With simple yet captivating and thought provoking targeted campaigns, Saudia Cargo received the International Air Cargo Marketing Award at this year’s Air Cargo India.
At the Gala awards night during ACI 2018 held on 21 February at Grand Hyatt Hotel Mumbai, Saudia Cargo was honored for its innovative campaigns and thematic booth designs across various global exhibitions that stir business results like Fly Fashion in Paris which is specifically tailored for the global garment industry, Fly Perishables & Fly Flowers in Johannesburg for the African market, Fly Pahrma with temperature controlled in Munich and so on.
Saudia Cargo’s Global Marketing Manager Adel Sallam said, “it’s all about reading trends of what the cargo customers will need in future by building marketing infrastructure and engage with their experience”. He also added further saying “our tag line Aspire to Cargo Anything, Anywhere, Anytime that’s taken quite literally by Saudia Cargo made the customers understand the challenge we put ourselves through. When we sync with our customers, they realize that Saudia Cargo is coming closer like never before.”
The publisher & organizer Stat Times Group editor in chief R.K. Patra said “our voters saw that Saudia Cargo’s marketing campaign went through and delivered the message and that they started to approach the customer’s need at an insightful level facilitating customers to find and understand more about the company’s services and facilities”.
Through its effective campaigns on for each target market, Saudia Cargo is now the leading freight carrier serving the industry and a proud winner of the best Marketing award.
Dubai South said that it would start handing over units in phase one of its Aerospace Supply Chain facility by the end of 2018; with phase two of the facility now under development.
Mohammad Al Falasi, director of business development at Dubai South, said that 50 percent of phase two is already pre-leased, and that phase three is currently under design. The facility will house aviation service providers.
“Phase one of the Aerospace Supply Chain has been designed to host aviation companies in the MRO (Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul) sector … and it’s fully operational. Phase two is a replica of that, with an additional four units, so a total of 14 units, and will be handed over by the end of 2018,” he told a local newspaper on the sidelines of MRO Middle East.
Al Falasi said that he expected the other half of phase two of the facility to be booked by the end of this year. Dubai South is currently in talks with local and international MRO companies, as well as small and medium enterprises about setting up presence there.
Dubai South is also in talks to bring in businesses from other sectors including education and training, other aviation services, and even hotels and retailers.
Al Falasi said he expects growth at the region’s airlines to spur growth in the MRO sector and drive demand for aviation service providers.
“We sense the urgency to provide a better solution and a quick solution for our customers. The growth within this region of Emirates, flydubai, Air Arabia and Etihad is driving the market to great opportunities,” Al Falasi said.
And he believes Dubai South can be a hub for such growth in the Middle East’s airlines, as well as an MRO hub to serve airlines in neighboring regions such as Africa and Asia where Al Falasi sees growth.
“Looking at the available soft and hard infrastructure within Dubai South, there’s no such infrastructure available within a seven-hour radius, so Dubai is positioning itself as a hub for the airspace industry,” he said.
“The aviation industry contributes to 28 per cent of our GDP (Gross Domestic Product), and our role here within the coming five years is to take that to 35 per cent.”
Emirates will resume its flagship A380 service between Houston (IAH) and Dubai (DXB) from 1 June 2018. This follows the airline’s recent adjustments to its US services with the launch of a new non-stop Dubai-Newark service from 1 June 2018 and the resumption of daily services to Fort Lauderdale and Orlando from 25 March 2018.
Houston will join more than 40 destinations on Emirates’ extensive global network served by its highly popular A380 aircraft, including Mumbai, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore or Kuwait. Emirates will deploy its three-class A380 on the Houston route, offering a total of 516 seats, with 14 private suites in First Class, 76 flatbed seats in Business Class seats and 426 spacious seats in Economy Class, increasing capacity per flight by more than 160 passengers compared to the current Boeing 777-300ER.
Emirates celebrated 10 years of service to Houston in December 2017, and have carried nearly 2 million passengers since its inaugural flight in December 2007. Services to Houston were upgraded to an A380 in December 2014, but as part of Emirates’ fleet optimization, the decision was made in July 2016 to operate the route with a Boeing 777-300ER.
Flight EK211 will depart Dubai at 09:35 and arrive in Houston at 16:50 daily. Return flight EK212 will depart Houston at 20:00 and arrive in Dubai at 20:00 the next day. Passengers from Houston can enjoy convenient connections in Dubai when travelling to destinations in India, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore or South Africa. Passengers can also take advantage of over 90 codeshare destinations with flydubai.
Etihad Airways has launched the first ever scheduled flights linking Abu Dhabi and Baku. The inaugural flight, EY297, departed Abu Dhabi recently carrying a special delegation including diplomats, dignitaries, media representatives and senior members of Etihad Airways’ management team. On arrival in Baku, the aircraft was greeted with a traditional water cannon salute, followed by the customary display of the Emirati and Azerbaijani national flags from the cockpit windows.
Peter Baumgartner, Etihad Airways Chief Executive Officer, said, “We are tremendously excited to be launching scheduled flights between Abu Dhabi and Baku, the only scheduled service linking the two capitals. There is strong demand from both markets for a direct, full-service operation on the route, and we have responded to this increasing customer requirement. The new flights will further boost traffic from the UAE and strengthen the bilateral relations between the two nations.
“The visa waiver programme introduced for UAE nationals by Azerbaijan in 2015 has greatly stimulated interest in the country, resulting in a surge of visitors since its implementation.”
Etihad Airways and Azerbaijan Airlines recently announced a codeshare partnership, which now sees Azerbaijan Airlines place its ‘J2’ code on Etihad Airways services between Baku and Abu Dhabi.
Under this partnership, Azerbaijan Airlines guests will be able to book codeshare flights to and from Abu Dhabi and connect onto Etihad Airways’ extensive global network.
Jahangir Asgarov, President of Azerbaijan Airlines CJSC, said, “Azerbaijan Airlines and Etihad Airways are long-standing partners in civil aviation. The launch of joint flights between our two airlines will allow Azerbaijani citizens to further expand their global reach, attracting increased numbers of tourists and creating more opportunities for business travellers.”
Compared with other countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, the UAE has more women pilots, captains, aircraft engineers, mechanics, aircraft maintenance and air traffic controllers, among others.
Thirteen of the 15 countries with the lowest rates of women participating in their labour force are in the MENA.
Emirates currently employs nearly 27,000 women, making up 42 percent of the group’s workforce, including women pilots who includes the youngest Emirati female pilot operating the world’s biggest aircraft, A380, of which it is the world’s largest operator. Over 60 of more than 4000 pilots employed by Emirates are females.
Etihad Airways currently employs over 2,850 Emirati women covering various roles, including 50 female pilots and also the first Emirati woman registered as a specialist in aviation medicine. Over 50 per cent of the airline’s 13,000 strong workforce are women and the airline is keen to narrow the gender gap further.
Air Arabia employs women staff, including the first female Emirati holder of a multi-crew pilots (MPL) license. Two years ago, the UAE became the first country in the world to launch an all-woman operated airline services company.
The 3rd Women in Aviation General Assembly will be held on May 9 on the side lines of The Airport Show from May 7 – 9. The conference, under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Ahmed Bin Saeed Al Maktoum, will have more than 20 speakers. It is expected to be attended by over 350 participants. Its sponsors include Boeing, Honeywell, ExecuJet, MSI Aircraft Maintenance Services International, LFV, the air navigation services of Sweden, Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) and ENOC (Emirates National Oil Company).
An important debate topic at the conference will be how initiatives like the Emirates Mars Mission, UAE Astronaut Programme, Space Research Centre, Yahsat and Virgin Spaceport are propelling the UAE into the top tier of modern space research and exploration. The UAE’s first astronaut programme is now searching for four Emirati astronauts, who will be trained on various space missions with the aim of heading to the International Space Station within five years. Young women have been invited to join the race for being part of the coveted mission.
Estimates from the International Society of Women Airline Pilots (ISA) show that women pilots account for only three per cent of the total 130,000 pilots in the world. It has been reported that only twelve out of the 248 airlines operating worldwide are currently led by women.
Boeing, the world’s largest aerospace company has estimated that by 2034, 558,000 more commercial pilots will be needed to meet the growth of the industry.
The chances of the pilot being a woman are much higher in India than anywhere else in the world with 600 out of the total 5,100 pilots being women. Meanwhile in China, an increasing number of airlines are hiring female pilots.
The UK, arguably a world pioneer in aviation, says that over 570 of the British industry’s 9,846 pilots and co-pilots were women, which is just under six per cent while there are only 20 female pilots in all of Jordan.
The Saudi Air Navigation Services Company has set in motion the process to employ women as air traffic controllers for the first time. The national carrier, Saudia, is also looking into sending Saudi women on scholarships abroad to become pilots. Oxford Aviation Academy opened its first branch in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region in Dammam to train women as commercial pilots.
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