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RSS airbusBritish Airways' London to New York route lets flyers use mobiles
News The service will be available on two Airbus A318s flying between London City Airport and New York's JFK. BA's Airbus A318's will feature the OnAir service Air travellers flying between London and New... [28 Sep 2009]
Has in-flight entertainment got wings in the iPod era?
News Wireless web access is already available or soon to be deployed, across a number of airlines including BA and Ryanair, both of which use a system from OnAir, a joint venture between Airbus and Sita. Airlines should scrap... [03 Jul 2009]
British Airways: No mobiles on old planes
News BA is currently planning to launch a mobile email, web browsing and texting service from OnAir on two new Airbus A318 aircrafts in September of this year. British Airways CEO Willie Walsh has said the airline will not... [01 Jul 2009]
RFID in Aviation: Airport Luggage Control
White Paper Major aviation industry players, such as IATA (International Air transport Association), Boeing or Airbus have recognized the potential huge savings and benefits of such technology being incorporated on a large scale basis. [14 Apr 2009]
Photos: Future safety tech on display
Photo The technology has been developed from a system used by the EADS aerospace division Airbus to check drinking water in planes is clean. This unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) could one day be used to monitor high-profile,... [15 Jan 2009]
Photos: Wi-fi flying high with Virgin America
Photo Here's the Airbus A320 - the vessel for the wi-fi flight. Set to launch its in-flight wi-fi service this week, Virgin America offered a demonstration flight on Saturday.silicon.com sister site CNETNews.com went along for... [24 Nov 2008]
We are now roaming at 30,000 feet...
Comment Dubai-based Emirates launched its first full production mobile service in March this year on an Airbus 340, and it is deploying the system from technology partner AeroMobile on a number of its aircraft. [26 Jun 2008]
Emirates rings up first in-flight mobile call
News The Airbus A340-300 has been equipped with an in-flight mobile system from UK-based company AeroMobile. Emirates airline has launched the world's first commercial in-flight mobile telephone service and will spend $27m to... [25 Mar 2008]
World's Largest Commercial Aircraft Manufacturer Aligns Processes, Cuts Costs, and Satisfies Employees With SAP Travel Management
White Paper Airbus S.A.S.headquartered in Toulouse, France, has an annual travel budget in excess of ¬260 million. The budget covers 180,000 business trips made by Airbus employees every year. With growing business... [09 Feb 2008]
HP Integrity Solutions: Optimizing Business Outcomes
White Paper Airbus, Chevron, Intrado, Royal London and Taifook share their insights on how they have accelerated their growth, performance and reliability, while reducing costs and risk. [14 Dec 2007]
Budget airline launches in-flight wi-fi
News Low-cost airline JetBlue has equipped one of its Airbus A320 planes with an onboard wireless network and has forged partnerships with Yahoo! and RIM to give passengers access to email and instant messaging functions... [07 Dec 2007]
Airbus + HP: Taking Innovation to New Heights
White Paper Airbus UK improves simulation capabilities and reduces costs with a high-performance technical computing infrastructure based on Intel Itanium 2-based systems from HP. [03 Nov 2007]
Tech tsar to build government strategy
News Gray is currently MD of Airbus UK. He joined Airbus in 1979. The Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS) has appointed Iain Gilmour Gray as chief executive of the Technology Strategy... [19 Sep 2007]
Airbus Cuts Problem Resolution Time 40% by Performing Business Process Monitoring With SAP Solution Manager
White Paper Airbus, turned to SAP Solution Manager for business process monitoring. The company wanted to reduce number of incidents reported by users, and speed up error detection, escalation, and resolution as well as improve... [14 Sep 2007]
China to get in-flight mobile by 2009
News The OnAir service will be installed across Shenzhen Airlines' full fleet of Airbus A320 and Boeing 737 aircraft by mid-2009. Benoit Debains, CEO of OnAir - which is a joint venture between aircraft manufacturer... [03 Sep 2007]
