Atlanta Upgrades Its SITA CUTE System; Airlines Sign Five-year Renewal Deal for Common Use Terminal Equipment.Business Editors ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 4, 2002 The CUTE(R) local user board (CLUB) for Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport's Terminal `E', as well as the Terminal E management company, TBI TBI 1. Thyroxine-binding index 2. Total body irradiation , have chosen to upgrade their Common Use Terminal Equipment (CUTE) system to SITA's latest Java-based, internet protocol See Internet and TCP/IP. (networking) Internet Protocol - (IP) The network layer for the TCP/IP protocol suite widely used on Ethernet networks, defined in STD 5, RFC 791. IP is a connectionless, best-effort packet switching protocol. (IP) enabled version, in a five-year renewal contract valued at US$4.4 million. The airport handles over 75 million passengers a year and was ranked highest in the world for passenger traffic in 2001. In Terminal E as well as in the Main Terminal, CUTE is used by all international carriers including Air France Air France in full Compagnie Internationale Air France French passenger and cargo airline with more than 200 destinations in some 80 countries. It introduced supersonic Concorde service in 1976, but financial loss led the company to cease its Concorde , AeroMexico, British Airways British Airways in full British Airways PLC International passenger airline based in London. In 1936 British Airways Ltd. was founded through the merger of three smaller airlines. , Delta, Lufthansa, Northwest and Air Jamaica. This project will offer them a full upgrade of the existing CUTE system, memory upgrades for all 84 common workstations, upgrade of the Local Area Network (LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. ) to Ethernet/Fast Ethernet technology including Ethernet cards See Ethernet adapter. for all Intelligent Workstations and an upgrade of core room equipment. This latest version of SITA CUTE offers end-to-end IP connectivity from host to the airport desktop, providing airlines with access to their own systems on an industry open platform. Each CUTE workstation uses a pre-integrated browser browser Software that allows a computer user to find and view information on the Internet. The first text-based browser for the World Wide Web became available in 1991; Web use expanded rapidly after the release in 1993 of a browser called Mosaic, which used and is connected over IP to support the individual airline needs. Jim Skeen, International Field Support & Technology Specialist of Delta Air Lines said: "We operate at the world's busiest airport World's busiest airport is a claim that is fiercely fought over by the owners of the world's largest airports. The definition of "busiest" is debated as well, with claims being staked on the basis of aircraft operations, cargo traffic or total passengers. , and upgrading to SITA's new CUTE will provide us with the cost-effective, market leading system that we require to meet the ever increasing demands of our customers. SITA is the only company that has the knowledge and experience to provide the fully-managed end-to-end service that allows us to offer the very best service to our passengers" Dan Ebbinghaus, SITA's President of the Americas, added: "We are delighted that the CUTE CLUB has chosen to maintain its trust in SITA and give us the opportunity to upgrade its systems. We are the only supplier who can provide the technology that enables our customers to operate seamlessly by using both legacy and IP applications in parallel. The aviation industry has been going through a difficult period and at SITA, through innovation and applied industry knowledge, we offer solutions that deliver real benefits to both airports and airlines." SITA developed the first CUTE workstations in 1984. Today, these workstations are used by some 285 customers at over 200 airport locations worldwide, checking-in over 580 million passengers annually. In the Americas SITA's CUTE systems operate at over 50 airports - three and a half times more that any other CUTE systems provider. Notes to Editors: About SITA SITA is the world's leading provider of integrated information and telecommunications Communicating information, including data, text, pictures, voice and video over long distance. See communications. solutions to the air transport industry. With over 50 years experience, SITA now has around 740 members and 1,800 customers including airlines, airports, travel distribution and computer reservation systems, governmental organizations, aerospace and air-freight companies. SITA recorded corporate revenues of over US$1.611 billion in 2001. Further information can be found at www.sita.aero CUTE is a trademark of SITA. |
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