PartsBase.com has reported third quarter sales of $1.23 million compared with $85,000 in the same period last year. However, the independent aerospace exchange still took a gross loss of $434,000 for the quarter, with losses for the nine months totalling $2.71 million. Pratt & Whitney has selected e-commerce solutions provider Enigma and its CommerceSight product to build a spare parts portal for its aftermarket business. The same solution has been chosen by GE Aircraft Engines/Snecma engine venture CFM International. DRaW Computing Associates has changed its name to OpenWorlds. The company specialises in internet technology originally designed for NASA to create 'virtual worlds' for astronaut training. United Airlines parent UAL is creating a new unit, United New Ventures, consisting of two divisions - United NetVentures and United Networks - focusing on e-commerce and frequent flyer programme partnerships. E-business infrastructure and solutions provider Datalex and IT solutions provider Atraxis, have formed an alliance to provide travel suppliers with e-distribution technology. Flightserv.com has selected Florida-based software specialist Radixx to provide an online reservation engine for its expansion into commercial airliner charters and for its Private Seats programme. Precision-engineered products specialist Eaton Aerospace has selected internet software and services provider NetVendor to provide an online ordering system for its network of 23 distributors nationwide. CargoReservations.com, a subsidiary of Orlando-based Zulunet, has launched a real-time b2b exchange for booking airfreight online. Flight Engine has been launched on OAG's new travel portal, OAG.com. It offers OAG's airline customers up-to-date air travel information for their web sites. Delta Air Lines has chosen e-business provider, Vignette, to expand and enhance its web site.
Source: Flight International
