War disruption to airline networks
Delta postponed Riyadh flights, Cathay Pacific extended Dubai cancellations and Qatar Airways retired its A330 jets as fuel costs doubled.
News
ArabianBusiness.com
ArabianBusiness.com is based in the United Arab Emirates and publishes in English. Its articles are available on Bigdata.com. Business reporting covering companies, finance and economic developments in the Middle East, particularly Gulf Cooperation Council markets.
Suggested promptsAsk ArabianBusiness.com
Ask ArabianBusiness.com
what it is best at.
Each prompt plays to something ArabianBusiness.com covers better than anyone, and shows the report series it draws on. Copy it into ChatGPT, Claude or your own agent and the answer comes back cited to the report.
Prompt
What has ArabianBusiness.com reported about business and markets this week?
ArabianBusiness.com reports on Gulf corporate sentiment and business events, such as its coverage of the PwC Global CEO Survey and its own Briefing event, so an agent can summarise the week's stories with links.
What it draws onArabianBusiness.com report series
Gulf business outlook features
Reports on Gulf and UAE executive sentiment, diversification and investment, drawing on surveys such as the PwC Global CEO Survey.
As it happensThe Briefing with Arabian Business
Event series with keynotes and panels on investment, infrastructure, technology, finance and real estate in the Gulf.
As it happensWorks in ChatGPT, Claude, Microsoft Copilot, Grok and your own agent. No credit card to try.
In the index
Insights from ArabianBusiness.com
What ArabianBusiness.com covers on Bigdata.com, by company and topic. Updated Oct 2026.
Strait of Hormuz and the Gulf growth outlook
The IMF expects the UAE economy to contract 3.9 per cent in 2026, while Iran floated reopening terms and later stepped up attacks on ships.
Property deals and project pipelines
Aldar agreed a $300m Sharjah deal with Arada, Dubai listed nearly AED2.1tn in active projects and August home sales reached AED23.26bn.
Technology, AI and connectivity investment
LEAP 2026 drew nearly $15bn in Saudi tech commitments, du launched U6GHz connectivity and Hub71 received 6,000 startup applications.
Setup guide
How to connect your agents to ArabianBusiness.com
Add the Bigdata MCP server to ChatGPT, Claude, Microsoft Copilot, Grok or your own agent, then ask about ArabianBusiness.com's reporting from the United Arab Emirates, with every answer cited by article.
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Connect Bigdata.com to your assistant
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Ask in plain words
Ask your question the way you would ask a colleague. Your agent searches this source and cites every answer.
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