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Parking charges to rise across Dubai

Free parking in Dubai for Eid Al Adha, public transport timings revealed

All public paid parking zones will be free of charge throughout the four-day Eid holiday

Over 372,000 Emirates passengers to fly from Dubai airport during Eid weekend

The busiest time for departures in Terminal 3 will be on Friday, August 9

Over 296 million use public transport in Dubai in the first half of the year

Dubai Metro accounted for the highest number of users at 101.68 million

Flydubai to launch daily flights to Krabi via Yangon later this year

The new daily service will begin in December and is being codeshared with Emirates

Abu Dhabi to grant licences to companies for renting out electric scooters

The service will be available in the pedestrian and bicycle paths in Corniche and Khalifa Street during the first phase

Abu Dhabi’s Etihad to launch fourth daily service to London

The new service will launch in October to meet growing demand on the route

Saudi’s ports authority issues licence to Maersk to operate in all ports

Maersk currently has shipping services to the ports of Jeddah, King Abdullah, Dammam and Jubail

Dubai launches ferry service to Sharjah

The ferry will operate 42 journeys (21 in each direction) everyday

Abu Dhabi confirms that four road toll gates will be operational from October

The toll fee will be Dhs4 for every pass during peak hours from Saturday to Thursday

Virgin Hyperloop mulls plan to build world’s longest test track in Saudi

A study will look at developing a 35km hyperloop test and certification track in King Abdullah Economic City

Saudi’s Haramain rail adds new trips to serve pilgrims ahead of Hajj

The high-speed rail line will now carry out a total of 64 trips per week

Alcohol tests for pilots routinely conducted at all UAE airports – GCAA

Pilots found to exceed an alcohol limit of 0.02 grams will not be permitted to fly

Dubai’s RTA installs 100 solar-powered Nol top-up machines

Over one million people used nol card recharging machines during the first half of this year

UAE airlines Emirates, Etihad continue operating flights to Cairo

British Airways and Lufthansa suspended services to Egypt’s capital ‘as a security precaution’

Trials begin at Abu Dhabi’s new Midfield Terminal ahead of expected opening this year

The terminal will have the capacity to handle more than 8,500 people per hour when it opens

New taxi-hailing service from Dubai’s RTA and Careem to officially launch in September

Up to 50 per cent of RTA’s taxi fleet will be bookable on the Careem app

Emirates to launch daily services to Mexico City via Barcelona this year

The new route, which will begin in December, will mark the airline’s first service to Mexico

Dubai International airport hit by brief power cut

The outage lasted for half an hour on Monday morning

New toll for trucks using Kuwait’s new Sheikh Jaber Causeway

The charge will be KD1 per tonne of the truck’s total weight

Abu Dhabi’s Etihad resumes flights to Sudan’s Khartoum

The airline suspended flights to Khartoum on June 9 due to security concerns

Dubai’s Emirates starts inspecting A380s to check for ‘cracks’

Cracks were detected in the wings of some of the older Airbus A380 superjumbo airplanes

Emirates offers passengers discounts of up to 35% at select UAE hotels this summer

The offer extends to properties operated by Accor, Armani Hotel Dubai, Emaar Hospitality Group and Marriott in the country 

Saudi airline flyadeal picks Airbus jets over grounded Boeing MAX

The airline is to take delivery from 2021 of 30 A320neo jets that were ordered by its parent Saudi Arabian Airlines

UAE’s Etihad Rail to seek about $2bn in financing

The UAE plans to have a rail network with 1,200 km of track costing about $11bn

Dubai’s Emirates to resume flights to Khartoum

The carrier suspended flights to Sudan in early June following deadly political clashes in the country

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Dubai’s RTA to turn 90% of limousines green by 2026

A new initiative will see 65 per cent of the Dubai limousine fleet turned into hybrid vehicles, and 25 per cent turned into electric vehicles

Dubai’s RTA to relocate metro cabin allocated to women and children

The relocation process will be completed by the end of August

UAE low-cost carrier Air Arabia launches direct flights to Vienna

The route will begin as a four-times weekly service, before increasing to a daily service in December

Abu Dhabi airline Etihad to launch flights to Egypt’s Alexandria during summer

The airline will operate four-time weekly flights to Alexandria from July 2 to August 31

Dubai plane in fatal crash was flying ‘too close’ to larger aircraft – investigation

All the four people on board the small plane died when it crashed last month