A number of
aviation industry stakeholders signed agreements and made announcements on the
second day of the MEBAA Show 2022 in Dubai.
A letter of
intent was signed between RoyalJet and Honeywell to extend the current Ka-band
connectivity services while Saudia Private Aviation (SPA) and Redstar signed a
memorandum of understanding. VPorts announced a partnership with UAE General
Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) and the Mohammed bin Rashid Aerospace Hub
(MBRAH) at Dubai South to establish the world’s first AAM integrator world
centre in Dubai.
Saudia Aerospace
Engineering Industries (SAEI) also signed four agreements during the second
day, with Airbus Helicopter Arabia, Alpha Star Aviation Services, Ubisense and
The Helicopter Company (THC).
These
development progressed from the previous day where Airbus Corporate Jets (ACJ)
and Citadel Completions LLC signed a partnership agreement to enter the ACJ
Services Centre Network. The MBRAH signed four agreements with Empire Aviation
Group, Athena Security, Khaleej Aerospace Industries and Airline Support Baltic
while there was the official contract signing of the DC Aviation G-OPS joint
venture for the opening of a brand new FBO at Nice Airport, among others.
Day two of
the BizAv Talks conference included seven presentations and panel discussions
under today’s theme ‘Tomorrow’s Customer – Next-Generation’. With future
aviation, digitalisation, block chain, AI and crypto-based payments key focuses
for this year’s MEBAA Show, sessions included a joint presentation, ‘Stay ahead
of the curve with cryptocurrencies’, from Robert Plhak, CEO of VOO, and Gernot
Winter, CEO of AVINOC.
Sustainability
has also remained a key theme throughout the ninth edition of the show – and a
huge focus for the business aviation sector as a whole. This year MEBAA Show
has worked with Air bp as the carbon offsetting sponsor for the show. “
Source:
Zawya.com