Travel & Travel Technology News.Jun 25, 2007 AirGuideFlightTracker is a new service that keeps travelers informed in real-time on flight and airport status, delays, gate changes, security wait time and more. For more go to http://www.airguideonline.com/airline_tracker.htm Jun 19, 2007 AirGuideAirports is a new service that keeps travelers informed in real-time on airport departures and arrivals. the system display flight departures and arrivals at a specific airport on your website using a simple link or button. Airport weather conditions and weather forecast information at a specific airport. Airport security wait time information at a specific US airport on your website using a simple link or button. For more go to AirGuideAirports http://airguideonline.com/airport.htm and Airport Status & IInfo http://airguideonline.com/airport_tracker.htm Jun 19, 2007 Airbus, OnAir Airbus announced that EASA EASA European Aviation Safety Agency EASA European Advertising Standards Alliance (Brussels, Belgium) EASA European Association of Social Anthropologists EASA European Architecture Students Assembly EASA European Academic Software Award has certified OnAir, the onboard mobile phone and communications system In telecommunication, a communications system is a collection of individual communications networks, transmission systems, relay stations, tributary stations, and data terminal equipment (DTE) usually capable of interconnection and interoperation to form an integrated whole. it has developed in partnership with SITA. "The EASA airworthiness air·wor·thy adj. air·wor·thi·er, air·wor·thi·est Being in fit condition to fly: an airworthy helicopter; airworthy avionics. certification comes after successful tests were carried out by Airbus earlier this year and confirms the GSM onboard system's compatibility in the aircraft environment," the company said, adding that the OnAir service initially will be available on single-aisle aircraft operating short-haul flights in Western Europe Western Europe The countries of western Europe, especially those that are allied with the United States and Canada in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (established 1949 and usually known as NATO). . Jun 21, 2007 Airlines Reporting IATA IATA International Air Transport Association, which sets the rules for air transport, including those concerning air transport of animals. and Airlines Reporting Corp. announced a joint marketing and licensing agreement under which the organizations will provide sales, fare and ticketing data in the same format, "eliminating the need for airlines to combine different sets of market intelligence information," IATA said. Data now will be offered in the ARC Segment Detail specification. Jun 20, 2007 Boeing Boeing named John Hinshaw CIO CIO: see American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations. (Chief Information Officer) The executive officer in charge of information processing in an organization. and VP-information technology. The former Verizon Wireless executive replaces the retiring Scott Griffin. Jun 20, 2007 Saudi Arabian Airlines Saudi Arabian Airlines (Arabic: الخطوط الجوية العربية السعودية) is the national airline of Saudi Arabia, based in , Worldspan Worldspan signed Saudi Arabian Airlines to a multiyear technology services agreement under which the GDS GDS Global Distribution System GDS Google Desktop Search (Google) GDS Goodie Domain Service (Vienna University of Technology, Austria) GDS Guards will help Saudi Arabian upgrade its ticketing process to include global e-ticket processing and interlining in·ter·lin·ing n. An extra lining between the outer fabric and regular lining of a garment. interlining Noun the material used to interline parts of garments . The carrier will adopt Worldspan ETDBase, Worldspan Interchange and other solutions. Jun 19, 2007 Sibiu Airport Sibiu Airport in Romania will install Siemens Industrial Solutions & Services' new modular, pre-installed Sibag Smart baggage handling system A Baggage Handling System (BHS) is a type of conveyor system installed in airports that transports checked luggage from ticket counters to areas where the bags can be loaded onto airplanes. . The system is scheduled to come online in October. Jun 22, 2007 Unisys Unisys launched Registered Traveler lanes at Reno-Tahoe International Airport Reno-Tahoe International Airport (IATA: RNO, ICAO: KRNO, FAA LID: RNO) is a public airport located three miles (5 km) southeast of the central business district of Reno, a city in Washoe County, Nevada, United States. , representing the company's first airport to go live with its offering and the first competitor to Verified Identity Pass to launch lanes. Jun 22, 2007 United Airlines United Airlines yesterday said the computer outage that disrupted its schedule for 2 hr. Wednesday morning was the result of employee error, according to a statement from UA executives to employees cited by the Associated Press. Nearly 300 flights were delayed or canceled when the Unimatic system shut down after "an employee made a mistake and caused the failure of both Unimatic and our backup system," COO Pete McDonald said without elaborating, according to AP. Jun 22, 2007 ZZ Editorial eMail: edit@AirGuideOnline.com For Air Transport & Travel Business Experts contact our Director of Content Aram Gesar eMail: bizintel@AirGuideOnline.com For more global news, reviews, features and analysis, please subscribe to our Newsletters: http://www.airguideonline.com/order_formsubs.htm#news To Advertise: advert@AirGuideOnline.com AirGuideFlightTracker is a new service that keeps travelers informed on flight and airport status via the Web. For more go to http://www.airguideonline.com/airline_tracker.htm Copyright [c] 2007 Air Travel Media / Pyramid Media Group. All rights reserved. |
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