Ground Handling Firm Will Use Blockchain Document Solution At 28 Saudi Airports – Blockchain Bitcoin News
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia-based airport ground services, Saudi Ground Services, has said it plans to implement a blockchain-based document solution that will allow it to “issue over 10,000 digital documents annually, including licenses.” According to the firm’s Ayman Alghamdi, using this solution allows SGS to not only easily verify documents and licenses, but also improve the customer experience.
Overcoming the document verification challenge
Saudi Ground Services (SGS) recently said it plans to implement a blockchain document solution at 28 airports across Saudi Arabia. In a statement issued jointly with IR4LAB, a Saudi-based innovation-driven company, SGS said the solution known as Doc Cert’s blockchain management solution will allow it “to issue over 10,000 digital documents annually including licenses.”
Commenting on the ground handling firm’s plans to use a solution that enables it to overcome the global challenge of verifying documents, Ayman Alghamdi, vice president of human resources at SGS, characterized the announcement of the deal as a historic moment for the aviation industry.
“We are very excited to announce this ground-breaking solution at LEAP 2023. This is a historic moment and it is the first initiative of its kind in the aerospace industry. SGS provides services to over 88 million passengers on 690,000 flights a year,” said Alghamdi.
Alghamdi added that the use of the blockchain solution at Saudi airports will allow SGS to not only easily verify documents and licenses, but also improve the customer experience.
The collaboration between Blockchain startups and established companies
For his part, Majd Jamal Alafifi, co-founder and CEO of IR4LAB characterized the agreement with SGS as an example of what he called a “fruitful collaboration” between blockchain startups and established local firms “in the introduction of new technologies such as blockchain.”
The CEO said he hopes IR4LAB, described as Saudi oil giant Aramco’s “first blockchain technology investment in Saudi Arabia,” will secure similar deals with other local companies.
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