Skift Take
SITA is one of the major industry players and by moving quickly and keeping costs manageable for airlines, it positions itself at the primary competitors in this, now, highly sought after market.
In time with the dialogue taking place at the IATA Annual Global Meeting in Qatar, where flight tracking has become a key issue on the agenda, SITA has announced that it will introduce a technology solution for aircraft tracking. This solution, which SITA indicates "is currently being evaluated by several airlines for testing," will use existing technology, already installed in aircraft to "provide advanced tracking capabilities."
As SITA explains, the AIRCOM Server Flight Tracker solution will merge SITA’s airline dispatcher center system and airline operations center system (AIRCOM) Server, with its Future Air Navigation System (FANS) ground application, which is available to Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSPs). Because the FANS system is already installed in many aircraft, SITA in
