Singapore Rolls Out New "Productivity Suite" for Working Passengers

Singapore Airlines is introducing a "productivity suite" in its B-777-300s that will allow passengers to continue working after aircraft boarding without having to power up their laptop computer.

The suite runs Sun Microsystems' StarOffice that includes word processing, spreadsheet, presentation and other common office software.  It is being launched by Singapore as part of its next generation KrisWorld IFE (in-flight entertainment system).

Wong Heng Chew, the managing director of Singapore Sun Microsystems, said that while today's heightened security sometimes limits use of laptops during flight, StarOffice will allow passengers to access and work on their information in an open, secure and freely available fashion independent of any vendor or file formats.

StarOffice software supports an increasing number of file formats like Open Document Format and Microsoft Office, which will allow their access through a single application with a USB (universal serial bus) storage device, according to Mr. Chew.  06-11-2007.

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