OnAir has added Pakistani domestic and international carrier Airblue to its growing list of airline relationships.
Besides the Karachi-based A320-family operator, OnAir has been linked with AirAsia, AirAsia X, Air France, the UK’s bmi, Jazeera Airways, Kingfisher Airlines, Oman Air, Royal Jordanian, Ryanair, Shenzhen Airlines of China, TAM of Brazil, TAP Portugal and Wataniya Airways of Kuwait.
Air France has completed a trial of the company’s onboard cellphone service, TAP is currently evaluating it, and Ryanair and bmi are due to make a start any time now. The other carriers have committed to implementing the service in their fleets, with Wataniya leading the way in January.
Airblue plans to offer Mobile OnAir voice, text messaging and email services on up to 12 of its A320s from next year. “We embody a new era in air travel,” says Airblue chief executive Tariq Chaudhary. “With services like e-ticketing, wireless mobile check-in and self-service kiosks in airports, we are constantly bringing innovations to our passengers. Mobile OnAir will enable us to generate inflight revenues and enhance our customer relationship management programmes.”
The DoD has changed its structures and is been increasing efforts to facilitate access to loans by companies interested in working with artificial intelligence, advanced materials and semiconductors, biotechnology and quantum science.
India has approved millions of dollars in new military purchases, most of which will go to public sector companies.
The main obstacles to overcoming risks in the region are a lack of a strong cybersecurity culture and inadequate funds to invest in this domain given a widespread Chinese presence in the region.
MBDA is adapting to supply chain pressures as the Russian invasion of Ukraine leads to increased demand for armaments.
Despite the additional funding promised this week, the UK armed forces still look set to face cutbacks, and maintaining international commitments to AUKUS and GCAP may limit the options for other programmes.
This week on the Shephard Defence Podcast, senior naval reporter Harry Lye and military training & simulation reporter Norbert Neumann chat with Professor John Louth.
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