ALTA Welcomes Airline IT Solutions Provider Hitit CS to Association’s Growing Affiliate Membership
ALTA (the Latin American and Caribbean Air Transport Association) today welcomed airline IT solutions provider Hitit CS to the association’s affiliate membership. ALTA’s affiliate members are airline-related organizations that work collaboratively with the association on aviation industry initiatives throughout the Latin America and Caribbean region. «We are pleased to welcome Hitit CS to ALTA’s growing […]
American Airlines Going "˜Back to Basics"™ To Prep For Big Data
As airlines and MRO providers embrace data analytics to help drive efficiencies, their organizations must first ensure they have basic protocols in place to properly navigate what is proving to be a complex and evolving path. American Airlines is tackling this by going "back to the basics," Becky McCarty, the airline"™s manager-data management for tech […]
Etihad Airways secures IATA certification for successful implementation of enhanced booking system
Etihad Airways has successfully implemented a new booking standard driven by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) that enhances the level of information flow between travel agents and airline reservation systems. The New Distribution Capability (NDC) booking standard has been made possible following successful testing by Etihad Airways with Sabre Airline Solutions in partnership with […]
SITA named Asia Pacific airport IT solutions company of the year
Frost & Sullivan today recognized SITA as the Airport IT Solutions Company of the year in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region for the third time in seven years. The award highlights SITA"™s leading role in the air transport industry across APAC, where it provides solutions to 70% of the region"™s top 20 airports. Frost & […]
Aeropuertos apuestan por las TI
Los recintos aeroportuarios están dando mayor prioridad a las inversiones en Tecnologías de la Información (TI) para mejorar la seguridad de los pasajeros y los aeropuertos con el 50% que las clasifica como alta prioridad, lo que representa un incremento de 37% respecto al año pasado. Lo anterior según la encuesta realizada por SITA sobre […]
Security increasing priority for tech investments by world’s airports
Airports are placing a higher priority on IT investments for passenger and airport security with 50% rating it a high priority, up from 37% last year. This is according to the 2016 Airport IT Trends Survey, the extensive annual study of IT trends within the global airport industry co-sponsored by SITA and Airports Council International […]
Tata Consultancy Services y JetBlue impulsarán innovación en Aerolíneas
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) y JetBlue, expanden su relación para optimizar y transformar canales claves de negocio y mejorar los puntos de contacto digitales con los clientes. A través de tres años de relación, JetBlue aprovechó el conocimiento de TCS en la industria aérea y su talento global para desarrollar nuevas plataformas y mejorar los […]
Passageiros san companhias aéreas preferem tecnología a pessoas
2016 Air Transport IT Summit – Passageiros das companhias aéreas em todo o mundo estão tão confortáveis com a tecnologia de hoje que preferem usá-la ao invés de interagir com as pessoas. É o que mostra a Pesquisa 2016 SITA Passenger IT Trends Survey, levantamento global divulgada pela SITA, provedora de TI para a indústria […]
Bringing Transparency, Visibility to NDC Deployments
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced the launch of the New Distribution Capability (NDC) Certification Registry to recognize those companies that have implemented part or all of the NDC technical standard. The Registry lists airlines, travel agents and aggregators (such as global distribution systems) that have achieved NDC certification as well as those IT […]
Passengers prefer tech to people – bun one size does not fit all
Airline passengers across the globe are so comfortable with technology today that they are choosing to use it rather than interacting with people. This is according to the 2016 SITA Passenger IT Trends Survey, a global survey released today by IT provider SITA and co-sponsored by Air Transport World. SITA"™s survey shows that 85% of […]
