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Faster Security Checks Are Coming To Dubai International Airport

DXB will deploy high-resolution 3D scanners by 2026 that let laptops and liquids stay in bags.

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10 months ago

October 3, 2025

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Dubai International Airport will soon end the practice of removing laptops and liquids at security by May 2026, replacing its screening lines with new AI-powered scanners.

The upgrade stems from a deal signed last year with Smiths Detection to equip all three terminals with next-generation checkpoint systems. The machines use 3D imaging and artificial intelligence to spot threats, clearing bags without the need to separate electronics or bottles. Similar systems are being adopted at major European and US hubs, but DXB’s scale makes the rollout one of the most extensive in the industry.

Essa Al Shamsi, senior vice president for terminal operations, called the program “huge” noting it requires replacing around 140 machines and reworking infrastructure. “The introduction of this new technology will make travel easier, smoother, and stress-free as you don’t have to take anything out of your bag,” he said.

Testing is already underway in Terminal 3, home to Emirates. Once rolled out across the airport, the scanners are expected to speed up processing and cut queues at one of the world’s busiest hubs.

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Traffic numbers continue to climb. DXB handled 46 million passengers in the first half of 2025, up 2.3% year on year, its busiest first half on record. The second quarter alone saw 22.5 million travelers, a 3.1% rise from the previous year. April was the busiest month of the quarter and the most active April ever recorded, with eight million passengers.

Dubai Airports is also working on AI systems to shorten aircraft turnaround times and raise efficiency on the ground. The combined effort anchors Dubai’s position as the leading international hub, as regional competitors in Doha and Istanbul expand capacity of their own. With demand at historic highs, the technology push signals how Gulf airports are scaling up to meet the next decade of growth.

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A Three-Clinic Network Bets Dubai Is Ready For Longevity Medicine

Longevium has enlisted nearly 100 clinicians and created an AI platform in a bid to sell biological-age tracking as a medicine, not a wellness service.

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2 days ago

July 13, 2026

Dana Saadeh

a three-clinic network bets dubai is ready for longevity medicine

Dubai has been busily creating the scaffolding for a longevity industry, including a dedicated regulatory authority and a health market deep enough to sustain it. Now the clinics are arriving.

Longevium, a longevity clinic network, has opened three locations across the city: a flagship at Triple Seven Mall on Jumeirah 3, and branches in Jumeirah Lake Towers and Jumeirah Village Circle. Together they house a multidisciplinary team of nearly 100 physicians and specialists offering what the company bills as “a measurable medical system for longevity”.

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The pitch is that longevity medicine should look less like a wellness menu and more like continuous clinical care. Each patient’s biological age assessment, laboratory results, body composition, cardiovascular risk factors, metabolic markers, and lifestyle data feed into a single profile, with a proprietary AI platform helping physicians track progress and adjust protocols against the patient’s own biomarkers.

“Healthy aging must be approached clinically through diagnostics, biomarkers, physician supervision, longitudinal tracking, and protocols tailored to the individual,” said Dr. Ksenia Butova, Longevium’s founder and CEO. “Our goal is to help patients understand their health trajectory before disease develops, and then actively change that trajectory”.

The treatment list spans peptide-based protocols, exosome therapies, stem cell approaches, GLP-1 metabolic optimization, hormone balance programs, cardiovascular prevention, and regenerative aesthetics — a model built for the entrepreneurs, executives, and international patients the clinic says want measurable results rather than generic wellness. A signature offering, Longevity Day, compresses biomarker testing, ultrasound and vascular imaging, specialist consultations, IV therapy, and a personalized optimization roadmap into a single three-hour visit.

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“Here, longevity, biotechnology, AI, prevention, and regenerative medicine are converging into a single ecosystem,” said Butova. “This is why Longevium was built in Dubai, and why we believe the UAE can become a global reference point for longevity medicine”.

The emirate established the Dubai Longevity Authority in 2026 to oversee its longevity, wellness, and advanced health sectors, and the Dubai Health Authority reported insured beneficiaries exceeding 4.9 million in 2025, up around 6.5%, with insurance claims reaching approximately 49.6 million, up around 13.5%.