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Britannia Airways selects ThinkPad for "e-flight deck".

Publication: M2 Presswire
Publication Date: 31-JAN-03
Format: Online - approximately 824 words
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M2 PRESSWIRE-31 January 2003-IBM: Britannia Airways selects ThinkPad for "e-flight deck"(C)1994-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD

RDATE:01302003

Big Blue is taking to the skies with Britannia Airways, creating e-Flight decks on the airline's entire fleet of Boeing 757s and 767s. In a deal worth GBP1 million ($1.6 million), IBM is equipping Britannia's 430 pilots with IBM ThinkPad X24 laptop computers, which will give pilots electronic access to all the airplane manuals required on the flight deck. The ThinkPads will hold information previously contained in as many as 20 bulky flight manuals, and facilitate essential calculations to improve flight efficiency.

Using the ThinkPad X24, pilots will be able to generate greater fuel and maintenance efficiency by calculating the loading of each flight with the utmost...

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