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Azul visits SITA

Adriano Mello and Cristiane Lunardi from Brazilian airline Azul visited SITA in August, where they viewed self-service technologies.

Carlos Vianna, Cristiane Lunardi, Adriano Mello, Rubens Caldeira, Evandro Falagusta

Pictured are (left to right): Carlos Vianna, SITA Account Manager; Cristiane Lunardi, Azul Systems Manager; Adriano Mello, Azul Services Manager; Rubens Caldeira, SITA Delivery and Project Director; Evandro Falagusta, SITA Senior Solution Designer.

Airline Distribution 2010

Airline Distribution 2010 is an annual conference dedicated to exploring challenges associated with the combination of channel management, revenue management and payments. Over two days, six panel discussions delivered insights into the most critical areas of airline distribution. This format ensured every delegate has the opportunity to put their pressing questions to the experts. This event was organized on behalf of Airline Business and UATP and sponsored by SITA. During the event, we spent significant time talking to airline executives in our booth, where attendees were able to have a better understanding of SITA's Horizon solution. Michael Cunningham, Passenger Solutions Director and Thomas Helldorff, Senior Product Manager, contributed to event panels with SITA's mobility and payment services at this event held in Rio de Janeiro.

ALTA Distribution Committee Meeting

ALTA Distribution Committee Meeting In occasion of the Airline Distribution Conference, in April, ALTA held their Distribution Committee Meeting at SITA RIO office. ALTA members had the chance to experience SITA's technologies at RIO Demo Center, with the support of Marco Calvano, Senior Project Manager.

FIDAE

SITA sponsored another edition of FIDAE, in Santiago, where Norbert Steiger, Sales Vice President for Latin America & Caribbean presented trends in the ATI from a technical innovation point of view.

Facilitating Brazilian Airports Workshop

On June 1st, SITA organized a workshop to Brazilian airlines and industry players in Sao Paulo - "Facilitando Aeroportos Brasileiros" (Facilitating Brazilian Airports), where we had the opportunity to promote discussions and address solutions to challenges that the industry faces with the upcoming events: World Cup in 2014 and Olympic Games in 2016.

Airport Know-how in Port-of-Spain

Airport Know-how in Port-of-Spain In Port-of-Spain, Caribbean Airport and Civil Aviation executives attended SITA's Airport Know-how Seminar, on July 10th. The objective of this event was to promote discussions, through a dynamic agenda where customers and industry would be able to talk about their challenges and needs for the Caribbean. At the event opening, the Trinidad & Tobago Civil Aviation Director gave a passionate speech about the importance of developing new technologies in the Caribbean region.