Dubai Airport Expansion October 17, 2006

Very informative stuff about the Dubai Airport Expansion can be found here and here (pdf).
(via nzm)

More great photos of Dubai October 16, 2006

In addition to the aerial shots referenced in the last post, don’t forget to check out the other categories over at pbbase.com, too. Some very nice shots to be found there!

Dubai from the sky October 16, 2006

Gulf news has a new installment of their photo series “Dubai from the sky”. This time, Palm Jumeirah is featured. Also check out the other installments, some of the photos are pretty good:

Dubai Marina
Internet and Media City
Springs, Meadows and Arabian Ranches
Shaikh Zayed Road
Palm Jebel Ali and The World

(via nzm)
Update: more and very stunning aerial shots [...]

Dubai Metro Updates October 15, 2006

The Dubai metro is getting another line: The purple line will connect Dubai International Airport with yet to build Dubai World Central International Airport. But this connection will also be provided by the blue line that was announced some time before. The difference is: the purple line will establish an express connection between the [...]

Emirates will be World’s Biggest Airline October 14, 2006

Note: I have submitted a copy of this post to the UAE community blog.

Last month, German Wirtschaftswoche featured a very good analysis
about the prospects of Emirates Airline. For all non-German-speaking readers, I’ve picked the highlights for you:
Gary Chapman, director of finances and human resources at Emirates Group:
“We will grow both our total revenue and the [...]