Honly African nation to defeat the European colonial power in the 19th century, Ethiopia, the continent's oldest independent nation where coffee beans were first grown, continues to break new grounds, defying stereotype notions about the region and its people.

Outsourcing Operations 3PLS

The UAE ranks high on the list of promising emerging markets and its domestic logistics market shows no less potential.

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The UAE ranks high on the list of promising emerging markets and its domestic logistics market shows no less potential.

Mumbai gets new export heavy..

By 2025, India will rank third in the world, displacing the UK, in terms of air passenger movement, transporting nearly 1.1 billion

Messe München aims for more in 2017

Messe München holds about 40 trade fairs annually for industrial goods, consumer goods and new technologies. Separately, it holds 14 international trade fairs in various countries and cities.

AI-powered Mercedes-Benz Actros

This truck has safety features designed for extreme weather conditions and difficult situations like a near collision with another vehicle, an animal, a human or any object on the road that...

The Lounge - Enquanhone Minyashal

Enquanhone Minyashal is a proud African and an even prouder Ethiopian. And there are good reasons to be one. Ethiopia which is known the world over as the birth place of coffee is now one of the leading nations in the continent as far as economy and innovations in education and other industries are concerned...

Quotes

The passenger jet was, and still is, one of the wonders of the world, a world whose other wonders the jet made accessible. Along with the personal computer, it ranks as the greatest technological innovation of the second half of the twentieth century. The computer turned your lowly desk into a cross between Harvard and Hollywood. The jet turned you into an adventurer. It freed you from the shackles of that desk and set you free to roam the world, to become a Lindbergh, an Earhart, a James Bond, and, if you had enough money and time, a jet-setter.

- Willian Stadiem : The People, The Planes, The Glamour and The Romance in Aviation's Glory Years. 2014.

IT News

EC delegation visits ACC test site for new generation air traffic control system

Delegates from the European Commission (EC) and the Innovation and Network Executive Agency (INEA) have visited the Marseille Air Traffic Control Centre (ACC) in France, one of two sites testing the new generation air traffic control (ATC) system, 4-FLIGHT...

Schneider Electric officially sponsors Airport Solutions Mexico 2017

The inaugural Airport Solutions Mexico 2017, part of the Airport Solutions Global Series of events, is being officially sponsored by Schneider Electric, a software solutions provider. The two-day Airport Solutions Mexico exhibition and conference...

Mercator, Accelya partner for creating global technology-enabled solutions

Accelya, a leading provider of financial and commercial solutions to the airline industry, and Mercator, a global provider of product-enabled solutions to the travel and transportation industry, recently announced their intention to combine,

Kalitta Air takes off with CHAMP’s
Weight &
Balance

CHAMP Cargosystems has successfully completed US-based cargo carrier Kalitta Air’s implementation of its Weight & Balance application used to manage its load planning more effectively. With its fleet of sixteen Boeing 747 freighters, Kalitta Air is one of the leading ...

Boeing and US Air Force sign GPS sustainment agreement to ensure

Boeing and the US Air Force recently signed a Global Positioning System (GPS) sustainment agreement that will ensure the navigation capabilities relied upon by millions of military and commercial users remain robust for years to come...

Recruitments and Retirements

MEBAA Founding Chairman Ali Ahmed Alnaqbi elected as IBAC

Ali Ahmed Alnaqbi, Founding Chairman of the Middle East and North Africa Business Aviation Association (MEBAA), has been elected Vice Chairman of the International Business Aviation Council (IBAC) Governing Board.

GE announces major appointments

Visal Leng is President and CEO, Asia Pacific, GE Oil & Gas. With more than 20 years of Industrial experience at GE, Visal has held roles of increasing responsibility in Sales, Finance and Quality across the Plastics, Infrastructure, Water and Oil & Gas businesses

Pedro Garcia joints WFS as Chief Information Officer

Pedro Garcia has joined Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) as Chief Information Officer, based in Paris. Prior to joining WFS, Pedro spent 10 years with Swissport, including the last five years in the role of Vice President, Cargo Information Syst

DB Chief Executive Rüdiger Grube resigns, Richard Lutz to serve as interim

Deutsche Bahn (DB) chief executive Rüdiger Grube has resigned after almost eight years at the helm. His request was unanimously accepted by DB’s supervisory board, and work is underway to terminate his contract, with terms to be arran

David Clark joins WFS as Global Head of Safety & Security

David, who will report directly to WFS’ CEO Craig Smyth, will take up his new post on 27th February 2017, based in Paris. He joins WFS after spending more than 17 years with British Airways where he has held various senior management roles in Engi

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