Gulf Air wins iTECH 2016 awards

Manama: Gulf Air, the national carrier of Bahrain, was recognised earlier this month at the iTECH 2016 Awards, held during Gulf Industry Fair 2016, which celebrated regional and international ICT (Information and Communications Technology) sector achievements in Bahrain.

Receiving the award for “Leading CIO,” Dr. Jassim Haji, Gulf Air Director of Information Technology said, “I’m delighted to receive this award – a true and fitting testament to the commitment, dedication and skills held by the national carrier’s Information Technology team and which have helped propel Gulf Air consistently to the forefront of industry innovations.”

This is the second iTECH Award recognition garnered by Gulf Air. The airline was recently honoured, for the third consecutive year, at the sixth edition of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) conference “MEET ICT” and the Bahrain International Technology Exhibition (BITEX) – held in Bahrain earlier in January 2016. Additionally, Gulf Air recently won Computer News Middle East’s (CNME) annual, prestigious CIO 100 Award for the 4th consecutive year, becoming the first organisation and first airline in the Middle East to do so.

Gulf Air’s IT achievements include being the first organisation in Bahrain to implement Private Cloud Computing in its IT operations and thereby introducing numerous innovations and improvements in its IT function.

In 2015, the airline successfully rolled out its new generation iPad Electronic Flight Bags (EFBs), thereby eliminating the need for paper-based manuals and procedures and going electronic to further improve flight operations.