Originally posted on World Aviation Festival
A recent spate of unrelated power outages across the globe has highlighted just how critical staying connect is to maintaining smooth operations.
Yesterday, a blackout at Brisbane Airport caused lengthy delays for Qantas and Jetstar passengers. On a larger scale, last month’s critical power outage across Spain and Portugal impacted approximately 80,000 passengers. In the UK a month earlier, a substation fire caused a temporary power outage, resulting in nearly 1,400 flights being disrupted costing airlines tens of millions.
Combatting these vulnerabilities, SITA has launched its SITA Managed Satellites, designed to ensure vital airport communications remain operational even during during blackouts and natural disasters. This leverages low earth orbit satellites to deliver secure, high-bandwidth, low-latency communication.
Speaking on the importance of continuous connectivity, Martin Smillie, Senior Vice President, Communications and Data Exchange at SITA:
“ Airports, in particular, need new ways to ensure they can maintain critical operations in whatever circumstances they face – even when a dverse incidents strike. Delivering high-speed internet connectivity via established satellite providers, SITA Managed Satellites allows customers to optimize operational performance. SITA Managed Satellites is an innovative solution to keep all parts of the aviation industry connected to vital platforms – even in the most challenging of times – and can be adapted for other transport sectors and markets also. It delivers a blend of availability and cost-effectiveness to optimize investments in any cloud, on-premises or hybrid computing environment.”
The service is currently available across 130 countries with primary, secondary, and emergency connectivity options tailored specifically for the air transport industry.
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