Vanderlande Industries kicked off the Airport Show in Dubai this morning with an environmental boost for the industry as it unveiled to the Middle East for the first time, its new, environment-friendly blueveyor conveyor system.

Dubai-based low-cost carrier, flydubai, has ordered 31 zonal drying systems from CTT to be installed in the airline's new B737-800 aircraft.

Bayanat Airports Engineering and Supplies and Adacel, the UK-based developer of advanced air traffic control simulators and automated ATM systems announced an agreement ahead of their joint presence of the Airport Show which opens in Dubai on Tuesday.

Six weeks after its first public presentation at the international Aero-Expo in Friedrichshafen, Germany, the Airbus sponsored technology demonstrator “eGenius” performed its maiden flight yesterday in the late afternoon from the airfield in Mindelheim, Bavaria, Germany.

OnAir and TriaGnoSys have today launched the most lightweight and complete turnkey solution for business jets. It enables passengers to use their mobile devices and laptops for calls, text messages, emailing and Internet browsing, as they do on the ground.

In a move to provide airlines with optimised delivery of online services, airline technology company SITA today announced a partnership with content delivery network provider, CDNetworks. Together the companies will enable airlines to service customers up to three times faster via the Internet and mobile devices, and to handle peak traffic more efficiently.

Boeing has partnered with the UAE charity Action Care to help young children in Kuwait, through its support of an Start Early programme.

Honeywell's HTF7250G turbofan engine which will power the Gulfstream G250 super mid-size business jet G250 super mid-size business jet has been certified by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the company said at EBACE today.