The UAE national railway network developer Etihad Rail has announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Dubai Industrial City for the development of a rail terminal in Dubai
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Etihad Airways buy flight simulators from CAE
Abu Dhabi flag carrier Etihad Airways has purchased seven full flight simulators (FFS) from Canadian manufacturer CAE for more than US$200mn
Rolls-Royce engines for Oman Air planes
Oman Air has placed an order for a number of Rolls-Royce Trent 700 engines that will be used to power three Airbus A330s within its fleet
Sharjah prepares transport station design
The Sharjah public transport authority has completed the second phase of design for the new Central Transport Station, which will be located in the Union Square area adjacent to the emirates King Faisal Mosque
Etihad and GE in big data deal
Etihad Airways will use GE Aviation and Accenture?s sophisticated Taleris software to harvest and analyse gigabytes of data generated by hundreds of sensors working inside its planes