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Philippines’ national flag carrier Philippines Airlines (PAL) has announced plans to temporally put on hold its flights between Manilla and Kuwait City due to fall in travel demands following Manilla’s decision to halt deployment of Filipinas as house workers in Read more
The Emirati city of Dubai has topped US-based consulting firm Mercer’s survey for Quality of Life in the Middle East as it ranks 74th globally over 231 cities studied. Mercer is a top global human resource agency and is consulted Read more
Germany Wednesday registered to take part in Expo 2020 to take place in Dubai after signing a €50 million-investment deal in the world largest exhibition. The signing took place between Dietmar Schmitz, Commissioner General of the German Pavilion, and Najeeb Read more
Dubai-based airline Emirates and London-based Premier League club Arsenal have extended their partnership, giving the Emirati airline the opportunity to continue promoting its brand on the club’s shirt for five more years for a deal estimated at $280 million. The Read more
Dubai-based international carrier, Emirates, Sunday finalized with Airbus the order for 20 wide body jets plus optional 16 others agreed mid-January by the two longstanding partners. The Sunday signing, which took place on the sideline of the World Summit in Read more
Cofco International Ltd., the trading arm of China’s largest food company, is building a soft commodities hub in Dubai to position itself in the sale and purchase of sugar, and also cotton and coffee in the region. Head manager of Read more
Rove Hotels is opening shop in Saudi Arabia following agreement between the hotel group and Saudi authorities. The hotel group has chosen the kingdom as its second destination in the region after establishing in Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates Read more
Dubai-based Emirates Airlines announced Thursday it reached a deal with Airbus for the acquisition of 36 A380s, few days after the firm said it was considering terminating the production line of the double-decker aircraft if the Emirati carrier does not Read more
The UAE’s two leading carriers have signed a cooperation agreement in the area of security after rumors last year suggested a tie-up between the two. The aviation security Memorandum of Understand (MoU) signed by Emirates President Sir Tim Clark and Read more
Tunisian state-run news agency TAP revealed that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) had information authorities that Tunisian women traveling or transiting through the Gulf state could likely stage a terror attack. Tunisia Sunday banned Emirates flights in response to restrictions Read more