(SITA, the Geneva-headquartered Société Internationale de Télécommunications Aéronautiques, should not be confused with South Africa’s State-IT agency, which uses the same acronym.) “SITA Connect Fly provides a managed secure connectivity service for pre-flight operations worldwide, helping reduce the risk of outages and keeping network and security policies consistent across airports. While this revamped managed service will bring benefits from its cloud native technology, SITA says it will still be cost-effective. Versa’s unified networking and security technology underpins Connect Fly, which aims to deliver connectivity from any transport layer (ISP, MPLS, 4G/5G) to applications, regardless of location. Fully integrated with SITA’s common-use systems for check-in and self-service (CUTE and CUSS) and SITA Flex, SITA Connect Fly is designed to support real-time data processing across the wider SITA digital ecosystem.