Air transport IT provider SITA has today announced details of a high tech acquisition designed to put it in a leading position in the area of mobile resource management solutions for efficient airport operations.

With the world economy pinning its hopes on emerging markets to power growth and recovery, logistics specialist DHL has identified three main barriers limiting potential success: high customs costs, slow market liberalization and under-developed distribution channels.

A technology company in the US is to demonstrate that the crash of the UPS 747 freighter in Dubai last month could have been avoidable.

Virgin Galactic, the company developing the world's first commercial manned space flight system and tourism business, has successfully completed the first piloted free flight of its Enterprise spacecraft.

A British designed unmanned air vehicle (UAV) which showcases a wide range of new technologies has successfully demonstrated 'flapless flight' in the UK.

SITA has announced that UAE national carrier, Etihad Airways has introduced the IT provider's innovative new fare pricing software in a move to ensure the best fares for its passengers.

Emirates subsidiary Mercator is today unveiling Avantik, the new name for its award-winning tikAERO passenger services system, at the World Low Cost Airlines Congress in London.

Etihad Airways has won the 2010 Avion Award for 'best single achievement in in-flight entertainment' for its innovative 'E-BOX' system at the Airline Passenger Experience Association's (APEX) Annual Conference and Exhibition held in California.