Originally Posted by
john.smith
You mean that the telecommunication infrastructure is the reason of this universal adoption?
If so, why all pax data store on sita? As an example internet is the big communication infrastructure but all packet is not save on a data store.
Almost 70 years ago the airlines at the time started to recognize that there was a need to communicate with each other in a standard way for scheduling, airport operations, etc.
There was no standard way to do so at the time, so a bunch of airlines go together to form SITA.
SITA's operations today are much more than just a communication network. They provide applications for airline operations, airport operations, airplane in-flight communications to airline operations centres, etc.
SITA is a company that operates among other things a network infrastructure tailored specifically for the needs of the aviation industry. SITA is not like the Internet which is made up of thousands of company networks that are inter-connected. SITA does not store any PAX data except for those airlines that outsource their passenger booking operations to SITA.