The AED 260 million (US$ 71 million) redevelopment and expansion of City Centre Sharjah, one of Sharjah’s largest shopping malls, is now 75 percent complete. The redevelopment, which will add 13,700 square metres (147,466 sq. ft.) of retail space, is now entering its final phase, according to mall-owner Majid Al Futtaim. The mall project is expected to create hundreds of ...

Passenger traffic at Sharjah International Airport grew by 4 percent during the third quarter of 2017, compared with the same period of 2016, handling 2.996 million passengers. Summer travel drove Q3 growth with the airport handling 1 million passengers during July and 1.1 million passengers during August. Performance during the three months also beat that of Q1 and Q2 this ...