Khaleej Times

Dubai to have world’s first aviation X-Lab

- Issac John

dubai — THE worlD’s first AvIAtIon ExpErImEnt­Al lAB tHAt wIll EnvIsIon tHE nExt ErA oF HumAn trAnsportA­tIon Is ComInG up At DuBAI’s FuturIstIC HuB — ArEA 2071.

EmIrAtEs AIrlInE AnD A ConsortIum oF InDustry pArtnErs ArE JoInInG HAnDs to BuIlD worlD’s first sECtor-wIDE ExpErImEnt­Al (X) LAB to Co-CrEAtE tHE mInDBoGGlI­nG possIBIlIt­IEs BEInG oFFErED By tHE EmErGInG nEw ErA In trAnsportA­tIon tECHnoloGy.

“THE AvIAtIon X-LAB Is A HIstorIC Effort to Host AIrlInEs, mAnuFACtur­Ers, GrounD loGIstICs, rEGulAtors, EnGInEErs, ACADEmICs, AnD stArtups unDEr A sInGlE rooF In orDEr to EnvIsIon A nEw trAnsportA­tIon pArADIGm AnD sEEk solutIons tHAt no sInGlE orGAnIsAtI­on or proGrAmmE HAs HAD tHE rEsourCEs to DElIvEr on tHEIr own,” sAID EmIrAtEs, tHE worlD’s lArGEst IntErnAtIo­nAl AIrlInE.

“WE look ForwArD to tHE AvIAtIon X-LAB InItIAtIvE, wHICH wIll EnABlE EmIrAtEs to Co-CrEAtE HIGH ImpACt solutIons wItH our InDustry pArtnErs tHAt wIll propEl tHE UAE’s AvIAtIon sECtor to nEw HEIGHts, AnD unloCk tHE possIBIlIt­IEs oF An IntErConnE­CtED worlD,” sAID SHEIkH AHmED BIn SAEED Al MAktoum, CHAIrmAn AnD CHIEF ExECutIvE OFFICEr, EmIrAtEs AIrlInE AnD Group.

THE AvIAtIon X-LAB At ArEA 2071, stArtInG tHIs yEAr, wIll Host InDustry summIts to Co-CrEAtE InDustry sHApInG CHAllEnGEs.

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