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Articles tagged with: Sita
Cyprus Airways flight crew first to access rosters with mobile phones
Cyprus Airways flight crews will be the first to benefit from a new feature of sita's Flight Ops portfolio which allows airline crew to use their own smartphones to access roster details and to improve crew morale through better communication of roster changes. more
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Growing demand from airlines for mobile applications
sita, the specialist air transport IT provider, has outlined its vision of the future of mobility in the industry as the 2009 Airline IT Trends Survey reveals that 78% of airlines intend to adapt their Web sites to work on mobile phones by 2012. more
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Mobile Phones Could Save Airlines $600 Million on Flight Delays
Research by sita, the IT provider to the air transport industry, shows that the world's 3.2 billion mobile phones could be transformed into indispensable air travel tools within five years, and if used as passenger tracking devices they could save cash-strapped airlines up to $600 million on reducing flight delays. more
Thales Launches Product To Use Mobiles In Flight
PARIS -(Dow Jones)- French aeronautics and defense communications company Thales said Wednesday it would provide satellite technology to help customers use mobile phones and wireless Internet services in the air. more
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Siemens,Airbus Develop Mobile Phone Airplane Tech"
FRANKFURT -(Dow Jones)- German engineering company Siemens AG (SI) Monday said it has signed an exclusive contract with Airbus (ABI.YY) to jointly develop technology to use mobile phones in airplanes. more
Airbus planes to come with in-flight GSM capability
Airlines ordering Airbus aircraft will soon be able to select OnAir services, such as onboard mobile telephony and Internet access, as standard options for new aircraft deliveries, it was announced yesterday. Newly incorporated OnAir is a joint venture of Airbus and sita, the IT solutions provider to the air transport industry. more
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GSM coverage coming to the sea lanes
ip.access says it has signed a product licence agreement with the Ireland-based Altobridge that will offer pioneering new GSM voice and data services to the aviation and shipping industries. The satellite-based solution joins Altobridge's end-to-end GSM gateway with ip.access' nanoBTS picocellular basestation to provide seamless GSM services on board aircraft and ships. The first prototype is due to be launched in the first quarter of 2004. more
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A new service has been a launched that will enable airline passengers to send SMS's from their plane seat. Now commercially available and enabled on both MAS and MORS/Rockwell-Collins IFE systems, sita's Aircom SMS service is generating interest from airlines worldwide wanting to offer their passengers the option to send and receive SMS text messages while in flight. sita is currently working with several airlines to introduce the two-way SMS/email by the end of 2003 and hopes to soon announce the launch customer. more
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