Emirates has cancelled selected flights amid severe weather caused by Typhoon Lan
Dubai Airport
Dubai Airport
Dubai airports welcome 26m passengers in 2023, 9m use smart gates
Dubai Airports wants 50 per cent of passengers to use smart gates by the end of the year
Al Maktoum International
Eid Al Adha 2023 date; major UAE visa changes; ‘Silent Killer’ in Dubai; tax rules announced – 10 things you missed this week
Eid Al Adha dates, UAE visa changes, UK visit rules, Dubai ‘silent killer’, tax rules announced and more of the top stories this week
Abu Dhabi Airports
UAE airports transport 32m passengers in Q1, up 56% amid Covid recovery
UAE airports Covid recovery continues with impressive passenger growth
Alcohol
Qatar bans beer at World Cup, Dubai slashes commute times, UAE scraps VAT – 10 things you missed this week
Dubai slashes commute times, Qatar bans beer sales at World Cup and there is a $5bn floating turtle city coming to Saudi Arabia
Airports
Dubai Airports wins Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Global Aviation Award
The award was given for the Best Aviation Sustainability Programme
airport passengers
Dubai Airports reveals new real-time airport management system
Cloud-based platform brings together data generated by over 50 systems at Dubai International
Australia
Dubai airports trials use of ‘passport-free’ biometric ID system
The One ID system would allow travellers to move from check-in to their aircraft seat without any paper documentation
Aviation
Fatal Dubai plane crash caused by wake turbulence, says preliminary report
Preliminary investigation finds that twin propeller aircraft was flying too close to Thai Airways A350
China
China Eastern Airlines launches direct flights from Qingdao to Dubai
China Eastern Airlines will fly three flights per week to Dubai
Aviation
UAE’s aviation regulator denies rumoured plane crash near Dubai airport
United Arab Emirates General Civil Aviation Authority warned against sharing false news on social media
airport passengers
Boeing 737 Max grounding impacts Dubai International Q1 passenger traffic
Shift in the timing of Easter holiday also led to a 2.2% drop in passenger numbers at DXB
air travel
New Emirates application to slash aircraft turnaround delays at DXB
The Emirates-designed application shares real-time data on the activities being carried out to prepare an aircraft for departure
Aviation
UAE denies Houthi claims regarding Dubai Airport, says business as usual
Air traffic movement is normal with no disruptions, according to the UAE General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA)
Aviation
Diversity has a business case: Dubai Airports CEO
Dubai Airports CEO Paul Griffiths has helped build the world’s busiest international airport. Making the right calls early on, and anticipating the future have helped, he says
Dubai Airport
Newton Faulkner to headline DXB’s first ever music festival
musicDXB is a ten hour takeover that takes place this Thursday and Friday
Aviation
DXB passenger traffic sees small drop in January
Dubai Int’l welcomed nearly 8 million passengers last month, down 1% on January 2017