Travel & Travel Technology News.SITA announced that Sky Airline of Chile and Hong Kong Express Airways For the television drama series produced by SBS of Korea, see . The Hong Kong Express Airways Limited (香港快運航空有限公司, previously 港聯航空) is an airline based in Hong Kong. will implement its Horizon portfolio including Airfare Price and SITA Reservations. SITA also announced that Moscow Domodedovo will be the 33rd airport to implement its BagManager global baggage reconciliation system. Apr 6, 2006 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 , OnAir Air France is to trial OnAir's GSM equipment enabling the use of mobile phones in-flight. AF will receive the first outfitted aircraft, an A318, off the production line in early 2007 for the six-month trial. The OnAir service will allow passengers to use their own GSM mobile phones and GPRS-enabled devices such as the BlackBerry or Treo to make and receive voice calls or send and receive SMS messages SMS message SMS n → (message m) SMS m or e-mails without interfering with navigation systems A GPS-based electronic system in a car or truck that provides a real time map of the vehicle's current location as well as step-by-step directions to a programmed destination. See GPS and vehicle tracking. . AF will survey passengers before deciding whether to extend the program beyond the trial. Apr 5, 2006 Continental Airlines, Worldspan Continental Airlines signed a five-year comprehensive content distribution agreement with Worldspan. CO participates in Worldspan Airline Source, the GDS's highest level of connectivity. Apr 5, 2006 Lufthansa, Worldspan Lufthansa signed a full-content distribution agreement with Worldspan. In addition to resulting in lower distribution costs distribution costs distribute npl → Vertriebskosten pl , "Worldspan has provided technology tools to help lower our overall IT expenditure," said Josef Bogdanski, LH senior VP-sales-Germany and global key accounts. Apr 7, 2006 Panasonic Avionics Panasonic Avionics Corp. is launching a global communications service to provide broadband voice and data services to aircraft with a new antenna system it claims "provides superior bandwidth in a smaller, lighter and lower drag configuration." The company said it will support AeroMobile's aircraft mobile phone service and also can be paired with a direct broadcast television antenna in the same radome system to offer Panasonic DBS (Direct Broadcast Satellite) A one-way TV broadcast service from a communications satellite to a small round or oval dish antenna no larger than 20" in diameter. TV with live programming. Apr 7, 2006 Sabre Sabre rolls out hotel merchandising plan. News from Travel Technology Update: Sabre Travel Network Sabre Travel Network (STN) is the line of technology developed by Sabre Inc. that services travel agencies directly. Sabre Travel Network began when the Sabre Computer reservations system was installed in Briarcliff Manor, New York in 1960. is rolling out Upsell, a program that displays amenities and upgrades that are available at a hotel that is about to be booked.The program is part of its drive to move more into a merchandising mode, rather than simply processing transactions. Hotels that agree to participate in the program will share a portion of the incremental Additional or increased growth, bulk, quantity, number, or value; enlarged. Incremental cost is additional or increased cost of an item or service apart from its actual cost. revenue they receive with Sabre. Apr 4, 2006 |
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