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New Salik tolls could be key source of cash for Dubai
Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has refused to comment on media reports it plans to add two Salik toll gates to the city’s roads, bringing the total number in the emirate to six. The gates, which charge drivers AED4 each time they pass through, were launched in July 2007 under a plan to cut down congestion on Dubai’s roads.
Emirates pilot averts disaster at Dubai airport
While coming into land, the Airbus A330-200 pilot spotted another aircraft already on the same runway and took off immediately after initially touching down. “Emirates flight EK 523 from Trivandrum to Dubai landed at 0722 on November 7, 2010. The aircraft initiated a go-around sequence at the time of landing, after momentarily touching the runway,” an Emirates spokesperson said, in an emailed reply to Arabian Business.
New Dubai water taxi service to launch on Wed
A new five-boat water taxi service in Dubai will be launched on Wednesday, the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has announced. The service works like a regular car taxi service where a customer calls up to request a boat pick them up at one of 18 different locations around the emirate, including Dubai Creek, the Atlantis hotel and Dubai Marina.
Cargo giants play waiting game over Al Maktoum Int’l
Several of the world’s largest cargo operators appear to have adopted a ‘wait and see’ approach about when to shift over their operations to the Dubai’s Al Maktoum International (AMI) airport.
Dubai taxi trips rise in H2 despite opening of metro
By Andy Sambidge www.arabianbusiness.com The number of taxi journeys taken in Dubai rose in the second half of 2009, despite the opening of the emirate’s metro system in September, it was announced on Monday. More than 36 million trips were taken by cabs in the emirate in H2, two million more than in the first [...]
Dubai launches e-Taxi service for hotels
Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has launched an online taxi booking service for the emirate’s hotels. The e-Taxi service will be made available to the public by the end of this year, transport officials said on Tuesday.
Dubai Police, Taxi body team up to train cabbies
Dubai Taxi Corporation is teaming up with the Dubai Police General Headquarters to deliver awareness lectures to a group of cabdrivers about crashes and traffic offences, and how to minimise them. Ammar Bin Tameem, Director of Fleet Drivers Affairs Department at Dubai Taxi Corporation said in a press release on Friday: “DTC is continuously cooperating and coordinating with the General Head Quarters of Dubai Police to hold such lectures and educative workshops in various topics”.
Dubai taxi trips rise in H2 despite opening of metro
The number of taxi journeys taken in Dubai rose in the second half of 2009, despite the opening of the emirate’s metro system in September, it was announced on Monday. More than 36 million trips were taken by cabs in the emirate in H2, two million more than in the first haldf of the year, the Roads and Transport Authority said in a statement.
