Qatar Airways has officially launched digital membership cards for its Privilege Club members, providing them with a more convenient option to redeem Qmiles when travelling across the airline's global network.
Qatar Airways has launched its latest payment feature - Apple Pay - becoming the first Gulf carrier to offer the revolutionary 'mobile wallet' solution across all 12 countries where Apple Pay is available.
Turkish Airlines has selected Panasonic Avionics Corporation's (Panasonic) advanced eX1 inflight entertainment and communications (IFEC) system and Global Communications Services for its new fleet of narrow body aircraft.
Emirates has selected three not-for-profit organisations working in wildlife protection and environmental conservation in Africa as the recipients of award funding under its 'A Greener Tomorrow' initiative.
Gulf Air has selected Dell EMC's Data Domain and Data Protection Suite solutions for a highly scalable protection and availability foundation to support rapid data growth. The national airline of Bahrain says it will leverage the solution's backup and recovery capabilities to help meet its data accessibility requirements.
The Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) has hosted the United Nations/United Arab Emirates High Level Forum: "Space as a Driver for Socio-Economic Sustainable Development", which was organized by the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) in conjunction with the United Arab Emirates Space Agency.
Emirates has introduced new sustainable blankets made from 100% recycled plastic bottles. The soft and warm blankets are made using ecoTHREAD patented technology and is now available in Economy Class on all long-haul Emirates flights.
Abu Dhabi's Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, the independent, research-driven university focused on advanced energy, and sustainable technologies, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Thales/Thales Alenia Space and French engineering university MINES ParisTech to develop applications for the Stratobus drone-satellite hybrid airship.
Sabre has signed a new agreement with the Kingdom of Bahrain's national carrier, Gulf Air, to provide an expanded portfolio of core passenger services technology covering reservations, departure controls and all other aspects that touch passengers directly.
Royal Jordanian has started implementing the e-Air Waybill (e-AWB) system, which was developed in cooperation with the airline's Information Technology Department and CHAMP Cargosystems (CHAMP) – an IT provider serving the air cargo industry.
Qatar Airways has been recognised for its content innovation at the fourth annual in-flight workshop and awards at Aircraft Interiors Middle East, held in partnership with F&E Aerospace. The award recognises the outstanding array of the airline's on-board entertainment platform, Oryx One.
Boeing has announced an agreement with Flydubai to add Software Distribution Tools to the list of Boeing services the airline utilises to enhance maintenance and engineering operations, safety and efficiency across the airline's growing 737 fleet.
System supplier Vision Systems continues to expand its international presence through a new office in Dubai, to facilitate trade development opportunities in the Middle East.
Emirates has started field-testing an innovative decision support technology that allows it to better manage operations, safety and environmental performance in the face of extreme and disruptive winter weather.
Global Loyalty Company (GLC), the specialist loyalty business of Etihad Airways Group, has passed the milestone of 20 million members across its four airline frequent flyer programmes: Etihad Guest (used by Etihad Airways, Air Serbia, Air Seychelles and Etihad Regional), JetPrivilege (Jet Airways), MilleMiglia (Alitalia), and topbonus (airberlin and NIKI).
Mercator, the global travel and transportation industry solutions provider, says it anticipates two major signings within the Middle East and North Africa this year for its newly-launched Intelligent Cargo Ecosystem, the industry's first open API platform for air cargo management and ground handling.
Jet Aviation has successfully concluded its first retrofit installation of Split Scimitar Winglets (SSWs) on a BBJ1. The SSW retrofit was completed with EASA-approved Supplemental Type Certification (STC).
The UK authorities issued new rules that ban passengers on flights from Queen Alia International Airport and other airports in the region departing to London from carrying laptops and tablets in the aircraft cabin, in addition to the phones that are larger than, Length: 16.0cm, Width: 9.3cm, Depth: 1.5cm. These devices can be placed in the checked baggage.
Emirates will introduce a new service to enable customers to use their laptops and tablet devices until just before they board their flights to the US.
The impact of the US and UK bans on electronics from Muslim-majority countries will be cross examined at the fifth edition of the World Aviation Safety Summit, which will be held on 11 and 12 April in Dubai. Industry leaders will debate how these bans will impact the industry and what should be the best way to deal with such significant changes from both airlines and passengers.
To mark Earth Hour on 25 March 2017, Qatar Airways switched off the lights at its corporate headquarters between 8:30 and 9:30pm in an effort to encourage communities and individuals to come together to highlight the importance of combatting climate change.
