Emerging Technologies

Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia) has received the highest level of certification for its digital merchandising of the airline's on-board product and features available to travel retailers.
Emerging Technologies

Etihad Airways has successfully implemented a new booking standard driven by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) that enhances the level of information flow between travel agents and airline reservation systems.
Emerging Technologies

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) welcomes the decision by the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to require enhanced security measures as an alternative to restrictions on the carriage of large portable electronic devices in the cabin on all flights to the US. This includes the ability to remove the existing restrictions on certain flights departing from the Middle East and North Africa to the US.
Emerging Technologies

SITA has released a survey revealing passenger satisfaction is higher during the airline journey when self-service technologies are used, particularly at bag tag and collection, and passport checkpoints.
Emerging Technologies

RwandAir enables Maestro, Discover, Diners and JCB cards for online tickets payments
Emerging Technologies

Honeywell has met the performance standard for transponders required by the European Aviation Safety Agency to make air traffic management safer and more efficient.
Emerging Technologies

Honeywell and NASA have completed a two-year test to determine the most effective way to show pilots flying supersonic jets where people on the ground may hear sonic booms, potentially eliminating one of the primary barriers to the broad adoption of supersonic flight.
Emerging Technologies

According to the latest Market Outlook, Embraer projects a steady market demand for 6,400 new jets in the 70-130+ seat capacity category (2,280 units in the 70-90 seat segment and 4,120 units in the 90-130+ seat segment), worth USD 300 billion, by 2036.
Business Aviation

Boeing has launched Boeing AnalytX, bringing together the work of more than 800 analytics experts across the company, who are focused on transforming data into actionable insights and customer solutions.
Emerging Technologies

SitaOnAir and Teledyne Controls are joining forces to deliver the aviation industry's first-ever airline-integrated ACARS datalink terrestrial cellular service.
Emerging Technologies

Libya Telecom (LT) will shortly roll out the installation of new navigation systems combining VHF Omni Directional Radio (VOR) and Direction Measuring Equipment (DME) to improve air traffic managementat four major airports. Oscar Nkala reports.
Emerging Technologies

Wilderness Holdings Limited has formally withdrawn its bid for Air Botswana saying the pull was a 'business decision' made after realising that it would not be 'in its best interests' to contesting for a partnership with the troubled national airline, report Oscar Nkala.
Air Transport

“Dubai is witnessing best use of highly innovative and the latest smart technologies across all industries.
Emerging Technologies

Everbridge has announced a multi-year agreement with Oman Airports Management Company (OAMC) as the ACI Airport Exchange Conference & Exhibition 2017 (5-7 December) gets underway.
Emerging Technologies

Yahsat and Orbital ATK has announced that the Al Yah 3 satellite has successfully arrived at its launch site in Kourou, French Guiana. The satellite, the third in Yahsat's fleet, is scheduled to be launched on an Arianespace rocket on 25 January 2018.
Emerging Technologies

Airlines and airports are estimated to spend nearly US$33 billion on IT this year, according to the SITA 2017 Air Transport IT Trends Insights.
Emerging Technologies

AMAC Aerospace has announced that a new Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for the Ka Band Antenna Installation on an Airbus A330 has been successfully developed by AMAC's in-house engineering department.
Emerging Technologies

Emirates has expanded its free inflight Wi-Fi service with generous rates for all flyers.
Emerging Technologies

Moving maps are one of the most popular features of any inflight entertainment system and Gogo Business Aviation and Rockwell Collins bring Airshow moving maps to customers in the business aviation market.
Emerging Technologies

At the 9th Annual Global CSR and Summit Awards, Dubai Duty Free was a Gold and Bronze awardee for the CSR Leadership Award and Best Environmental Excellence Award respectively, at a special event held on 30th March.
Aerospace

SITAONAIR is to pioneer inflight mobile services using high-speed broadband connectivity.
Emerging Technologies

Panasonic has launched its NEXTTM inflight entertainment and communications (IFEC) platform – the company's newest IFEC solution.
Emerging Technologies

Etihad Airways has said it has continued to make improvements in the fuel efficiency of its fleet, resulting in substantial reductions in carbon dioxide emissions and reinforcing the sustainability credentials of the airline.
Air Transport

Air Tanzania has completed the cutover of its reservation and passenger service system to Crane PAX provided by Hitit Computer Services.
Emerging Technologies

Since launching 3G inflight connectivity one year ago, AeroMobile has revealed a 160 percent increase in inflight data usage year on year.
Emerging Technologies