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Transport & Logistics Special Report: Gulf cargo rebounds
With limited manufacturing capabilities and an inability to grow agricultural products on a broad scale, the GCC is heavily dependent on imported goods
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Transport & Logistics Special Report: Airline growth set to slow
The region’s aviation industry has had mixed fortunes over the past couple of years
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Transport & Logistics Special Report: Ports sector slow to emerge from trade slump
The Middle East ports industry has been slow to emerge from the trade slump brought about by the global financial crisis
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Special Report: Gulf Aviation and Airports
The global aviation industry has had to grapple with an unprecedented series of problems in the past three years: Soaring fuel prices; a severe economic recession; the threat of a swine flu pandemic; and, most recently, the closure of European airspace brought about by a lingering plume of volcanic ash from Iceland
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Special Report: Aviation - Low-cost carriers expand fleets
Luxury jet operators and low-cost airlines are taking advantage of the bargains currently on offer from manufacturers in the market and expanding their fleets
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Special Report: Transport & Logistics - Transport sector needs an uplift in trade
The Gulf enjoyed a six-month delay before the international banking crisis, which began in late 2007, finally hit the region. A similar scenario now seems to be developing in the transport sector.
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Special Report: Aviation - Airlines brace for tough year ahead
Gulf airlines are running the risk of overcapacity in the wake of the worldwide downturn in air travel.
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Special Report: How the credit crunch boosted Riyadh's influence
Even Saudi’s giant economy will suffer a sharp slowdown next year but the prognosis is good and a return to growth is expected by 2010.
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Special Report: Construction - The Gulf's transport boom
It is ironic that the transport sector is one of the main beneficiaries of high oil prices. Buoyed by massive fiscal surpluses, the region’s governments are now able to invest heavily in infrastructure, and transportation has become a top priority.
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Special Report: Aviation & Airports - Soaring fuel costs hit airlines
Few sectors have been hit harder by rising fuel costs than the aviation industry. High oil prices have already driven several airlines out of business and grounded older, less fuel-efficient planes.
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Special report: Aviation sector - Stuck on the runway
While the big three Gulf airlines are taking an ever larger share of the global market, and the region’s new low-cost carriers have got off to a profitable start, many others in the industry are struggling to find a niche.
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