Etihad Airways has become a member of “Business in the Community” (BITC), an organisation that will support the implementation of the Abu Dhabi-based airline's sustainability strategy and provide access to best practice in the field of corporate social responsibility (CSR).

The Emirates Institution for Advanced Science and Technology (EIAST) and Bigelow Aerospace have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to work on a next-generation commercial human spaceflight project.

Flight Display Systems announced today it has introduced and successfully installed an Android software application for use with its Select Aircraft Cabin Management System (Select CMS).

Airline visitors to AVEX were studying closely a new technology on show from Canadian company Star Navigation Systems Group which has developed an in-flight safety monitoring system, STAR-ISMS, the first system in the world to feature in-flight data analysis, monitoring and diagnostics with a real-time connection between aircraft and ground.

Low cost carrier Air Arabia has joined the region's big boys – Emirates, Etihad and Qatar Airways – in optimising its flight planning with Lido/Flight from Lufthansa Systems.

Fokker Services, in collaboration with flight operations software and services provider Navtech, has today introduced commercial aviation's first affordable hardware and mounting solution for Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) technology designed for the Apple iPad.

Aircraft of the future can be powered by biofuels farmed using seawater from Abu Dhabi's arid and saline rich coastline according to new research from the partnership set up last year between the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, Etihad, Boeing and Honeywell.

The UAE is currently hosting a five-day workshop on the use and application of Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS), the first of its kind in the Middle East.