UAE: Abu Dhabi Transport

The rise of the aviation sector in the Gulf over the past decade is the result of rapidly changing economic and demographic conditions around the world, which have spurred governments throughout the region to direct considerable investment towards improving air transport infrastructure and expanding national carrier. Abu Dhabi is at the...

Home to one of the newest and largest ports in the Middle East, Abu Dhabi’s reputation as a logistics and industrial centre for the Gulf is on the rise. Khalifa Port, which opened for business in September 2012, has the potential to transform the emirate’s economy over the coming decades. The new Khalifa Industrial Zone Abu Dhabi (Kizad), which...

Since the mid-2000s the authorities have invested heavily in upgrading and expanding the emirate’s road, rail and sea links, both within Abu Dhabi City and throughout the emirate as a whole. Developing Abu Dhabi’s domestic transport infrastructure and broader transport industry has been one of the government’s priorities over the past decade. At...

Traffic on Abu Dhabi’s roads has increased rapidly over the course of the past decade, driven by population growth, a rise in visitor numbers and greater economic activity throughout the emirate. Consequently, most of the road and highway networks – and particularly those in the capital – have become increasingly congested in recent years....