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RSS passengersUnited Airlines SMS service takes off in UK
News The Mobile ASP service will allow passengers to request and receive details via text message such as flight times and delay status, gate information and cancellation notices in advance of travelling from Heathrow airport. [18 Jul 2000]
NATS says sorry for air traffic chaos
News National Air Traffic Services has written to airlines apologising for the long delays suffered by passengers on Saturday, and warned them to expect further problems over the summer. Software crash took three and a... [22 Jun 2000]
Software glitch leaves UK flights high and dry
News The UK National Air Traffic Service (NATS) is still investigating the cause of the systems failure which left thousands of passengers stranded over the weekend. The flight data processing system went down at 09:30 (BST)... [20 Jun 2000]
London air traffic control investigates weekend chaos
News The UK National Air Traffic Service (NATS) is still investigating the cause of a computer failure that left thousands of passengers stranded over the weekend. The flight data processing system went down at 09:30 BST on... [19 Jun 2000]
United Airlines to offer flight details via mobile phones
News The US carrier is developing the mobile flight information service with Geoworks Corporation's Mobile ASP, which will allow the airline to send its passengers up-to-the-minute travel information using the SMS (Short... [19 Apr 2000]
Amadeus premiers WAP travel venture
News WTM, with the aid of the Amadeus travel reservation engine, will allow passengers to choose from multiple carriers. Technology provider, Amadeus, today unveiled a WAP-based travel booking system with Scandinavian... [24 Mar 2000]
Air passengers get realtime stock monitoring
News Passengers on planes will soon be able to keep up with the ups and downs of their shares even while they are in the air. A new service from GTE Airfone, Bloomberg and TickerTel will mean customers of certain airlines... [11 Jan 2000]
Inmarsat to design airborne Net access
News Inmarsat is to develop high-speed data services for aircraft passengers and crew, which will enable them to access the Internet, email and corporate intranets whilst in the air. Inmarsat has already trialled the 64... [14 Oct 1999]
Virgin and One2One outline partnership
News Virgin said it will aim tri-band handsets - which can also use the GSM standard preferred in North America - at Virgin Atlantic passengers. Virgin Group and One2One have fleshed-out details of their 'piggy-backing'... [10 Aug 1999]
Vodafone takes to the sky
News Passengers can also link up their laptops to the system. Vodafone has concluded a deal with Skyphone to allow its customers to make phone calls from mid-air. Vodafone customers will not use their own phones but will get... [09 Aug 1999]
Air traffic control system fails to take-off
News A spokesman for Kloten airport called it "another bad day" for the airport that deals with 50,000 passengers daily. Thousands of travellers were left stranded at Zurich yesterday after the recently unveiled air traffic... [30 Jun 1999]
Airlines to change systems to cope with OFT regulations
News Alliances between airlines, such as Star Alliance, OneWorld and Atlantic Excellence, mean that passengers can easily be rescheduled from a cancelled flight to a member airline. But IATA spokesman, Tim Goodyear, said... [28 Jun 1999]
Airport network touches down ahead of schedule
News The three airports together carry almost 13 million passengers a year. In a welcome change for the industry, an IT project has actually finished, not just on time but early. Hampshire-based networking reseller, Milgo... [01 Jun 1999]
UK air traffic controllers claim Y2K success
News Bill Semple, chief executive of Nats, promised passengers a "normal service". The sky over Britain will be safe to fly through after the millennium, according to the National Air Traffic Services (Nats). [30 Mar 1999]
Suffolk commuters get real-time infosystem
News In collaboration with BT's research headquarters, the county council has also set up a Web site that informs passengers of accidents and congested routes. A spokesman for Suffolk Public Transport said the scheme will... [17 Nov 1998]
