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UK flights grounded by air traffic control glitch
News Speaking to silicon.com on Friday, a British Airways spokesman said: "Because obviously we cancelled the number of flights outbound last night, if the aircraft doesn't go then it can't come back so we... [26 Sep 2008]
ID cards: 'Political' move, claim airport workers
News Wiltshire's comments follow a Bata letter of protest sent to the home secretary, Jacqui Smith, this week, signed by the chief executives of British Airways, BMI, EasyJet and Virgin Atlantic. The... [07 Jul 2008]
Mobile phones key to paperless air travel
News Online sales and increased use of web 2.0 technologies can also deliver savings to the industry, said Sita chairman and British Airways CIO, Paul Coby. Mobile phones could be used to hold digital... [20 Jun 2008]
Travis Perkins builds its tech future
Case Study Paul Coby British Airways We were getting to the point where the computer room was filling up and things like our UPS, our generator, our air conditioning were all requiring some fairly... [20 Jun 2008]
RFID bag tags could save air-travel industry millions
News However, a spokesman for British Airways, the major stakeholder in T5, cast doubt on the efficacy of RFID tagging as a solution to baggage handling problems at the present time. As Heathrow Terminal Five... [18 Apr 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. The first... [28 Mar 2008]
Photos: Passenger's eye view of Heathrow Terminal 5
Photo Housed under a huge arched roof, T5 aims to revolutionise the British Airways passenger experience at Heathrow.silicon.com followed the route a typical passenger would take through T5 to find out what... [13 Feb 2008]
Photos: Heathrow's T5 tech ready for take-off
Photo silicon.com has been given an exclusive behind the scenes look at BAA's brand new Terminal 5 (T5) at Heathrow ahead of its official opening for British Airways (BA) flights on 27 March. This is one of... [12 Feb 2008]
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. More... [19 Oct 2007]
Texas Instruments Case Study: Airline Baggage Identification
White Paper In 1999, British Airways completed live trials of Tag-it smart labels at Heathrow Airport on behalf of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) using existing high volume... [02 Aug 2007]
Photos: Heathrow's Terminal 5 comes alive
Photo In the bowels of the new building is the baggage handling system which BAA and British Airways are both extremely proud of. T5 has been jointly developed by BAA - which runs the airport - and... [13 Jul 2007]
David Burden
CIO Profile Burden is a well-travelled CIO and his previous roles include executive VP of technology and services at Qantas Airways in Sydney, when the airline went through privatisation; CIO of Air Canada in... [06 Jun 2007]
ITU 06 diary - Big ideas for developing economies - and a spot of mobile porn
Comment Unfortunately, at the time, I was still being hurtled through the air at hundreds of miles per hour courtesy of British Airways. Sunday saw the opening ceremony of the ITU conference.... [04 Dec 2006]
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. The in-flight use of mobile phones by... [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... [21 Sep 2006]
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