AVTECH and Etihad Airways have agreed to expand the trial of the Aventus NowCast Descent Winds service (“Aventus”) from three destinations to Etihad Airways' full network.
Emirates has signed up to sponsor 'The Last Wilderness of the UAE', a documentary series that will feature the United Arab Emirates' rich biodiversity.
Arabsat and King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) have signed contracts for manufacturing and launching two new Satellites with Lockheed Martin and Arianespace, with a value of $ 650 Million including the manufacturing, the launching and the insurance covering for the two satellites into the orbit.
Smartworld – a joint venture between the UAE telecoms provider Etisalat and the Dubai World Central aerotropolis - has selected Altitude Software, the omnichannel solutions provider, to launch the country's first Cloud Customer Engagement Solutions.
New airport technologies will significantly reduce the stress of travelling, according to 97 per cent of UAE travellers surveyed by Honeywell and YouGov.
All new Boeing Business Jets (BBJ) from summer 2016 onwards will be fitted with the revolutionary split scimitar winglet (SSW), the company's president said.
Gulf Air has engaged with Hewlett-Packard (HP) to evaluate the airline's existing information security solutions and, as a result, has most recently implemented HP latest generation of Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) to bolster its Information Technology security and network data protection.
The United Arab Emirates is to build a new space research centre in Al Ain, which will act as an incubator for development and innovation for its planned unmanned mission to Mars.
Deimos Space UK and the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) in the UAE have signed a one-year contract to develop mapping applications that use DubaiSat-2 and Deimos-2 high-resolution satellite data.
Emirates is now making it easier for customers in select markets and the UAE to book and lock in fares while they simultaneously plan their travel itineraries for their business trips, family holidays or weekend getaways.
Endeavouring to reach Hawaii from Japan - to encourage the use of clean technologies - the solar powered aircraft of Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg took off this morning on the longest leg of the Solar Impulse's Round-The-World mission, relying on communications from SITA OnAir using Inmarsat's SwiftBroadband-based satellite comms link, to facilitate all comms and aircraft health monitoring on the 120 hour flight over the Pacific.
Oman Air launched its latest initiative designed to enhance the travel experience of their frequent fliers even further: the Sindbad mobile app for Android and iPhone.
