Travel & Travel Technology News.For more travel news, data and analysis, please go to: http://www.airguideonline.com/order_formsubs.htm Aug 21, 2006 Mobile phones on ships are not a problem and several cruise companies are now offering (expensive satellite) connections through passenger's own mobile phone. Brittany Ferries Brittany Ferries is a French ferry company that runs ships between France, the UK, Ireland and Spain. History 1970s and 1980s The company was founded in January 1973 by Alexis Gourvennec, and began sailings between Roscoff in Brittany and Plymouth in the South have now taken the same route (at competitive prices) to allow customers to make and receive calls as they cross the Channel to France. This was planned before the current air travel crisis. Brittany Ferries is the largest operator on the western channel, with five routes to France and one to Spain and the most modern fleet on the Channel. Also on the mobile technology front the South East of England The East of England is one of the nine official regions of England. It was created in 1994 and was adopted for statistics from 1999. It includes the ceremonial counties of Essex, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk. has launched a major campaign to advance wi-fi technology and drive commercial success throughout the region through a more widespread availability of wireless broadband High-speed wireless transmission of data. What is "high" speed is always a changing number. Wireless systems are typically slower than land-based, wireline networks. In the past, wireless broadband started at 250 Kbps, whereas land-based broadband was generally considered to start at T1 . The Broadband East Sussex East Sussex, county (1991 pop. 670,600), 693 sq mi (1,795 sq km), extreme SE England. It comprises seven administrative districts: Brighton, Eastbourne, Hastings, Hove, Lewes, Rother, and Wealden. The county, the seat of which is Lewes, borders the English Channel. Partnership, one of nine sub-regional broadband partnerships in the South East, is the first to complete a network of hotspots that ensures that visitors to and residents of the region will never be more than a ten minute drive or five mile radius of a high speed wireless broadband connection. http://www.brittanyferries.co.uk http://www.hotspotssoutheast.co.uk Aug 19, 2006 Satellite navigation system satellite navigation system satellite n → système m de navigation par satellite could cut carriers' fuel bills. A new performance-based navigation system 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. could save carriers millions each year in fuel expenses. Airlines are eager to have the satellite-based system in place, citing not only fuel savings but better use of runways and airspace and less noise impact on communities. Aug 14, 2006 Boeing Boeing it has reached an agreement to acquire C-Map, a leading provider of digital maritime cartography cartography: see map. cartography or mapmaking Art and science of representing a geographic area graphically, usually by means of a map or chart. Political, cultural, or other nongeographic features may be superimposed. , data services and other navigational information. C-Map will become a part of Jeppesen's marine division. Jeppesen is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Boeing Commercial Aviation Services. C-Map has significant operations throughout Europe, Australasia and the Americas. Aug 18, 2006 Boeing today announced that a detailed business and market analysis of 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. is complete, and the company has decided to exit the high-speed broadband communications connectivity markets. Boeing will work with its customers to facilitate an orderly phase out of the Connexion by Boeing service. Boeing acknowledged it was reviewing the Connexion business on June 26. This effort included an assessment of the market and discussions with existing customers and potential new business partners. Lufthansa, a Connexion customer, said the closing would have no "immediate impact" on its FlyNet service, available on most long-haul flights. Other carriers that have installed Connexion on at least some aircraft include Japan Airlines, ANA, 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. , China Airlines, Korean Air  This article or section is written like an .Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . , Asiana Airlines Asiana redirects here. There is also a British Asian magazine called Asiana. | Asiana Airlines (아시아나 항공 Asiana Hanggong KOSDAQ: 020560) (Formerly Seoul Airlines , El Al and Singapore Airlines. Fewer than 150 aircraft are believed to be equipped with the service, well short of the thousands Boeing predicted six years ago. Several US airlines dropped plans to install Connexion in the aftermath of 9/11, dealing the program a major blow as it was just ramping up. Boeing said yesterday that the vast majority of its 560 Connexion employees likely will be. Aug 17, 2006 Boeing, Connexion Connexion, Boeing's technically successful high-speed broadband communications system, is to be phased out. Boeing says that the market has not materialized in the way it expected, meaning that it can't see a profit at the end of the day. The high-speed wireless Internet system is currently offered on more than 180 routes daily worldwide by a number of airlines including Air China, ANA, Asiana, El Al, Etihad, Singapore and SAS. Lufthansa, another operator, is clearly miffed miff n. 1. A petulant, bad-tempered mood; a huff. 2. A petty quarrel or argument; a tiff. tr.v. miffed, miff·ing, miffs To cause to become offended or annoyed. , reports indicating that the service has been well received by customers, with as many as 40 people using the service at one time on long haul flights. The client airlines are thought to be looking at alternative suppliers. Your editor was one of the first to try the system on a Lufthansa flight in 2004 (see left). http://www.connexionbyboeing.com Aug 19, 2006 Expedia, US Airways Expedia signed a five-year contract with US Airways, making the carrier's inventory and services available on Expedia.com and its affiliated sites. Aug 14, 2006 Sabre Holdings, JetBlue Airways Sabre, JetBlue sign content agreement. Sabre Holdings Corp. has signed a five-year, full-content agreement with JetBlue Airways. JetBlue's fares will be available to subscribers of Sabre's online travel reservation system. Aug 14, 2006 |
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