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
Logistics
Kapsch to provide safety solutions for Makkah-Madina rail route
GSM-R specialist Kapsch CarrierCom has announced that it has won an operations project to provide safety solutions on the 450km high-speed line between the Saudi Arabian cities of Makkah and Madinah
Emirates plans new aircraft lease deal
Dubai?s Emirates airline plans to lease new Airbus A380 superjumbo aircraft from finance company Doric, which will issue US$630mn of bond-type certificates to fund the purchase of the planes
Saudi Rail Organisation to redevelop Riyadh?s inland port
The Saudi Railway Organisation (SRO) is set to redevelop Riyadh?s inland port in order to accomodate the increasing volume of incoming containers
Spanish group to bid for Oman railway project
Spanish group Talgo has revealed plans to bid for the Oman Railway project and has said that it was optimistic that its technological expertise would give its proposal an advantage over competitor bids