5. WHAT SITA LAB HAS LEARNED
• To do all the projects we want with limited engineering
resources, we need to be super efficient
• A platform was needed to allow engineers – wherever
they are – to develop whatever project inspired them
• Mobile apps
• Tablet apps
• Browser apps
• Google Glass…
6. SITA LAB SOLUTION IS DEVELOPER.AERO
• A developer portal
• Provides API access,
documentation,
monitoring, reporting, etc.
• SITA Lab engineers use
this for our internal product
but we also extend access
to external teams
7. APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE
Definition
“A particular set of
rules and specifications that a software program
can follow to access and make use of the services and
resources provided by another particular software
program that implements that API
Powering mobile
applications
innovation today:
Open Web API using
Representational
State Transfer (REST)
8. MINIMAL TIME TO FIRST LINE OF CODE
• Example // BagTrac API
• Start using test baggage
tracking API right now
• Incorporate into your project
without ever having to engage
with SITA Sales or Product
Managers
• Everything you need is there!
9. API KEY LEARNINGS
• SITA LAB engineers like many in the industry work on many
projects involving mobile, social, big data and future tech
• APIs are the way to make raw data, content and services
available to spur (mobile) innovation
• APIs can be most easily consumed and mashed up by app
developers
• We encourage you to adopt a similar approach
with data and processes to be shared with
the community
15. OH NO THERE ARE A LOT OF WALLETS
Apple Passbook
Samsung Wallet
Google Wallet & Google Now
Wallet for Windows Phone 8
BlackBerry Wallet
+ Many planned launches
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AND THEY CHANGE SDKs ONCE PER YEAR!
OH NO! THAT IS A LOT OF INTEGRATION
16. INTRODUCING BOARDING PASS API
Available now via developer.aero!
Check-In
Web, Mobile, Cute,
Kiosk, Automatic
SITA
Mobile
Boarding
Pass API
• Customizable branding elements
• IATA and TSA compliant
• Supports Apple Passbook and Samsung Wallet, roadmap to support Wallet for Windows Phone,
Google Wallet+Now and NFC
Boarding passes
any way how you
want and your
passengers want
delivered
Email Embedded + link
SMS + link
Push notifications
Wallet push
NFC push
Mobile Web
Others FB, WhatsApp
17. SITA LAB CONCLUSION FOR WALLETS
AND NFC
• Mobile wallets is more than payment and offer
interesting convenience for passengers
• Due to the numbers and fast changing wallets, it is a
challenge for airlines and airports to keep up
• Wallets with NFC could enable ultimate ease with:
“TAP n FLY” boarding
• Moving beyond 2D boarding pass into NFC require
the industry to agree on a standard, SITA is
proposing one
20. BACK TO REALITY:
WEARABLE COMPUTING TODAY
Images c http://blog.jetblue.com/index.php/2013/03/21/tech-thursdays-google-glass/
Also for workforceNot only for passengers
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Source: presentation of Reanaud Irminger, SITA
at the 2013 SITA Air Transport IT Summit, Brussels.
2013 Air Transport IT Summit