ADWEA and its Group of Companies provide an essential service for all people living and working in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. In carrying out our job of providing water and electricity to homes, schools and businesses we touch every part of the Emirate. We recognize that we carry a responsibility for shaping the Emirate and how it will look as we journey through the century.

The last five years have seen a wave of restructuring and privatization in the Abu Dhabi water and electricity sector. The new framework is aimed at improving efficiency through better investment decisions, better use of existing plants, better management and better choices for customers.

Abu Dhabi Customs Department believes that there are core values that should be developed and adopted in the corporate psyche that will enable us to deliver consistently high quality services.

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The history of aviation at Abu Dhabi dates back to 1929, when early flying boats operated by the British Royal Air Force used the sheltered coastal waters offshore from what is now the modern city of Abu Dhabi as their base. More aircraft movements followed, including other RAF machines which used a landing strip on Bani Yas Island off the coast for fuelling facilities.

By the late 1930s, a long stretch of salt flats to the south of Abu Dhabi was considered suitable for aircraft, and was established as an RAF base. The same airstrip was later used in the mid-1950s by oil exploration teams, and later again for the air services operating on behalf of the offshore oil projects. By this time, the aerodrome had become an established part of everyday life in Abu Dhabi – the landing strip marked by discarded oil drums, with regular patrols to divert stray camels from wandering on to the runway!

In the late 1960s, a new airport was built in Al Bateen district, which in the ensuing decade became Abu Dhabi's first international airport, complete with a hard-surface runway and purpose-built terminal building catering to pioneering airlines, such as Gulf Air and BOAC.

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