Why the Middle Eastern airlines and the burgeoning aviation sector in the region are leading the way in these times of economic doubt.
Lights Camera Action
When rival pay-TV operators Showtime Arabia and Orbit merged earlier this year a new chapter in Middle East media history was written. Orbit-Showtime President and CEO Marc-Antoine d’Halluin, reveals to Diana Milne what really went on behind the scenes when the screen giants joined forces.
Talking shop
Self-made Indian billionaire, entrepreneur and philanthropist Mukesh ‘Micky’ Jagtiani is one of the Gulf’s richest and most influential businessmen. But despite his and Landmark Group’s meteoric rise in retail he never lets success go to his head, as Business Management’s Julian Rogers discovers.
In the money
It may have been slower to take its place on the world financial stage but Qatar is rapidly catching up with its GCC neighbours. Indeed, Stuart Pearce, CEO of the Qatar Financial Centre, believes it could soon overtake them. Diana Milne meets him to find out the story behind the QFC.
United we stand
Khalid A. Al-Falih Saudi Aramco’s new President and CEO gives an exclusive insight into the future of energy and his company’s relationship with the US.
Cheap thrills
Accounting for just five percent of all air transport in the Middle East, the budget sector has the potential to reach new heights. Andrew Cowen, CEO of rising star Jazeera Airways, is confident his business can capture a greater market share in these turbulent economic times as passengers give legacy carriers the cold shoulder in favour of budget alternatives.