Travel & Travel Technology News.Sep 17, 2007 ARINC ARINC Aeronautical Radio, Inc. ARINC Aircraft Radio Incorporated ARINC Aeronautical Research Incorporated announced the availability of AviNet Xmail, which it called "the first desktop XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. messaging solution for the air travel industry." AviNet Xmail service will be available immediately to ARINC's aviation network customers and "allows airline and operations staff to easily edit and exchange modern XML and TypeX messages," the company said. Sep 13, 2007 Travelers need a meal plan. Passengers need to think ahead when it comes to food options during air travel. Passengers can plan to buy food on board, pick up some take-out at the airport or pack food from home. Whatever they decide, travelers should be sure to have enough to get them through the day and then some, in case of delays. Sep 13, 2007 Bolivia to require Americans to have visas starting Dec. 1. As a "matter of reciprocity," the Bolivian government says it will begin requiring U.S. citizens to have visas to enter the country. Americans will fall into the country's most-regulated migratory category, which requires a $134, 30-day tourist visa. "We are working to not hurt the flow of foreign tourists," a Bolivian official said, adding that Americans "will be able to obtain a visa at the point of entry, either on the border or right there in the airport." Sep 12, 2007 Ozone in plane cabins reacts with other compounds to create irritants. Authors of a new study published in Environmental Science and Technology say that the compounds aboard a passenger-filled plane react with ozone to create irritants including acetone acetone (ăs`ĭtōn), dimethyl ketone (dīmĕth`əl kē`tōn), or 2-propanone (prō`pənōn), CH3COCH3 , decanal Dec´a`nal a. 1. Pertaining to a dean or deanery. His rectorial as well as decanal residence. - Churton. Decanal side the side of the choir on which the dean's tall is placed. and acetic acid acetic acid (əsē`tĭk), CH3CO2H, colorless liquid that has a characteristic pungent odor, boils at 118°C;, and is miscible with water in all proportions; it is a weak organic carboxylic acid (see carboxyl group). . Some of the reacting compounds come from the seats and carpeting of the plane, but researchers say that more than half come from the passengers themselves, on their clothing, skin and hair. Sep 11, 2007 ARINC announced the introduction of SkyBuy, an inflight payment and inventory control system designed to automate and monitor inflight sales data wirelessly. ARINC said the solution combines Abanco's MDT MDT abbr. Mountain Daylight Time MDT (in the US and Canada) Mountain Daylight Time MDT n abbr (US) (= mountain daylight time) → In-Flight sales application with ARINC's wireless technology. Sep 11, 2007 AirCell, Virgin America AirCell entered into an agreement with Virgin America to provide broadband Internet service to passengers aboard the startup's Airbus A319s and A320s. Passengers will be able to access the Internet using either Virgin America's "Red" IFE Ife (ē`fā), city (1991 est. pop. 262,000), SW Nigeria. Located in a farm region, the city is an important center for marketing and shipping cacao. According to tradition, Ife is the oldest Yoruba town (founded c.1300). system or their own Wi-Fi-enabled laptops or other portable systems while in flight. AirCell and Virgin America will integrate AirCell's broadband service into Virgin's IFE system, AirCell said, noting that the service will be available aboard the entire fleet "sometime in 2008." Virgin America launched last month touting customer service superior to existing US carriers such as JetBlue Airways. Sep 14, 2007 Amadeus, Sabre The EC approved the creation of Moneydirect, a joint venture between Amadeus and Sabre that will be active in the field of payment processing and clearing systems. "Given the limited size and scope of Moneydirect's business, the fact that this business is not closely related to the parties' GDS GDS Global Distribution System GDS Google Desktop Search (Google) GDS Goodie Domain Service (Vienna University of Technology, Austria) GDS Guards business and the fact that Amadeus and Sabre have put in place structures to limit the information flows between Moneydirect and its parent companies, the Commission concluded that the proposed transaction would not risk impeding effective competition," the regulator said in a statement. Sep 13, 2007 Boeing, Starling starling, any of a group of originally Old World birds that have become distributed worldwide. Starlings were brought to New York in 1890; since then the common starling (Sturnus vulgaris) has spread throughout North America. Advanced Communication Antenna promises faster-than-cable in-flight Internet connection. Starling Advanced Communication recently conducted a test that connected a Boeing 737 to the Internet at 20 megabits per second--nearly 2.5 times the speed of a typical cable connection. The antenna has a 75-centimeter diameter and can be mounted on the plane's fuselage. The testing team was able to conduct typical online business activities as well as participate in video conference calls, make phone calls with Skype and download large files. Sep 12, 2007 KLM KLM Kaiserliche Marine (Enigma: Rising Tide game) KLM Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij (Royal Dutch Airlines) KLM Klub Langer Menschen (German: Tall Person Club) KLM said e-tickets now are available for all 124 destinations in its network and its e-tickets can be used when flying with 72 interline in·ter·line 1 tr.v. in·ter·lined, in·ter·lin·ing, in·ter·lines To insert between printed or written lines. in partners. At present, e-tickets account for around 89% of all KLM tickets. It intends to raise this to 100% by Jan. 1, when it will begin issuing e-tickets only. Paper tickets will be available on request, but it will impose a surcharge on issuance. Sep 10, 2007 LOT Polish Airlines LOT Polish Airlines (Polskie Linie Lotnicze LOT, short name PLL LOT) is the national airline/flag carrier of Poland, based in Warsaw. It operates scheduled passenger and cargo services. Domestic services link Warsaw with ten cities. ITA Software announced that its airfare pricing and shopping system QPX QPX Quicktime Player Extension QPX Compiled Query Program was implemented by LOT Polish Airlines. Sep 12, 2007 OnAir, Kingfisher airlines, Shenzhen Airlines Shenzhen, Kingfisher sign with OnAir. OnAir, a provider of in-flight communications, has secured two more Asian customers China's - Shenzhen Airlines. Sep 10, 2007 Sabre Airline, Southwest Airlines Cargo Sabre Airline Solutions Sabre Airline Solutions is a subsidiary of Sabre Holdings. The main product of Sabre Airline Solutions is the SabreSonic system. This provides departure control, reservations, and, inventory management. said Southwest Airlines Cargo selected the CargoMax Revenue Manager system. Sep 11, 2007 Virgin America, 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. Sabre Travel Network announced that Virgin America signed a multiyear distribution agreement that makes all of the airline's fares available to Sabre-connected travel agencies and corporations. 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