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H.E. Mattar Al Tayer, Chairman of the Board and Executive Director of the Roads & Transport Authority (RTA), has recently decorated the winners of the Develop Your Idea contest as well as the participants & organizers in the inaugural edition of RTA Creativity Week held under the theme:

Taking the bus in Discovery Gardens, Jebel Ali Village and Gardens can now win you discount vouchers to a spa or to shop at a supermarket in the area.

With Dubai International Airport’s growth continuing to exceed operations, with 66 million passengers expected to pass through this year, the capacity clock is ticking down faster than originally expected on the established airport – yet DWC is only capable of handling five to seven million passengers in its first phase.

Qatar Airways has become the fifth passenger airline that has confirmed its take off from Al Maktoum International at Dubai World Central, the UAE’s new airport, inaugurated on October 27 by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai.

Dubai and Abu Dhabi airports have been rated the best in the Middle East in a survey conducted by an online travel website.

The Dubai Metro Red Line will operate from 5.50am to midnight from today till Monday; from 5.50am to 3am between Tuesday and Thursday; between 10am and 3am on Friday; and from 5.50am till 3am on October 19.

PNC Menon, co-chairman of Meydan-Sobha Group, said: “Cityscape Global 2013 is one of the most vibrant events in the show’s history. The excitement and bullish mood at the show underscores the positive dynamism of Dubai’s property market and the return of investor confidence.”

The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) in Dubai has launched the Journey Planner (Wojhati) application for smart-phone users, providing real time and detailed information about integrated transit plans on public transit modes available in the Emirate in a way enabling customers smooth and speedy access to their destinations.

Dubai International airport, which is being expanded to handle 90 million passengers a year, could be shut to boost traffic at a new super-hub under construction in the emirate with as much as twice that capacity.

Navin M. Valrani, chief executive of Leminar, an SME, said that €4.5 billion (Dh22.4 billion) earmarked for Expo 2020 infrastructure investment coupled with private sector initiatives would be a tremendous boost for Dubai.