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نهطيزاأنبيب رزفغ انذظز ػ شذ انذقبئت ػه يصز

ػه شذ انذقبئت يغ 2015أصذرد وسارح انقم األنبيخ قزارا ثزفغ انذظز انفزوض يذ ىفجز

.انزكبة ػه يز ردالد انطيزا انظيبد األنب انزجهخ إن يطبر شزو انشيخ

وكبذ طهطخ انطيزا انذ األنبيخ قذ أخطزد كبفخ شزكبد انطيزا األنبيخ ثزفغ انذظز انشبر إنيه

.ثصىرح رطيخ رهيذا الطزئبف ردالرهب ثشكم طجيؼ إن يطبر شزو انشيخ

جبء انقزار األنب اإليجبثي ركهيال نجهىد انظفبرح انصزيخ ف ثزني ػه يذي طزخ أشهز، ثبنزظيق

يغ انقطبػبد انؼيخ ثىسارح انخبرجيخ فضال ػ طبئز انجهبد انصزيخ األخزي انؼيخ وثصفخ خبصخ

وسارد انظيبدخ وانطيزا انذ وانذاخهيخ في يصز ي جبت، ويغ انجهبد انؼيخ ثىساراد انقم

.وانخبرجيخ وانذاخهيخ ثبنذكىيخ األنبيخ ي انجبت اآلخز

وقبل طفيز يصز في ثزني انذكزىر ثذر ػجذ انؼبطي، إ انقزار األنب يثم رطبنخ ريشيخ قىيخ رؼكض

انزشاو يصز انكبيم ثبنؼبييز انذونيخ انخبصخ ثزأيي انطبراد وثصفخ خبصخ يطبر شزو انشيخ، ديث

جبء هذا انقزار رفيذا نهزىصيخ انز رفؼهب انىفذ األي األنب ثؼذ سيبرره انثبنثخ نطبر شزو انشيخ ف

شهز يبرص انبض، يؤكذا أ انقزار يكشف دزص انجبت األنبي ػه انزؼبو ثي انجهذي؛ ي أجم

.اطزؼبدح ػبفيخ انقطبع انظيبدي ثشزو انشيخ

أنف طبئخ أنبي ساروا يصز خالل األشهز انثالثخ األون ي هذا انؼبو، ديث رؼزجز 1٧0يذكز أ دىاني

.يبطق انغزدقخ ويزطي ػهى في يقذيخ انقبصذ انظيبديخ نهظيبح األنب في يصز

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flight -Europe’s airlines set to benefit from in

advancementsconnectivity

European-based travellers have faced a patient wait for in-flight

connectivity to gain traction among the region’s airlines – largely

because the carriers have been waiting for technology to catch up with

demand – but they are now starting to invest more readily, and the

impact on the customer experience will be palpable.

While Norwegian Air Shuttle started the rollout of free in-flight Wi-Fi

back in 2011, and Lufthansa has offered connectivity on select long-

haul services for more than half a decade, the emergence of new, high-

quality connectivity services has encouraged more airlines to take the

plunge in recent months.

For International Airlines Group (IAG), patience seems to have paid off.

Having refused to make an early move in the onboard connectivity

space, the Group, which includes British Airways, Aer Lingus, Iberia

Gogo’sopted to invest in , has just announced that it hasVuelingand

and up to LingusAerBritish Airways, four 118 . In total, Ku technology2

15 Iberia aircraft will be fitted with 2Ku. Up until this month, Virgin

Atlantic was the only European carrier to have announced an

investment in the 2Ku solution.

Elsewhere, Lufthansa is continuing to take a leadership role.

to band Global Xpress (GX) service-KaInmarsat’scommitted to Having

bring connectivity to short- and medium-haul services, it has also

signed up to a flight trial programme of the new Inmarsat/Deutsche

Telekom European Aviation Network S-band hybrid satellite/ATG

connectivity network, starting in 2017. Carsten Spohr, Lufthansa’s

Chairman and CEO, aptly highlighted the thinking behind the carrier’s

determination to be seen as a connectivity pioneer in Europe. ―We

continue to strive for excellence when it comes to our passengers’

flying experience,‖ he said, ―and the provision of reliable, consistent

broadband connectivity aboard our planes, which will match that of

high-speed home broadband in terms of speed and quality, is of

extreme importance to us.

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KLM, is -Air FranceAnother of the major European airline groups,

flight connectivity -up with Orange has seen in-. A tieequally active

trialled on two Air France Airbus A320s, the AirFi solution has been

trialled on two KLM 737-800s, while KLM’s Boeing 787 Dreamliners

and a Boeing 777-300 aircraft already carry in-flight Wi-Fi.

Speaking at FTE Europe in Amsterdam last month, Peter Verheijde,

Air France-KLM’s Head of Research and Development In-flight

Entertainment and Connectivity, explained that although the airline

group has different ambitions and motivations for its long-haul and

short/medium-haul services, full connectivity is being pursued for

the entire fleet. While onboard connectivity brings about a number of

passenger experience benefits – including the ability to browse the

internet and stream content including live TV to personal electronic

devices – Verheijde stated that the Group’s investment will ultimately

have much more wide-reaching benefits. For instance, the connected

cabin, he said, empowers crew to undertake real-time service

recovery in-flight and provide a more personalised level of service to

customers. In-flight connectivity also creates a big retail opportunity,

he explained, with

passengers able to browse and purchase items on their own devices

while flying.

This is a benefit that IAG has also recognised. Upon the

announcement of its decision to invest in the 2Ku connectivity

service, it stated in a release: ―In the future, inflight Wi-Fi will also

transform the duty free experience allowing travellers to order from

their phones and tablets and arrange for items purchased onboard to

be delivered to their homes.‖

And this point is crucial. While passenger demands and technology

improvements are almost ―forcing‖ major European carriers to

invest in in-flight connectivity, more effective business cases built

on new revenue creation opportunities are also proving to be highly

convincing factors.

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(3)Low-cost and leisure carriers are also getting in on the act, buoyed by

the prospect of making money from in-flight connectivity solutions

while concurrently improving the passenger experience. Among these

airlines, portable connectivity solutions are proving to be especially

popular, partly because of the low implementation costs and simple

set-up. The likes of Volotea, Iberia Express, Arkefly and Transavia

have invested in such solutions, and while they don’t offer full blown

access to the internet, they do provide a form of entertainment on

services that would otherwise offer no form of IFE. Importantly,

portable connectivity solutions also create new revenue streams, with

passengers able to buy duty free items and destination-based

activities, for instance, via the portals.

Europe’s major low-cost carriers also look poised to make moves in

this market. Ryanair’s Chief Technology Officer and Head of Ryanair

that the carrier is taking portable recently told FTELabs, John Hurley,

has CEO Carolyn McCalleasyJetIFEC solutions ―seriously‖, while

previously recognised the fact that onboard connectivity will ―come

eventually, but not until it is consistently good‖. With a new

generation of connectivity solutions now on the horizon, perhaps

easyJet will soon review its stance.

With passenger demand for in-flight Wi-Fi continuing to rise,

technology developments making high-speed, reliable connectivity

services more freely available to European airlines, and the carriers

themselves starting to identify new connectivity-centric revenue

generation opportunities, it is becoming increasingly difficult, if not

impossible, for Europe’s airlines to put off investment in onboard

connectivity.

Qatar Airways Delays Launch of World’s

FlightDirect Longest

Qatar Airways has delayed the launch of the world’s longest direct

flight — from Doha to Auckland, New Zealand — by two months

because of the late delivery of Airbus A350s, an airline spokeswoman

said.

―I can confirm we are looking at February. It is due to aircraft

availability, specifically the delay of delivery of A350s,‖ the

spokeswoman told Reuters.

Qatar Airways increased pressure on Europe’s Airbus over aircraft

reliability last month, saying it had some ―issues‖ with the A350

passenger jet barely a year after it entered service.

Its 17.5 hour service to Auckland, which would eclipse the current

record holder by nearly 500 miles, had been due to start on Dec. 3.

At present, the world’s longest flight is a Qantas flight from Dallas/Fort

Worth to Sydney.

The flight distance between Doha and Auckland is approximately

9,030 miles.

-ElSharmGermany resumes direct flights to

MinistrySheikh:

Germany has decided to "immediately" ease restrictions on air flights

between its airports and the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm El-

Sheikh, the Egyptian foreign ministry and German embassy

confirmed.

The move will see the resumption of direct air trips between the

popular beach town and the European country, according to both

sides.

introduced A number of European airlines and governments

Sheikh over security concerns after -ElSharmto restrictions on flights

a Russian passenger jet crashed in Sinai in October 2015, killing 224

people, most of whom were holidaymakers.

German airlines were among many foreign carriers who banned

check-in luggage on flights from the city's airport, and direct flights

from German airports subsequently stopped.

But the ban, in place since November 2015, has been overturned.

"Based on appropriate security measures on the part of the Egyptian

safety and security aviation authorities, luggage will be immediately

re-allowed to be carried when travelling from Sharm El-Sheikh airport

to Germany," read a Wednesday statement by the German embassy in

Cairo sent to Ahram Online by email.

The embassy said that special security technology will be

implemented and trained personnel will be assigned for baggage

handling at the passenger terminal at Sharm El-Sheikh airport in a bid

to "minimise to the lowest possible level security risks of baggage

delivery and transfer."

The Egyptian foreign ministry said Wednesday the decision to lift the

ban on joint transportation of check-in luggage was issued by the

German transport ministry.

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Germany's aviation authority has officially notified all tour operators

of the ban removal which will see flights resume normally to the Red

Sea resort, the ministry added in a statement.

The foreign ministry said talks between the governments of two

countries to alleviate the constraints lasted for six months.

Egypt’s ambassador in Berlin Badr Abdel Atty said the decision came

following a recommendation by German air travel inspectors who

conducted security examination at airports in Sharm El-Sheikh and

other Red Sea towns in March.

He said the decision mirrors Egypt's "compliance to international

airport security standards."

He added that the move also "highlights that Germany is keen to push

forward cooperation on airport security and open the door to the

recovery of the tourism sector in Sharm El-Sheikh and Egyptian

tourism generally."

Around 170,000 German tourists visited Egypt in the first quarter of

2016, mainly frequenting the popular Red Sea beach resorts of Sharm

and Hurghada.

Egyptian tourism, a pillar of the economy and a key source of hard

currency, has taken a blow since the plane crash, with Sharm El-

Sheikh believed to be suffering the most.

The Egyptian affiliate of the Islamic State militant group claimed

responsibility for the October crash, saying it had smuggled a bomb

on board.

Following the crash, the British government halted direct flights

between Sharm El-Sheikh Airport, from which the passenger jet had

departed, and British airports. It has since deployed expert teams to

assess security practices at Egyptian airports, but flights to South

Sinai have yet to be resumed.

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