David Hanák American airline Delta Airlines, which is among the largest in the world, will partially switch to products from the company next year Apple. The transition concerns all business phones and tablets that are used by pilots, flight attendants and other employees involved in flight operations. Apple so replace Microsoft, which has until now been the exclusive supplier of IT technology for this airline.
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Delta employees Airlines are currently used by Nokia phones (Microsoft) Lumia and tablets Microsoft Surface. They have special software installed in them, thanks to which these devices can be used in their specific working environment. Phones, for example, for customer service on board and tablets as direct assistants for the crew and for specific purposes on board (more informationmacYou can find the so-called Electronic Flight Bag here). However, this will change from the beginning of next year.
Lumias will be exchanged for iPhone The 7 Plus and Surface tablet will be replaced with the iPad Pro. This transition will affect more than 23 flight crew members and 14 pilots. Delta Airlines will join other major global airlines that have already made this transition. Apple products are used for these purposes. Examples include Aeromexico, Air France, KLM or Virgin Atlantic. Thanks to the unification of platforms, cooperation and communication between individual airlines will be significantly easier and, according to Delta representatives, Airlines to help accelerate development in the field of aviation IT technologies.
Delta Airlines from Microsoftu is not going away completely. The companies will continue to cooperate. However, the technology for pilots and crew members, together with all accompanying applications, manuals, etc., will operate on hardware from Applu. For Apple This may be even more encouraging news because a similar transition could also occur for other airlines that are part of the SkyTeam alliance and iOS they are not using the device yet.
Source: Cultofmac
