Emerging Technologies

Satair Group and CTT Systems A.B of Sweden announced at the Dubai Air Show a five-year extension to Satair Group's existing 10-year exclusive global spare parts distribution contract for CTT's range of aircraft climate control equipment including humidification and moisture removal systems that are present on a wide range of modern airliner types.
Emerging Technologies

Gulf Air has signed an agreement to equip the airline's new incoming fleet of 10 Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners and 12 Airbus A320neo with Safran Landing Systems wheels and brakes.
Emerging Technologies

Gulf Air has awarded a 15-year contract for Boeing 787 aircraft Component Support to Singapore Technologies Aerospace (ST Aerospace) the aerospace arm of Singapore Technologies Engineering (ST Engineering).
Emerging Technologies

Abu Dhabi International Airport has become the first in the Middle East to sign up to a global initiative to promote sustainability in the aviation industry.
Airports & Networks

Royal Jordanian has today joined the growing band of airlines to team up with Optiontown, a world pioneer in developing unique and innovative travel options
Emerging Technologies

Dnata's cargo operations, in conjunction with Emirates Innovation Lab, IBM and flydubai Cargo, has created a new value proposition for cargo service delivery through the use of blockchain technology.
Emerging Technologies

The Emirates Group, comprising Emirates airline and dnata, has today published its seventh annual Environmental Report which outlines the Group's environmental performance for the financial year 2016-2017.
Aerospace

Royal Jordanian customers can purchase their online air tickets and services in as many as 150 currencies through a feature that is now available on www.rj.com and RJ mobile App.
Emerging Technologies

Emirates has collaborated with ESPN to produce 'Flying the Flag', a four-part documentary mini-series following the inspirational stories of four athletes in the UAE as they prepare to compete on the world stage.
Emerging Technologies

The 3DEXPERIENCE company Dassault Systèmes says emerging and rapidly developing Middle East countries are prioritising the building of vibrant local aerospace sectors for economic growth and competitiveness and to fuel national pride and prestige.
Emerging Technologies

Airbus, Rolls-Royce, and Siemens have formed a partnership which aims at developing a near-term flight demonstrator which will be a significant step forward in hybrid-electric propulsion for commercial aircraft.
Air Transport

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has announced that Emirates Airline is the launch customer for the IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations (DGR) for Electronic Flight Bags (eFB).
Emerging Technologies

An official delegation from the UAE Space Agency participated in high-level meetings with the international space agencies at the One Planet Summit.
Space

H.H. Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman of the Dubai Airport Freezone Authority (DAFZA), has launched the 'DAFZA's Strategy for Islamic Economy' which is based on strategic initiatives involving the Islamic economy and halal sectors.
Airports & Networks

H.H. Sheikh Ahmed Bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman of Dubai Airport Freezone Authority (DAFZA), has approved DAFZA’s ‘Digital Intelligence Plan 2018-2020’ developed in line with digital transformation initiatives such as the ‘Dubai Internet of Things Strategy (IOT)’ and the ‘UAE Strategy for Artificial Intelligence,’ the first major initiative within the UAE Centennial 2071 project.
Emerging Technologies

Airbus will throw the spotlight on the Tactilon Dabat, the world's first integrated smartphone and full TETRA radio--all rolled into one, during their first time participation at the 20th edition of Intersec, the world’s leading trade fair for Security, Safety and Fire Protection, which will run until January 23, 2018 in Dubai.
Emerging Technologies

Inflight broadband has the potential to unlock a $5.2 billion market within the Middle East region by 2035, according to new data released today from the ‘Sky High Economics: Quantifying the commercial opportunities of passenger connectivity for the global airline industry’ report.
Emerging Technologies

AirFi, a provider of portable onboard digital platforms, has signed two new large airline clients - a major contract expansion and a landmark deal to expand and support its growing Middle East and North Africa footprint.
Emerging Technologies

Saudi Arabian Airlines (SAUDIA) recently surpassed the one million mark on Twitter and has more than five million five hundred thousand fans on Facebook, and over half a million followers on Google+.
Emerging Technologies

Inflight broadband has the potential to unlock a $5.2 billion market within the Middle East region by 2035, finds new data released from the ‘Sky High Economics: Quantifying the commercial opportunities of passenger connectivity for the global airline industry’ report.
Emerging Technologies

SITA has won the respected Aviation Technology Achievement at Air Transport World’s 2018 Annual Airline Industry Achievement Awards.
Emerging Technologies

Emirates Group Security and Transguard have cemented their industry leadership position by clinching two accolades at the 16th edition of the Sheikh Khalifa Excellence Awards (SKEA).
Aerospace

Res2, the Netherlands-based ground handling IT expert, and Travelport have jointly announced a new multi-year agreement with Havaş Ground Handling for deployment of the industry leading iPort DCS (departure control system).
Emerging Technologies

An industry-leading weather-alerting feature, empowering flight dispatchers to avoid or anticipate weather disruption throughout flights, has been launched as a new feature of SITAONAIR’s AIRCOM FlightTracker, in partnership with DTN.
Emerging Technologies

Emirates is celebrating 10 years of enabling mobile phone use on board its aircraft.
Emerging Technologies