April 2017 — Topical news of the United Arab Emirates

April 27, 2017 no comments 1091
DUBAI // Commuters have kept their feet well and truly on the ground over the latest plan to bring flying taxis to the skies above Dubai. Taxi hailing service Uber said it would make airborne cabs a reality after choosing the emirate, along with Dallas, to develop its Uber Elevate Network...

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ABU DHABI // Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed on Wednesday ordered that a 20 per cent fee for Emiratis having private medical treatment be scrapped. Sheikh Mohammed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, announced the waiver at Burjeel Hospital. He also...

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Emirates will operate its third daily Melbourne flight with an A380 from March 2018 Dubai airline Emirates will operate its flagship Airbus A380 jet on all its three daily services to the Australian city of Melbourne from next year. Its third daily flight to and from the Australian...

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Fernando Donis won the design competition for the project in 2008 Fernando Donis, the Mexican-born architect who won the international competition to design the Dubai Frame, is suing the Dubai Municipality, he has confirmed. Donis has filed an intellectual property lawsuit in the US...

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Outdoor VOX cinema and themed superhero, Bollywood rooms to feature in Aloft Dubai City Centre Deira UAE-based shopping mall operator Majid Al Futtaim has announced plans to launch the region’s first cinema-themed concept at Aloft Dubai City Centre Deira. The concept, developed with...

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World's most expensive head rest headed to Dubai next month DUBAI: To all those cushion and pillow obsessives out there, this could be your next addiction — if you are willing to shell out Dh210,000. The ‘most technologically advanced pillow’ in the market is here and will be...

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Samsung Gulf Electronics announced today the launch of its much-anticipated, flagship mobile payments service, Samsung Pay, in the UAE. Simple and secure, Samsung Pay can be used to make purchases almost anywhere you can swipe your debit or credit card. Samsung Pay works with Samsung’s...

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The brand value of First Abu Dhabi Bank, the merged entity of National Bank of Abu Dhabi (NBAD) and First Gulf Bank (FGB), increased to AED14.7 billion in the first three months of 2017, up from AED13.9 billion by the end of 2016, new financial data released by the bank for the first quarter of...

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Dubai: The value of UAE projects awarded rose by a solid 42.6 per cent quarter on quarter in the first quarter of 2017, with both Dubai and Abu Dhabi seeing significant increase. The value of projects awarded was above the two-year trend level and up a moderate 2.1 per cent year on year in...

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Four daily A380 service in each direction between Dubai and Barcelona/Madrid Total daily seat capacity between Dubai and Spain of 2,044 seats in each direction Strong ties between Dubai and Spain through Real Madrid sponsorship and SkyCargo operation Emirates today...

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