Etihad Airways and Elenium Sign Partnership to Advance the Future of Passenger Services

Press release

Published March 28th, 2019 - 07:47 GMT

Jorg Oppermann, VP HUB and Midfield Operations, Etihad Airways and Aaron Hornlimann, Chief Executive Officer, Elenium, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop state-of-the-art travel solutions.

Etihad Airways, the national airline of the UAE, and Elenium, a leading provider of automation technology solutions, signed a Memorandum of Understand (MoU) yesterday for cooperation to develop a variety of innovative solutions in both passenger and freight processing services. The event took place at London’s legendary Savoy hotel.

Under the MoU, Etihad Airways and Elenium will develop a long-term relationship which enables both entities to continuously identify potential opportunities to develop state-of-the-art travel solutions.

A key area of cooperation involves the sharing of technologies between Elenium, Amazon Web Services (AWS), the technological arm of Amazon, and Etihad Airways. Together, the three entities are collaborating to demonstrate innovative platforms and solutions that will use digitalisation to simplify the passenger journey.

Etihad Airways, Elenium and AWS are demonstrating how a newly developed voice activated self-service kiosk, bag drop and boarding gate facility will revolutionise the travel experience at Passenger Terminal Expo in London this week.

For further information please visit: https://www.etihad.com/en/about-us/etihad-news/archive/2019/etihad-airways-and-elenium-use-ground-breaking-technology-to-revolutionise-the-travel-experience/

Background Information

Etihad Airways

As an airline, Etihad has come a long way in a short time – just like its home Abu Dhabi.

The airline was established by Royal (Emiri) Decree in July 2003 and is wholly owned by the Government of Abu Dhabi with a mandate to operate safely, commercially and profitably.