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787 launch customer - ANA - selects SITA for aircraft communications
Boeing's 787 Dreamliner launch customer All Nippon Airways (ANA) has selected SITA to provide a message processing solution to manage the configuration and distribution of the higher traffic volume and variety of aircraft cockpit messages required for the new aircraft.
Takanori Yukishige, Vice President, Information Technology Services, ANA, said: "Traditionally, we have developed all our Datalink processing in-house. However, our existing mainframe system could not manage the requirements of the 787. We needed to be able to adapt to the new aircraft without major re-programming and to do so in time for its first commercial flight.
"SITA's AIRCOM Server has provided this for us. In addition, we now have the versatility of the system acting as an ACARS gateway for air-to-ground messaging and a Type B gateway for the ground-to-ground communications used by our Cargo division."
SITA's AIRCOM Server is also evolving to manage data sent via IP link to the new generation of systems that will come as standard in the 787, equipment such as Electronic Flight Bags, which generate much higher data transfer requirements than ACARS systems. AIRCOM Server will make the management of the mixed fleet simple and transparent.
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