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Dubai / Emirates Business Gulf Air on Wednesday revealed a cybersecurity step-change as part of an ongoing campaign to safeguard its operations and deliver industry-leading customer service. Gulf Air, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, has reinforced its network perimeter to pre-empt and combat Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks, improve data centre and application-level security and further enhance data ...

Bloomberg Embraer SA’s E190 aircraft is flown by airlines around the world, but has struggled to find much of a home in North America. Now the largest U.S. operator of the plane may walk away, casting doubts on whether the next version of the jet can succeed in the market. JetBlue Airways Corp. plans to decide by the end of ...

Emirates Business British Airways on Wednesday announced its plans to give customers a great night’s sleep in the sky through a partnership with the luxury lifestyle brand, The White Company. The iconic British retailer will supply bedding and amenity kits in Club World as part of the airline’s £400m customer investment plan, with a focus on excellence in the premium ...

Bloomberg Airbus SE’s A380 superjumbo faces the ignominy of being broken up for spare parts if second-hand operators for the oldest jets can’t be found in coming months. The double-deckers could be “parted out” to recover engines and other spares worth at least $100 million per plane, according to German fund manager Dr. Peters, which owns four A380s due to ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Senaat, one of the largest industrial investment holding companies in the UAE, announced its group financial results for the fiscal year ended 31st December, 2016. The group’s operating companies delivered a solid performance in 2016, reflecting the resilience of its business model. Revenues of AED 13.4 billion (2015: AED 14.0 billion) were marginally lower compared to ...

Dubai / Emirates Business Following May’s weakest improvement in six months, the upward growth trajectory of the non-oil private sector gained steam in June. The latest improvement was supported by sharper rises in both new orders and output. The ongoing upturns in output and new order book volumes encouraged companies to engage in input buying, leading to further increases in ...

Dubai / WAM Samsung Pay facility will now be even more accessible when shopping for groceries, as Samsung Pay and Visa have partnered to offer UAE shoppers a simple, convenient and secure digital payment service for a limited period when they shop at Lulu and Union Coop Hypermarkets. Branded checkout counters are now in the hypermarket stores, exclusively for Visa ...

Dubai / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, said that Dubai’s major real estate projects aim to enhance the emirate’s development across sectors, and enhance its readiness for the future as part of the comprehensive growth strategy of the UAE under the leadership of UAE ...

Dubai / WAM The National Media Council, the government entity responsible for building and operating the UAE Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai, announced that Arabtec Construction, a wholly owned subsidiary of Arabtec Holding, has been awarded the main contract to build the national pavilion. Arabtec Construction squared off against three local and international companies in the final round with nine ...

Dubai / WAM The Dubai Diamond Exchange (DDE), a DMCC (Dubai Multi Commodities Centre) platform, today announced the third edition of its biennial two-day Dubai Diamond Conference 2017, under the theme ‘Destination Next – Shaping the future of an interconnected marketplace’. Ahmed Bin Sulayem, Executive Chairman, DMCC, said, “Dubai has evolved rapidly as one of the world’s leading trading centres ...