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Saudi Airlines starts sale of $500m medical business

The sale process could be completed by the third quarter

Oman airport taxi fares to decrease by 50% – report

Currently the pickup fee for an airport taxi is OMR6 ($15.58)

Etihad says will no longer invest in Italy’s Alitalia

Etihad took a 49 per cent stake in Alitalia in 2014

Saudi awards Jeddah airport contract to Singapore’s Changi

The contract runs for up to 20 years

Revealed: The most insured cars in the UAE in 2016

Report also finds that 90 per cent of imported (non-GCC specification) cars are rejected by insurance companies

Abu Dhabi to increase taxi fares

Taxi fares in the capital were last increased in 2012

Abu Dhabi’s Etihad appoints new MD for Hala group

Gavin Halliday will replace Darren Peisley, the acting managing director of Hala Group

Saudi car rental firms ask for time to prepare for Saudisation of workforce

The Ministry of Labour and Social Development announced last Thursday that all jobs at car rental firms would be restricted to Saudi nationals

Emirates to fly all A380 to Melbourne as Qantas drops Melbourne-Dubai-London route

Emirates will operate its third daily Melbourne flight with an A380 from March 2018

Uber plans to bring flying taxis to Dubai by 2020

Uber’s flying taxis will be small, electric aircraft

Dubai’s Emirates to fly only A380 jets to Spain

The airline, which already flies a double daily A380 service to Barcelona, will also operate a double daily A380 service to Madrid

Qatar Airways to add fifth daily non-stop flight from Doha to Bangkok

The new service will begin from June 1, 2017

New supersonic jets could soon cut Dubai-New York flight time by almost half

US-based company Boom plans to begin supersonic passenger jets in the 2020s

Etihad-backed Alitalia readies for special administration after rescue plan rejected

Workers on Monday rejected a plan to cut jobs and salaries

Emirates chairman signals US expansion plans on hold after travel curbs

Emirates said last week it was cutting flights on five US routes

Passenger traffic at Dubai International airport up 7.4% in Q1

About 22.5 million passengers used the airport during the first quarter

Flydubai to increase flights to Russia after UAE visa changes

Russian visitors to Dubai rose 106 per cent in the first three months of 2017

Big three US carriers ‘swindle’ their customers – Qatar Airways CEO

Akbar Al Baker says not worried about Trump administration siding with the three US airlines

UAE’s Etihad Airways appoints new boss in charge of airline stakes

Kamark will replace Bruno Matheu who has held the position since May 2016

Dubai Aerospace to buy aircraft leasing firm AWAS

Dubai Aerospace said the combined company will have an owned, managed and committed aircraft fleet of 394 aircraft

Qatar Airways closes in on Meridiana deal, to own minority stake in Indian airline

Al Baker also said the airline will not reduce flight frequency to the United States

New Zealand mulling extra security on flights from Dubai, Doha

The new rules would follow similar measures introduced last month by the US, Britain and Australia

Dubai’s RTA mulls deploying electric smart vehicles at malls, metro stations

The RTA concluded a two-month trial of the autonomous vehicle in the Business Bay area

Emirates remains ‘committed’ to US market despite reducing flights – president

The airline announced this week that it is reducing flights to five cities in the US

Dubai airline Emirates reduces flights on five US routes as demand drops

Restrictions imposed by US President Donald Trump’s administration has weakened demand

After Uber, ride sharing app Careem launches affordable service in Dubai

Careem GO is the company’s “most affordable option yet”

Dubai airline Emirates says travel flows from US to Iran have dropped

In March, US President Donald Trump signed an order keeping a 90-day ban on travel to the US by citizens of Iran

Uber launches trial of affordable service uberX in Dubai

The trial of uberX will start with a limited number of vehicles in Dubai

Top 10 cars in Dubai: How insured are they?

Expats in UAE will have to renew driving licences once in five years

Currently, expats in the UAE renew their licences once in 10 years

Work progresses on Dubai Metro extension to Expo 2020 site

The completion rate of the project is now at 7 per cent