• Protective barriers have been installed at Dubai International Airport at each check-in desk and immigration counter to provide additional safety reassurance to passengers and employees during interaction over the counter. Courtesy Emirates
    Protective barriers have been installed at Dubai International Airport at each check-in desk and immigration counter to provide additional safety reassurance to passengers and employees during interaction over the counter. Courtesy Emirates
  • Emirates, the world's biggest long-haul airline, is adding more flights to its schedule. Bloomberg
    Emirates, the world's biggest long-haul airline, is adding more flights to its schedule. Bloomberg
  • Selected regular passenger flights are now operating out of Dubai's Terminal 3. Alamy
    Selected regular passenger flights are now operating out of Dubai's Terminal 3. Alamy
  • Social distancing measures in place at Terminal 3, Dubai International Airport. Courtesy Emirates
    Social distancing measures in place at Terminal 3, Dubai International Airport. Courtesy Emirates
  • A man is seen through a thermal camera at Dubai International Airport on April 27, 2020, when repatriation flights were the only passenger options. Reuters
    A man is seen through a thermal camera at Dubai International Airport on April 27, 2020, when repatriation flights were the only passenger options. Reuters
  • A passenger walks through Dubai International Airport on April 27, 2020, when repatriation flights only were running. Reuters
    A passenger walks through Dubai International Airport on April 27, 2020, when repatriation flights only were running. Reuters

Dubai Airport's new procedures: arrive four hours before your flight, but not earlier

Select Emirates flights are now operating out of Terminal 3: here's what you need to know before you go to the airport

Nyree McFarlane

May 22, 2020

  • English
  • Arabic

From Thursday, May 21, select Emirates passenger flights began operating out of DXB's Terminal 3, and the airport has since released a variety of new procedures and safety rules.

First things first, don't be too much of an early bird: passengers who arrive at the airport more than four hours before their scheduled departure time will not be allowed to enter the terminal buildings. This is to prevent overcrowding inside the airport.

That said, the airport does say travellers should arrive four hours before their flight to allow time for all the additional security measures – gone are the days of breezing in 90 minutes before take-off (because, remember, Emirates isn't allowing online check-in at the moment).

The destinations serviced by Emirates as of Thursday are Chicago, Frankfurt, London, Madrid, Melbourne, Milan, Paris, Sydney and Toronto. Flights are scheduled on these routes until June 30.

Here are the key things to know before flying out of DXB's Terminal 3:

- You will not be permitted into the terminal without gloves and a protective mask.

- You will not be permitted into the terminal if you don't have a confirmed ticket.

- You will not be permitted into the terminal more than four hours before your flight, however you are encouraged to get their four hours ahead of your departure time to allow time for increased security measures. So basically, get there on or just under four hours before.

- Be conscious of curfew timings in Dubai, and have your tickets "available for presentation if and as required by Dubai Police".

- Select restaurants and cafes in the airport are open for dine-in and takeaway, however lounges are not operating. Some retail outlets are also open.

- You can travel to DXB as you normally would, whether via private car, public transport, taxi or Careem.

- Smart gates aren't operating, and there are new protective screens fitted at immigration counters between the passenger and the person behind the desk.

-  Expect thermal screening and temperature checks to be carried out both when you arrive at the airport, and at the gate.

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Mercer, the investment consulting arm of US services company Marsh & McLennan, expects its wealth division to at least double its assets under management (AUM) in the Middle East as wealth in the region continues to grow despite economic headwinds, a company official said.

Mercer Wealth, which globally has $160 billion in AUM, plans to boost its AUM in the region to $2-$3bn in the next 2-3 years from the present $1bn, said Yasir AbuShaban, a Dubai-based principal with Mercer Wealth.

“Within the next two to three years, we are looking at reaching $2 to $3 billion as a conservative estimate and we do see an opportunity to do so,” said Mr AbuShaban.

Mercer does not directly make investments, but allocates clients’ money they have discretion to, to professional asset managers. They also provide advice to clients.

“We have buying power. We can negotiate on their (client’s) behalf with asset managers to provide them lower fees than they otherwise would have to get on their own,” he added.

Mercer Wealth’s clients include sovereign wealth funds, family offices, and insurance companies among others.

From its office in Dubai, Mercer also looks after Africa, India and Turkey, where they also see opportunity for growth.

Wealth creation in Middle East and Africa (MEA) grew 8.5 per cent to $8.1 trillion last year from $7.5tn in 2015, higher than last year’s global average of 6 per cent and the second-highest growth in a region after Asia-Pacific which grew 9.9 per cent, according to consultancy Boston Consulting Group (BCG). In the region, where wealth grew just 1.9 per cent in 2015 compared with 2014, a pickup in oil prices has helped in wealth generation.

BCG is forecasting MEA wealth will rise to $12tn by 2021, growing at an annual average of 8 per cent.

Drivers of wealth generation in the region will be split evenly between new wealth creation and growth of performance of existing assets, according to BCG.

Another general trend in the region is clients’ looking for a comprehensive approach to investing, according to Mr AbuShaban.

“Institutional investors or some of the families are seeing a slowdown in the available capital they have to invest and in that sense they are looking at optimizing the way they manage their portfolios and making sure they are not investing haphazardly and different parts of their investment are working together,” said Mr AbuShaban.

Some clients also have a higher appetite for risk, given the low interest-rate environment that does not provide enough yield for some institutional investors. These clients are keen to invest in illiquid assets, such as private equity and infrastructure.

“What we have seen is a desire for higher returns in what has been a low-return environment specifically in various fixed income or bonds,” he said.

“In this environment, we have seen a de facto increase in the risk that clients are taking in things like illiquid investments, private equity investments, infrastructure and private debt, those kind of investments were higher illiquidity results in incrementally higher returns.”

The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, one of the largest sovereign wealth funds, said in its 2016 report that has gradually increased its exposure in direct private equity and private credit transactions, mainly in Asian markets and especially in China and India. The authority’s private equity department focused on structured equities owing to “their defensive characteristics.”

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Wolfsburg v Borussia Dortmund (5.30pm)

Borussia Monchengladbach v Bayer Leverkusen (5.30pm)

Bayern Munich v Eintracht Frankfurt (5.30pm)

Sunday

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Mainz v RB Leipzig (5.30pm)

Cologne v Fortuna Dusseldorf (8pm)

 

 

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