AVIATION-

Dnata plans hiring spree: Emirati airport service provider Dubai National Air TravelAgency (Dnata) will hire some 7k employeesin light of expectations of increased travel demand and an increase in revenues in FY 2023-24, which started in April, Dnata’s CEO Steve Allen told The National. Dnata will hire 1.5k people from Dubai to fill open positions for recruit customer service agents, baggage handlers, kitchen staff, call center operators, data scientists, senior management positions, and travel agents, according to the outlet. “There’s some attrition as well as some people leaving, so that’s not cumulative growth, but for replacement and growth,” Allen says.

SHIPPING + MARITIME-

KSA’s Mawani + Port of Antwerp-Bruges to boost cooperation: Saudi Ports Authority (Mawani) has inked an agreement with Belgium’s Port of Antwerp-Bruges at the International Maritime Organization HQto boost joint cooperation on port efficiency and capacity building, according to a statement. The agreement will look at expanding human capacity, upgrading port infrastructure, optimizing operational performance and technical expertise, promoting digitalization, and upskilling the sector’s workforce.

EVs-

MENA’s first high-speed hydrogen refueling station is coming: UAE’s Adnoc has broken ground on the Middle East’s first high-speed hydrogen refueling station which will be completed and operational this year in Masdar City, according to a statement. The station — which will be operated by Adnoc Distribution — will produce clean hydrogen from water using an electrolyser powered by clean grid electricity. A second station based in Dubai Golf City is set to be fitted with a conventional hydrogen fueling system.

Toyota and Al Futtaim Motors are all in: Adnoc also announced a partnership with Toyota and Al Futtaim Motors to test the station using a fleet of clean hydrogen-powered vehicles provided by the two automakers, the statement notes.

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