Mumbai, India 10 October 2023: San Francisco International Airport (SFO) and San Francisco Travel Association (SFTA) have concluded a successful two-day visit to Mumbai, India, reinforcing their commitment to enhancing the thriving travel and tourism connections between India and the United States. A primary focus of this visit was to underscore India’s significance as one of the fastest-growing overseas visitor markets for San Francisco. The delegates are dedicated to creating immersive travel experiences and strengthening cultural ties for Indian tourists visiting San Francisco. During their ..read more

Paris, June 21, 2023 –  Today, at the International Paris Air Show (SIAE), Capgemini and Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced the launch of Lifecycle Optimization for Aerospace. This platform aims at accelerating the adoption of circular economy practices in the aviation industry by automating the inspection process, optimizing lifecycle analysis of aircraft parts, and guiding decisions to extend their lifespan. Several major players in the aviation sector, including Air France and Safran, participated in its development and will be amongst the first users of the ..read more

New SITA report shows most airlines and airports expect to increase IT spending in 2017 BANGALORE – 16 December 2016 – Airlines and airports in India are expected to rapidly ramp up their spend on new technology over the next three years to keep up with surging growth which will see passenger traffic double to 370 million by 2020. The growth will position India as the world’s third largest aviation market. To meet this demand airlines and airports are investing in technology to help bridge the capacity gap and accommodate more passengers. According to SITA’s 2016 India IT Trends Benchmark stud ..read more

SITA reports baggage mishandling rate down 10.5% to lowest ever recorded INDIA – 28 April 2016 – The airline industry’s focus on improving baggage management is showing strong results with 2015 baggage mishandling rates dropping to their lowest ever. According to the SITA Baggage Report 2016, released today, the rate of mishandled bags was 6.5 bags per thousand passengers in 2015, down 10.5% from the previous year, less than half the rate in 2003 and the lowest ever recorded. This improvement comes despite an 85% rise in passenger numbers since 2003. Increasing passenger volumes put pressure o ..read more

Passenger experience remains number one priority The rate of investment in IT at airports around the world is rising – the latest figures from SITA estimate it will hit US$8.7 billion in 2015. This forecast is a climb from 5.82% of revenues in 2014 to 6.25% this year. Airport Chief Information Officers (CIOs) are also predicting even higher budgets for 2016 with 64% expecting an increase over this year. The annual Airport IT Trends Survey, co-sponsored by Airports Council International (ACI) and SITA, in association with Airline Business, is the most extensive study of IT trends within the glo ..read more

INDIA – 4 SEPTEMBER 2018 – Virgin Atlantic is introducing innovative training technology – as part of an innovation collaboration with SITA, the leading global IT provider – that allows the airline’s cabin crew to use augmented reality to familiarize themselves with new aircraft. Using an iOS app, cabin crew use augmented reality to walk through and acquaint themselves with the layout of Virgin Atlantic’s Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft without even visiting the airport or getting onto the plane. To complement the existing classroom-based training, this app allows crew membe ..read more

ASIA PACIFIC AIR TRANSPORT IT SUMMIT, INDIA – 19 April 2018 – The future of air transport will be driven by a digital transformation in the industry, according to Barbara Dalibard, CEO of global IT provider, SITA. Dalibard was speaking at the Asia Pacific Air Transport IT Summit which gathered C-level airline and airport executives from across the region to discuss the future in this dynamic growth region. Asia Pacific is leading the tremendous growth in the air travel industry. By 2036, the region is expected to handle over 4.1 billion passengers – more than half of the world’s passenger traf ..read more

Today, the Internet’s storage repositories are filling up with user-generated data from social media posts and user videos. But in a few years, the Aviation industry will be generating the most data on the Internet. The Internet has traditionally connected computers and humans, but now it also connects things; we are talking about sensors, microchips, scanners, card readers, cameras, and microphones — all generate a lot of operational and transactional data. In Aviation, an aircraft engine can have as many as 250 sensors. A twin-engine aircraft on a 12-hour flight can produce up to 844 TB of d ..read more

Air Force One is a specially fitted Boeing 747 for the exclusive travel of the President of the United States and his close aides,  to locations around the world. In times of war, the president boards Air Force One and remains airborne until the crisis tides. The aircraft has a special command centre. If necessary, the president can direct a strategic attack in warfare — or issue commands to launch nuclear missiles — from this airborne command centre. There is a Hollywood movie titled “Air Force One” starring Harrison Ford as the President of the United States. There are two such planes i ..read more

Kingfisher Premium is the flagship product of The United Breweries Group. Kingfisher also has the tagline ‘The king of good times.’ The lifestyle brand is known for being an early adopter of social media and other innovative offline and online channels that appeal to the youth. In fact, it was among the first brands on Instagram, Vine, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. Kingfisher started using virtual reality for its activations 2 years ago, when people were just beginning to hear about VR. In June 2016, Kingfisher launched its latest VR campaign ‘KF 360 cities’. The idea was to give users a 360 ..read more