air transport
meet tomorrow’s challenges with communications solutions from Orange and SITA
The air transport industry is facing an unprecedented range of challenges as the decade draws to a close, from rising oil prices to shrinking demand from the credit crunch, terrorism fears and pandemic scares. Together with our partner SITA - the specialist in air transport communications and IT services - we can help you address the double threat of increasing costs and volatile demand by making your operations more efficient, simplifying processes and driving service innovation.
Information technology and communications are central to air transport industry’s transformation; airplanes have become flying data centers and airports are business ecosystems with growing passenger traffic, cargo and aircraft movements. IT underpins services that can make you profitable in these challenging times, such as machine-to-machine, in-flight communications and entertainment, remote monitoring and infrastructure on demand. For example, we can help you develop seasonal routes by offering ‘on demand’ access to secure shared communications infrastructure in any airport.
With airlines and passengers dependent on IT and communications 24x7, you need to choose a partner who understands the industry and its unique challenges.
IT and communications services
With SITA, we offer a range of innovative, flexible and cost-effective communications and IT solutions, in particular:
- IP network solutions, including MPLS IP VPN services, ethernet & DSL access to IP VPN, as well as legacy network migration
- community solutions, including AirportHub, ATeX and ServiceNet
- mobility solutions, such as SITA Mobility Access
- voice and convergence solutions, such as unified communications or multimedia high definition conferencing
- corporate messaging, including managed Microsoft Exchange
consulting and professional services
Our professional services capabilities are built around six consulting domains:
IP Networking, Messaging, Mobility, Convergence, Security and Strategy.
In order to deliver the highest quality professional services we have set up
a Joint Center of Excellence with SITA. This team, which includes experts from
both SITA and
Orange, is responsible for complex solution design, smart
network access solutions, third party integration and communications outsourcing
for specific customers’ requests. These highly-skilled professionals develop the
customized integrated solutions that allow you concentrate on your business.
innovation
In addition, we work on innovation at our global network
of R&D centers, Orange Labs. These include IT virtualization (infrastructure-as-a-service),
wireless services at airports for airport staff as well as passengers and RFID-based
luggage tracking solutions. By working together with SITA, we combine Orange’s
managed communications leadership with SITA’s industry knowledge, to develop relevant
services for the air transport industry.
Recent successes include the RFID-based Auto
ID project that allows airlines to tag and track important items in cargo management,
aircraft maintenance or catering, and ‘Wireless at Airport’ that assesses the
viability of integrating different wireless networks in airports.
why Orange?
To offer the very best industry-focused services, we serve the air transport industry jointly with our business partner SITA. Our partnership stretches back to 2001, and our joint experience with the air transport industry is unmatched among ICT service providers.In July 2009 we enhanced and extended our partnership agreement for a further seven years. This new agreement strengthens our joint innovation and will accelerate development of enhanced convergence services and real-time business services to meet evolving industry needs, driving operational efficiency and cost optimization.
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