SITA, the air-transport industry's tech backbone, has launched a fully managed campus-network service built on HPE Aruba Networking, aimed at airports and airlines that no longer want to run their own wired and wireless infrastructure in-house.
Announced on 22 April from Geneva, SITA Campus Network combines HPE's enterprise networking hardware with SITA's managed-service wrap, presenting a single control plane across wired and wireless environments and plugging into SITA's existing global wide-area network that already links more than 600 airports. The service is available in more than 145 countries with 24/7 operational support and a pay-as-you-go commercial model.
The problem SITA is addressing is familiar to any airport CIO: a fragmented estate of network gear across terminals, hangars, and operations centres, often split between multiple vendors and maintained by multiple internal teams. The solution uses AI to improve visibility across the network, detect issues earlier and automate troubleshooting — features HPE Aruba has been building into its platform as "self-driving network" capabilities for several generations.
Integrating diverse systems and devices across airport environments is becoming more complex as operations become more connected. At the same time, expectations on performance, resilience and security continue to rise. With SITA Campus Network powered by Aruba, we take on that complexity. We deliver a network that is set up, run and continuously optimized, so our customers can focus on keeping operations moving while maintaining control across increasingly demanding environments.
For HPE, the deal places Aruba inside an industry-specific managed stack rather than selling direct.
Airports and airlines have to support thousands of staff, passengers, and mission critical systems across terminals, gates, and airside areas — and any network issue shows up immediately as delays and frustration. SITA Campus Network powered by HPE Aruba Networking is built on our secure, AI-native technology to deliver a self-driving network that spots and fixes problems in real time, often before anyone notices, so operations keep moving and passengers stay connected.
The solution is designed for high-density environments — terminals, hangars, airline operations centres — where thousands of devices compete for bandwidth during peak periods. By handing the network over to SITA, customers reduce the need for on-site support staff, spare equipment and recurring training, with the option to scale capacity up or down as flight volumes change.
Pricing has not been disclosed.
