Sharjah International Airport passenger traffic soared in the second quarter of 2014 as the airport added more than 200 flights over May, June and early July as a result of runway repair works taking place at the nearby Dubai airport. Sharjah handled 2.6 million passengers in the second quarter, being 20 percent more than during the same period in 2013, ...

Khorfakkan Container Terminal (KCT) has welcomed the ship CSCL Mercury, the first vessel on the new China Shipping Container Lines / United Arab Shipping enhanced AEX7 joint service, which links leading ports across Asia and Northern Europe via Sharjah’s Khorfakkan Port. China Shipping Container Lines Co. Ltd (CSCL) is China’s second largest container shipping liner and the seventh largest global ...

Air Arabia (AIRARABI:DFM), the largest low-cost carrier operator in the Middle East and North Africa, has announced record AED 173 million (US$ 47m) net profit for the second quarter of 2014, an increase of 128 percent on last year’s second quarter net profit of AED 76 million (US$21m). Air Arabia’s second quarter turnover reached AED 915 million (US$ 249m), an increase ...