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Zawya
40 minutes ago
- Business
- Zawya
Emirates introduces retrofitted Boeing 777 to Madrid
Emirates has announced it will deploy its newly refurbished Boeing 777 aircraft to/from Madrid starting from September 16. Customers can look forward to an enhanced travel experience with upgraded interiors and premium signature travel touches across all cabins. Madrid is Emirates' first destination in Spain to operate with the airline's next-generation interiors. Emirates' four-class Boeing 777 will operate as flight EK143/EK144. Emirates flight EK143 will depart Dubai at 14:30hrs and arrive in Madrid at 20:20hrs local time. The return flight, EK144 will depart Madrid at 22:05hrs and arrive in Dubai at 7:10hrs local time, the following day. The deployment of Emirates' retrofitted Boeing 777 to Madrid marks a new era of premium travel to the Spanish city - offering customers the airline's award-winning Premium Economy service, newly configured Business Class cabin, and a 'better' travel experience to/from the country. Emirates' newest Boeing 777 cabin interiors include: A refurbished First-Class cabin with upgraded interiors. New Business Class cabin that provides more privacy and comfort for customers with fully lie-flat seats in an updated 1-2-1 seating configuration. Latest Premium Economy cabin which combines accessible luxury with comfort; offering cream leather seats, increased legroom, adjustable headrests, deeper seat recline and raised cushioned leg rests. Spacious Economy Class seats with new design elements. Copyright 2024 Al Hilal Publishing and Marketing Group Provided by SyndiGate Media Inc. (
Fast Company
an hour ago
- Automotive
- Fast Company
This sleek new bike helmet protects your head and your lungs
Motorbike helmets can protect your head against fatal injury, but they leave you to breathe the noxious fumes of traffic. A Spanish startup called Zyon claims that its helmet addresses this problem by combining medical grade filtration with the most advanced shock-protection technology available, transforming every breath into clean air while keeping your coconut in one piece. Premium helmet models like the $900 Shoei Neotec 3 look cool and offer ECE 22.06 P/J certification—the latest European standard for motorcycle helmet safety, which includes more stringent testing procedures and impact points than any other certification in the world—but leave riders completely exposed to pollutants. One budget option—the $56 Indian Shellios Puros—provides basic HEPA (high efficiency particulate air) filtration for but fails both European and U.S. safety standards. Only the $850 Zyon— available now for preorder and delivery later in the year—offers both medical grade air purification and top-tier impact protection in a single system. 'There is currently no approved helmet on the market that includes an integrated filtration system,' Tanguy Uzel, founder of the Madrid-based Zyon Helmets, tells me via email. 'The only exception is a model developed by an Indian brand, which does not have homologation or European and American safety standards.' The core of the Zyon is its Breath Safe System, which the company claims processes every molecule of air before it enters your body. How much do you need this? Motorcyclists suffer PM2.5 exposures of 75 micrograms per cubic meter, 5 times more than pedestrians and 15 times more than car occupants. This pollution penetrates lung alveoli and enters the bloodstream, causing chronic inflammation that has been linked to cardiovascular disease and cognitive decline. HEPA filters have demonstrated 48% to 60% reductions in allergic symptoms, outperforming many pharmaceutical treatments. Activated carbon neutralizes gases like carbon monoxide, whose exposure above 9 parts per million significantly reduces lung function in commercial drivers. While no portable system completely eliminates gas exposure, partial reduction provides significant health benefits during chronic urban exposure. Multilayer filtering The Zyon has three layers located inside the chin guard, where you can see its honeycomb openings and a mechanism to change the air-intake according to your speed. The first hydrophobic barrier blocks water and insects. The second layer employs H13 HEPA filters that capture 99.95% of particles down to 0.3 microns, including the dangerous PM2.5 particles that penetrate deep into the respiratory system and enter the bloodstream, causing chronic inflammation. A third layer uses activated carbon to absorb poisonous gases like carbon monoxide and nitrogen oxides that escape from exhaust pipes, the company says. A final layer protects the assembly and maintains filter integrity for one to three months of use, depending on the quality of the air during easy rides. This multi-layer filter design eliminates 99% of the pollution that motorcyclists would normally inhale in a city, where concentrations of toxic particles reach levels that would trigger health warnings if they occurred indoors. That's for your lungs. For your cranium, the helmet uses the Swedish multidirectional impact protection system (MIPS), which reduces rotational forces during a crash. A low-friction layer allows the helmet to move 10 to 15 millimeters relative to the head during impact, deflecting energy that could damage the brain. This technology functions without interfering with the filtration system or the neck sealing necessary to maintain clean air, the company points out. The ECE 22.06 P/J certification (introduced in the EU in 2022) triples the number of impact points tested compared to previous regulations and includes oblique impacts that simulate real accidents. The U.S. uses the Department of Transportation's FMVSS 218 standard, which is legally required but is considered a Mickey Mouse-level protection that provides ' minimum helmet performance ' rather than optimal protection. Three-mode ventilation The company claims its helmet maintains effective ventilation, even when stopped at traffic lights, through three modes without the need for electric fans. It offers Urban for slow traffic, Road for medium speeds, and Touring for highway use. A single mechanism switches between modes according to riding conditions. The company says that air enters through the front intake, filters through the four layers, circulates through internal channels, and exits through rear vents. This continuous current maintains positive pressure inside the helmet, preventing dirty air from entering through small leaks in the sealing—a critical detail that makes the filtration effective. 'Our filter acts by electrostatic attraction to capture fine particles and by chemical reaction with a layer of active carbon to neutralize toxic gases. Unlike mechanical filters (such as those of masks), this system allows better breathability, but also requires regular replacement,' Uzel tells me. The Zyon's shell combines fiberglass with organic materials in an integrated matrix. The materials are chemically bonded together during manufacturing to create a single, unified composite material rather than separate layers glued together. The glass fibers provide strength and prevent cracking, while the organic resin allows controlled flexibility that absorbs crash energy by deforming slightly instead of transmitting all the impact force directly to your head, which your brain will be happy about. The helmet is loaded with some clever electronics too, including integrated air quality sensors that can talk to a mobile app that monitors what goes through the filtering system and warns when the filter needs changing. 'The duration of the filter depends on the environment, but it is recommended to change it every one to three months. Once opened, even without use, it begins to lose properties due to exposure to air,' Uzel says. 'The helmet detects flights and air conditions in real time. From that data, the app generates custom statistics on the filtered contamination level and filter performance, and notifies the user when to replace it.' The helmet also has aviation-class accelerometers, which will identify accident patterns and automatically alert emergency services in your phone—a potentially lifesaving technology for riders who crash in remote areas. The rear light activates when braking through the same motion sensors whenever they detect deceleration, improving visibility especially in low-light conditions or high pollution. The battery provides 18 hours of autonomy and charges via USB-C. It looks like a great design, if it works like they say. The combination of medical filtration, MIPS protection, and smart electronics should protect you against the two main threats that motorcyclists face: accidents and pollution. For riders who spend hours daily breathing toxic urban air, this could be the solution. The super-early-rate deadline for Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies Awards is this Friday, July 25, at 11:59 p.m. PT. Apply today.
Bloomberg
2 hours ago
- Business
- Bloomberg
Spain's Indra Takes Aim at Drone Deal to Expand Weapons Division
Indra Sistemas SA is eying a potential acquisition to develop a defense-focused drone business, its chief executive said. The Madrid-based firm is working on a deal to grow the weapons and ammunition division it launched last month, chief executive officer José Vicente de los Mozos told Bloomberg News on Wednesday.
Arabian Business
2 hours ago
- Business
- Arabian Business
Emirates launches refurbished Boeing 777 service to Madrid
Emirates, the world's largest international airline, will deploy its refurbished Boeing 777 aircraft on the Dubai-Madrid route from 16 September. The deployment marks Madrid as the first destination in Spain to operate with the airline's next-generation interiors, the Dubai Media Office said in a statement. The four-class Boeing 777 will operate as flight EK143/EK144. Flight EK143 will depart Dubai at 14:30hrs and arrive in Madrid at 20:20hrs local time. The return flight, EK144, will depart Madrid at 22:05hrs and arrive in Dubai at 7:10hrs local time the following day. Customers will experience upgraded interiors and premium signature travel touches across all cabins. The deployment introduces Emirates' award-winning Premium Economy service to the Spanish city alongside a reconfigured Business Class cabin. The refurbished Boeing 777 features cabin interiors with modern design details and signature cabin finishings. The First Class cabin includes upgraded interiors offering luxury amenities. The Business Class cabin provides privacy and comfort for customers with fully lie-flat seats in an updated 1-2-1 seating configuration. The Premium Economy cabin combines luxury with comfort, featuring cream leather seats, increased legroom, adjustable headrests, deeper seat recline and raised cushioned leg rests. The Economy Class includes spacious seats with design elements. Emirates continues to invest in elevating the travel experience through its multibillion-dollar retrofit programme. The programme represents one of the largest in aviation history, with 61 aircraft already refurbished, including 31 A380s and 30 Boeing 777s. The programme will upgrade over 220 aircraft with Emirates' cabin products. Passengers travelling with Emirates will receive regionally inspired gourmet meals, premium beverage selection, and inflight entertainment on ice with up to 6,500 channels of on-demand entertainment. The entertainment system includes more than 260 channels of Spanish content.
Yahoo
4 hours ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
Atlético Madrid close deal for 7th summer signing
The remarkable summer transfer window being enjoyed by La Liga giants Atlético Madrid has over the last 24 hours continued. This comes amid confirmation of an agreement for a fresh addition to the club's defensive ranks. The latest player primed to take his talents to Spain's capital for the season ahead? Dávid Hancko. The name of stopper Hancko had reemerged as an altogether prominent one in the media chatter surrounding Atlético across the week to date. This came after word was forthcoming that the Slovak's planned move to Saudi Arabia with Al-Nassr had fallen through at the last minute. Long-time admirers of Hancko's talents, Atléti, in turn, repositioned themselves in the race for his services. And as alluded to above, just a day on from closing a deal for Marc Pubill, an agreement has been sewn up for Hancko, too. As per a statement across the Rojiblancos' website and social media platforms: 'Atlético de Madrid and Feyenoord have reached an agreement over the transfer of Dávid Hancko to our club, pending the completion of the medical examination and the signing of his new contract.' Conor Laird – GSFN
