UAE
UAE detects 293 new coronavirus infections
The UAE confirmed 293 new coronavirus cases after conducting 48,000 additional tests, state news agency WAM reported. The country now has 56,422…
Wizz Air Abu Dhabi launched
Wizz Air, the largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe, on Monday announced the launch of Wizz Air Abu Dhabi, a…
UAE cancels visa extension for expatriates
The UAE Cabinet has revised its earlier regulations for residency visas of expatriates whose stay in the country was affected by the…
Dubai announces new coronavirus economic support worth over $400 million
Dubai has announced a new package worth 1.5 billion dirhams ($408 million) to help the economy cope with the effects of the…
Emirates resumes flights to 6 more cities
Emirates has announced it will resume flights to Geneva (from 15 July), Los Angeles (from 22 July), Dar es Salaam (from 1…
UAE says it will test 2 million people for COVID-19 as cases rise
The United Arab Emirates plans to test two million people, or about 20% of the population, for the novel coronavirus over the…
Dubai hotels ready to welcome foreign visitors as emirate reopens
Dubai's Atlantis resort, at the head of a palm tree-shaped island, workers in face masks clean cushions, sofas and king-size beds in…
Emirates lays off more pilots, crew in latest round of job cuts
Emirates laid off more pilots and cabin crew this week in another round of job cuts as the Gulf airline shrinks its…
Air Arabia Abu Dhabi to start operations with flights to Egypt
Air Arabia Abu Dhabi will start operations on July 14, with direct flights connecting the capital of the United Arab Emirates to…
Coronavirus cases rising in Saudi Arabia, UAE after curfews lifted
Saudi Arabia's coronavirus infections have passed 200,000 and neighbouring United Arab Emirates 50,000, with the number of new cases climbing after the…
UAE allows citizens and residents to travel abroad
The United Arab Emirates will allow both citizens and residents to travel abroad, the state news agency reported on Friday. In March,…
Israeli defence contractors’ partner with UAE tech firm to fight coronavirus
Two Israeli defence contractors will partner with Abu Dhabi-based technology company Group 42 to develop technologies to help fight the new coronavirus,…