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Geo-location, mobile and social - airport IT investment priorities [INFOGRAPHIC]

By Kevin May | November 5, 2014

The annual SITA Airport IT Trends Survey is usually a decent barometer of what airports are looking at over the next year or so in terms of tech investment. The latest report, out this week, evalua Read More

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On the ground and up in the air, demand for mobile services rising

By Linda Fox | September 29, 2014

Air passengers want to use their devices at every point of the journey, including during the flight, according to the latest research from airline technology specialist SITA. The research shows 97% Read More

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For personalisation and direct sales, airlines must set ecommerce free

By Viewpoints | September 2, 2014

Direct sales are obviously a powerful way to build customer relationships and defend tight margins. And online is the key to growing direct sales. NB: This is an analysis by Boyan Manev, vice pr Read More

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What happens when three teenagers (and a 20 year old they just met) try a travel hackathon

By Viewpoints | August 18, 2014

Some things happen just by chance or good fortune. NB: This is an analysis from Dylan Macalinao, a developer who participated in the Reinvent Travel hackathon. Our team composed of four students Read More

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SITA adds smartwatch boarding capability to airline armoury

By Linda Fox | July 24, 2014

SITA is enabling airlines to offer boarding via smartwatch using an API developed within its SITA Lab arm. Boarding passes can be accessed via Android Wear powered watches and a swipe of the device Read More

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Japan Airlines bids to improve ground experience via iBeacon trial

By Linda Fox | July 22, 2014

Japan Airlines is the latest to join the Beacon fray with the start of a one-month trial at Haneda Airport's domestic terminal. The carrier is working with the Nomura Research Institute to test iBe Read More

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Mobile still slow... but will dominate airline personalisation by 2017

By Linda Fox | June 20, 2014

Mobile is not yet performing as expected for the majority of airlines with check-ins via devices about half the anticipated level. As part of the 2014 Airline IT Trends survey, SITA has looked back Read More

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Is iBeacon the cure for airport madness?

By Linda Fox | June 18, 2014

SITA is working to deploy beacon technology at 10 airports in the next 12 months. Its largest deployment so far is with American Airlines at Dallas Fort Worth where a pilot is about to begin using Read More

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Air Berlin simplifies boarding by throwing Pebble into the mix

By Linda Fox | April 24, 2014

Air Berlin is claiming a first with the launch of boarding via smartwatch enabling passengers to download a barcode from the carrier's iPhone application. Users send the digital boarding pass to th Read More

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Future shocks - Google, Amazon, Facebook and Apple in an airline world

By Linda Fox | April 23, 2014

Picture this - airline X tells says your flight has been delayed 24 hours. Frustrated? Yes, until a GAFA comes to the rescue and presents you, via your mobile device, with a boarding pass for the next Read More

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SITA talks Smart Thinking for airlines and airports

By Linda Fox | April 10, 2014

More than half of passengers would use their mobile phones for real time flight status(72%), baggage status(85%)and flight disruptions (69%). These are among findings SITA has drawn together from i Read More

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Google Glass - the Virgin view, but what's the bigger picture?

By Linda Fox | March 25, 2014

Recent events have not exactly painted a rosy future for Google Glass with one woman attacked in a bar for wearing the device and another handed a citation for driving while watching television via th Read More

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Brazil upgrades air traffic technology ahead of the World Cup/Olympic double header

By Nick Vivion | March 19, 2014

Brazil might just be the host of the decade, welcoming both the World Cup and the Summer Olympics in a short multi-year span. This could be seen as a coming out of sorts, eclipsing Russia's recent Oly Read More

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Bring Your Own Device - United Airlines next to stream content to passengers

By Karthick Prabu | March 13, 2014

Effective this April, passengers on United Airlines will be able to access the airline's inflight content via their iOS devices and laptops. However, the service will be initially rolled out only o Read More

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iBeacons and airports: Results from a real-world test

By Nick Vivion | March 11, 2014

iBeacons have been a much buzzed about new technology, using low-energy Bluetooth to deliver much more specific proximity awareness than GPS. Travel and retail applications have been two of the mos Read More

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