SITA and Flight Explorer to Test Integrated Airline Operation Control Tool

SITA and Flight Explorer (FE) are readying an integrated decision-support tool that will give airlines the ability to track and communicate with their flights, through a single computer screen.  AirTran Airways will begin testing the system in September.

Until now airline flight dispatchers have been able to use Flight Explorer's ASD (aircraft situation display) application to track their flights, and separately use SITA AIRCOM datalink to communicate with pilots.  But by integrating the two functions, on one screen, SITA and FE believe dispatchers will have an even better way to effectively manage their flights.

AirTran Airways, which already separately uses both SITA's datalink and Flight Explorer's ASD, is set to carry out the first tests of the new combined solution in September.

Flight Explorer says its graphical flight-following software is used by over 85 percent of North America's major airlines. SITA's AIRCOM datalink has a network of 900 VHF stations in 160 countries as well as satellite links that can be used to connect with flights in remote areas.

SITA is integrating Flight Explorer's ASD into its AIRCOM server which will give airlines a turnkey method of implementing the tool into their AOC (airline operational control) systems.  06-07-2007.

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