United Arab Emirates

M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2012 M2 COMMUNICATIONS United Arab Emirates based carrier Etihad Airways on Monday announced plans to launch new services to Lagos in West Africa. From 1 July 2012 Lagos will become the...

Abu Dhabi-based investment firm, The National Investor (TNI), has shed more than half of its workforce and is planning more job cuts in a bid to reduce costs in response to tough financial...

Dubai Group says there is no reason to worry. Analysts say Dubai debt will be manageable this year. Meanwhile, UAE banks tighten strings to mitigate overspending by public establishments. What to make of...

Egypt's Ministry of Tourism hopes to see a recovery in tourist numbers to between 12 and 13 million this year, bringing in $11 billion, despite ongoing street violence and more than 70 deaths...

Muscat projects the port of Sohar, 220 km north of Muscat, as the first anchor for a journey to make Oman a key maritime centre between three continents. Industries built there feature a...

Under a JV agreement signed in Muscat on May 28, 2005, OORC and the industrial gases giant Air Liquide of France have established Air Liquide Sohar Industrial Gases LLC (Alsig). ORPC and the...

The opening of a downstream plastics manufacturing plant in the Salalah free zone in December 2006 marked the beginning of a new phase in the region's petrochemical industry. It caught many by surprise...

There are seven crude oil, natural gas and condensate producing ventures in Oman other than PDO. Together they are producing 265,500 b/d of crude oil, condensates, LPG, and over 375 MCF/d of gas....

M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2012 M2 COMMUNICATIONS Dubai based carrier Emirates on Thursday announced it has launched its new service to Dallas/Fort Worth from Dubai. Services to Dallas/Fort Worth mark the carriers fifth US gateway...

AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-(C)1997-2012 M2 COMMUNICATIONS United Arab Emirates based carrier Etihad Airways on Thursday announced that it has concluded a tender process to select its global media agency partners. Part of the WPP...

M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2012 M2 COMMUNICATIONS United Arab Emirates carrier Etihad Airways on Thursday announced that it has teamed up with international, non-profit, non-governmental organisation WAHA International. The carrier and WAHA International have partnered...

M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2012 M2 COMMUNICATIONS United Arab Emirates based carrier Etihad Airways on Thursday announced that it has concluded a tender process to select its global media agency partners. Part of the WPP...

By YnetNews.com Iran is mulling a plan to boycott Samsung after the South Korean electronics giant's tablet computer was featured in a humorous Israeli commercial, the Iranian state-owned channel Press TV reported Thursday....

AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-(C)1997-2012 M2 COMMUNICATIONS United Arab Emirates carrier Etihad Airways on Thursday announced that it has teamed up with international, non-profit, non-governmental organisation WAHA International. The carrier and WAHA International have partnered...

AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-(C)1997-2012 M2 COMMUNICATIONS Dubai based carrier Emirates on Thursday announced it has launched its new service to Dallas/Fort Worth from Dubai. Services to Dallas/Fort Worth mark the carriers fifth US gateway...

AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-(C)1997-2012 M2 COMMUNICATIONS Dubai based carrier Emirates on Monday announced plans to deploy a larger aircraft on its route to Dublin. The announcement comes three weeks after the launch of services...

China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) announced on January 19 that the company recently signed a handful of cooperation agreements with partners in Middle East and Africa on oil and gas, to deepen their...

M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2012 M2 COMMUNICATIONS Dubai based carrier Emirates on Monday announced plans to deploy a larger aircraft on its route to Dublin. The announcement comes three weeks after the launch of services...

AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-(C)1997-2012 M2 COMMUNICATIONS Dubai based carrier Emirates on Tuesday announced that institution for higher education studies in Aviation Studies Emirates Aviation College has graduated its largest ever class. On 30 January...