With import and export volumes experiencing double-digit increases in recent years, how is infrastructure being developed to cope with this?
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Interviews & Viewpoints | Mohamed Juma Al Shamisi, CEO, Abu Dhabi Ports: Interview from The Report: Abu Dhabi 2016
Articles & Analysis | Development of Abu Dhabi's airport facilities aims to reduce congestion from The Report: Abu Dhabi 2016
With passenger numbers at Abu Dhabi International Airport (AUH) rising rapidly and its main customer, Etihad Airways, in the midst of a major expansion drive, work is under way to significantly increase capacity at the airport through the construction of a new terminal. The project, known as the Midfield Terminal Building (MTB), is scheduled...
Abu Dhabi’s transport and logistics industry has been growing rapidly in recent years, with 2014 being an encouraging year in this respect. The transport and storage sector’s total GDP contribution stood at Dh40.5bn ($11.02bn) for 2014, equivalent to 4.3% of the emirate’s GDP, up from 3.7% in 2013 and 3.3% in 2010. The emirate has seen air traffic grow rapidly from 169,931 aircraft movements...
Thanks to business-friendly government policies implemented over the past 10 years Abu Dhabi is now home to a rapidly diversifying economy that is among the largest in the region, with GDP reaching a total of Dh952.68bn ($259.32bn) at current prices in 2014.
A campaign to reduce congestion on Dubai’s roads and encourage greater use of public transport looks to be yielding results.
Increasing capacity in Jordan’s aviation sector could hold the key to growing the tourism sector and improving inter-regional connectivity over the next five years.