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Ghuwaifat belongs to the urban area of Sila, which extends in the west to the border with Saudi Arabia. [1] An x-ray facility that transilluminates a complete truck at once was installed there a few years ago. Abu Dhabi Airport Duty Free also opened a small shop in 2004. In 2007, 2,900,000 people crossed the border at Ghuwaifat. [2]
Airport name IATA [1] Location Emirate ICAO [2] Coordinates; Zayed International Airport [2]: AUH Abu Dhabi: Abu Dhabi: OMAA Al Bateen Executive Airport [2]: AZI Abu Dhabi
The UAE has a number of free zones across Dubai, [1] Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Fujairah, Ajman, Ras al-Khaimah and Umm al-Quwain. Free zones may be broadly categorized as seaport free zones, airport free zones, and mainland free zones. Free-trade zone exemptions are: [2] 100% foreign ownership of the enterprise
Abu Dhabi Airports (ADA) is public joint-stock company and part of ADQ, one of the region's largest holding companies, established in 2006 to spearhead the development of the aviation infrastructure and aviation-related services at the the Emirate of Abu Dhabi's airports. [1]
The airport was first conceived in 1974, in response to the government's plans to modernize the then brand new nation. At the time, Al Bateen Airport (then called Abu Dhabi International Airport) was the main international airport serving the city (Abu Dhabi Airfield was the other old airport).
Brendan O'Regan established the world's first duty-free shop at Shannon Airport in Ireland in 1947; [6] it remains in operation today. Designed to provide a service for trans-Atlantic airline passengers typically travelling between Europe and North America whose flights stopped for refuelling on outbound and inbound legs of their journeys, it was an immediate success and has been copied worldwide.
In 2005, branded halls opened in Okinawa, Japan, launching a new shop-in-shop concept for DFS downtown stores. In 2008, DFS opened its airport store in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, enabling DFS to serve travelers heading from Asia to Europe. DFS opens stores in Macau in the same year.
AD Ports Group has five integrated business clusters Digital, Economic Cities & Free Zones, Logistics, Maritime and Ports. [10] Under the supervision of Abu Dhabi's Department of Economic Development, Maqta Gateway have developed and operates the Advanced Trade and Logistics Platform (ATLP) designed to unify trade and logistics services across Abu Dhabi, [11] including sea, land, air, and ...