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Emirates pushes for stricter drone activity monitoringEmirates airlines has requested authorities to take strong measures and impose penalties to discourage future occurrences of unauthorised drone activity at Dubai International Airport (DXB), as it severely impacts all carriers and their passenge More… |
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RTA to start road maintenance workDubai's Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) is set to begin periodic preventive maintenance works on the asphalt layer in parts of the Sharjah-bound Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Road starting from tomorrow (June 16). As part of t More… |
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RWE splits to better absorb cost of nuclear plant closuresGerman utility RWE moved to restructure its businesses to better absorb the cost of nuclear plant closures on Tuesday, sending its shares up nearly 17 per cent, their biggest one-day gain in seven years. To extract funds from its More… |
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Halt to Libya's Zueitina oil port, linked fields cuts outputAll crude flows to Libya's Zueitina port have stopped after protesters demanding jobs blocked a pipeline, forcing the closure of several eastern oilfields, oil officials said. State oil firm NOC confirmed t More… |
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Yemen's Aden refinery declares force majeureYemen's Aden Refinery Company has declared force majeure on its oil imports and exports, a refinery source told Reuters, as the civil war escalated. Several cargoes have been deferred from the refinery and More… |
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Dubai passenger traffic hit by runway closureDubai International said the passenger traffic through the main airport fell 2.5 per cent from a year earlier to 5.09 million people in May because of construction work on its two runways. Dubai International welcomed more than 5 More… |
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Bahrain SMEs 'on the verge of closure'Thousands of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Bahrain are on the verge of closure, warned businessmen. They say around 5,000 businesses are still struggling to stay afloat as they have not recovered from More… |
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One million passengers lost to Bahrain Air closureBahrain lost more than a million passengers last year as a result of Bahrain Air going into voluntary liquidation, said a report citing government figures. The restructuring of Gulf Air also played a major role in a 13 per cent dr More… |
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UAE shuts down office of US research instituteThe UAE has shut down the Abu Dhabi office of the Rand Corporation, the American policy research institute, in the latest of several closures of foreign research institutions and think tanks in the Gulf Arab state this year. The U More… |
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UK airspace may close due to volcanic ashParts of British airspace may have to close from Sunday until Tuesday due to volcanic ash from Iceland, the government said on Saturday. Different parts of airspace including the south east, where Europe's busiest airport Heathrow is l More… |
