Singapore Airlines has rolled out Sun Microsystem’s StarOffice software in its new Boeing 777-300ER aircraft becoming the first ever airline to install a productivity suite for the benefits of its passengers.
StarOffice software is a complete, feature-rich office productivity product that includes word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, database, graphics, drawing, photo editing and web publishing applications.
Offered as part of its next generation KrisWorld inflight entertainment system, Singapore Airlines believes the new deployment is set to meet the increasingly dynamic needs of travelers, allowing them to continue to work after boarding the plane without having to power up their laptops.
"With heightened security, access to laptops during flights can sometimes be restricted. The availability of StarOffice software as part of KrisWorld, offers Singapore Airlines' customers the opportunity to work on and access their information in an open, secure and freely available fashion independent of any vendor or file formats during their flights," said Wong Heng Chew, managing director, Singapore, Sun Microsystems.
Singapore Airlines passengers will be able to use StarOffice's word processing, spreadsheets and presentation tools.
Singapore Airlines currently deploys the 777-300ER aircraft to destinations such as Paris, Zurich, Seoul, San Francisco, Milan, Barcelona and Hong Kong.
“With StarOffice software supporting an increasing number of productivity file formats like Open Document Format and Microsoft Office, travellers can access such files through a single application with a USB storage device and even export documents in PDF format."
StarfOffice is compatible with Microsoft Office, runs on Solaris, Windows and Linux and includes a built-in PDF export and supports XML, Flash and HTML. |
