SITA's Updated Airport Management Solutions Allows over 40 Airports to Simplify Passenger Journey.SAN DIEGO San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. -- SITA, the world's leading provider of IT solutions to airports today unveiled Airport Management Solutions, a comprehensive suite which integrates critical airport applications, network, hardware, and support into turnkey solutions, anchored by a centralized database. Formerly known as Airport in a Box, the suite needed a new name to reflect an expanded product offering being used by over 40 customers and 100 million+ passengers worldwide. John Jarrell, senior vice president, SITA Airport & Desktop Services said, "SITA has long understood that airports need to integrate and deploy the latest technologies to improve their operations. The Airport Management Solutions set of pre-integrated airport applications offer a range of cost and efficiency benefits for airports, airlines and handling agents, while simplifying the passenger journey." "Airport Management Solutions are designed for airports of all sizes, with the fundamental applications running over an IP-based 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. network and PC workstations. The new enhancements to this product allow us to offer even more options to airports around the world." A new component to this suite, AirportHandling Manager, helps airports manage their mobile ground resources from the strategic planning Strategic planning is an organization's process of defining its strategy, or direction, and making decisions on allocating its resources to pursue this strategy, including its capital and people. level right through to operational management. It consists of five modules that manage the process of forecasting and scheduling staff and equipment allocations. Airport Management Solutions is comprised of four main applications, which can be used standalone or partially or fully integrated with other products: --AirportCentral - an operations management Operations management is an area of business that is concerned with the production of goods and services, and involves the responsibility of ensuring that business operations are efficient and effective. system based on a centralized database --AirportHandling Manager - a planning and operational management system for human resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. and mobile ground handling equipment --AirportResource Manager - a capacity planning Determining the required future configuration of hardware and software for a network, datacenter or Web site. There are numerous capacity planning tools on the market used to monitor and analyze the performance of the current hardware and software. system that provides expert guidance for the allocation and management of fixed airport resources --AirportVision - a powerful and flexible airport information display system "Airport Management Solutions has been successfully implemented in airports in several countries, including Australia, Egypt, Mexico, South Africa, Turkey, and the U.S." said Jarrell. "As airports reach runway, ramp, and terminal capacity limits, Airport Management Solutions allow them to concentrate on building profitable businesses and increasing revenues, without being slowed down by cumbersome IT systems." SITA's solutions are designed to help airports maximize security, combat congestion The condition of a network when there is not enough bandwidth to support the current traffic load. congestion - When the offered load of a data communication path exceeds the capacity. , improve operating efficiencies and reduce costs. They provide airports with the technology architecture required to take advantage of a broad range of IP-based services which are vital to the future of the air transport industry. SITA has unveiled the Airport Management Solutions at the 78th AAAE AAAE American Association of Airport Executives AAAE Association for the Advancement of Arts Education AAAE Asian Association of Agricultural Engineers (Thailand) AAAE Association for Anesthesiologist Assistant Education AAAE Amino Acid-Activating Enzymes Conference and Exhibition in San Diego, California “San Diego” redirects here. For other uses, see San Diego (disambiguation). San Diego is a coastal Southern California city located in the southwestern corner of the continental United States. As of 2006, the city has a population of 1,256,951. from April 23 - April 26 (stand 640). About SITA SITA is the world's leading service provider of IT business solutions and communications services to the air transport industry. SITA manages complex communication solutions for its air transport, government and GDS GDS Global Distribution System GDS Google Desktop Search (Google) GDS Goodie Domain Service (Vienna University of Technology, Austria) GDS Guards customers over the world's most extensive communication network, complemented by consultancy in the design, deployment and integration of communication services. Its extensive range of airline and airport applications and services includes airport operations and integrated baggage services, common use and desktop services, flight operations and air-to-ground communications and end-to-end airline distribution and fares services. SITA has two main subsidiaries: OnAir, which is leading the race to bring in-flight mobile telephony to the market, and CHAMP Cargosystems, the world's only IT company solely dedicated to air cargo. SITA also operates two joint ventures providing services to the air transport community: Aviareto for aircraft asset management and CertiPath for secure electronic identity management. SITA covers 220 countries and territories and the head office is in Geneva Geneva, canton and city, Switzerland Geneva (jənē`və), Fr. Genève, canton (1990 pop. 373,019), 109 sq mi (282 sq km), SW Switzerland, surrounding the southwest tip of the Lake of Geneva. , Switzerland. SITA had revenues of US $1.582 billion in 2004. Further information can be found at www.sita.aero. |
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