The Civil Aviation and Safety Authority (CASA) claims that emerging technologies could pose a potential risk to air safety if not properly monitored.
The increasing use of IP-based networks and online services is giving rise to security concerns at airlines, according to airline industry IT body Sita.
By 2015, biometric technology will make getting on a plane almost as easy as getting on the bus or train today, according to a leading border security expert.
The likelihood of mobile phone usage being allowed on flights within Europe has taken an upturn after UK communications regulator Ofcom issued a consultation on the matter.
Despite a number of trials and pilots worldwide, the use of RFID to track baggage for airlines has not taken off in the way many industry pundits expected. But, say analysts, it's only a matter of time before the track and trace technology starts making airlines dive for their chequebooks.
British Airways chief information officer Paul Coby can justifiably claim more than most of his peers to have had a tough time coping with the economic slowdown and cuts in IT budgets.
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