Author: Emirates Insight

Saudi Arabia’s low-cost airline flyadeal has launched five new routes from Madinah, marking a major expansion of its newest operational base in the Kingdom. The move lifts weekly capacity by 40 per cent and underlines the airline’s intention to develop Madinah into a core hub for domestic and international travel. The expansion takes flyadeal’s destinations from Madinah to eight and significantly increases connectivity from the holy city for residents, business travellers and pilgrims. Flyadeal adds five new routes The airline has introduced scheduled services to Sabiha Gökçen in Istanbul, alongside four domestic destinations: Abha Al Hofuf Jazan Tabuk The additions…

Emirates SkyCargo concluded 2025 with a clear roadmap for growth in 2026, following major investments in fleet expansion, network development, digital transformation and new product launches, reinforcing its role as the cargo arm of the world’s largest international airline. Badr Abbas, Divisional Senior Vice President of Emirates SkyCargo, said the airline strengthened its core operations in 2025 to prepare for its next growth phase, noting that 2026 will be pivotal with the expected delivery of up to 10 Boeing 777 freighters by December. The additional capacity will support network expansion, greater operational flexibility and enhanced customer solutions. During 2025, Emirates…

XRP tapped $2.40 earlier today – can it continue upward? Ripple’s native cross-border token stole the show on Tuesday, surging by double digits to a new seven-week peak of over $2.40 before it slipped slightly to just below that level. Here are some of the possible reasons behind the asset’s recent resurgence, which drove it from under $1.85 to $2.40 in the span of just several days. 3 Possible Reasons Although the entire crypto market has shown signs of revival since the start of the new year, XRP’s performance has dwarfed that of many of its larger-cap competitors. Perhaps…

Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence and Chairman of the Emirates Cricket Board, attended yesterday evening in Dubai the closing ceremony of the fourth edition of the Dubai Global Cricket Championship (DP World ILT20). The tournament concluded at Dubai International Stadium in front of a large crowd, marking the end of a highly competitive season. The championship kicked off on 2 December, coinciding with the Eid Al Etihad celebrations, with matches hosted across Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Sharjah, and featuring six professional teams. Desert Vipers were crowned champions after defeating MI Emirates by 46 runs…

Ziina, the UAE’s leading homegrown consumer and business payments platform, today announced the launch of Ziina Violet, a new lifestyle membership that brings together everyday benefits from the UAE’s most loved brands and introduces zero currency fees on global spending. Violet marks Ziina’s evolution from a payments platform into a unified daily lifestyle companion for the country’s growing digitally native population. Designed around the habits that shape life in the UAE, Ziina Violet provides practical, recurring value through benefits that fit naturally into how people already eat, shop, commute, exercise and live. Members receive curated, high-frequency benefits from trusted partners…

Enterprises have been piloting and testing different AI tools for the past few years to figure out what their adoption strategy will look like. Investors think that period of experimentation is coming to an end. TechCrunch recently surveyed 24 enterprise-focused VCs and an overwhelming majority predicted enterprises will increase their budgets for AI in 2026 — but not for everything. Most investors said this budget increase will be concentrated and that many enterprises will spend more funds on fewer contracts. Andrew Ferguson, a vice president at Databricks Ventures, predicted 2026 will be the year that enterprises start consolidating their investments…

Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), the leading global financial centre in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia (MEASA) region, has reaffirmed its commitment to family-related entities by establishing a Strategic Advisory Committee for the DIFC Family Wealth Centre. The commitment coincides with the UAE’s official designation of 2026 as the ‘Year of the Family’ and the National Family Growth Agenda 2031 that recognises the vital role of families and forms a strategic, comprehensive framework to ensure their stability and prosperity. As the UAE’s largest family ecosystem, DIFC has more than 1250 family-related entities. They receive support from over 600…

Over the past two decades, the UAE has advanced to leading positions in numerous global indicators, emerging as an international benchmark for effective governance, development, security and stability. Central to Sheikh Mohammed’s vision has been the development of human capital, with education, healthcare and housing identified as core priorities as the foundation for national progress and the shaping of societal awareness. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Over the past 20 years, the UAE Government has invested more than AED1.1tn ($299bn), with education receiving the largest share at more than AED170bn ($46.3bn). Federal spending on healthcare and community protection exceeded…

Buterin frames Ethereum’s progress as a structural shift, not a performance tweak, pointing to live code already reshaping the network. Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin over the weekend declared that the blockchain trilemma, the long-held belief that a network cannot simultaneously achieve decentralization, security, and scalability, has been solved. His statement marks a pivotal claim for the ecosystem, asserting that this breakthrough is no longer theoretical but is being realized through live technology on the network. Live Upgrades Shift Ethereum’s Network Design In a detailed post shared on X on January 3, Buterin argued that the rollout of PeerDAS on…

Blogging is one of the most effective long-term digital marketing strategies for building visibility, trust, and consistent traffic. When done strategically, a blog becomes more than content, it becomes a growth engine for your brand.Here are 10 key reasons why blogs are important for websites, especially for businesses and brands aiming to grow online: Improves Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Blogs help websites rank higher on search engines by targeting relevant keywords, increasing indexed pages, and generating organic traffic over time. Drives Consistent Website Traffic Each blog post creates a new entry point for users, bringing steady and long-term traffic compared…