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News Limiting functionality in this way can be a less controversial option for airlines as voice calls can present a noise nuisance issue. From using your mobile phone on a plane to surfing the net while you down a pint in... [11 Aug 2009]
easyJet sees the cloud's Azure lining
News Currently airlines have to use desk-based common use terminal equipment and pay for space in the airport to locate it. As more details of Microsoft's cloud computing Azure Services Platform (ASP) emerged yesterday,... [15 Jul 2009]
Flash of Silverlight to put Microsoft hot on Adobe's heels?
News Microsoft announced a couple of new customers for Silverlight on Friday including MGM which is using it to produce the SGU: Stargate Universe site, and Continental Airlines, which is remaking its reservation call-centre... [13 Jul 2009]
Has in-flight entertainment got wings in the iPod era?
News Airlines should scrap in-flight entertainment systems because they cannot compete with the thousands of songs and scores of movies that can be stored on modern media players, according to an aviation expert. [03 Jul 2009]
Take a trip to the future of air travel
News Sita is currently piloting a mobile web app with Malaysia Airlines that allows passengers to check flight schedules, fares and local shopping from their phones, and which could eventually make use of context. [03 Jul 2009]
Windows 7 gets a better grip on power
News Continental Airlines, which has thousands of PCs, saved between $1.5m and $2m per year by using the tools in Vista, according to Microsoft. Microsoft has made energy efficiency a key design element of Windows 7, focusing... [15 Jun 2009]
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 integrating the activities of its IT... [03 Jun 2009]
In-flight broadband 'to take off this year'
News The fledgling in-flight broadband market is set for serious growth this year, according to analyst house In-Stat, which predicts the number of web-enabled aeroplanes will surge from 25 in 2008 to some 800 by the end of this year. [08 May 2009]
In-flight mobiles takes off in EU
News The European Union today welcomed the swift take up of in-flight comms by airlines Ryanair, TAP and bmi, just a year after the European Commission created rules allowing for the safe use of phones on planes across... [02 Apr 2009]
Are airlines' security budgets safe?
News While airlines may be feeling the pinch, cost-cutting doesn't seem to have hit security budgets. According to research by the airline IT industry body Sita, only 10 per cent of airlines saw their... [30 Mar 2009]
Identity crisis for £1.2bn e-Borders system?
News The British Air Transport Association (Bata), the trade body for UK airlines, recently warned that the system could cause disruption to holiday travellers when it is introduced. The UK Border Agency has a network of... [30 Mar 2009]
CIO Job Report: February's movers and shakers
News Lufthansa Passenger Airlines has found itself a new head of information management and CIO in the shape of Dr Christoph Klingenberg. Let silicon.com keep you up to date with all the latest CIO job moves and changes with... [24 Feb 2009]
All Ryanair planes to offer mobile calls by 2010
News By 2010, passengers on all Ryanair planes will be able to make calls and send SMSes during their flights. From today, more than 20 planes flying to and from Dublin will take to the skies offering travellers mile-high talk, text and email... [19 Feb 2009]
Airlines fear delays from snooping tech
News Airlines had wanted the system to be introduced during quieter off peak months, when any teething problems would be easier to deal with, but technical difficulties delayed the system's go-live date until around Easter. [11 Feb 2009]
Virtual meetings to ground two million airline seats
News Airlines could be hit hard as workers ditch face-to-face meetings in favour of cheaper virtual link-ups. The worldwide economic downturn will boost videoconferencing tech, according to analyst house Gartner that predicts... [06 Feb 2009]
