Skip to the content - Dubai's RTA now sells digital Nol QR tickets in the Nol Pay and S'hail apps, valid on the metro, trams and buses in place of the single-use red paper ticket.
- Dubai's Rental Disputes Center closed 2,350 tenant-landlord cases by amicable settlement from January to September 2026, worth Dh401 million, in six days on average.
- Etihad Rail confirmed demand-based fares: Abu Dhabi–Dubai Comfort tickets now cost Dh39–59 and Premium Dh109–149, against launch fares of Dh39 and Dh109.
- After Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia on 7 October, flydubai cancelled its Dubai–Abha services and Air Arabia its Sharjah–Abha flights on 7 and 8 October.
- Wizz Air cancelled all flights to and from Abu Dhabi and Dubai for the winter season, 25 October 2026 to 27 March 2027, citing longer routings under regional airspace restrictions.
- The tanker On Peace, owned by Dubai-based Onex, was struck by a projectile in the Strait of Hormuz on 6 October; 12 of its 19 crew were injured and evacuated by Oman to Khasab.
- A Dubai Municipality circular lists more than 44 areas where buildings and villas may offer shared housing; on Sheikh Zayed, Jumeirah, Al Wasl and Bani Yas roads only family sharing is allowed.
- Dubai home sales totalled Dh72.6 billion in Q3 2026, down 47% on a year earlier, and transactions fell 38% to 34,000, according to Cavendish Maxwell.
- Dubai's Ports, Customs and Free Zone Corporation will give priority to perishable food shipments at its ports, its chairman said, as berthing delays at some regional ports shorten produce shelf life.
- Dubai Police arrested two suspects accused of phone scams in which callers posed as staff of official and international bodies and got residents to send money abroad; losses were Dh11,877,532.
- UAE non-oil firms raised output prices in September at the steepest rate since May 2011, S&P Global's PMI survey showed; the index held at 55.3, unchanged from August.