More Ground To Break – The CEO Perspective - Part 2: Francesco Violante, Chief Executive Officer, SITA www.sita.aero/surveys

1. 2014 AIR TRANSPORT
IT SUMMIT
2014 AIR TRANSPORT
IT SUMMIT
Francesco Violante
Chief Executive Officer
SITA

2. A NETWORKED WORLDA NETWORKED WORLD
5.2bn
MOBILE PHONE
SUBSCRIBERS

3. A NETWORKED WORLDA NETWORKED WORLD
1bn
SMARTPHONES
SOLD EACH YEAR

4. A NETWORKED WORLDA NETWORKED WORLD
2bn
PEOPLE CONNECTED
TO Internet
through
smartphone
& tablet

5. A NETWORKED WORLDA NETWORKED WORLD
25%
INTERNET ACCESS
THROUGH
SMARTPHONES

6. A NETWORKED WORLDA NETWORKED WORLD
26bn DEVICES
CONNECTED
BY 2020

7. A NETWORKED WORLDA NETWORKED WORLD
THE
INTERNET OF
THINGS IS A
REALITY

8. 800 apps
downloaded
every second

9. ...YET to be
fully
exploited ...
To drive
business
intelligence
90% OF
THE DATA IN THE
WORLD TODAY HAS
BEEN CREATED IN
THE PAST 2-3
YEARS

10. •Mobile devices provide a powerful means to add value to the passenger
•Wearable technology is poised to have a big impact
•Wearable technology with biometrics in consumer devices

11. • SITA Lab – working
with Bionym on a new
biometric trial
• See the demo upstairs
on the SITA stand

12. • Biometrics
• Connected aircraft
• Proximity sensing

13. 10,000 new
aircraft will enter
service over the
next decade
It will require
a radically
different
approach to IT &
Communications

14. • Different airline departments look
after the aircraft ...
• ... Often each initiating IT projects
in silos

15. A coherent IT and communications platform
integrating aircraft and ground systems:
• Enabling better services and more
efficient operations
• Across all aircraft domains (passenger,
crew, cockpit and aircraft operations)
• Enabling the airlines to remain in control
of their destiny

17. Opportunities to:
• Improve passenger travel experience
• Improve operations
• Provide new business intelligence
• Lead to better allocation of staff and resources
LEVERAGING
ANONYMIZED
DATA

18. American
Airlines the
first airline to
use the SITA
Common-Use
Beacon
Registry
PROXIMITY SENSING:
LEVERAGING PERSONALIZED
PASSENGER CONTACT
PROXIMITY SENSING:
LEVERAGING PERSONALIZED
PASSENGER CONTACT

19. Convergence of technologies is pushing the pace of innovation
Our role as IT provider is to:
• Determine the applicability for the industry of
new technologies
• Define standards to enable technologies to work
across the industry
• Ensure infrastructure is not a limiting factor
for innovation

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Source: presentation of Francesco Violante, SITA at the
2014 SITA Air Transport IT Summit, Brussels.
2014 Air Transport IT Summit