Oman's budget airline Salam Air, which is considering an order of Airbus jets, is set to carry 1.3 million passengers by the end of the year and more than double that number to 3 million in 2020, its chief executive said.

The airline expects a load factor — a measure of seats filled — of about 85 per cent by the end of the year on its fleet of A320s and the re-engined A320 Neos, Mohamed Ahmed, Salam Air's chief executive, said"...

The Airways Aviation Group announced today the acquisition of the renowned French Aviation Education & Training organisation ESMA (Ecole Supérieure des Métiers de l'Aéronautique).

“These are unprecedented times in aviation as we accelerate & expand our already significant global presence & capability and offer even more solutions to the industry’s increasing demand for properly trained & qualified"...

Muscat: An air bilateral agreement was signed between Oman and Kazakhstan in Nur-Sultan recently to boost the air travel between the two countries.

The Omani delegation included representatives from Oman Air, Salam Air and the Public Authority for Civil Aviation (PACA).

The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) allows 14 weekly flights and 14 cargo flights between the two"...

Muscat: As a result of the Public Authority for Civil Aviation (PACA) directives on suspending operations of Boeing 737 Max, Oman Air has cancelled the following flights in the period until October 31.

“Hundreds of Oman Air flights to various destinations, including Athens, Colombo, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Goa, Jeddah, Karachi, Salalah, Medina, Kathmandu, Tehran, Doha, Amman, Nairobi, Bangkok, Dubai, Goa, Kuwait, Bahrain, Dammam, Riyadh, Lahore,"...

Deltix, Inc. announced that its CryptoCortex digital asset trading platform is integrated with Curv, the cloud-based wallet provider. Deltix, which launched the CryptoCortex platform in 2018, has been providing quantitative research, analytics and algorithmic trading solutions for equities, futures, options and forex for over 12 years. CryptoCortex provides advanced digital asset-trading capabilities to buy-side discretionary and systematic traders, market makers, OTC desks, exchanges and broker/dealers. Curv provides a multi-party computing (MPC) digital “hot” wallet solution, which eliminates the burden of managing private keys in securing digital assets. Recently named a Gartner Cool Vendor in an article highlighting the power of MPC, Curv can also offer an insured hot wallet, the first of its kind in the crypto space. “We are delighted that CryptoCortex traders can now use Curv’s MPC wallet solution.” said Ilya Gorelik, Founder & CEO at Deltix. “It provides a powerful and flexible alternative to private key based digital......

Yokogawa Electric Corporation (TOKYO:6841) announces the release of Dynamic Real Time Optimizer, a solution in the OpreXTM Asset Operations and Optimization family. Using a combination of first principles simulation and multivariable predictive control technology, the Dynamic Real Time Optimizer software helps to optimize plant operations.

This integrated solution is based on Yokogawa’s advanced process control technologies and industry knowledge"...

Peru, one of the world's fastest-growing Latin American nations, is all set to expand its exports of a wide range of goods to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), a move that is aligned with the growing Peruvian exports to the wider Asian region. The KSA is one of the top priority desti- nations of Peru’s latest export master plan.

The most important goods imported from Peru to KSA include fresh grapes and other fresh fruits, fish flour,"...

On September 25, the activity of seeking and selecting My Favorite Yunnan Tourist Scenic Areas and Colorful Yunnan Tourism Image Ambassador was closed, with 20 My Favorite Yunnan Tourist Scenic Areas and 1,000 Colorful Yunnan Tourism Image Ambassadors being selected.

The activity had attracted nearly 320,000 people of all ages from every part of China. The online voting was ongoing for one month, and more than 1.9 million votes had been collected"...

Says game-changing biotechnology solutions are needed to accelerate a global mission to eradicate ‘needless’ corneal blindness.

Tej Kohli Foundation recently cured a family of five brothers and sisters in India who had all been suffering from severe long-term visual impairment

On World Sight Day, the Tej Kohli Foundation says that a focus on new technologies is needed to accelerate the global mission to end curable corneal"...

Philip Morris International Inc. (PMI) (NYSE: PM) today announced its aim that all its factories become carbon neutral by 2030. The announcement comes as PMI celebrates its factory in Klaipeda, Lithuania, as its first carbon neutral manufacturing facility.

“A clear message emerged from last month’s Climate Week NYC, run in coordination with the UN General Assembly: Now is the time to act against climate change,” said Huub Savelkouls,"...