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News GPS-enabled handsets could also be used to track passengers in airports, with the potential to save airlines $600m by cutting flight delays, with messages sent to wayward passengers to move them to gates more... [20 Jun 2008]
Red Hat CEO: We're "tough to do business with"
News Although his previous role was chief operating officer of Delta Airlines, he has a background in consulting and IT having worked at the Boston Consulting Group. Paul Coby British Airways Red Hat's new... [20 Jun 2008]
MoD to save £35m with online travel service
News The online service significantly simplifies the process of booking travel and accommodation for services personnel, cutting out paperwork and allowing them to compare budget airlines with scheduled carriers or rail for... [19 Jun 2008]
Key Metrics Help British Airways Save Nearly £38 Million With Transformational Online Programs
White Paper British Airways is on record as one of the world's most profitable airlines. British Airways wanted to reduce business in the wake of airline industry crisis following Sept.and Plan... [12 Jun 2008]
Creating a Customer-Focused, Agile Airline
White Paper British Airways is one of the world's largest international airlines. At the time it was revolutionary, but it was based on proprietary technology, it was difficult to scale and it lacked robust links to... [31 May 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 28.03.08
Round-Up Meanwhile, back on the ground and travellers flying with British Airways (BA) and other Oneworld alliance airlines will soon be able to access wireless broadband for free in UK airport lounges.... [28 Mar 2008]
Free wi-fi wings its way to BA lounges
News Travellers flying with British Airways (BA) and other Oneworld alliance airlines will soon be able to access wireless broadband for free in UK airport lounges. All the tech at Heathrow T5… Video:... [27 Mar 2008]
Photos: Android, high-tech Heathrow, the future of shopping
Photo Meanwhile, Heathrow's Terminal 3 and Emirates Airlines are running a trial of RFID technology to keep track of baggage on flights to and from Dubai. The system at British Airways' (BA) new home can... [28 Feb 2008]
Airlines defrost planes with Met Office tech
News Just British Airways (BA) and bmi are currently using the Airline De-icing Forecast Service, which has cut the airlines' ice-related delays by 85 per cent and reduced de-icing costs by 30 per cent. A new... [08 Jan 2008]
BA to roll out email to workers' mobiles
News But Huish pointed out that the service came into its own in August when airlines were told by security services to be careful of passengers carrying vessels of liquid, which caused major disruptions to flights. [31 Oct 2007]
Airlines see passenger self-service take off
News Paul Coby, CIO of British Airways and chairman of Sita, said airlines are turning to the self-service to make travel easier but also because the tech is easy to deploy and leads to cost savings.... [19 Oct 2007]
Texas Instruments Case Study: Airline Baggage Identification
White Paper With Tag-it, smart labels the airlines now have highly reliable, economical baggage identification and tracking solution for positive passenger-to-baggage verification and reconciliation. In 1999,... [02 Aug 2007]
Paul Coby
CIO Profile The crisis in the travel industry, along with the competition from no-frills airlines, left BA "standing over the edge of the precipice", Coby has admitted. What they say about him: "A real statesman and valued spokesman... [06 Jun 2007]
Mobile calls allowed on half of all airlines by 2008
News Paul Coby, chairman of airline industry IT body SITA and CIO of British Airways, said airlines are on course to be the world's first fully web-enabled industry. Almost half of all... [01 Nov 2006]
BA CIO: 'Terminal 5 tech will revolutionise air travel'
News Paul Coby, CIO of British Airways, has told silicon.com the opening of Heathrow Terminal 5 will signify the coming of age of BA and the completion of its transformation from a company that has been accused in the past of... [21 Sep 2006]
