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Virgin Atlantic integrates IT and finance depts
News Virgin Atlantic Airlines is integrating its IT and finance departments, with IT director Mike Cope leaving the company as a result. The airline told silicon.com: "Virgin Atlantic is... [03 Jun 2009]
Virgin Atlantic's IT director on budget cuts and having fun
Comment That's how Mike Cope sums up life working as IT director at airline Virgin Atlantic. The need for efficiency will also see Virgin Atlantic move its website away from Sun Solaris to a Linux-based... [20 Jan 2009]
We are now roaming at 30,000 feet...
Comment Soon, even a window seat above the Atlantic will no longer be beyond the reach of the chirping mobile phone. Other airlines are moving faster. Over the past few months, a host of... [26 Jun 2008]
Photos: Heathrow bags RFID tech to end lost luggage
Photo Terminal 3 is undergoing gradual refurbishment and the Virgin Atlantic check-in area, seen here, has been recently completed. Heathrow Terminal 3 and Emirates airlines are running a six-month trial of... [14 Feb 2008]
Editor's Blog: Tech improves... but we don't?
Comment I was at Heathrow Terminal 3, dropping off my sister, who was returning to the US using Virgin Atlantic. It is well-documented how major airlines are trying to put more self-service in place, which... [28 Jun 2007]
What happened to RFID's baggage-tracking boom?
News Among the flyboys currently piloting the tech are Air France, Delta and Virgin Atlantic. Despite a number of trials and pilots worldwide, the use of RFID to track baggage for airlines has not taken off... [06 Oct 2006]
Virgin bans in-flight use of Apple, Dell laptops
News Virgin Atlantic has banned the in-flight use of most Apple and Dell laptops, following recalls of thousands of batteries by both computer makers. I wouldn't be worrying about it but the airlines... [18 Sep 2006]
BA's former Indian offshore unit floats on NYSE
News WNS has continued to boom through acquisitions and expansion out of the airline sector into insurance, finance and accounting, HR and research and analytics, now counting major global companies such as Aviva, Federal Express, Royal &... [04 Aug 2006]
Will's Web Watch: Losing my Virginity
Comment Given Virgin Atlantic must have had my luggage in order to know that it wasn't on the previous day's flight, I had no reason to doubt this. Add to that the fact my digital camera was in pieces - although it travelled in... [26 Jun 2006]
Air France gets first mobile-friendly plane
News Many more airlines are looking at in-flight wi-fi deployments, including United Airlines and Lufthansa, the latter with a live service on trans-Atlantic flights. TAP Portugal is also... [04 Apr 2006]
iPass gets its Wi-Fi in the sky - thanks to Boeing deal
News The deal will give iPass' 528,000 customers broadband access on two Lufthansa trans-Atlantic routes. In addition, Boeing is currently fitting out planes for Scandinavian Airlines, Japan... [23 Aug 2004]
Group sets up high-flying broadband subsidiary
News On its side, Tenzing claims that its in-flight email and SMS systems are used by Cathay Pacific, Continental, Emirates, Iberia, Northwest, United, US Airways and Virgin Atlantic. SITA is based in Amsterdam and is already... [22 Jul 2004]
Tony Hallett's After These Messages: Fly high Wi-Fi
Comment There will be a similar system called Tenzing, backed by rival commercial airline builder Airbus, but it is the Boeing-created set-up - soon to be used by others such as BA, Japan Airlines, SAS and Singapore... [02 Jun 2004]
British Airways CIO Paul Coby
Comment That, combined with the stiff competition from North Atlantic carriers and the no-frills airlines which had embraced the web as a low-cost way of doing business, meant BA was forced into a battle for its... [17 Nov 2003]
In-flight internet deal brings Boeing closer to global coverage
News Eutelsat will put the SESAT satellite at Boeing's disposal, guaranteeing coverage from the east of the Atlantic Ocean through to central Asia, by way of Europe. Joe Shaheen, director of operational services at Connexion... [02 Sep 2003]
