SITA

SITA (originally an acronym for "Soci?t? Internationale de T?l?communications A?ronautiques") is a multinational information technology company specialising in providing IT services to the aviation industry.

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SITA was founded in February 1949 as a cooperative by 11 airlines, providing communications between airports and pioneering telecommunications. They were the first to handle data traffic in real time via a packet switched network over common carrier leased lines.

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Today, SITA SC remains as a cooperative, while SITA INC (Information Network Computing) was spun off in 2000 as a separate commercial entity.

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Multinational: The word multinational can refer to:...

Information technology: Information Technology (IT) or Information and Communication(s) Technology (ICT) is the technology required for information processing. In particular the use of electronic computers and computer software to convert, store, protect, process, transmit, and retrieve information....

Aviation: Aviation or Air transport refers to the activities surrounding mechanical flight and the aircraft industry. Aircraft, include fixed wing (airplane) and rotary wing (helicopter/autogyro) types, as well as lighter-than-air craft such as balloons and airships (also known as dirigibles.)...

SITA related Images and Photos (experimental)

Sita Finds Rama (Seventh Avatar of Vishnu) Among the Lotus Blooms	Sita and Sarita or Young Girl with a Cat 1893-94	The Triumph of Sita Beloved Wife of Rama after a Succession of Adventures	Jatayus King of the Vultures Tries to Rescue Sita from the Demon Ravana
Ravana Tries to Punish the Monkey God Hanuman (Captured Seeking Sita) by Setting His Tail Alight	Seventh Incarnation of Vishnu as Rama-Chandra: Rama and Sita Reunited