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Patel: At SITA we are helping
airline measure, report and
manage emissions. Beyond
the changing regulation, air-
lines and airports face huge
targets to be carbon net-zero
by 2050. It is estimated that
up to 10 per cent of avia-
tion’s emissions can be saved
through operational efficien-
cies. With solutions available
now, SITA is helping by driving
greater efficiency and sus-
tainability in and around the
airport and aircraft.
Better airport efficiencies
result from using SITA Airport
Management, on top of which
SITA is developing carbon and
energy management solutions
to help decarbonize airports; effective fuel use, a decrease cross-border arrangements,
and partnering with the likes in operational costs – avoid- this can be the same at all
of Envision Digital. Envision ing weather-related disruption airports on the journey.
deploys AI and Internet of costs – and reduced CO2
Things technologies to help emissions are some of the Q AAA: Is SITA working
organizations accelerate other key advantages. towards helping the air traffic
and scale their journeys to control as well?
net-zero. Q AAA: What should the
industry – and specifically Patel: ANSPs must be capa-
Q AAA: Where do you see airports – be focusing on now? ble of managing efficient,
SITA’s role in helping the pilots What’s SITA doing to help? reliable and clear digital data
meet the demand that they exchanges with aircraft pilots.
have from their management Patel: Our self-service solu- Those data exchanges range
and their passengers. tions, built on common-use from weather messages and
systems, automate the journey clearance for departures, to
Patel: SITA’s solutions dig- for an easy, near walk-through operational data for an airport,
italize aircraft. This drives experience at the airport. and to the digital exchanges
efficiency and sustainabil- Our SITA Smart Path and between air traffic controllers
ity around the aircraft, by SITA Flex solutions help in and pilots of non-urgent mes-
providing better situational rethinking the traveler experi- sages as an alternative to
awareness on the ground and ence, making journeys entirely voice communications.
in the air, through improved mobile, biometrically enabled, Our ATC Systems for airport
data and insights, while con- and untethered from fixed control towers and area con-
necting stakeholders to drive points in the airport. trol centers make all these
decision-making to operate SITA Smart Path, our bio- digital messaging exchanges
efficiently. metrics, self-service and possible. Our ATC Systems
Our eWAS Pilot and eWAS mobile-enabled platform, deliv- services offer a wide range
Dispatch weather awareness ers ‘Your face is your boarding of solutions to automate and
apps help pilots and dispatch- pass’ solutions. Passengers ease the processes involved.
ers make informed decisions quickly enroll their facial bio- These sets of data exchanges
on safety and contingency metric and journey details, in are standardized applica-
fuel when planning weather advance, via their mobile or tions, namely ATIS (Automatic
diversions. This means more at an airport touchpoint. With Terminal Information Service),
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