Abu Dhabi is the largest of the seven emirates that comprise the UAE, in terms of both its land mass and economy, and home to the majority of the country’s energy production and reserves. While the emirate is home to the world’s sixth-largest proven oil reserves, financial buffers have helped it diversify and yield steady non-oil revenues.
How is Abu Dhabi Airports aligning its growth strategy to support Abu Dhabi’s broader economy, and what role does its existing network play on this front?
The expansion of Khalifa Port’s container handling capacity should bolster Abu Dhabi’s position as a trans-shipment hub for regional and global markets, with the emirate nearing completion on, or finalising plans for, new container terminals and in-country transport links.
Plans to expand Abu Dhabi’s ports network are moving ahead as local cargo traffic holds steady despite the slowdown in global shipping volumes over the past year.
Securing a sustainable aviation sector is one of the principal aims of the Abu Dhabi Plan and the Abu Dhabi Economic Vision 2030 long-term development strategy. This inclusion in such a holistic, integrated plan demonstrates the leadership’s understanding that aviation can hold the key to growth in a series of other interconnected industries...
In what ways will the Department of Transport and the Department of Municipal Affairs merger create efficiencies going forward?
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