Travel & Travel Technology News.For more travel news, data and analysis, please go to: http://www.airguideonline.com/order_formsubs.htm Jul 24, 2006 Technology allows carriers to bulk up movie offerings. New onboard entertainment systems are allowing airlines to offer fliers hundreds of movies each year. As a result, carriers are buying a broader range of films, including documentaries, classic films and more adult-oriented features. Jul 21, 2006 Small firms need ways to keep data secure, experts say. Keeping customer and employee information secure is a low priority for many small businesses, experts say. Small companies should consider investing in technology that allows them to back up data at a low cost and in biometric devices that require workers to show a fingerprint before logging in. Jul 20, 2006 Air Madrid Air Madrid signed a full-content distribution agreement with 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. . Duration of the deal was not disclosed. Jul 18, 2006 OnAir OnAir selected mobile network provider Monaco Telecom as its ground infrastructure partner. Starting in 2007, OnAir will be launching GSM and GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) The first high-speed digital data service provided by cellular carriers that used the GSM technology. GPRS added a packet-switched channel to GSM, which uses dedicated, circuit-switched channels for voice conversations. mobile services on selected European flights, allowing passengers to make and receive phone calls and exchange text messages and e-mails using their own mobile phones and PEDs. Air France, bmi and TAP Portugal have signed up for commercial trials of the OnAir service. Jul 17, 2006 Royal Jordanian Royal Jordanian selected eBrand to redesign and upgrade the airline's website. Jul 21, 2006 Sabre Travel Sabre Travel Network and Travelocity yesterday signed new five-year, full-content agreements with Alaska Airlines. Jul 20, 2006 Swiss International Air Lines Swiss International Air Lines (short: Swiss) is the principal airline of Switzerland operating scheduled services in Europe and to North America, South America, Africa and Asia. Its main hub is Zurich Kloten Airport (ZRH). Swiss International Air Lines signed a multiyear, full-content distribution agreement with Worldspan. Jul 19, 2006 Telestial Stay in touch for less when you travel overseas with a Telestial prepaid world cell phone. At most destinations you will get free incoming calls, and you can call the United States from most countries for only 45 to 65 cents/minute. A tool no frequent traveler should be without, it's like having a calling card and a payphone payphone Noun a coin-operated telephone payphone pay n → Münztelefon nt; (card phone) → Kartentelefon nt in your back pocket. Jul 17, 2006 Thales TopFlight top·flight adj. Informal First-rate; excellent. topflight adj → de primera (categoría or clase) topflight adj → Thales TopFlight SDU SDU State Disbursement Unit (child support enforcement) SDU Service Data Unit SDU Staff Development Unit SDU Social Development Unit SDU Standard Dial-Up SDU Sustainable Development Unit SDU Service Delivery Unit will use the SwiftBroadband service provided by Inmarsat's 14 geostationary Aligned with the earth. Refers to satellites (GEOs) that travel at the same rotational speed as the earth (they are geosynchronous) and are always the same distance from the earth. See GEO. satellites to route calls and data to the ground. It will offer a high-speed data capacity of up to 432 kbps per channel and support two channels simultaneously, giving a bundled data capacity of as much as 900 kbps. Thales said the ARINC ARINC Aeronautical Radio, Inc. ARINC Aircraft Radio Incorporated ARINC Aeronautical Research Incorporated 781 unit is compact (housed in a single 6 MCU (1) (MicroController Unit) A computer on a single chip. See microcontroller. (2) (Multipoint Control Unit) A device that is used to moderate a videoconference of three or more end points (users at computers or groups of users box), lightweight (10 kg.) and cost-effective (basic off-the-shelf unit cost in the region of $100,000 per aircraft as opposed to closer to $200,000 for conventional systems). In addition, it is adapted for the new-generation antenna systems compliant with ARINC 781 characteristics that are approximately three-quarters the width, half the length and half the height of existing antennas. Certification of the system is expected by year end and Air France, TAP Air Portugal and bmi are launch customers, with operational trials expected to start in early 2007. Jul 19, 2006 US Airways US Airways signed a five-year, full-content distribution agreement with Worldspan. Jul 18, 2006 |
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