The Department of Transport (DoT) in Abu Dhabi has invited proposals from qualified firms to develop and complete the Abu Dhabi Regional Rail Study.
The study, which will determine the emirate’s long-term rail passenger requirements, will also consider potential links to Dubai and other emirates within the UAE, as well as other GCC countries, according to the DoT’s public tender advertisement.

Air Arabia, the Middle East and North Africa’s first and largest low-cost carrier (LCC), announced the start of its direct services from its latest hub in Alexandria, Egypt, to the UAE’s Capital Abu Dhabi.

Roundtrip flights to Air Arabia’s fifth destination from its Egyptian hub will operate four times per week between Burj Al Arab International Airport, Alexandria, Egypt and Abu Dhabi International Airport in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

ABU DHABI // The price of petrol will increase by up to 14 per cent throughout the country from Thursday, the second time in three months the Government has allowed an increase.

The 20 fils price rise on each litre of petrol sold in Abu Dhabi, Dubai and the Northern Emirates was announced yesterday by WAM, the state news agency, and was described as “part of the liberalisation of prices and their gradual rise”.

Drivers who owe unpaid fines for speeding and other traffic offences are being treated with “sympathy” by the traffic and patrols department and will be given a 50 per cent discount on outstanding debts.

The new legislation, law number 400 for 2010, was announced yesterday by Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the Minister of Interior, and will be in place for an indefinite period.

Col Hussein al Harthi, director of traffic and patrols, said the new decision to halve fines, which applies to all traffic departments in the emirate, had been made in “sympathy” for drivers.