by Jessica Brownlow | Jun 23, 2025 | AI & ML, MRO IT, Video
Onsite at Aerospace Tech Week Europe, five winners of the Aerospace Tech Review (ATR) Awards were announced for the first time. The awards celebrate individuals and companies for their outstanding contributions to the aerospace industry in 2024. Each category featured three deserving finalists and the winners were selected by an expert panel.
Among the winners were Kquika, whose ground breaking Trakt System won the prize for Most Creative Product Applying AI. Kquika’s Trakt System is an AI-powered predictive maintenance platform designed specifically for the aviation industry. Using a proprietary multi-model AI architecture, it achieves 92-95 per cent accuracy in predicting component failures, significantly outperforming industry standards.
In this interview, Victor Oribamise, CEO, Kquika shared deeper insight into the technology that is helping airlines anticipate issues well before they occur. Explaining the company’s goal, Oribamise said:
“We are an AI powered aviation technology company that my co-founder and I founded in 2021. Our mission is very simple but very, very transformative: we want to make air travel enjoyable, stress-free, without any cause of delays, maintenance problem for airlines, and ultimately their passengers.”
The system applies multiple AI models to analyse aircraft data and predict potential faults before they occur. To find out more about the technology powering Trakt System and how it achieves accuracy scores of between 92 and 95 per cent, watch the full interview below.
Questions asked include:
- Can you tell me about Kquika Inc and what the company does?
- Could you talk me through the Trakt System and how it works?
- I understand the system achieves 92–95% accuracy in predicting component failures, significantly outperforming industry standards. How is this level of accuracy achieved?
- How does the Trakt System transform reactive maintenance into proactive fleet optimization?
- What kind of real-world results have you seen from implementing the Trakt System?
- What’s next for Kquika Inc, and what are your personal goals moving forward?
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by Jessica Brownlow | Jun 20, 2025 | AI & ML, Flight Ops IT, Innovation, Video
The European Organisation for Civil Aviation Equipment (EUROCAE) develops standards ensuring safety, reliability, and innovation in aviation. As the industry landscape evolves rapidly, it is imperative standards keep pace with both the technological advancement and changing operational, environmental, and human factors that come too. At Aerospace Tech Week, Anna von Groote, Director General, EUROCAE explored this and more in this five-minute interview.
The conversation looked at the importance of addressing human factors to support safe, effective AI adoption with von Groote adding, “we in aviation know well how to deal with technical things but now the human factor is a really important topic as well.” Here, she explored the dedicated Working Groups that have been set up with this focus, shifting away from purely technical standards.
Towards the end of the discussion, von Groote unpacked the challenges of an increasingly congested airspace, and explained:
“IATA predicts growth of passenger traffic by 2.7 times in the next couple of years […] So we have to again be very holistic and look at the innovation pipeline – bringing technology to market, ensuring we give industry a framework, a regulatory framework, including technical standards, so the industry can safely deploy and bring these technologies to market.”
For more on this as well as taking a holistic approach to sustainability, watch the full interview below.
Questions asked include:
- AI is a critical part of the sector’s evolution. How should the industry tackle human factors around AI-decision making? Or broader integration?
- The journey to net-zero will involve embracing new technologies, aircraft, such as hydrogen. How can we ensure these are integrated into the ecosystem without safety being compromised?
- As airspace becomes more congested, how can we advance air traffic management to accommodate this growth?
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by Jessica Brownlow | Jun 17, 2025 | BUZZ, MRO IT
The International Paris Air Show has been the meeting place for global aerospace for over a century. The event gathers manufacturers, airlines, lessors, and more to showcase the latest tech and sign major commercial deals.
This year, Airbus bagged nearly $10 billion in orders within the first day. The Europe-based plane maker secured commitments for up to 238 new aircraft in day one of the seven day show.
Confirmed orders included (132):
- AviLease, the Saudi-backed leasing company, confirmed purchases of 10 A350F freighters and 30 A320neo jets.
- Riyadh Air announced a significant commitment for 25 Airbus A350-1000 aircraft.
- ANA Holdings (Japan) finalized an agreement for 27 Airbus planes – 14 A321neo for All Nippon Airways (ANA) and 13 narrowbodies (10 A321neo and 3 A321XLR) for its low-cost subsidiary Peach Aviation.
- LOT Polish Airlines (Poland) placed its inaugural Airbus order, securing 40 A220s, split evenly between the A220-100 and A220-300 variants.
Potential orders (106):
- AviLease holds options to scale up its order to 22 A350Fs and 55 A320neos.
- Riyadh Air may double its commitment, with rights to acquire up to 50 A350-1000s.
- LOT Polish Airlines has indicated plans to expand its A220 fleet to as many as 84 aircraft over time.
Speaking specifically on the Riyadh Air partnership, Benoît de Saint-Exupéry, Airbus EVP Sales of the Commercial Aircraft business said:
“We are proud to extend our strategic partnership with Riyadh Air as it continues to build a pioneering carrier for the Kingdom. As the long-range leader, the A350-1000 will provide unrivalled efficiency, range and passenger comfort, making it the ideal choice to support the airline’s ambitious growth plans and Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 objectives to enhance global connectivity and economic diversification.”
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by Jessica Brownlow | Jun 11, 2025 | MRO IT
Originally published World Aviation Festival
Delta Air Lines, one of the most profitable airlines in the world, raised concerns about the impact Trump’s tariffs could have on the industry. Late last week, these warnings came to light.
With tariffs of nearly 10 per cent impacting almost all imported planes and parts, Delta warned against the disruptive impact this will have on both airlines and their passengers.
Reuters shared the US carrier’s caution, saying “tariffs on imported airplanes and parts could force the airline to stop buying foreign-made planes and eliminate flights that serve about 10 million customers a year.” Delta’s comments were made as part of a US Commerce Department filing that had previously gone unreported. The airline warned of the impact on ticket prices and supply chains, adding:
“Delta would likely be forced to cancel existing contracts and reconsider contracts under negotiation […] it would also reduce manufacturing in the United States by both Boeing and Airbus.”
Yesterday, a second Reuters article showed five nations (Canada, China, Japan, Mexico, and Switzerland), the European Union, and major airline & aerospace manufacturers have formally urged Trump to abandon the proposed tariffs.
The EU said:
“As reliable trading partners, the European Union and United States should strengthen their trade regarding aircraft and aircraft parts, rather than hinder it by imposing trade restrictions.”
As the industry tackles the uncertainty that comes with these changes, leaders are making it clear, the stability of aviation is imperative and further disruption to the global supply chain will come with severe consequences.
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by Jessica Brownlow | Jun 9, 2025 | Connectivity, Video
At Aerospace Tech Week, Joel Klooster, SVP at Viasat gave his analysis of the industry’s communications infrastructure. The conversation looked at how modernised connectivity can support the industry’s future, especially with air traffic predicted to double within 20 years.
Reflecting on the state of the current communications infrastructure, Klooster explained that foundational technologies were developed and put in place over the last five years. However, the focus must now be on accelerating the pace of adoption. Here, Klooster gave the examples of well developed cybersecurity measures, and the shift from legacy systems like AARS to modern, IP-based protocols like the Aeronautical Telecommunications Network (ATN).
A key focus of the discussion was the movement towards data link communications, supporting real-time transmission of data enhancing situational awareness for both pilots and air traffic controllers. The potential efficiency and accuracy gains of this technology will be fundamental in managing growing air traffic volumes while improving current safety standards through a seamless flow of information:
“We need to maintain and improve the levels of safety […] and that requires situational awareness improvement and information sharing between the pilot and the air traffic controller, making sure they have the exact same information and that this can be exchanged in a timely manner. It can just be loaded directly into the flight management computer that’s connected to the autopilot and flying that aircraft.”
The five-minute discussion also tapped into artificial intelligence (AI) and the safe integration of emerging technologies to advance the industry. Watch the full interview below.
Questions asked include:
- What changes need to happen to the connectivity infrastructure to allow next generation aircraft to be integrated into the airspace with minimal disruption?
- How can higher capacity communications drive operational efficiency in ATM, especially as the industry prepares for the number of aircraft in operation to grow rapidly?
- Where are we seeing AI and other emerging tech make the greatest difference in connectivity, and how can we ensure its integration enhances safety rather than compromises it?
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