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The Middle East has finally ushered in the much important IATA e-freight initiative with Dubai becoming the first in the region and just 14th in the world to go for paperless cargo operations. This is believed to be a new milestone for the air cargo space.

American Airlines Cargo Division (AA Cargo), a division of American Airlines, has announced its decision to participate in the launch of the United States air cargo industry’s e-freight initiative, which supports a move toward paperless documentation.

NIIT Technologies Limited, the leading software company based in India, has signed a multi-million pound, three-year deal outsourcing deal with its existing client British Airways.

Maldivian, the national carrier of Maldives, has deployed technology company IBS Software’s Passenger Service System aiRES in the Software as a Service (SaaS) mode to help itself manage its passenger reservations, inventory control, fares & ticketing, and departure control functions. 

Sabre-connected travel agencies and corporations around the world will now get easy access to Dubai-based Emirates’ full content fares for the next 10 years through the Sabre global distribution system.

Airline behemoth Virgin Atlantic has signed in as the latest customer of SkyChain, an end-to-end IT cargo management system developed by Dubai-based business technology provider Mercator.

An unprecedented malfunction in the computer software of the United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has caused delay of hundreds of flights at airports across the United States from Texas to New York. 

SriLankan Airlines has signed up for SkyChain, the end to end cargo reservation and business management solution offered by Mercator, the Dubai-based business technology provider, part of the Emirates Group. SriLankan Airlines is the flag carrier of Sri Lanka and currently flies to over 30 international destinations.

Kerala-based IBS Software Services, a leading provider of new-generation IT solutions to the global travel, transportation and logistics space, has signed an agreement to provide AvientCrew, its crew management solution to KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, the national airline of The Netherlands.

IBS Software, the Kerala-based provider of new-generation IT solutions to the global Travel, Transportation and Logistics (TTL) industries, has signed a deal with Oman Air.