Overview
- The Cabinet approved a National Investment Fund with an initial AED 36.7 billion to raise annual foreign direct investment to AED 240 billion by 2031 and lift cumulative inflows to AED 2.2 trillion.
- Emirates has begun installing Starlink across its fleet, with the first equipped Boeing 777-300ER (A6-EPF) returning to commercial service on November 23, targeting 14 aircraft per month, A380 retrofits from February 2026, and full completion by mid-2027.
- On equipped aircraft, passengers will receive free, one-click Wi‑Fi with no payments or Skywards membership required, enabling streaming, gaming, video calls, and live TV as the service expands.
- Mastercard executed what it described as the world’s first real e‑commerce transaction via an AI agent from Dubai, completing a purchase through a conversational interface during the Dubai Future Forum.
- Dubai’s concurrent global gatherings—the Dubai Airshow, the Dubai Future Forum, and the Knowledge Summit—underscored the emirate’s role as a testbed for innovation, including a new Emirates–Safran pact to manufacture and assemble aircraft seats in Dubai.