Expansion of air ground communications by SITA, AAI

New Delhi, May 18 (UNI) SITA today announced that it is working with the Airports Authority of India (AAI) to deploy an additional 17 VHF ground stations at airports nationwide.

This will allow Indian carriers and the AAI to exchange real-time data with aircraft that will enable increased safety and efficiency of operations in the country's increasingly crowded skies.

The move will bring SITA's aircom network in India to 23 stations supporting the country's national air fleet. Globally, SITA operates over 850 VHF ground stations in over 160 countries making it the world's largest private data radio network.

SITA's aircom network in India originally comprised just four VHF ground stations at Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata. In recent years, it has expanded as Jet Airways, Air Sahara and Kingfisher all became customers for aircom server, SITA's turnkey solution for airline implementation of the aircraft communication addressing and reporting system known as ACARS.

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