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Fraport goes all in on private 5G network

CIO

There were a multitude of reasons for Fraport AG, the operating company of Germany’s largest airport in Frankfurt, to build one of the largest European private 5G campus networks: automation, autonomous driving, localization of devices, and processing data in real time. So we’re not dependent on a carrier and their update plans.”

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Cathay Pacific to take cloud journey to new heights

CIO

Instead, the publicly held operator of Cathay Pacific Airlines and HK Express is shifting from migration to optimization mode in an effort to wrest additional benefits from its all-in cloud transformation. It will replace the standard MPLS network, he adds.

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Lufthansa’s digital future takes flight with ‘Digital Hangar’

CIO

Each Hangar houses agile coaches, business analysts, data and analytics specialists, product owners, Scrum masters, software engineers, and user interface designers — all with one mission: to elevate the airlines’ digital customer experience before, during, and after the flight. Experience is not only the cherry on the cake.”

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Airline Marketing and Advertising Use Cases from American Airlines, Ryanair, Air France, and Others

Altexsoft

Airline industry made an impact on how we buy things today, and how those things are marketed. Just a couple of examples: electronic tickets were first developed for fare ticketing, while one of the first online booking systems was built by airline distribution company SABRE. Scandinavian airlines first class in 70s and now.

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The 4 pillars of the Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange: Customers share their successes

CIO

The attack surface now extends to home offices, cloud applications, and public clouds, and there is an ever-increasing risk of lateral threat movement within highly interconnected hub-and-spoke networks protected by castle-and-moat security models. A large enterprise with a hybrid network requires modern technology to secure it.

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Averting turbulence in the air

CIO

The diversification of payment methods and gradual increase in the volume of online transactions have cast a spotlight on the need for payment security compliance within the airline industry. Understanding the business of the airline industry As previously mentioned, the revenue streams are becoming diversified in the airline sector.

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Eviation’s all-electric Alice aircraft makes its maiden flight

TechCrunch

Heart Aerospace raises $35M Series A, lands order with United and Mesa Airlines for 200 aircraft. Gas-powered planes are loud and the logistics of fueling, pickup, and other infrastructure don’t always work out. Cheap, clean flights between these smaller hubs could simplify both commutes and cargo.

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