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RSS SITAAirports spending $3bn to be tech high fliers
News The fifth annual Airport IT trends survey, conducted by airport tech supplier Sita, also found one of the main drivers for investment is boosting customer service and satisfaction, with 80 per cent of airport operators... [23 Sep 2008]
Mobile phones key to paperless air travel
News Mobile phones could be used to hold digital boarding passes, baggage tracking info and payment data within the next five years - making travel truly paperless, according to research by air transport industry IT provider... [20 Jun 2008]
Paul Coby
CIO Profile Coby is also chairman of Sita, the airline industry IT body, and chairman of the CIO board for IT industry skills group e-Skills UK. Paul Coby was voted top CIO in 2007's inaugural CIO50 and since then has largely... [11 Jun 2008]
RFID bag tags could save air-travel industry millions
News As Heathrow Terminal Five (T5) recovers from go-live glitches in its baggage handling systems, air travel IT specialist Sita has released research showing 42.4 million bags are lost in airports across the world. [18 Apr 2008]
Beijing airport gets in shape for Olympics
News Sita, the IT services company which specialises in aviation, has completed the installation of 700 work stations that will be used for check-in, boarding and transfers. The terminal uses Sita's... [31 Mar 2008]
Airlines spot new tech security concerns
News The increasing use of IP-based networks and online services is giving rise to security concerns at airlines, according to airline industry IT body Sita. A Sita survey of 152 airlines, released on... [12 Mar 2008]
British Airways to save millions with airfare tracking
News British Airways is set to save more than £4.5m in the first year by using an airfare analysis tool from aviation technology company Sita. Foran said the Sita airfare insight product filters and displays... [05 Mar 2008]
Biometrics the future for flying bliss?
News Automated biometric systems will eventually replace the often laborious system of repeated manual passport and security checks that plague fliers today, said Matthew Finn, director of government and security for airline industry IT body... [21 Feb 2008]
The Business Case for IP Network Solutions
White Paper This white paper considers the costs and benefits an airline should consider when planning a migration to TCP/IP and identifies the key elements of a business case for IP. A network only business case for IP may not always justify... [06 Dec 2007]
Airlines see passenger self-service take off
News More than half of the airlines surveyed by air transport IT services company Sita now offer online check-in facilities while 89 per cent expect to offer the service within the next two years. Paul Coby, CIO of British... [19 Oct 2007]
Paul Coby
AS Profile Coby also takes an active role in wider industry groups and is chairman of Sita, the airline industry IT body, and chairman of the CIO board for IT industry skills group e-Skills UK. A respected statesman and valued... [12 Oct 2007]
China to get in-flight mobile by 2009
News Benoit Debains, CEO of OnAir - which is a joint venture between aircraft manufacturer Airbus and airline industry IT body Sita - said in a statement: "China is a significant and fast growing aviation market and we are... [03 Sep 2007]
Biometric airport security gets thumbs-up
News The miSense technology was developed and delivered by a consortium of organisations including Accenture, BAA, the Border & Immigration Agency, Cathay Pacific, Emirates, IER, Raytheon, Sagem and Sita. Fingerprint and iris... [20 Jun 2007]
In-flight mobile gets air-safety green light
News The in-flight mobile technology has been developed by OnAir, a joint venture between Airbus and airline industry IT body Sita. The launch of in-flight mobile services by several airlines had been hit by delays in the... [19 Jun 2007]
Paul Coby
CIO Profile Outside of BA Coby is also chairman of Sita, the airline industry IT body, and chairman of the CIO board for IT industry skills group e-Skills UK. What they say about him: "A real statesman and valued spokesman for the... [06 Jun 2007]
