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UAE aviation: 10 airports, 4,807 weekly

flights, 98m passengers and a $128bn vision

UAE Civil Aviation Day celebrates history and looks ahead at prospects

for developing sector

The UAE aviation sector boasts 10 airports, more than 4,800 weekly flights, 98m passengers

in eight months and has ambitious targets to add $128bn to the national economy.

As the meteoric growth continues the country celebrated the “UAE Civil Aviation Day”,

which falls on October 5 each year, marking the anniversary of the first airplane landing in
the UAE.

The historic occasion occurred in Sharjah, on October 5 1932, after the runway for the

airplane landing was prepared in the Al Qasimia area of Sharjah in 1930, making it the first
airport established in the Arabian Gulf region at that time.

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