News, Middle East Transportation News

Friday, 27 November 2009
updated 1 minute ago
03:30 UAE time

YOUR DIRECTORY /

Saturday, 10 October 2009

Royal Jet gears up for Abu Dhabi F1 event

Transportation
Executive jet firm expands facilities; plans 3 VIP lounges for GP event.

Dubai's RTA to tow away illegally parked cars - paper

Transportation
Vehicles parked on pavements to be taken to depots; violators to face stiff penalties.

Thursday, 08 October 2009

Emirates issues $413m bond to finance aircraft

Transportation
Dubai-based carrier to finance three Boeing 777-300ER aircraft at a fixed rate of 3.465%.

Smelly taxis a thing of the past with new cab deodorant

Transportation
All 3,503 taxis in Dubai have been fitted with a natural smelling deodorant.

Bahrain airport eyes two new terminals by 2013

Transportation
Passenger capacity seen tripling to 27m a year as part of $4.7bn airport expansion plan.

Wednesday, 07 October 2009

NBK raises DP World fair value estimate

Transportation
Analyst upgrade follows DP World confirmation that considerably better volumes were seen in Q2 than in Q1.

Saudi signs $132m airport fire safety deal

Transportation
Deal with Austria's Rosenbauer Group to ensure 'high level of security and safety at airports'.

Masdar set to lead major renewable jet fuel study

Transportation
Abu Dhabi institute chosen by plane maker Boeing to spearhead drive for biofuels.

Tuesday, 06 October 2009

5 consortiums to bid for Saudi Mecca railway

Transportation
Final phase of Two Holy Mosques railroad one of 3 projects due to be completed in Kingdom.

Half of all Dubai Metro staff to be Emiratis by 2013

Transportation
RTA chairman outlines the targets set to get UAE nationals employed on the metro.

Police chief calls for ban on minibus licences

Transportation
21% of all road deaths in Dubai in first three months of the year involved minibuses.

Monday, 05 October 2009

Etihad - Chicago key driver to future growth

Transportation
Air carrier's CEO makes remarks after recent launch of new service to 'Windy City'.

Saudia to launch nine new aircraft by year-end

Transportation
Delivery of Airbus 320s part of order for total of 70 planes for carrier's fleet.

Landlords to be banned from renting parking spaces

Transportation
Draft law stopping Abu Dhabi landlords renting parking spaces will be issued soon.

Sunday, 04 October 2009

Saudi Arabia licenses pilgrimage airline

Transportation
Jeddah-based air carrier set to start ops during haj season in November with 3 Boeing 747 aircraft, says official.

Saturday, 03 October 2009

Etihad moves Heathrow ops to Terminal 4

Transportation
UAE national carrier also opens new lounge for premium customers in London airport.

Mideast's travel market offers ops for airplane inv't - Boeing

Transportation
Aircraft maker says air travel in the Middle East is stronger than in most global regions.

SPOT POLL

Have you cut back your spending on groceries amid the downturn?

Legal Contracts Manager
Industry: Construction
Location: Dubai, UAE
Lighting Specification Project Coordinator
Industry: Other
Location: Dubai, UAE
Office Manager
Industry: Other
Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE
Sales Executive
Industry: Sales
Location: Dubai, UAE
Regional Sales Manager - Diabetes Care
Industry: Other
Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Browse all jobs »

CONTACTS
Advertise
Who's Who

READER COMMENTS

Reader Comments (24 hrs)

Somali pirates free UAE-owned cargo ship 1
26 Nov ' 09 at 18:26
Do you guys not realize that these pirates attack on little dingy and are armed to their teeth worth rocket and grenade launchers.... More »
Saudia passengers compensated $1.81m in 2008 1
26 Nov ' 09 at 13:08
Well it's really clear that the saudi airlines doesn't provide the minimum need for their passenger. On 26 Nov. 2009 we were going to... More »

Read all user comments >