August, 2017

• 12 August

  Pissed off: A new way to tell your airline you hate it

  

  Bloomberg Our perpetual smartphone texting is strictly personal: Friends, family, and maybe an ex. We almost never text the myriad businesses we patronize in daily life, though some of them are starting to text us. Now, airlines—an industry not known for stellar customer interactions—are joining the party, and not just to break the bad news about your flight. They’re inviting ...

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• 9 August

  Cash flow increases by AED5.1bn in H1

  ABU DHABI / WAM The cash flow circulating on the UAE market by UAE nationals and residents, including individuals and corporations alike, gained AED5.1 billion during H1 2017, bringing to AED67.4 billion the money supply circulating outside the banking sector by the end of June, according to UAE Central Bank statistics. On a YOY basis, the liquidity available outside banks ...

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• 9 August

  UAE-China trade exchange hits AED520.6bn in 3 years

  

  Abu Dhabi / WAM China continues to top the list of UAE’s major trade partners for the third straight year, with total bilateral trade exchange amounting to AED520.6 billion from 2014 through 2016, according to Ministry of Economy statistics. India came second followed by the USA, while the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia came fourth and then Germany fifth. Despite the ...

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• 9 August

  Abu Dhabi Airports gets UAE’s first AFIS certification

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi Airports has been awarded the UAE’s first Aerodrome Flight Information Services (AFIS) certification from the General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), for Sir Bani Yas Airport. AFIS is provided at airfields where flight information is required, but where the aircraft traffic does not warrant having a full Air Traffic Control service. AFIS can provide information ...

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• 9 August

  Nakheel awards AED430mn contracts for Deira Islands

  Dubai / WAM Master developer Nakheel has awarded four contracts, collectively valued at more than AED430 million, for Deira Islands’ new 15.3 square km waterfront city currently under construction in Dubai. The contracts, covering islands A and B of the four-island development, are for a sewage treatment plant, a district cooling plant, a substation and piling work for an 800-room ...

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• 9 August

  Arabtec swings to net profit in Q2

  ABU DHABI / Reuters Dubai builder Arabtec said on Wednesday that it had swung to a net profit in the second quarter, boosted by profits from its investment in interior designer Depa as well as by cost-cutting. Arabtec made a net profit attributable to equity holders in the parent of 39.8 million dirhams in the three months to June 30, ...

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• 9 August

  DP World, Suze Canal set up joint development company

  CAIRO / WAM Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi has agreed to the establishment of a joint development company between the General Authority for the Suez Canal Economic Zone and Dubai Ports to execute development projects in the Suez Canal area. He stressed that the Egyptian government will work on facilitating the completion of these projects as soon as possible.President El-Sisi met ...

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• 9 August

  VP, Mohamed discuss issues of local, regional importance

  

  DUBAI / WAM Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, met His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, in Dubai. During the meeting, Their Highnesses discussed a number of national and regional issues ...

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• 9 August

  UAE public sector drives $300mn blockchain market

  

  DUBAI / Emirates Business The UAE public sector is driving the country’s blockchain’s $300 million market to deliver fast and secure customer and citizen transactions, global blockchain enabler SAP announced. In contrast to business transactions with third parties like banks, blockchain sends records over a peer-to-peer network. With the inter-connected Internet of Things era advancing, UAE organizations are increasingly using ...

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• 9 August

  Dubai business conditions maintain growth momentum

  

  DUBAI / WAM The robust growth momentum of the non-oil private sector in Dubai was maintained in July, with the seasonally adjusted Emirates NBD Dubai Economy Tracker Index, a composite indicator designed to give an accurate overview of operating conditions in the non-oil private sector economy, at 56.3 in July, broadly similar to 56.5 in June. The latest index reading ...

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