Boeing approved the launch of a new engine variant for its 737, based on order commitments for 496 airplanes from five airlines and a strong business case, the company said today.
If staff at Mercator, the IT services business of Emirates Group, seem a little smug at the moment it might just be justified. Jill Stockbridge explains why.
DubaiSat-1, the UAE-owned and operated earth observation satellite, has relayed images of the Holy Cities of Mecca, Medina and Al Quds from outer space.
Bahrain national carrier Gulf Air has introduced cloud computing technology to its business practices – the first Bahriani company to adopt the technology.
Air transport communications specialist SITA, announced today that it is now processing two million messages per day for more than 10,000 user aircraft, airline operations centres, air traffic control, and aircraft and engine manufacturers.
Avidyne introduced a full line of panel-mounted, plug-and-play avionics for general aviation aircraft at the world famous Oshkosh Airshow in Wisconsin, USA today.
Sabre Travel Network - a travel technology provider - and flydubai, have signed a multi-year global distribution agreement, providing the carrier access to more than 350,000 Sabre travel agency users around the world.
Al Ain-based composites aerostructures manufacturer Strata has said its first consignment of parts has been shipped to Airbus for its long-range A330/A340 aircraft.
ARINC has announced that its vMUSETM common-use passenger processing technology has become the first CUPPS Platform to successfully pass compliance testing under the latest CUPPS version, V1.03.
Saudi Arabian Airlines has recognised the importance of technology investments to maintain and grow its business in line with the travel momentum in the region and has announced the successful implementation of the SAP Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) business solutions software to ensure best practice across the organisation.
Airlines carrying 57% of the world's passenger traffic have reported a real increase in IT and Telecommunications (IT&T) expenditure and are ready to spend big on passenger mobile services and other transformative technology, according to results published today in the 13th annual SITA/Airline Business Airline IT Trends Survey.
Air transport industry IT specialist integrated communications service provider for businesses, have agreed to jointly build a global, high performance, managed cloud computing infrastructure for the aviation industry. .
Saudi Arabia's King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) has signed two contracts with Selex Galileo to include delivery of SELEX Galileo's PicoSAR and cutting edge ESCAN radar technologies for joint research, development and demonstration purposes, and a series of training and industrial participation modules centred around SELEX Galileo's world renowned radar expertise.
Airbus and Rolls-Royce are to jointly develop the A350-1000 with more powerful Trent XWB engines, EADS said at a presentation ahead of the Paris Airshow.
Passengers on Saudi Arabian Airlines are making the most of the inflight connectivity on the company's Airbus A330 fleet, but not in the way the airline had predicted.
Eclipse Aerospace, - the VLJ manufacturer part-owned by Turkish investors -. announced today the “sold out” success of the Avio IFMS completion programme.
Inmarsat has won top honours at an industry forum for its contribution to the development of the satellite communications sector in the Middle East region.
