New Flight Arrival System

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Tuesday, 13 December 2011 02:30

By caribarena news

Antigua St John's - Caribarena's Flight Arrival and Departure system was upgraded on December 11 by Smartnet Ltd. The new Flight Information Displays offer an airport-like presentation of flights that are due to arrive and depart at VC Bird International Airport.

This service is provided by Smartnet Ltd, which also offer the service to airports and hotels that wish to display flight information screens. Smartnet's service is currently being used by a company named Landing Flight, which operates in Nevada. Landing Flight Nevada can be seen at http://www.landingflightnv.com/

Caribarena and Landing Flight are working together to bring a new service to the Caribbean that will allow visitors to see flight information in any Caribbean airport. This project is expected to launch in mid-January.

The Flight Information Displays offer a very simple and yet comprehensive rendering of flight information. When a flight lands, it is highlighted in green.

When a flight is delayed, the system calculates the difference between the scheduled time and the actual time, and displays the delay in an orange highlight.

If a flight is cancelled, it is completely highlighted in red, making it easy to spot. This colour-coding system helps users quickly and easily navigate the Flight Information Display using colour associations they are already familiar with.

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RE: New Flight Arrival System

observer » 2012-01-15 22:26

brilliant idea

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Embracing Opportunities

John French II » 2011-12-13 15:02

Notes From A Native Son Of The Rock. Let me begin with an African exhortation Quote:

“Hold your tail down.” Ethiopian Proverb.

Each One Tach One. Teach A Man to Fish. To Our Youth & Youthful Minds Look Before you Leap! Research and be Fact Based in your anlysis and pronouncements. Dadlison you are a true gentleman and a scholar. Respect.

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I could never understand why so many folks were reluctant to embrace opportunities; that is until I read Thomas A Edison"s words: "Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work."

Go to the VCBI airport and check the flight boards. None exists in electronic form. CAL & LIAT are shamefully MIA. Here is a homegrown application. Will LIAT avail itself to this Innovation & Technology? Can The Airport Authority Improve its Customer Service. Will the Hon Min of Tourism & Aviation embrace this local Information Technology Initiative to provide a better face to visitors and the Natives? Quote:

Can LIAT be Transformed by Innovation, hence Schumpeter's Creative Destruction? You Bet.

As in Optimist Mas, May Heaven Help LIAT and The Nation Of Antigua & Barbuda.

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@tony

dadlison » 2011-12-13 12:11

Thanks for the clarification. I misread that. Big up Smartnet! VERY happy to see that.

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tony » 2011-12-13 11:52

Dadlison, try again. Its the other way around. Smartnet is a local company, who are providing the service to landing flight. This is Nevada outsourcing to Antigua, using Antigua's technology, not the other way around. I'm happy to see that local companies can score in the big USA.

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Local Project

dadlison » 2011-12-13 11:42

This is a good initiative, however, this is certainly something that could have been sourced locally as opposed to a Nevada based company. A viable technology industry is, in my opinion, the way forward for our nation, but both the private and public sector need to at least look at the local options first before sending valuable work abroad.

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