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Airlines' IT spending drops
News IT and telecoms spending by airlines has fallen in the past year as the pressure to cut costs continues, according to the annual industry survey. Given that many airlines are also struggling with falling revenues, the level of overall investment is...
[July 6, 2004, 10:10]
Airlines ban mobile phones -- but why?
News What the airlines don't tell passengers is that there is no scientific evidence to support these claims. American Airlines warns passengers that mobile phones "may interfere with the aircraft's communication and navigation systems.
[October 6, 1999, 9:18]
A Year Ago: Airlines ban mobile phones, but why?
News Here's the real reason airlines are dealing you the mute button on your cell phone. What the airlines don't tell passengers is that there is no scientific evidence to support these claims. American Airlines warns passengers that mobile phones "may...
[October 6, 2000, 7:02]
Airlines fear delays from e-Borders surveillance tech
News Home Office plans to begin using the £1.2bn e-Borders system at airports, rail and ferry terminals from April risk delaying UK travellers, according to the British Air Transport Association (Bata), the trade body for UK airlines.
[February 12, 2009, 10:14]
Airlines to be given go ahead in October
News The final decision on whether foreign airlines will be allowed to fly into or out of the UK over the millennium period will not be made until October, it was revealed at a meeting detailing the progress made by key services in tackling the...
[April 22, 1999, 6:33]
Travel site vows to cut airlines' costs
News The Supplier Link technology has gone live with American Airlines and will do the same with three more carriers, including US Airways, later this year. Orbitz, which is owned by a consortium of airline companies including American, said it has...
[August 19, 2002, 16:07]
Airlines ban mobile phones -- but why?
Talkback Now you also mention that Airlines create revenue from the passengers using the phones installed on board. Do you actually think that if Airlines have to install some equipment on board to allow passengers to use their cell phones, then they are...
[August 3, 2005, 0:51]
China Eastern Airlines Corporation Limited Achieves Standardization
White Papers With assets of more than 50 billion yuan (US$6 billion) and more than 35,000 employees, China Eastern Airlines Group, which includes China Eastern Airline Co. Ltd (CEA), is a leading force in the Chinese aviation market.
[July 11, 2007, 1:00]
Reserve Forecast Aids in Saving Millions at America West Airlines
White Papers Like most major airlines, America West Airlines schedules and assigns full flight crews for hundreds of daily departures and uses a straightforward staffing forecast to predict employment levels and training needs for the upcoming year.
[September 19, 2009, 1:22]
Northwest Airlines Improves Remote Access With Easy-to-Manage Security Solution
White Papers Northwest Airlines (NWA), a major international carrier, wanted to improve security and provide its mobile work force better access to Web-based applications and e-mail. The need to remember multiple passwords and manually log off from shared...
[December 19, 2007, 0:01]
Continental Airlines Optimizes Security and Streamlines Application Management
White Papers As one of the world's leading air carriers, Continental Airlines is committed to implementing advanced technologies that help improve operations and customer service. Recently, the company began upgrading its server environment to the Windows...
[March 24, 2008, 0:02]
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Eliminates Costly Downtime With Grid Solution
White Papers Founded in 1919 in the Netherlands, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines is one of the world's oldest airlines. The company wanted to prevent unacceptable levels of downtime of online ticket sales, passenger self-service check in and other important systems...
[February 28, 2007, 0:00]
Qualcomm Case Study: American Airlines
White Papers American Airlines is one of the world's largest airlines, serving more than 250 cities in more than 40 countries with more than 3,800 flights. The Mobility Solutions Group of American Airlines' IT Enterprise Technology Group and the Maintenance and...
[July 21, 2005, 0:00]
United Airlines computer outage grounds planes
News United Airlines was forced to temporarily ground all flights on Wednesday morning after experiencing a computer-system failure, the US Federal Aviation Administration has confirmed. A total of 24 domestic flights were cancelled, and 268 domestic...
[June 21, 2007, 13:31]
Southwest Airlines Flies High With Real-Time Flight Data
White Papers In the airline industry, Southwest Airlines is considered a true maverick. After carefully evaluating messaging solutions, Southwest Airlines chose TIBCO SmartSockets. By shaking up the rules of flying and improving upon inefficient industry norms...
[June 9, 2007, 1:00]
Secure Computing Case Study: Frontier Airlines
White Papers Frontier Airlines had to make sure that their security infrastructure was capable of handling the company's rapidly growing demands. To accommodate their growth, they wanted to provide IT with easier management tools, and provide network users with...
[July 11, 2008, 1:02]
American Airlines uses Sybase IQ to conduct fast ad hoc queries to uncover fraudulent ticketing.
White Papers American Airlines is the world’s largest carrier, serving more than 250 cities in 41 countries with 1,100 airplanes and approximately 4,400 daily flights. Additionally, all airlines must address “revenue leakage”.
[November 16, 2004, 2:00]
Northwest Airlines Flight Crews Get Easier, More Secure Remote Access to Applications
White Papers NorthWest Airlines (NWA), one of the world's major carriers, needed to provide easier, more secure access to company applications for flight crews. The airline used security tokens to safeguard access to applications, but the tokens cost more than...
[September 20, 2006, 0:00]
Alaska Airlines on PocketPC
Downloads Access Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air phone contacts. The Pocket PC version of the Alaska Timetable offers the convenience of Alaska's schedules on your PDA using the Pocket PC Operating System 2000, 2002 and 2003 with the StrongArm Processor...
[February 25, 2004, 6:00]
Scandinavian Airlines Uses SAS to Improve Services and Ensure Superior Customer Relations
White Papers Competition amongst airlines for customers is very tough. It is essential for airlines to listen to their customers and adapt their services to meet their customers' requirements, while also ensuring that their prices match the services they are...
[November 17, 2006, 0:00]
