Press Releases of IATA Strategic Partners

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May 2013

1. Vision-Box® presents the true End-to-End Chain of Trust at the “Cards and Payments Middle East” conference (html)
2. Changi Airport welcomes the return of SWISS (pdf)
3. Passengers welcome SITA's biometric gates at Dublin airport (html)
4. Abacus Voted ‘Best New Technology’ at Travel Weekly China’s 2013 Travel & Meeting Industry Awards (html)
5. Cargo excellence puts Changi Airport in the AFSCA hall of fame (pdf)
6. Amadeus announces results for first quarter of 2013 (html)
7. THAI and Amadeus extend partnership with new full content agreement (html)
8. Singapore Changi Airport and SITA partner for innovation (html)
9. SITA enables seamless data link service for Indonesian airspace (html)
10. Kuehne + Nagel uses CHAMP’s ACAS solution (html)
11. Abacus and Conferma Sign Strategic Agreement (html)
12. Vision-Box® presents the Passenger Experience of the Future at the “Europe Meets Americas” conference (html)
13. Experience Larger-than-Life Fun at Changi Airport (html)

April 2013

• MTU Aero Engines delivers 200th GEnx turbine center frame – in record time (html)
• Second loan from European Investment Bank to deliver further innovation in travel (html)
• MTU Aero Engines with substantial revenue increase in the first quarter 2013 (html)
• Changi Airport Group appoints project consortium for Terminal 4 (pdf)
• SITA transforms Bogota airport as part of billion dollar expansion project (html)
• Abacus and Sedunia Travel Ink Long-Term Business and Technology Partnership (html)
• Quick, secure departures as SITA's technology arrives at Beirut airport (html)
• MTU wins Aviation Week’s MRO Global Award (html)
• New center of excellence for high-tech blisk production (html)
• Aviall and Timken awarded top suppliers by MTU Maintenance (pdf)
• Jamaica selects SITA's border management technology to bolster security (html)
• Reiner Winkler to become Chief Executive Officer of MTU Aero Engines (html)
• SITA reports improvement in rate of bag delivery (html)
• Garuda Indonesia switches to SITA for market insight on fares (html)
• Vision-Box® is awarded with the prestigious Asian SESAMES Award in the category for hardware, managing the electronic ID-Cards life cycle(html)
• Changi Airport enhances connectivity to Myanmar (pdf)
• Vision-Box® becomes an IATA Strategic Partner  (html)
• Shorter queues and more flexibility as Japan Airlines switches to SITA's technology (html)
• South Korea’s LCC Jeju Air Signs Exclusive Partnership with Abacus (html)

March 2013

•  MTU opens new logistics center (html)
• Cavotec awarded airport GSE orders in US and Europe worth EUR 10 million (html)
• Changi Airport Group extends support to air cargo partners (pdf)
• SITA's CrewTablet debuts on Malaysia Airline's A380s (html)
• Cavotec's Annual Report has been published (html)
• AirIT Announces That Southwest Airlines Has Gone Live On The AirIT EASE™ Virtualized Shared Use Platform At The Branson Airport (pdf)
• Vision-Box® recognized with Frost & Sullivan 2013 European Vertical Market Penetration Leadership Award (html)
• Air France – KLM - Martinair Cargo seamlessly migrates to CHAMP’s Cargospot (html)
• SITA named "IT Company of the Year" (html)
• Amadeus signs long-term content agreement with China Airlines Group (html)
• Air-Transport IT Services, Inc. Announces That Brad McAllister Joins The Company As Director Of Marketing (pdf)
• Vision-Box® unveils a new biometric periscope at AVSEC (html)
• Abacus International Continues Global LCC Leadership with Jetstar Group and Jetstar Japan (html)

February 2013

• Amadeus announces 2012 full year results (html)
• Cavotec 4Q12 Report and full year 2012 summary (html)
• Partnership a key driver for service excellence at Changi Airport (html)
• Abacus Delivers Solution to Help Agencies and Airlines Address Increasing Trend of Non-Published Airfares in Asia Markets (html)
• ABC opts for CHAMP’s Weight & Balance application (html)
• French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault Visits Morpho’s German R&D Center for Advanced Detection Technology (html)
• MTU Maintenance wins contract to maintain Southwest’s CFM56-3 engines (pdf)
• European Commission Selects Consortium of Accenture, Morpho and HP to Maintain EU Visa Information and Biometric Matching Systems (html)
• MIAL enters into a 10-year partnership with SITA for passenger handling technology (html)
• Record year for MTU: Revenues and earnings at highest-ever level in 2012 (html)
• AAI partners with SITA to improve passenger experience at 25 Indian airports (html)
• COCESNA and SITA partner to implement future air navigation system across Central America (html)
• SITA enables seamless data link service for ATM in UK-Ireland Fab Airspace (html)
• Air-Transport IT Services, Inc. announces that Brad McAllister joins the company as Director of Marketing (pdf)
• Accelya manages critical financial processes for bmi regional (html)
• NAV Portugal partners with SITA as Single European Sky comes into force (html)
• Glimpse the future of flying - four major trends set to shape air travel by 2015 (html)
• Infrastructure investments at Changi Airport to prepare for future growth (html)
• SriLankan Airlines becomes the first airline group in the Indian subcontinent to adopt Amadeus’ Altéa IT suite (html)
• Frankfurt passengers highest users of self-service bag-drop (html)
• Abacus Maintains Leadership Position in LCC and Hybrid Content (html)
• Abacus International Appoints New Vice President of Marketing (hmtl)
• MTU Maintenance strengthens aftermarket position in the wide body segment (html)