Travel & Travel Technology News.Regulators could approve in-flight mobile phone use by 2007. The Federal Communications Commission Federal Communications Commission (FCC), independent executive agency of the U.S. government established in 1934 to regulate interstate and foreign communications in the public interest. said it may allow mobile phone use on airline flights as early as 2007. The Federal Aviation Administration Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), component of the U.S. Department of Transportation that sets standards for the air-worthiness of all civilian aircraft, inspects and licenses them, and regulates civilian and military air traffic through its air traffic control has said it will approve service as long as it poses no safety threat. Mar 30, 2006 Regulators should say "no" to in-flight cell phone use. Allowing travelers to talk on their cell phones on airplanes would be "the single most incomprehensibly wrongheaded decision of the century," Ben Stein writes this New York Times commentary. The only reason air travel is fairly quiet is because travelers are not allowed to use their phones, he writes. Mar 27, 2006 American Airlines American starts GDS contract renewals with Worldspan. American Airlines announced the signing of a five-year comprehensive content distribution agreement with Worldspan yesterday that will go into effect Aug. 1."Worldspan's expertise and historic ability to manage the demands of a global carrier with multichannel distribution needs were key factors in choosing them as a long-term distributor of American's fare and inventory content," AA Senior VP-Global Sales David Cush said. Earlier this month, AA protested an agreement between Amadeus and Sabre allowing customers to complete bookings through the other GDS should an airline drop out. AA said the agreement may be in violation of its contracts with the four principal GDSs, all of which expire this year. The airline said it may not elect to participate in all four GDSs going forward. Mar 31, 2006 ARINC ARINC Aeronautical Radio, Inc. ARINC Aircraft Radio Incorporated ARINC Aeronautical Research Incorporated ARINC is installing its iMUSE common-use passenger check-in and boarding technology at Portland International Airport
under a 2005 contract. Mar 27, 2006 Connexion by Boeing Connexion by Boeing (CBB) was an in-flight online connectivity service from Boeing. This service allowed travellers to access a high-speed internet connection while on board a plane in flight through a wired Ethernet or a wireless 802.11 Wi-Fi connection. Connexion by Boeing, which was only launched commercially in May 2004, is really taking off. The high-speed wireless Internet system is currently offered on more than 180 routes daily worldwide by a number of airlines including ANA, El Al, Etihad, Lufthansa, Singapore and SAS (1) (SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC, www.sas.com) A software company that specializes in data warehousing and decision support software based on the SAS System. Founded in 1976, SAS is one of the world's largest privately held software companies. See SAS System. . Connexion by Boeing claims that it is changing people's perception of the use of Internet when away from base and teamed up with consultancy Burke Research to conduct a global biannual study on customer satisfaction and loyalty. This study, which focuses on the second half of 2005 and includes responses from nearly 3,200 participants worldwide, shows that in-flight Internet is changing traveler behavior: 83% of those surveyed said that the availability of the Connexion by Boeing service will have an impact on future travel plans and their choice of airline carrier and 94% said they plan to use the service again on a future flight. http://www.connexionbyboeing.com Apr 2, 2006 Continental Airlines Continental Airlines signed a seven-year contract renewal for air/ground data link services with ARINC. The deal includes GLOBALink VHF, HFDL HFDL High Frequency Data Link and satellite. Mar 29, 2006 IBS IBS Irritable bowel syndrome, see there Software IBS Software Services announced that CargoJet of Canada and Northern Air Cargo Northern Air Cargo is an American cargo airline based in Anchorage, Alaska, USA. It operates services within Alaska and to Canada and the USA. Its main base is Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, with a hub at Fairbanks International Airport.[1]. of Alaska will be the launch customers for its SmartCargo inventory management software. Mar 28, 2006 North American Airlines North American Airlines is an American airline based in New York City, USA. It operates scheduled international services from the USA to Africa and Guyana, as well as domestic and international charter services and wet lease services. Its main base is John F. North American Airlines selected the Radixx Air Enterprise system to manage its passenger reservations, Internet booking and departure control. Mar 28, 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). , Swissport SITA said a new Web-based check-in application it developed for Swissport went live with launch customer Swiss International Air Lines Friday. Under a year-old alliance between Swissport and SITA, the ground handling company is introducing Swissport branded self-service check-in kiosks on both sides of the Atlantic that are programmed to serve up to 60 airlines. Swissport is active in 175 countries and its provision of Web-based check-in linked to SITA's common use self-service kiosks means the service will be available to many small airlines that could not make the investment themselves, a spokesperson for SITA noted. Mar 27, 2006 |
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