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BA: In-flight mobile for new aircraft only
News BA is currently planning to launch a mobile email, web-browsing and texting service from OnAir on two new Airbus A318 aircrafts in September of this year. However, it would cost BA too much to fit similar systems to its current aircraft, Walsh told...
[July 1, 2009, 16:26]
BA to allow texting on some flights
Blog A BA spokesperson told ZDNet UK on Thursday that the facility would initially have voice calling disabled, but - soon after the launch - trials of mile-high chit-chat would begin. BA will then "evaluate the feedback from the customers onboard", so...
[January 29, 2009, 15:33]
BA goes virtual with Vanco network deal
News The deal, announced at Vanco's annual customer and employee networking event in Budapest, will see the telecoms provider design, implement and manage an Internet based IPSec virtual private network across 155 BA sites in 64 countries.
[February 24, 2005, 15:55]
BA takes on first tech hires 'in years'
News He said IT has transformed BA since 9/11 "and in the next six years it will do it again", adding: "That's why IT matters to BA. He told the audience of tech chiefs that for the first time since 2001, BA has recruited 25 new IT professionals this year.
[October 16, 2007, 17:47]
BA offers free Wi-Fi in airport lounges
News British Airways (BA) has signed up with BT to provide the Openzone service in its 25 UK lounges, including the six at Heathrow's newly opened Terminal 5, over the next three years. The service will be available from 1 April and, according to BA, is...
[March 28, 2008, 12:53]
BA launches frequent-flyer app for iPhone 3G
News The app enables customers to view the BA timetable, get real-time travel arrival and departure info and book flights — all on their Apple gadget. Customers can also save 'favourite flights' in order to easily keep updated on their progress, said BA...
[July 14, 2008, 8:17]
BA: IT-testing failures caused Heathrow T5 chaos
News Both British Airways (BA) and BAA have been criticised for "serious failings" in a parliamentary transport committee report into the shambolic opening of the £4.3bn terminal in March this year. In a memo to the committee, BA admitted that end-to...
[November 4, 2008, 12:23]
BA saves £2m as tech staff work for free
News Techies were credited by BA chief executive Willie Walsh for being among the 7,000 of BA's 40,000 staff who cut back on hours or pay to help the company through the credit crunch. BA chief infomation officer Paul Coby said there has been a...
[July 3, 2009, 9:04]
CRM helped BA survive strike action
News CRM software from US company RightNow Technologies was instrumental in helping BA cope with an unprecedented number of queries from customers during the action with took place on 11 and 12 August last year, the airline said on Wednesday.
[February 22, 2006, 14:10]
Does BA re-boot its planes?
Blog Or have you people also been sat at 34,000 feet enjoying your ‘Worcester Sauce’ flavour pretzel bites and G&Ts while tuning into the new BA video on-demand service only to be told that the system needs to be re-booted so that little Jimmy in seat...
[January 10, 2008, 18:36]
Does BA re-boot its planes?
Blog Comment Aside from in-air niggles - BA is one company I admire for use of IT. Ah yes - the longest reboot in history, god knows what OS they must be using. On a recent 10 hour flight I took, the four attempts to reboot took the best part of 4 hours by...
[January 10, 2008, 21:50]
Does BA re-boot its planes?
Blog Comment What next? If this sort of thing keeps up people may be forced to actually talk to each other on flights. What an awaful situation that would be. Fly Business Class, you get the Bose headphones to use on the flights with AA and others.
[January 11, 2008, 7:35]
Does BA re-boot its planes?
Blog Comment Ah the warm fuzzy world of travel technology. Have you been on the Waterloo to Surrey line when it leaves Waterloo for Dorking and the automated announcement says that the next station this train is calling at will be Waterloo?
[January 14, 2008, 12:00]
Does BA re-boot its planes?
Blog Comment IFE systems are famously unreliable on many carriers, and remain one of cabin crews' least favourite things. Let me quote from a recent post on Pprune, the pilots' forum and one of my favourite haunts:
[January 11, 2008, 8:08]
Does BA re-boot its planes?
Blog Comment At least it's only the entertainment system they have to re-boot. When my local train operator C2C splashed out on a complete fleet of shiny new (purple) trains they had months of "teething problems".
[January 13, 2008, 21:29]
Terminal 5 key to BA's tech-savvy future
Talkback How will a computer detect a Muslim terrorist and know that he is dodgy? There will have to be some sort of human there to check them out and frisk them down!
[September 25, 2006, 12:31]
Terminal 5 key to BA's tech-savvy future
News Paul Coby, chief information officer of British Airways, is confident that the opening of Heathrow Terminal 5 will signify the coming of age of BA and the completion of its transformation from a company that has been accused in the past of playing...
[September 21, 2006, 16:35]
The Web Services-BusinessActivity - Initiator (WS-BA - I) Protocol: An Extension to the Web Services-BusinessActivity Specification
White Papers The Web Services Transaction protocol family includes the WS-AtomicTransaction and the WSBusinessActivity specifications in order to carry out distributed transactions in a Web Services (WS) environment.
[November 25, 2008, 23:00]
BA and BAA should make Wi-Fi pay
News In the week in which British Airways finally announced it is retiring its loss-making fleet of Concorde aircraft, airports and beleaguered airlines are looking at additional ways to make money -- and Wi-Fi access provision for travellers is a...
[April 11, 2003, 11:51]
How about a BA in Quake?
News "Your homework is to play Quake and then write about it. It sounds like an adolescent boy's dream come true, but this is no dream. Next autumn, students at the University of California (UC) at Irvine can begin taking courses in its newly announced...
[March 3, 2000, 10:03]
