Etihad Airways, and one of the main sponsors of the Taste of London Festival, has crowned Dean Parker from The Manor restaurant in London, winner of its Taste the World competition. The competition took place on 15th June.

Boeing has announced, through its subsidiary Jeppesen, a new 10-year service contract with Turkish Airlines.

The Dubai Airport Freezone Authority (DAFZA) participated at the 19th International Logistics and Material Handling Exhibition (SIL) in Barcelona, Spain.

Airbus has launched a new aviation data platform in collaboration with Palantir Technologies – pioneers in big-data integration and advanced analytics. Skywise aims to become the single platform of reference used by all major aviation players to improve their operational performance and business results and to support their own digital transformation.

Aireon has signed an MoU with Saudi Air Navigation Services (SANS), Saudi Arabia's Air Navigation Service Provider (ANSP).

Royal Jordanian (RJ) has successfully attained the latest version of the PCI Data Security Standard version 3.2 Compliance Certification and Attestation of Compliance for the second year.

King Abdulaziz International Airport (JED) in Jeddah and King Khalid International Airport (RUH) have completed inspection and clearance has been granted by the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to permit portable electronic devices (PEDs) on board flights to the United States.

Jeppesen, a Boeing Company, has agreed to a service contract with Kuwait's Wataniya Airways.