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DXB installs the Middle East’s largest airport solar energy system
Comparable to 53,617 tree seedlings grown for 10 years, this new sustainable scheme will significantly help reduce DXB's carbon emissions.
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New smart gates at DXB reduce wait times by 30 per cent
With the ability to measure operational efficiency, realtimeDXB provides enhanced decision-support tools to improve operations and manage disruption more effectively.
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Egypt’s new airport, Capital International, begins one month trial
The new airport has been built with the purpose of serving the new capital, and significantly relieving pressure on Cairo International Airport.
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Air traffic control training centre officially opens in Lebanon
An advanced air traffic control training facility has opened in Beirut, Lebanon which uses pioneering simulation technology developed by Airways New Zealand.
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AZANS: Delivering airspace safety through efficiency
Azerbaijan Air Navigation Services details the challenges of traffic growth in regard to managing Azerbaijani airspace, and highlights how this has been tackled.
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Dubai Airports pledges to ban single-use plastics by 2020
As the war on plastics rages on, Dubai Airports plans to do more, with single-use plastics banned in both DXB and DWC from next year.
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Hamad International to implement biometrics across terminal touch points
The second phase of HIA's 'Smart Airport' programme sets to initiate a major digital transformation of the passenger journey across all key terminal touch points.
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Vision-Box to modernise Bahrain International Airport
Vision-Box is set to supply Bahrain International Airport’s new passenger terminal building with a state-of-the-art automated border control platform.
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ICAO calls for investments in connectivity between Belt and Road countries
Dr. Fang Liu highlighted that "a very direct relationship exists between states’ investments in aviation development and their eventual realisation of increased economic growth.”
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Sheikh Ahmed opens the 19th edition of Airport Show in Dubai
Dubai Airport Show 2019 has been opened by Sheikh Ahmed in the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre.
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PICTURES: Israel’s first civil airport built from scratch
The Ilan and Asaf Ramon International Airport is a futuristic desert mirage built into the surroundings and will become the new southern gate to Israel.
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Dubai Airports are ‘ready to go’ ahead of scheduled runway repairs
There will be a free bus service deployed for travelling between the Dubai Airports while the maintenance work takes place on the runway at DXB.
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Sustainability Series: Sustainable Bioenergy Research Consortium (SBRC)
Our 'Sustainability Series' continues with a look to the future for aviation fuel; we spoke to Jose Gerardo Gonzalez Barron, from the SBRC, who told us how fuel from halophytic plants is the way forward.
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Istanbul Airport: From mere concept to operational mega-hub
At Passenger Terminal Expo 2019, a panel discussion took place to understand the significance of the mega-hub which is iGA in the global market. We spoke exclusively to Ismail Polat, the operator of the new Istanbul Airport, who told us more.
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Blockchain’s aviation potential explored at inaugural ICAO-UAE Summit
The use of blockchain technologies could be of tremendous benefit to reduce the pressure on current human resources, while at the same time sustaining increasing demand and quality levels.