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Honeywell to display its latest technologies at the Airport Show

eNethersole — Tue, 17 May 2022 10:38:33 +0000

As the aviation sector recovers, operators are placing a greater emphasis on enhancing commercial operations and driving sustainability. The International Air Travel Association (IATA) forecasts overall global traveler numbers to reach 4.0 billion in 2024, exceeding pre-COVID-19 levels. Additionally, IATA and its member airlines have committed to net zero carbon emissions from their operations by 2050.

In response to these trends, Honeywell will showcase its airside system, Honeywell NAVITAS, which improves aircraft turnaround times, optimizes uptime for airside operations, and decreases maintenance downtime by up to 25%. Honeywell will also feature its enterprise performance management solution, Honeywell Forge, to support landside operations. Honeywell Forge has the potential to help drive double-digit energy savings in buildings and shift from a reactive to a predictive maintenance schedule.

Philipose Jacob, general manager, Global Airports, Honeywell Building Technologies commented: “The aviation industry’s future path is focused on sustainable recovery. This will require airports to leverage digital technologies that can deliver on priorities of safety, sustainability and efficiency that can also adapt to provide the best experience for travelers and staff. Our technologies can help enhance indoor air quality and provide a seamless passenger experience, whilst supporting regional airports with integrated, safer, cyber-secure operations.”

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Honeywell will display its latest airside and landside solutions that can help support more sustainable airport operations at the Airport Show 2022 in Dubai.

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Qatar Airways and Malaysia Airlines unveil enhanced partnership

eNethersole — Tue, 17 May 2022 10:32:40 +0000

This follows Malaysia Airlines’ announcement to launch a non-stop service from Kuala Lumpur to Doha from 25 May.

The two partners will significantly expand their codeshare cooperation, allowing passengers to travel the world and enjoy seamless connectivity via their leading hubs in Kuala Lumpur and Doha.

Qatar Airways Group chief executive, Akbar Al Baker, said: “We share a close and deep bond with Malaysia Airlines and welcome their new non-stop service between Kuala Lumpur and our home in Doha, Hamad International Airport. With this strategic partnership, we are committed to delivering greater choice and connectivity to our customers around the world. We are experiencing a new optimism in air travel and expect a strong rebound in global demand. With our dynamic partnership with Malaysia Airlines, we are aiming to provide unparalleled service and a superior travel experience for our customers.”

Malaysia Airlines Group Chief Executive Officer, Captain Izham Ismail, said: "We are excited to deepen our cooperation with our long-standing oneworld partner Qatar Airways to bring the world closer to our customers with more choices and flexibility, exceptional services and innovative products, while upholding highest operational safety, just as passengers begin to travel again following the reopening of borders.

“As we move into the endemic phase, this strategic cooperation shows both carriers' commitment to offering an unrivalled range of value-added services to passengers and reflects the agility and resilience in facing the pandemic challenges. This partnership is opportune in our efforts to boost air traffic and expedite recovery to pre-pandemic levels, while also enhancing our global brand visibility."

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Qatar Airways and Malaysia Airlines have unveiled the roadmap outlining the next phase of their strategic partnership.

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Emirates PE cabin soon bookable

eNethersole — Tue, 17 May 2022 10:27:50 +0000

The airline said: “The roll-out of the new cabin is going to take some time, with 67 A380s and 53 Boeing 777s due to be refitted from November 2022. The final batch of A380 deliveries came with Premium Economy installed from scratch, which allows Emirates to begin offering it for booking now.”

From 1st June, it will be bookable on:

London, Paris and Sydney for travel from 1st August

Christchurch for travel from December (exact date TBC

DHMI began using two Cessna Citation V aircraft for flight inspection in 1993, which were replaced by Cessna Citation XLS aircraft in 2009.

The A380s will feature 56 premium economy seats in a 2-4-2 layout at the front of the lower deck. The cabin has three dedicated toilets.

The seats themselves feature up to 40″ pitch and 19.5″ width, with an 8″ recline. You’ll get a six-way adjustable headrest, calfrest and footrest as well as a wide dining table and small side table.

Emirates has chosen the Recaro PL3530 premium economy seat. If it looks familiar, this is the seat that British Airways has been installing on refurbished aircraft and new arrivals in recent years.

Jumeirah Hotels opens an arrivals lounge at Dubai Airport

The Jumeirah hotel group has opened its own arrivals lounge in Terminal 3 of Dubai International Airport.

The 250 sq m lounge is open to anyone who is using hotel-arranged transport from the airport. It appears that you do not need to book a transfer in advance to get access.

The lounge offers food and drink as well as two shower rooms, which could be useful if you are arriving early and are unlikely to get immediate access to your hotel room.

Jumeirah will also allow you to leave your luggage in the arrivals lounge for separate transfer to your hotel, allowing you to head into Dubai immediately. This is particularly interesting for business travellers who may not want to carry their luggage into business meetings.

Accor to manage the Queen Elizabeth II floating hotel

Accor has now taken over management of the hotel and, after some refurbishment and upgrades, it will become part of the MGallery brand.

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Emirates has announced that its new Premium Economy cabin will be bookable from 1st June.

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Textron Aviation receives order from Turkish Aerospace Industries

eNethersole — Tue, 17 May 2022 09:25:55 +0000

The aircraft will be fitted with special flight inspection calibration equipment and used by the DHMI (General Directorate of State Airports Authority) in Turkey to inspect regional airport navigation aids.

“Textron Aviation is honoured to, once again, be selected as the aircraft of choice for the critical mission of ensuring the integrity of the airways that constitute the national airspace of Turkey,” said Bob Gibbs, vice president, Special Mission Sales for Textron Aviation. “The Longitude and Latitude continue the long legacy of Cessna Citation flight inspection aircraft in service by the DHMI, while providing additional capability and performance for its missions.”

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Textron Aviation has received an order from Turkish Aerospace Industries (TUSAS) for one special mission Cessna Citation Longitude and two special mission Cessna Citation Latitude jets.

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EgyptAir Cargo achieves the IATA CEIV PHARMA certificate

eNethersole — Tue, 17 May 2022 09:15:14 +0000

Ahmed Shaheen, chairman and CEO of EgyptAir Cargo Company said: ‘The process of taking care of such type of shipments started with the reservation process at the original airport until it is completely delivered to the consignee at the airport of destination.

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EgyptAir Cargo has passed all the audit phases and achieved the IATA CEIV PHARMA certificate.

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Emirates’ recruiters on the hunt for cabin crew

eNethersole — Tue, 17 May 2022 09:05:59 +0000

As air travel returns with a vengeance, the airline’s recruiters are busy meeting and hiring candidates in 30 cities from now until the end of June. In this latest drive, Emirates’ teams will travel from Australia to the UK, and dozens of European cities in between, as well as Cairo, Algiers, Tunis and Bahrain.

Abdulaziz Al Ali, Emirates Group’s Executive vice president for Human Resources said: "There’s no more exciting airline than Emirates for anyone interested in a flying career, and we’ve received tremendous interest since we began our recruitment drive for cabin crew in November.

"While parts of the application process are done online, we always make the effort to meet our candidates in person whenever we can, and that is why our Talent Acquisition team is doing a whirlwind 30-city tour over the next 6 weeks to assess prospective candidates."

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Emirates is seeking new cabin crew. Candidates are invited to apply online now, with successful applicants being invited to a dedicated interview day in Manchester on either Monday 23rd or Tuesday 24th May.

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Qatar Civil Aviation Authority selects Frequentis

eNethersole — Tue, 17 May 2022 08:41:05 +0000

This is to meet meet air traffic demand resulting from the World Cup in the country in 2022. The football World Cup expects to significantly increase the number of visitors to the region, with daily air traffic movements anticipated to increase from 700 to 1800 movements.

QCAA is upgrading both its main and back VCS systems to enhance airport operations and maintain safety as airspace demands change. The back-up VCS will benefit from Frequentis’ next generation VCS, X10, to increase resilience. In addition, QCAA will also implement Frequentis electronic flight strips in the ATC tower to support air traffic controllers with effectively managing the increased workload and maintaining safety during peak air traffic movements.

“Frequentis has provided QCAA with reliable ATM systems since the 1990s. Our electronic Flight Strips integrated with the ATM system marks the next generation of tower automation, which will allow QCAA to handle the expected, significant air traffic increase,” noted Josef Kutschi, Managing Director Frequentis Middle East.

Both the digitalisation of paper strips and the implementation of the IT-based VCS, X10, fulfil the latest demands for tower digitalisation, paving the way for automation and efficiency, improving controllers’ situational awareness and workflows.

“The X10 architecture allows for a flexible, scalable, and modern approach to air traffic management and smartSTRIPS is an essential tool to support controllers in their challenging role,” says Hannu Juurakko, Frequentis Vice President ATM and Chairman of the ATM Executive Team. “We are pleased to be working with QCAA on this modernisation, the added benefits of X10 will fully prepare QCAA for its upcoming airspace demands.”

The VCS X10 is designed from the origin to fulfil the latest trend towards Virtual Centre operations and, being fully ED-137 complaint, it fully supports the digitalisation of ATC communication, and the standardised implementation and interoperability of voice over IP (VoIP). The Frequentis smartSTRIPS system is already deployed on five continents, covering installations from two to more than ninety controller working positions.

“As a local partner to the region, and to Frequentis, Bayanat Engineering Qatar is pleased to be part of this project to support Qatar airspace with predicted increased demand,” noted Hassan Ezzedine, managing partner of Bayanat Engineering Qatar.

To find out more click here: www.frequentis.com

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Qatar Civil Aviation Authority (QCAA) has selected Frequentis to upgrade its existing VCS and modernise its ATC tower.

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Qatar Civil Aviation Authority (QCAA) has selected Frequentis to upgrade its existing voice communication system (VCS) and modernise its air traffic control (ATC) tower.

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ITW GSE's smarter gate power system with IPM

eNethersole — Tue, 26 Apr 2022 12:21:11 +0000

“Airport gate installations often have excess power capacity because they are designed to cover the power needs in a worst case scenario and not simply the actual demand,” said ITW GSE sales director David Feuga. “The surplus may be rather considerable, up to 30-50%.

Many years of experience doing world- wide airport installations have provided us with extensive field data recordings, Feuga continues. Those recordings show that 400 Hz ground power units rarely draw full current. And if they do, it’s only for very short periods of time. Due to its variable frequency drive technology that allow step-less regulation of the discharge temperature, the intelligent ITW GSE PCA, the brain of the IPM system, can easily cope with those periods.”

At all times, the PCA ensures that the total power consumption does not exceed the power capacity limit.

“When connected GPUs draw more power i.e. during aircraft engine start, the PCA smoothly reduce the its own consumption. And because the GPUs only require more power for a very short time i.e. from a few seconds to a few minutes, passengers presumably not even register any rise of the cabin temperature,” said Feuga.

“The IPM system is a big advantage for airports that have reached their power capacity limits. Besides room for connection of more equipment to existing stands without investments in expensive infrastructure, the simpler installation reduces maintenance costs. ITW is ready with advice and calculations, if you wonder how you can benefit from implementing the IPM system.”

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ITW GSE’s IPM allows airports to connect more equipment to an existing gate while removing complexity and eases maintenance.

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As airports are already at their power capacity limit, ITW GSE’s Intelligent Power Management (IPM) allows airports to connect more equipment to an existing gate while removing complexity and eases maintenance.

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dnata boosts Erbil operations

eNethersole — Tue, 17 May 2022 11:37:43 +0000

The company opened a new, advanced cool chain facility and a bus maintenance facility for its state-of-the-art bussing fleets at Erbil International Airport (EBL), which together represent a total investment of US$ 3.5 million.

dnata has also announced that it would invest an additional US$ 14 million and add a 16,000 m² cargo warehouse to its infrastructure in Iraq. The three new facilities will create up to 100 local jobs with dnata.

dnata’s new cool chain facility is capable of processing 10,000 tons of perishables annually. It enables dnata’s cargo team to offer an uncompromised chilled and frozen storage and cool chain product to its airline customers at EBL, catering to product categories including fresh fruit, meat and pharmaceuticals. The facility was designed and built with flexibility and unique product handling requirements in mind, taking advantage of the latest cold storage technologies.

The new bus maintenance facility was designed to maintain the fleet of eight passenger apron buses and over 10 transportation buses operated at EBL. It will ensure continuous improvements in the safe and productive maintenance of the airport’s bus fleet, supporting smooth transport operations across the airport for passengers, crew and staff.

dnata’s new cargo warehouse, which is expected to open in 2023, will further significantly enhance the company’s cargo offering in Iraq. It will be capable of processing 100,000 tonnes of cargo, with a special focus on pharma and other cool chain commodities, annually. The facility will be equipped with the latest technologies, including environmentally sustainable features such as water harvesting, low energy lighting and an all-electric forklift fleet.

Furthermore, dnata has recently announced that it successfully implemented its advanced ‘OneCargo’ system, digitising processes and maximising efficiencies across its cargo operations in Iraq. OneCargo automates key business and operational functions, including safety and quality monitoring, reporting and ULD management, with an integrated, cloud-based platform. AI-driven tools and analytics provide enhanced visibility on sales and business performance, allowing customers to match real-time demand with available capacity for maximum profitability. In addition, OneCargo eliminates all redundancies and manual check sheets, substantially improving operational efficiency.

dnata currently provides passenger, ground and cargo services to over 25 airlines in Erbil. In 2021, the company assisted over 1.2 million passengers and handled 8,200 flights and 20,000 tonnes of cargo in Iraq.

Tom Alwyn-Jones, managing director of dnata Erbil, said: "Our latest investment in three new facilities will help us further expand and improve our operations in Erbil as demand for reliable and safe cargo services is on the rise across the region. I thank my colleagues for their hard work and our partners for their support and trust in our services. We continue to go the extra mile to consistently deliver superior quality and be the best in everything we do."

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dnata has announced significant expansion of its operations in Erbil, Iraq.

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