Sita News
Airlines ‘ready to spend big on passenger IT’
Airlines carrying 57% of the world’s passenger traffic have reported a real increase in IT and Telecommunications (IT&T) expenditure and are ready to spend big on passenger mobile services and other transformative technology, according to results published today in the 13th annual SITA/Airline Business Airline IT Trends Survey.
SITA and Orange Business Services sign global 2G/3G connectivity agreements
SITA today announced that it has become the world’s first global mobile data services provider dedicated to the air transport industry. Through a partnership agreement with Orange Business Services, the air transport communications specialist is providing global data connectivity to airlines enabling the secure use of mobile data, machine-to-machine (M2M) and application to person (A2P) technologies worldwide.
Zambia airports enhance check in facilities
Zambia’s National Airports Corporation Ltd. (NACL) is embarking with SITA, the air transport IT specialist, on a major transformation of check-in facilities at Lusaka and Livingstone International Airports.
Indonesia to adopt SITA’s passenger systems for intelligent airports
PT Angkasa Pura 1, Indonesia’s state-owned airport operator, announced the signing of a Memorandum of Cooperation with SITA to provide IT solutions to improve services to the more than 49 million passengers at the 13 airports under its management.
24 airlines now using SITA’s horizon autobag
SITA today announced that within minutes of the new IATA resolution regarding automated baggage rules coming into effect on April 1st, the IT provider went live with its automated baggage fees pricing solution.
China Eastern partners SITA
SITA, the airline IT specialist, today announced that China Eastern Airlines has gone live with a worldwide corporate network solution to support its global expansion plans as it merges with Shanghai Airlines and prepares to join the Skyteam alliance.
Tech-savvy Chinese air travellers champion carbon off-setting and self-service
The global SITA/Air Transport World Passenger Self-Service survey of the world’s leading airports includes Beijing International Airport for the first time this year and reveals the Chinese traveller to be one of the world’s most environmentally conscious and an enthusiastic user of self-service technology.
Etihad to optimize fares for passengers
SITA today announced that Etihad Airways, the national carrier of the United Arab Emirates, has introduced the IT provider’s innovative new fare pricing software in a move to ensure the best fares for its passengers.
Pulkovo Airport upgrades passenger services with SITA’s check-in technology
St. Petersburg’s Pulkovo Airport, the fourth busiest in Russia, today announced a major improvement to passenger services with the selection of SITA’s AirportConnect Open platform which will provide agent and self-service check-in for its six million passengers.
Bermuda Airport debuts WorldTracer baggage tracing kiosk for passengers
LF Wade International Airport Bermuda today announced the arrival of self-service kiosks uniquely designed to assist passengers who experience baggage delays.
Abu Dhabi rolls out new SITA passenger systems across all airports
The Abu Dhabi Airport Company (ADAC), owner and operator of all five airports in the emirate of Abu Dhabi, and SITA, the air transport IT specialist, today announced details of a five-year deal which will bring sweeping changes to all of the emirate?s airports turning them into high-tech centres of passenger processing.
Airline IT budgets ‘stabilised’
The 12th annual SITA/Airline Business Airline IT Trends Survey has strongly supported growing optimism and has indicated that the worst may be over for an industry which sustained record losses over the last two years.