ABU DHABI / WAM Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, has partnered with information technology company SITA, to trial the use of facial biometrics in order to check in cabin crew at the airlines Crew Briefing Centre at Abu Dhabi International Airport. The trial will use facial recognition technology to identify and authenticate crew members, allowing ...

ABU DHABI / WAM HH Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, and Ivan Korcok, the Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic, have reviewed prospects of advancing cooperation between the two nations. This came as the UAE top diplomat received his Slovak counterpart in the presence of Minister of Defence ...

DUBAI / WAM Etihad Credit Insurance (ECI) the UK Export Finance (UKEF) have announced the signing of a reinsurance agreement to enhance the competitiveness, scale and scope of both countries’ export industry through strategic partnership and cooperation. The agreement, which was signed by Massimo Falcioni, CEO of ECI, and Louis Taylor, CEO of UKEF, aims to provide a robust turnkey ...