SITA

SITA (originally an acronym for "Société Internationale de Télécommunications Aéronautiques") is a multinational information technology company specialising in providing IT services to the aviation industry.

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Multinational - Information technology - Aviation

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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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1949 - Cooperative - Airlines - Packet switched network - Common carrier - Leased line

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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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