mali, witnessed the signing ceremony between the Khalifa Fund for Enterprise Development and the Malian Government represented by the Ministry of Economy and Finance, on Saturday in Abu ...

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