Latest publications:
30.03.2024: Voici les photos prises lors du déjeuner d’ARASITA France du 23 mars 2024 à Paris (les photos ont malheureusement été prises avant l’arrivée de René Azoulai) https://wikisita.com/gallery/arasita-france/
30.03.2024: Jack de Witte nous a transmis une série de photos relatives à la période ou il était en poste à RIO (vous pourrez retrouver notamment Mme Monniot, Castelo Branco, Nestor Gimenez) : https://wikisita.com/gallery/south-america/
30.03.2024: Andrée Haubert nous a fait parvenir le bulletin N° 45 d’ARASITA France: https://wikisita.com/groups/test-group/
06.02.2024: Pierre Flahaut has shared with us the memory and a photo of a computer training which he attended together with Bernard Leroy in 1967: https://wikisita.com/groups/archives/documents/
Jean-Pierre Gaudard has shared with us the memory of two events which have been part of his professional life at Sita and Equant: the hand-over of the management of the JV SITA Equant to Jack Norris and the celebration of the CAI DIS cutover: https://wikisita.com/gallery/those-were-the-days/
05.02.2024:
I have just been informed by Jacques Bernard that our friend and former colleague Bernard Leroy has just passed away on Monday 29 , shortly after his transfer to the hospital. Bernard was aged 94 (https://wikisita.com/deces-de-bernard-leroy-sita-apac/)
All those who have worked with Bernard remember his strong leadership, very professional attitude and benevolent mentorship. Bernard has also been a very active contributor to Wikisita , sharing many professional stories as well as souvenirs and films and documentaries from his numerous trips in Asia.
The funeral will take place at the church of Sireuil in Dordogne on February 2 and Bernard will be buried in the Sireuil cemetary.
If you wish to express your condolences to his family, you can contact his son Patrick at pxleroy@icloud.com.
You can see testimonies from his friends and colleagues at: https://wikisita.com/the-demise-of-bernard-leroy-testimonies/
10.10.2023: Solly Dwek nous a transmis deux documents:
- Le premier datant de 1984, à l’occasion de la disparition de RZ, et qui témoigne de l’humour et de la bonne ambiance qui régnait au siège parisien de SITA dans les années 80 :https://wikisita.com/gallery/france/
- Le deuxième, tout aussi insolite nous permet de nous souvenir de GETS en prenant notre douche ou notre bain: https://wikisita.com/gallery/those-were-the-days/
04.10.2023: Andrée Haubert nous a fait part , au nom du bureau d’ARASITA, de la disparition de notre collègue et ami Etienne Aujoulat, décès survenu le 23 septembre dernier à l’âge de 90 ans. Toutes nos pensées vont à sa famille et à ses proches et nous leurs exprimons nos plus sincères condoléances: https://wikisita.com/deces-de-notre-collegue-et-ami-etienne-aujoulat/
25.09.2023: Jack De Witte has forwarded us maps of the SITA network which were provided to him by South American colleagues and friends. These maps remind us that the nework, and SITA itself were constantly adapting to meet the needs of the airlines: https://wikisita.com/gallery/the-sita-network/
13.09.2023: Alain Pilette provided us with a very nice photo of the Legal team taken in the inside quadrangle of the Geneva building. A very smiling time indeed and a nice souvenir: https://wikisita.com/gallery/those-were-the-days/
13.06.2023: Le déjeuner ARASITA Sud-Est organisé par Patrick Scetbon, s’est tenu, comme de coutume à Port-la-Galère le 3 juin 2023, sous un beau soleil et devant une mer radieuse:
Compte-rendu et photos de Patrick Scetbon: https://wikisita.com/reunion-de-lara-sita-sud-est-le-3-juin-2023/
Sélection de photos de Jean-Michel Roullier: https://wikisita.com/gallery/arasita-france/
Photos transmises par Solly Dwek: https://wikisita.com/reunion-de-larasita-sud-est-du-3-juin-2023-a-port-la-galere/
15.05.2023: Les 12 et 13 mai un groupe d’environs 25 personnes s’est rencontré à Genève et comme 2023 est le 30 ième anniversaire de l’installation du siège de SITA dans cette ville, cela a donné l’intitué de notre rencontre. Voici le photo reportage: https://wikisita.com/gallery/photos-switzerland/ et aussi un bref compte-rendu de cette rencontre: https://wikisita.com/rencontre-arasita-a-geneve-en-2023/
Les photos sont également présentées dans une deuxième galerie avec des commentaires accompagnateurs du déroulement de cette trés sympathique rencontre: https://wikisita.com/site-gallery/test-a/
07.04.2023 : SITA Paris recently moved to new offices which I had the opportunity to visit. Benoît Vedel also kindly shared with us the photos taken on SITA’s day 1 at Carré Suffren. Here they are: https://wikisita.com/sita-new-office-in-paris/
10.03.2023: Benoît Vedel has posted the presentation he has prepared to say goodbye to the 112 offices during a Town Hall event held on 09 March 2023: https://wikisita.com/?get_group_doc=22/1678439133-FranceHybridTownhall09.03.2023.pdf
07.03.2023: Andrée Haubert a partagé avec nous des photos des centres de Wagram et Saint-Denis à Paris, sites antérieurs au 112:0 https://wikisita.com/avant-le-112-wagram-et-st-denis/
07.03.2023 Pierre Flahaut nous a transmis une photos des tous premiers temps du centre de Paris au 112, et illustrant la première commutation d’un message Type B par l’ordinateur Philips DS 714: :https://wikisita.com/temoignage-les-debuts-de-la-sita-au-112/
07.03.2023: Ray Roberts shares with us the video “Children of Tibet” which reports on the humanitarian aid trip to Tibet, a trip to which Ray participated in 2001: https://wikisita.com/childre-of-tibet/
02.03.2023: SITA Neuilly va trés prochainement quitter le “112” pour s’installer au 31-35 rue de la Fédération, dans le 15ème arrondissement à Paris (voir le nouveau site: https://www.carre-suffren-paris.com/
02.03.2023: Andrée Haubert, présidente d’ARASITA France nous a transmis le bulletin n°44 d’ARASITA France qui inclut en particulier le rapport moral et financier d’ARASITA France et en particulier le compte-rendu du déjeuner du 19 novembre 2022 qui s’est tenu dans le somptueux décors Art Nouveau de la Brasserie Mollard à Paris: https://wikisita.com/?get_group_doc=16/1677747287-BulletinFranceNo44fvrier2023.pdf
26.12.2022: ARASITA France has resumed its annual lunch meeting tradition. The event took place at the Brasserie Molard on 19 November 2022: https://wikisita.com/gallery/arasita-france/
25.11.2022: Ray Roberts shared with us a document about a humanitarian aid to children of Tibet trip which took place in 2001. A moving story! : https://wikisita.com/children-of-tibet/ . You will also find this document in the group: there is life after SITA: https://wikisita.com/?get_group_doc=27/1669369108-childrenoftibet.pdf
21.11.2022: Bernard Leroy has shared with us the memory of his first encounter with Khun Salak and subsequent work experience which extended over 30 years:https://wikisita.com/?get_group_doc=24/1669314809-KhunSalak.pdf
https://wikisita.com/sakak-raksanaves-passes-away-on-06-november-2022-condolences-and-testimonies/
09.11.2022: Kamjad Keokajee informed us of the sad news that Salak Raksanaves, former BKKUZXS, has passed away on 06 November 2022 at the age of 88. We express our deepest condolences to his family and close friends: https://wikisita.com/sakak-raksanaves-passes-away-on-06-november-2022-condolences-and-testimonies/
13.10.2022: Jean-Pierre Gaudard has informed us that Antoine Puerto, a former Technical Director at SITA, has just passed away. Antoine Puerto has, among many other achievements, successfully led the transition from the HLN to the DTN. He was also appreciated for his warm and friendly personality. We express our most sincere condolences to his family and close friends: https://wikisita.com/antoine-puerto-condolences-and-testimonies/
05.10.2022: Chers Amis, vous trouverez dans la section ARASITA France, le bulletin ARASITA France n° 43 consacré au compte-rendu de la réunion d’hommage a Mr Claude Lalanne, réunion qui s’est tenue à Port-la-Galère le 25 juin 2022 en présence de membres de sa famille: https://wikisita.com/?get_group_doc=16/1664981459-BulletinFranceNo43septembre2022.pdf
07.08.2022: We have been informed that our friend and former colleague Richard Baumann passed away on 28 August 2022. Richard was 89 years old: https://wikisita.com/richard-baumann/
03.07.2022: Le 25 juin 2022 s’est tenue à Port-la-Galère une réunion sous l’égide d’ARASITA Sud-Est et dédiée à la mémoire de Claude Lalanne. Andrée Haubert a posté un bref compte-rendu de cette réunion: https://wikisita.com/arasita-south-east-meeting-of-june-25-2022-in-tribute-to-claude-lalanne/
https://wikisita.com/reunion-arasita-sud-est-du-25-juin-2022-dhommage-a-claude-lalanne/
Par ailleurs vous trouverez également dans la galerie photos (album ARASITA France) les photos prises lors de cette réunion :https://wikisita.com/gallery/arasita-france/
29.01.2022: Andrée Haubert nous a informé du décès de notre ami et ancien collègue Jacques Blet, survenu le 24 janvier 2022 à l’âge de 92 ans: https://wikisita.com/deces-de-jacques-blet-le-24-janvier-2022/
28.01.2022: Nous avons appris le décès le 21 décembre 2021 de notre ami et ancien collègue Alfred Weyers. Alfred avait rejoint Sita le 1er avril 1967 pour travailler dans l’équipe logiciel Univac et développer les logiciels HLN et LLN sur les systèmes 418 II a Francfort. Alfred a dirigé cette équipe. Il a ensuite occupé différents postes, aux études avec Georges Giraudbit en tant que responsable de la planification du réseau, à ITS/Equant sous la direction de Bernard Audeau, et a terminé sa riche carrière en tant que directeur du département NZ (Operational integration and support) le 30 avril 1997. Alfred avait une personnalité chaleureuse et souriante, apprécié de ses collègues et amis; par ailleurs, il pratiquait le sport assidument (triathlon, vélo) et était un passionné de musique classique. Nous exprimons à son épouse Margit, et à sa famille et ses amis nos plus sincères et vives condoléances.
03012022: Further to the publication of the article from The Economist, Peter Dallaway has forwarded us some more information about the sanctions Sita was facing from OFAC for not fully complying with the sanctions issued by the USA against Iran and some other countries:
OFAC’s recent investigation of SITA’s business revealed nearly 10,000 apparent violations of the Global Terrorism Sanctions Regulations (“GTSR”) between April 2013 and February 2018. According to OFAC, in apparent violation of GTSR, SITA provided commercial services and software to Mahan Air, Syrian Arab Airlines, Caspian Air, Meraj Air and Al-Naser Airlines entities designated by OFAC on the list of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (the “SDN List”) as Specially Designated Global Terrorists (“SDGT”) pursuant to Executive Order 13224.
Recent OFAC Enforcement Actions: Lessons for Aviation Industry
Note about OFAC:
Office of Foreign Assets Control – Sanctions Programs and Information
The Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) of the US Department of the Treasury administers and enforces economic and trade sanctions based on US foreign policy and national security goals against targeted foreign countries and regimes, terrorists, international narcotics traffickers, those engaged in activities related to the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, and other threats to the national security, foreign policy or economy of the United States.
29.12.2021: A recent article from The Economist mentions both Swift and SITA and explains that these organizations had to comply to demands from governments to disconnect users as part of plans to apply economic sanctions to some countries. This is a new situation for Sita, which in the past was able to maintain a neutral attitude despite conflicts between countries in which Sita was operating: https://wikisita.com/?get_group_doc=22/1640797502-SWIFTthinking.pdf
29.12.2021: Jean-Pierre Gaudard nous a transmis un article du journal le Monde ou il esat question de l’exposition d’instruments scientifiques anciens du musée Bernard d’Agesci de Niort. Ruedi Bebie qui a était co-créateur de cette section du musée de Niort auquel il a fait don de ses collections d’instruments scientifiques anciens est à ce titre mentionné dans cet article:https://wikisita.com/?get_group_doc=27/1640802263-EnseignerlaphysiqueauXVIIIesicle.pdf
19.11.2021: Neville Powell shared with us a mind-boggling video created in 1956 and exploring the future world. One prediction: a epidemic caused by a virus originating from Asia and spreading worldwide in 2020 because of long distance travel! Hard to believe! True or fake document?https://wikisita.com/site-gallery/cabinet-of-curiosities/
14.11.2021: Bernard Leroy is among the very few people who could visit Tibet and he shares with us a film he made during that trip : https://wikisita.com/?get_group_doc=24/1636916557-TIBET.pdf
02.11.2021: ARASITA France South-East chapter resumed its annual gathering and lunch at the nice Port-la-Galère resort on 02 October 2021.
See the nice pictures from this enjoyable event, as taken by Jean-Michel Roullier: https://wikisita.com/gallery/arasita-france/
21.09.2021: SITA communications February 1978. In this issue, again received by courtesy of Nick, a short presentation of Lucien Filbiche reminds us that he had produced a film on SITA. If you have any idea about whom we could contact to get a copy of this film, please contact me at Wikisita!https://wikisita.com/?get_group_doc=26/1632219335-SITAcommunicationsFeb1978.pdf
21.09.2021: SITA communications February, March, and April issues
Have a nice journey in SITA past with these three additional issues of this SITA magazine. Thanks again to Nick for providing them!https://wikisita.com/?get_group_doc=26/1632208842-SITAcommunicationsMar-May76.pdf
21.09.2021: SITA communications Jan and Feb 1976 were provided by Nick Morrell. Enjoy discovering the first issues of this publication, with a foreword from Georges Monniot and the presentation of a SITA manager in each issue.https://wikisita.com/?get_group_doc=26/1632208346-SITAcommunicationsJan-Feb76.pdf
20.10.2021: Friends enjoying the summer in Geneva: https://wikisita.com/enjoying-the-summer-in-geneva/
20.10.2021: SITA communications November 1981 ( Andrée Haubert kindled provided it): have a look at this issue of SITA communications and refresh your memory with SITA events in those times: cutover of RIO SP, inaugration of new office in ATL and many more: https://wikisita.com/?get_group_doc=26/1632145081-SITAcommunicationsNov1981.pdf
04.08.2021: Bill Wilson relayed the sad news from John Lockwood that Keith Parker, from Canada, passed away on 24 August. Keith had just celebrated his 89th birthday and suffered from Alzheimer’s disease. We express our deep condolences to his family and friends.
04.08.2021: Andrée Haubert informed us of the sad news about Jean-Paul Defrasne who passed away on 02 August 2021: https://wikisita.com/deces-de-jean-paul-defrasne/
Our thoughts are with his wife Chris and we express our condolences to his family and close friends.
26.06.2021: Richard Baumann informed us of the sad news about Hedi Krauer who passed away on 21 June 2021 after a long illness: https://wikisita.com/heidi-krauer-passed-awy-peacefully-on-21-june-2021/
23.06.2021: You will find, in the group “there is life after SITA”, a short report on the conference I had organized and which was held on 22 June as a webinar: https://wikisita.com/members/jkaliszewski/
You will also find a link to watch the recording of this conference.
21.06.2021: I have been informed that Patricia Dupasquier, who was in the HR department in Geneva in the lates 90’s and earlier 2000’s has passed away around one month ago. I remember a nice and always smiling person and I express my deep condolences to her family.
19.06.2021: We had the pleasure to meet in Geneva on June 19 2021 to celebrate the coming summer, the end of covid lockdown and an old and treasured friendship: https://wikisita.com/friends-meeting-in-geneva/
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06.06.2021: Bernard Leroy has shared a document and video about a trip by train from Beijing to Lhasa, which he made in October 2011: https://wikisita.com/groups/far-east-1646272200/documents/
03.06.2021: Chers Amis, Nous venons d’apprendre le décès de notre collègue et ami Michel Pinelle. Nous n’avons pas d’autre information pour l’instant.
29.05.2021: Bernard Leroy has shared with us a very enjoyable video about springtime in his garden. We can admire magnificent blooming flowers and trees, many from Fart-East origin. Indeed watching this video is a very nice experience in this period where many of us were locked down due to covid: https://wikisita.com/?get_group_doc=24/1622205115-Springtimeandpandemic.pdf
16.04.2021: Brian Legget has advised us that our friend and former colleague in Singapore Richard Dorey passed away peacefully in his sleep at his home in North Wales on 12th April. We express our deep condolences to his family and close friends.
16.04.2021: I have posted the publication “SITA Nederland”, part of the bunch of documents kindly provided by Nick Morrell. This publication is about the celebration of the SITA Netherlands move to a brand new building in the early 90’s in Amsterdam: https://wikisita.com/groups/archives/documents/
13.04.2021: Bernard Leroy has shared a video of a visit to Bhutan made in 1994. Enjoy: https://wikisita.com/?get_group_doc=24/1618171384-bhutan-1994.pdf
13.04.2021: Please find the list of Wikisita members. This list is helpful if you wish to contact another member by using the Wikisita email (and therefore contact him without knowing their email): https://wikisita.com/?get_group_doc=22/1618319814-WikisitaMembers20210413.pdf
26.02.2021: Announcement: You can easily load videos ( mp4, flv, mpeg formats)! Just click on Members on Home page; then click on your name; select and click on Gallery and then on Create a Gallery; fill-in the required fields and click on Create; now just select the video you want to upload from your PC and you are done; you have created your gallery and loaded xyyour video. Have fun!
26.02.2021: Andrée Haubert a publié le bulletin n° 41 de février 2021 d’ARASITA France: https://wikisita.com/?get_group_doc=16/1614377025-BulletinFrancen41fvrier2021.pdf
26.02.2021: Nick Morrell shared with us some interesting documents about Sita’s history.Hereunder the booklet which was published in 1974, in celebration of Sita’s 25th anniversary in 1974. together with a letter sent by Georges Moniot to Mr Groves, then LONDR , with this booklet:
https://wikisita.com/?get_group_doc=26/1614362186-LetterGMonniot1974.pdf
https://wikisita.com/?get_group_doc=26/1614354653-Sita1949-1974part1.pdf
https://wikisita.com/?get_group_doc=26/1614354745-Sita1949-1974part2.pdf
https://wikisita.com/?get_group_doc=26/1614361457-Sita1949-1974part3.pd
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14.02.2021: Bernard Leroy posted in the Far East group the link to a video about “An Hui or the landscape of Chinese landscape painting”: https://www.dropbox.com/s/dt6sahfj86xu28d/An%20Hui.mp4?dl=0C
03.02.2021; Andrée Haubert informed us of the sad news that our friend and former colleague Jacques Rondeaux died on January 28th, following a fall: https://wikisita.com/jacques-rondeaux-est-decede-le-28-janvier-2021/
https://wikisita.com/jacques-rondeaux/
03.02.2021: Bernard Leroy shared with us videos of a trip made in the Falklands, South Georgia and Antartica: https://wikisita.com/?get_group_doc=24/1612362170-Falklands.pdf
11.11.2020: The following items were posted recently (all documents but the first are posted with some comments in the Wikisita Main group):
- Photos of end-of-the year celebration in Paris in the 80’s: https://wikisita.com/gallery/those-were-the-days/
- The s.i.t.a. monograpgh 2 document edited by D Kroneberg in July 1972 with papers from Ruedi Bébié, D. Andorka, etc.: https://wikisita.com/?get_group_doc=22/1604946317-s.i.t.a.monograph2.pdf
- The SITA Head Office Management in 1971, photo and names: https://wikisita.com/?get_group_doc=22/1605033066-SITAHOManagement1975.jpg
- Maps of the SITA Network in 1970: https://wikisita.com/?get_group_doc=22/1605033702-TheSITANetworkin1970.pdf
- The first transmission of Type A traffic over the SITA network in 1971: https://wikisita.com/?get_group_doc=22/1605033370-SITAHLNand1stTypeA1971.pdf
- The SITA new NYC center in 1971: https://wikisita.com/?get_group_doc=22/1605034207-SITACenterNYC1971.jpg
- A SITA meeting in Singapore in 1971: https://wikisita.com/?get_group_doc=22/1605034480-SITAmeetinginSINin1971.jpg
- Photos of first SITA HO building and of a meeting in Vancouver including: Jacqueline Lacat, Barbara Cote, Koen Molenaar, Solly Dwek, Des Andorka and airline representatives: https://wikisita.com/?get_group_doc=22/1605086103-SITATH.deBanvilleVancouver.pdf
- A technical paper by J Brandt and G Chretien explaining how better response time was achieved for Type A traffic: https://wikisita.com/?get_group_doc=22/1605094658-TheSITANetworkBrandtChretien_0001.pdf
15.10.2020: Jean-Michel Kaliszewski posted a video about his participation in an embukai at Shiseikan /Meiji Jingu (tokyo) in October 2018: https://wikisita.com/video-home/
14.10.2020: Videos can loaded and shared on Wikisita: https://wikisita.com/video-home/
12.10.2020: photo galleries have been reloaded.
07.10.2020: A new corrected version of Wikisita has been put online. The photo galleries are no longer available and they will be recreated progressively.
07:10:2020: Une version nouvelle et corrigée de Wikisita a été mise en ligne. Les galeries photos ne sont plus disponibles. Elles seront recrées progressivement.
02.10.2020: Mansour Nasr has shared with us news about Beirut and SITA in Beirut, following the blast:Beirut and SITA in Beirut
02.10.2020: Mansour Nasr nous a donné quelques nouvelles de Beyrouth et de SITA à Beyrouth: SITA à Beyrouth
25.09.2020: Quelques souvenirs photos retrouvés:
25.09.2020: Jack de Witte partage avec nous un article à propos de la parution de son troisième ouvrage: La vache de Marie
25.09.2020: Bernard Leroy shares with us a film about the countryside in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) in 1965, at a time when the country was hit by a terrible economic crisis: Ceylon 1965
03.08.2020: Andrée Haubert nous a fait part du décès de Jean de Ladonchamps, ancien DRH de SITA: Jean de Ladonchamps
02.08.2020: Bernard Leroy a partagé avec nous un montage vidéo sur l’Indochine dans les années 1950-1955, période à la fin de laquelle il est lui même passé de la vie militaire à la vie civile, tout en gardant le lien avec l’aviation: Indochine 1950-1955
27.05.2020: Hilde Van Rossem shared a photo of the 50th anniversary of SITA:
Mr Lalanne and 50th anniversary of SITA
50th anniversary (photo gallery)
25.05.2020: Jean-Pierre Gaudard has shared with us some photos:
Claude Lalanne, The mysterious man
25.05.2020: Richard Baumann has shared with us a very nice album of the Sita Manila center dating back to July 1967: Sita Manila July 1967, Sita Manila July 1967 (photo format)
25.05.2020: Claude Lalanne passed away: condolences and testimonies:
Condolences from former SITA employees
21.05.2020: Claude Lalanne est décédé le 18 mai: Communiqué
Claude Lalanne passed away on May 18: News
12.05.2020: Neville Powell just informed us that David Rofe has passed away:David Rofe
12.05.2020: A SITA webinar on the “changing face of air transport post COVID-19“: Air transport post COVID-19
20.04.2020: Chantal Fraytet a partagé une photo avec Léon Bonnet: Léon Bonnet
19.04.2020: Lionel Veyrier a publié dans le groupe Wikisita Main: l’histoire du Dictionaire Technique SITA (en français et en anglais!): Technical Dictionary
12.04.2020: Bernard Leroy published in the Far-East group a document about a journey from Marseilles to Saigon and which was a confinement experience. The publication also includes a nice film about sailing down the Nile river: A Journey to the East
11.04.2020: List of wikisita members : List
08.04.2020: La disparition de Léon Bonnet a suscité une vague d’émotion et de sympathie. Témoignages:
07.04.2020: Au nom d’ARASITA France, Andrée Haubert a publié le communiqué ci-joint concernant le décès de Léon Bonnet: Décès de Léon Bonnet
06.04.2020: Notre ami et ancien collègue Léon Bonnet est décédé le samedi 4 avril, chez lui dans le sud de la France, des suites d’une longue maladie. Nous exprimons nos plus sincères condoléances à son épouse Michèle et son fils Jérome: Léon Bonnet
03.04.2020: Further investigation and testing on the “Error 404” problem enabled to understand and solve the issue:
02.04.2020: Jean-Michel Kaliszewski reports on working on an issue faced by some users when accessing wikisita:
26.03.2020: A post from Gérard Planque about a technique which may help prevent infection from the coronavirus :Jala Neti
26.03.2020: 140 reads on wikisita on March 14: Read more..
25.03.2020: Jean-Michel Kaliszewski added a new photo gallery: Those were the days
The first gallery is about a (presumably) ARASITA Switzerland meeting (code name for a dinner) held in April 2001 close to Geneva.
24.03.2020: Jacques Levasseur a publié deux documents de réflexions personnelles à propos de la situation actuelle du monde et de la crise que nous vivons avec la pandémie de coronavirus: Fable, Air du Temps
24.03.2020: Jean-Michel Kaliszewski posted a recollection from his stay in Japan which rings a bell in the current situation: Recollection from Japan
14.03.2020: La réunion/déjeuner /conférence prévue aujourd’hui à Genève a été annulée pour cause d’épidémie de coronavirus. Un petit groupe s’est néanmoins réuni au café Papon. Voici le compte-rendu: Déjeuner au café Papon, Genève
06.03.2020: We have heard a lot recently about Wuhan, but Bernard Leroy was there some time ago and he tells us about the city and its geographical location, and shares with us two videos showing us the scenery along the Yang Tse River and of Central China: Wuhan and the Yang Tse Jiang
15.02.2020: François Jean Beaumont a publié un nouveau roman policier dont voici l’annonce: AFFICHE BEAUMONT La bille en argile chg
01.02.2020: As announced earlier, ARASITA Switzerland organizes a meeting in Geneva on 14 March 2020 and including a lunch and a conference. Here are the program of this event and the registration information: ARASITA meeting Geneva 14 March 2020
Details about the conference: Conference
14.01.2020: Jean-Michel Kaliszewski published a new story: VIP in Montevideo
Happy New Year to all of you and your beloved ones!
04.12.2019: Jean-Michel Kaliszewski published the story of the Skyway service and his finding about a strange cargo flights: Skyway
03.12.2019: ARASITA France held its annual GA and festive lunch on November 16th 2019 in Paris Porte d’Asnières. You will find in the photo section the pictures I have taken during this event: ARASITA Paris 2019
06.11.2019: Jean-Michel Kaliszewski shares his souvenirs of airline and air transport codes when working at SITA and IATA: Airline and air transport codes . You can also access the comments (one from Jean-Pierre and several from Bernard) on this article by clicking on the following link: Comments on airline codes article
07.10.2019 : Paul Donnelly celebrated his 70th birthday in July with old Sita friends: 70 ans de Paul Donnelly
27.09.2019: Bernard Leroy published an article on how Homo Sapiens discovered the Far East: Homo Sapiens in the Far East. This article goes together with two videos of trips made by Bernard Leroy, respectively in XinJiang and in Gobi Desert – Mongolia, both regions having played an important role in those early migrations of Homo Sapiens to the Far East.
25.09.2019: Visiting Ruedi Bebie in ST Remy de Provence: Visiting Ruedi in St Remy
26.08.2019: Elfriede Planque has tragically disappeared in Nepal two weeks ago: Elfriede Planque
26.08.2019: Our friend and former colleague Bernard Ruty passed away on 14th August 2019: Bernard Ruty
26.08.2019: Bernard Leroy shared the latest developments of a story which started in 1944 (see post “Lost in France”): Lost in France (continued)
15.06.2019: Jean-Michel Roullier shared the photos from the annual gathering of ARASITA sud-est in Port-la Galère: Port-la-Galère 2019
22.05.2019: Bernard Leroy published a short addendum to his recent article about Japan, completed by movies made during another trip there in 2000: Nara and Mikimoto Island in 2000
26.03.2019: Neville Powell informed us of the sad news about Pelly Smith having passed away on 24th December 2018 : The passing of Pelly Smith
24.03.2019: Bernard Leroy published in the group “Far East” the story of “SITA’s lengthy journey to Japan”: SITA’s lengthy journey to Japan
Photos from Bernard of visits to Japan at that time can be found at: Photos from Bernard Leroy of visits to Japan
10.03.2019: Jean-Michel Kaliszewski published, in the group “There is Life after SITA”” a document entitled: Bridges Between Japanese and Western Ways of Thinking: the example of Spinoza”. This is a work done in preparation of his seven week stay at Shiseikan / Meiji Jingu in Tokyo in October / November 2018.
10.03.2019: Andrée Haubert a publié (groupe ARASITA France) le bulletin ARASITA n°39 de février 2019: Bulletin ARASITA n°39 février 2019
29.12.2017: Hugh Small added two very interesting articles about his activities in the group “There is life after SITA”: the first one about a “super-fast” telegraph transmitter which was used during the Crimean war and with which he is making experiments and another about his recent project in the Sultanate of Oman. Indeed a “must read” for all wikisita fans: There is Life After SITA
16.12.18: A new group: “There is Life After SITA” has been created. Join the group and you will find a document posted by Ruedi Bebie: the electronic version of the catalogue just published about the collection of scientific instruments of the Bernard d’Agesci museum in Niort. This permanent exhibition consists of the personal collection of scientific instruments which Ruedi Bebie has donated to this museum: Objets scientifiques
16.12.18: The photos of ARASITA France lunch held in Asnières on november 3rd 208 can be found in the photo gallery: Déjeuner ARASITA France 2018
16.12.18: Our friend and former colleague Gérard Morin passed away during the night of november 7/8 2018 (see post for more details and photo of Gérard)
- Bernard Leroy published a document about typhoons in Hong Kong with thrilling videos giving us the feeling of what it looks like when a typhoon hits Hong Kong: https://wikisita.com/groups/far-east-1646272200/documents/
- Bernard Leroy published a post about the former SITA centre of Xieng Khuang in Laos: Xieng Khuang, a former SITA centre
- Andrée Lumbroso nous a quitté le 10 août 2018: Andrée Lumbroso
- L’album photo des fêtes de Noël SITA s’agrandit avec cette nouvelle contribution d’Andrée Haubert: fête russe à la Direction Générale, rue Théodore de Banville, en 1965 selon le témoignage de Patrice Marois: Noël russe de SITA en 1965
- Andrée Haubert nous a gracieusement fourni une photo de Georges Monniot et de responsables SITA prise lors de la fête de Noël de 1958 au centre SITA de Saint-Denis. Une personne présente sur la photo n’a pas été identifiée: saurez-vous la reconnaitre?: Noël SITA 1958 .
- Bernard Leroy published two posts this week:
- The link to the second part of the film about the journey to Greenland: A journey to Greenland – 2
- An update about the plane crash in 1944 that Bernard had witnessed: Lost in France (update)
- Photos du déjeuner ARASITA sud-est à Port-la-Galère le 2 juin 2018: Photos du déjeuner à Port-la-Galère 2018
- Have you ever heard of split routing? This technique was implemented in the HLN to cope with the traffic increase in the late 70’s. Herewith the copy of the original article after I had woked on designing and implementing this technique: Split routing
- A post from Bernard Leroy with a link to a movie about a visit to Greeland: A journey to Greenland
- Bernard Leroy published an article about the history of SITA in the Far East, which is also personnal history for Bernard himself as he has been leading this development and was personnally involved in all major steps. A very interesting article! Read more: Establishing SITA in the Far East….
- Grace à Françoise Monniot qui a signalé l’existence de ce film et à Andrée Haubert qui nous a relayé l’information, nous pouvons visionner un film qui relate l’expédition française au Groenland durant l’année polaire internationale 1932-1933 et à laquelle, Georges Monniot fondateur et premier directeur général de SITA a participé en tant que quartier maître: Georges Monniot au Groenland en 1932-1933
- En juin 2017 je suis allé rendre visite à Ruedi Bebié à Saint-Rémy-de-Provence. Voici le récit de notre rencontre et de nos discussions: Rencontre avec Ruedi à Saint-Rémy
- Bouchaib Jallouli nous a envoyé une photo de sa participation au Fitbit (semi-marathon de Paris) et propose, qu’à l’instar d’autres associations d’anciens, ARASITA organise des évènements sportifs pour la communauté des anciens: message de Bouchaib Jallouli
- The opening of the Rangoon centre (including a video of Burma at that time), by Bernard Leroy: Far East group
- Notre ami et ancien collègue Claude Biver est décédé le samedi 3 mars 2018: Claude Biver
- Our friend and former SITA Aircom colleague Ulf Hallmann has unexpectedly passed away on 11 February 2018: Ulf Hallmann
- Our colleague and friend Khoder Eter has just passed away: Khoder Eter ; you can share your souvenirs and express your condolences on : Khoder Eter forever missed
- Kathmandu as it was when opening the SITA centre (in 1970) : Bernard Leroy in The streets of Kathmandu
- Le dernier bulletin d’ARASITA France (voir le groupe ARASITA France pour les bulletins précédents): Bulletin ARASITA France n°38 février 2018
- A short video, posted by Bernard Leroy, about Tahiti at the time of the XS center creation: Around Tahiti XS center after its creation
Un livre de notre ami et ancien collègue François Jean Beaumont:
Dear Friends,
Welcome to wikisita. At some time you have embarked on the SITA Odyssey. Then, share your stories and experience at SITA with the community of former SITA colleagues. This is what this website is about. You can do so by uploading documents and scanned photos in your profile and then share them with the wikisita community. Do we have any tie or relationship with the current SITA company ? The answer is no, we are completely independant from the SITA SC company and our aim is to enable the collection and sharing of our experience and life at SITA.
Who are we ? A group of former SITA employees, currently based in Geneva worked on defining the project : Solly Dwek, Jean Michel Kaliszewski, Jean Pinhas and Patrick Servant. Then Jean Michel took over for the setting-up of the website, managing it and promoting it.
Join us and contribute with your documents and memories ! You can contact Jean Michel Kaliszewski for help or guidance for your publication.
You can also exchange with ex-colleagues and friends within a wikisita group on Facebook. You have to contact Jean Michel Kaliszewski on Facebook to do so.
Chers Amis,
Bienvenue à wikisita. Si à un moment donné vous avez fait partie de l’aventure SITA, alors partagez vos souvenirs de cette expérience avec la communauté de vos anciens collègues de SITA. Ce partage l’objectif de ce site. Vous pouvez le faire en téléchargeant des documents et des photos digitalisées et ensuite les partager, et ce à partir de votre profil sur ce site. Wikisita n’a aucun lien organisationnel ou financier avec l’actuelle compagnie SITA et ne vise pas à en documenter ses activités. Notre objectif est de permettre le recueil des expériences humaines qui ont fait l’histoire de SITA et d’en faire partager le témoignage.
Qui somme- nous ? Un groupe d’anciens de SITA, actuellement basés à Genève se sonr réunis pour discuter du projet: Solly Dwek, Jean Michel Kaliszewski, Jean Pinhas, Patrick Servant. Ensuite Jean MIchel à fait développer le site, le gère et en fait la promotion auprès de la comunauté des anciens de Sita.
N’hésitez pas et venez contribuer avec vos propres témoignages et souvenirs ! Contactez Jean MIchel Kaliszewski si vous avez besoin d’aide ou de conseil pour votre publication.
Vous pouvez également échanger avec vos amis et anciens collègues au sein d’un groupe wikisita sur Facebook. Pour cela demandez l’accés à Jean Michel Kaliszewski sur Facebook
