SITA has finalised the acquisition of Materna IPS following the completion of regulatory formalities and legal procedures. This acquisition marks a significant leap forward in the digitalisation of the global aviation industry, enhancing check-in, baggage handling, and security processes. Travellers can expect reduced wait times, smoother journeys, and a new era of personalised digital services. […]
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SITA has reported record results for 2023, with revenues reaching almost US$1.5 billion. This represents a rise of 7% on the prior year, with all signs so far in 2024 indicating similar positive performance this year. Unveiling the results at SITA’s annual general assembly in June, SITA CEO David Lavorel also cited growth in margin
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SITA has taken a significant step into the operations as a service market by acquiring ASISTIM, a company renowned for its airline flight operations services. This move highlights SITA’s ongoing pursuit of innovative solutions to help airlines tackle challenges and stay ahead, enhancing air travel for everyone. This acquisition strengthens SITA’s position as a top
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SITA has reported an improvement in the air transport industry’s rate of mishandled baggage. The newly launched SITA Baggage IT Insights 2024 reports the number of bags mishandled by the industry falling from 7.6 to 6.9 per 1,000 passengers in 2023. This is despite passenger numbers rising above 2019 levels for the first time in
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SITA has acquired Materna IPS GmbH, a leader in passenger handling for airports and airlines. This move aims to reshape the aviation industry, creating the most powerful passenger portfolio for airports and digital travel. It brings SITA’s vision of reinventing travel and transport to life, enhancing its leadership in passenger processing as part of a
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SITA’s 2023 Air Transport IT Insights report, published February 6, finds that both airports and airlines saw IT spend increase year on year into 2023, reaching an estimated US$10.8 billion and US$34.5 billion respectively, with over two-thirds of airport and airline CIOs expecting continued growth into 2024. Airports also boosted IT spend as a percentage
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SITA has announced the appointments of Stefan Schaffner as Senior Vice President of SITA AT AIRPORTS and Sergiy Nevstruyev as Senior Vice President of SITA Global Services (SGS). The two bring a wealth of management experience in the travel, transport and mobility technologies sectors to SITA. With SITA’s presence in more than 1,000 airports globally,
SITA eWAS is now deployed across all Swiss International Air Lines’ (SWISS) fleet to enable its pilots to anticipate and avoid adverse weather conditions, like turbulence. SITA eWAS is the only digital weather awareness application on the market today that aggregates multiple weather sources for greater accuracy and reliability in weather forecasts. More and more
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SITA and Qatar Airways have partnered to transform the airline’s global network infrastructure with state-of-the-art secure access service edge (SASE) solutions that boost connectivity, operational efficiency and security. As part of the transformation SITA will deploy its Secure SD-WAN (software-defined wide area network), SITA Connect Go, which offers agile, scalable and secure access to airline systems
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As part of its strategy to streamline flight operations by leveraging the latest technologies, Uzbekistan Airways has signed up to deploy SITA Mission Watch. The solution will drive greater agility and efficiency, including annual savings of over US$600,000 in weather-related incidence avoidance and 300 tonnes of fuel. SITA Mission Watch is a next-generation flight tracking
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