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RSS airlinesYour Goals: Delight Passengers and Increase Efficiency
White Paper HP's sp400 Handheld All-in-One offers novel ways for airlines to capture efficiency in customer-facing functions, in backend airport operations, and in maintenance facilities. How does the modern airline keep passengers... [27 Mar 2009]
Business Intelligence & Data Warehouse Solution for Airlines From IBS
White Paper With new competitors, open skies, rising costs and unrelenting pressure for increased shareholder returns, the airline business is as competitive as ever. Airline managers must exploit every market opportunity, scrutinize every expense,... [23 Mar 2009]
On the Move with Continental Airlines
White Paper To ensure maximum productivity and smooth baggage handling, Continental baggage handlers and ramp agents require real-time access to applications and data over a secure, wireless network. After implementing wireless networks, Continental... [18 Mar 2009]
Southwest Airlines Supports Business-Critical Systems With Remedy and Vytek
White Paper Southwest Airlines is the fourth largest carrier in the United States, with nearly 2,800 daily departures to cities in 30 states. The company's more than 35,000 employees provide legendary customer service to travelers... [03 Mar 2009]
Alaska Airlines Soars in Meeting the Needs of More Than 17 Million Customers Annually
White Paper For 74 years, Alaska Airlines has been providing world-class domestic airline service. Over the years, Alaska Airlines acquired a great deal of customer data, but it resided in disparate systems... [02 Mar 2009]
Global Consulting Services Enables Speech Initiative to Drive Millions in Cost Savings
White Paper Continental Airlines serves more international destinations than any other U.S.carrier. Continental's IT department has launched a long-term project to replace and standardize call center hardware and software across the... [26 Feb 2009]
CIO Job Report: February's movers and shakers
News Lufthansa Passenger Airlines has found itself a new head of information management and CIO in the shape of Dr Christoph Klingenberg. Let silicon.com keep you up to date with all the latest CIO job moves and changes with... [24 Feb 2009]
All Ryanair planes to offer mobile calls by 2010
News By 2010, passengers on all Ryanair planes will be able to make calls and send SMSes during their flights. From today, more than 20 planes flying to and from Dublin will take to the skies offering travellers mile-high talk, text and email... [19 Feb 2009]
The Road to Success When Simulations Fail: A Thoughtful Look at Finding the Good in Simulation Failure
White Paper Sir Richard Branson, founder of the Virgin Group of Companies, which boasts airlines, hotels, mobile phone services, and more among its entities, claims, "One always have to prepare for the worst-case scenario, and... [12 Feb 2009]
Airlines fear delays from snooping tech
News Airlines had wanted the system to be introduced during quieter off peak months, when any teething problems would be easier to deal with, but technical difficulties delayed the system's go-live date until around Easter. [11 Feb 2009]
Virtual meetings to ground two million airline seats
News Airlines could be hit hard as workers ditch face-to-face meetings in favour of cheaper virtual link-ups. The worldwide economic downturn will boost videoconferencing tech, according to analyst house Gartner that predicts... [06 Feb 2009]
Continental Airlines Keeps 45,000 Employees in Constant Contact to Keep Customers Flying
White Paper Flying 67 million passengers in 2006, at an average rate of over six billion passenger miles per month, Continental Airlines serves more cities than any other airline in the world - 286 destinations worldwide. [31 Jan 2009]
Global Air Freight Company Analyzes Mission Critical Logistics Data With SQL Server 2005
White Paper The company, which tracks some 9 million container moves a year, required a robust relational database for tracking 35,000 ULDs in the global network of airlines and air cargo companies. Jettainer specializes in... [30 Jan 2009]
Virgin Atlantic's IT director on budget cuts and having fun
Comment Airlines are very affected by the economic downturn and that is one reason why we need to cut our spend and the number of projects," Cope told silicon.com. Under Cope's stewardship the company is transforming its IT... [20 Jan 2009]
First ID card trials announced for airport staff
News However, the British Air Transport Association (Bata), which represents airlines' interests, said its members would not participate voluntarily in the scheme, as they did not believe it would improve security. [06 Nov 2008]
