Emirates SkyCargo is to increase its cargo capacity to Iran, when Emirates begins five daily non-stop flights to Mashhad from Tuesday.
Mashhad will become Emirates’ second Iranian destination after the capital city Tehran, which Emirates has been serving since March 1990.
Last year, Emirates carried more than half a million passengers and transported over 17,500 tons of cargo to and from Iran.
“Iran is an important market for Emirates SkyCargo, and with our Dubai hub strategically located between East and West, we are able to offer Iranian manufacturers access to our global network coupled with a range of innovative products and services, such as our cool chain offering for time and temperature sensitive commodities,” said Khalid Mohd Al Hinai, vice president for commercial cargo for the Middle East, GCC and Iran.
Ryanair launches car hire service
Ryanair has launched a car hire service in partnership with CarTrawler, a travel-technology platform which allows its customers to book the widest range of cars at the best prices via the Ryanair.com website.
The partnership offers customers a direct connection to over 1,500 leading and independent car rental agents in over 30,000 airport and city locations, across 174 different countries.
This is part of Ryanair’s Always Getting Better programme, which will eventually introduce a new personalised website, new interiors and new cabin crew uniforms.
Ryanair Car Hire will go live on Tuesday.
EY signs up to Innovate Finance
EY and Innovate Finance, the leading global financial technology association, have announced their collaboration on a rolling talent programme aimed at developing cutting edge research to support FinTech – a line of business based on using software to provide financial services to technology companies.
EY is the first of the Big 4 audit firms to join Innovate Finance, which already has a community of over 120 FinTech companies.
Under the agreement, EY will pilot a talent program in which EY staff will be seconded to the Innovate Finance member community for three month stints to help accelerate innovation programmes and start-up growth. EY will also collaborate on major research projects on emerging FinTech trends such as open payments, financial inclusion, regtech and blockchain technology.
In the last few years EY has been specifically growing its FinTech expertise, and just last year launched a startup accelerator programme in the UK to grow and develop the country’s most innovative technology companies.