The UAE and Bahrain have restructured airspace between the two countries in a bid to ease congestion as the number of aircraft movements continues to grow.

Travelport has announced the launch of Travelport Smartpoint App – a powerful software upgrade for the Worldspan Go! Desktop for Middle East and South Africa travel agents.

In-flight entertainment provider, IFE Services, has announced that it is supplying Emirates with a broad selection of African movies.

IFE Services and SmartTray International LLC have announced a strategic partnership aimed at enhancing in-flight entertainment.

ADSOFTWARE, has announced that Air Cote d'Ivoire, the national carrier of Ivory Coast has signed with ADSoftware to implement AIRPACK Fleet Management System and Logistics Solutions. AIRPACK is comprised of AirTime (fleet management - CAMO), AirStock (inventory control - logistics), AirDoc (documentation management), AirUser (security management).

As part of the intention to grow and develop the Bahrain International Airshow members of the organising team from the Bahrain Civil Aviation Authority (BCAA) and Farnborough International Ltd (FIL) will be attending IDEX, Abu Dhabi from 18 – 20 February 2013 to promote the Security and Surveillance Pavilion that has been newly introduced for the 2014 event.

Boeing and SecureTech will collaborate to jointly offer solutions that protect critical data and national infrastructure for customers in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the region through a cybersecurity agreement signed yesterday during the 2013 International Defence Exhibition Conference in Abu Dhabi.

The supersonic business jet is getting closer. Aerodynamic technology company Aerion Corporation has announced its next round of high-speed test flights in conjunction with NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center are underway.