Comply365 announced its newest customer, SunExpress will soon leverage a more efficient and streamlined process to create and deliver smart content to its frontline crews.
SunExpress, a leisure carrier based in Antalya, Turkey, recently selected ProAuthor, Comply365’s end-to-end operational content and compliance management system that enables faster, more routine manual revisions, and enables airlines to always be audit-ready.
While SunExpress has already been digitally delivering operational content to its pilots and flight attendants, the airline needed a better way to manage the authoring and distribution process.
By getting smart content right at their fingertips, SunExpress frontline crew members will have access to the appropriate information they need based on their role, location, or other attributes, providing a more personalized and relevant experience that’s unattainable with PDF documentation or less-capable HTML solutions.
Comply365’s mobile app will automate compliance tracking for the 3,500 users at SunExpress and equip frontline employees with electronic forms to send data to the operations staff, to enable data-driven decisions.
SunExpress is a joint venture of Turkish Airlines and Lufthansa that operates scheduled and chartered passenger flights to 90 destinations in 30 countries. It operates a fleet of more than 50 Boeing 737-800/-8 aircraft.
“We warmly welcome SunExpress as the first Turkish airline in the Comply365 community, and we look forward to a strong partnership together,” Comply365 CEO Tom Samuel said. “While SunExpress already has seen success with digital delivery of operational content, the flexibility of our solutions provides value to airlines in every stage of the digital transformation journey – providing them the ability to further improve the efficiency, safety, and compliance of their operations.”
Aireon has entered into a partnership with Cirium, the aviation analytics company, bringing together two data sets for airspace stakeholders.
Under the terms of the agreement, Cirium will gain access to Aireon’s real-time data service product, AireonSTREAM. AireonSTREAM is the world’s first and only global source of ATS grade surveillance data, which will enable Cirium to utilize the most precise and accurate global data available.
Aireon, for its part, will gain access to Cirium’s flight status data, which includes real-time flight information, such as estimated and actual arrival and departure times, aircraft type, delay calculations, as well as Cirium’s airline schedules – the aviation industry’s most comprehensive schedule database.
Cirium will integrate Aireon’s complete, global, real-time flight data with its unique combination of fleet, flight status and airline schedules data. Cirium will use Aireon’s data to bring new levels of data coverage and precision of take-off and landing times that it already provides to the world’s major air travel, aerospace manufacturing and aviation finance organizations.
For Aireon customers, Cirium data will enable Aireon to integrate the best-in-class schedule and status information into the AireonSTREAM, AireonFLOW, and AireonINSIGHTS product lines.
“The partnership with Cirium is an exciting one for the industry,” said Don Thoma, Aireon CEO. “This collaboration, combining two best-in-class data providers, will allow Cirium and Aireon customers to achieve even greater awareness of and insights into the global airspace to allow better, safer and more operationally efficient decisions.”
“Cirium and Aireon share a vision to uncover new ways to upgrade the world aviation industry’s efficiency. To achieve this, organizations need the best data to power solutions and decision making. We are very proud of this partnership which together creates the most complete set of gate-to-gate data available about a flight,” said Jeremy Bowen, CEO of Cirium.
FLYHT Aerospace Solutions and CrossConsense announced an agreement whereby FLYHT will acquire all of the outstanding shares of CrossConsense. This acquisition is expected to accelerate FLYHT’s strategic roadmap to build out a maintenance capability, and will fulfill the company’s goal to increase its presence in the European and Middle East markets.
CrossConsense develops and markets software to support commercial aviation maintenance management. Products include:
• A predictive maintenance troubleshooting and engineering tool;
• Software to support aircraft maintenance, repair and data migration; and
• Live data dashboards to assist aircraft maintenance teams.
CrossConsense has also constructed a progressive web application plus native apps that offer up-to-date data on an airline’s fleet status. Additionally, CrossConsense offers consulting and support services as well as hosting, database operation and performance monitoring of commercial aircraft maintenance applications.
The acquisition of CrossConsense is designed to further cement and extend a number of FLYHT’s key commercial objectives. Through this transaction, FLYHT will now be able to build a meaningful European presence, within a major aviation hub, as CrossConsense is based in Frankfurt, Germany. Additionally, the transaction is expected to expand FLYHT’s reach into software technical services in support of aircraft maintenance functions. Finally, the transaction is expected to bring new worldwide customers to both companies.
“The integration of our team and capabilities with those of FLYHT’s is expected to meaningfully enhance our capabilities to provide global solutions to our combined customer base of more than 100 airline and cargo customers,” said Udo Stapf, the founder and majority shareholder of CrossConsense. “Under the FLYHT umbrella of products and services, we will be better positioned to service the growing needs of our customers, helping them improve efficiency.”
Bill Tempany, CEO of FLYHT, stated, “Acquiring CrossConsense will expand FLYHT’s product line with predictive maintenance and maintenance system services – two areas that are in high demand by our customers and synergistic with our current offering. The ability to utilize real-time AFIRS data in a maintenance environment is anticipated to provide a substantial impetus to our customers’ Actionable Intelligence. Additionally, the combination is expected to establish a meaningful European presence for our company through which we can further build our global operations.”
Added Tempany, “We welcome the many talented maintenance software specialists at CrossConsense to the FLYHT team. Their extensive knowledge of aircraft maintenance management systems and development expertise in blockchain processes strengthens our knowledge base in areas that are especially aligned with FLYHT’s key ongoing strategic initiatives.”
Transaction Detail
Under terms of the agreement, FLYHT (through its wholly owned German subsidiary formed as part of this transaction) will acquire all of the outstanding securities of CrossConsense. The purchase price was within industry norms for revenue multiples of private companies. This agreement is subject to approval of the German Government and the TSX Venture Exchange and to be effective January 1, 2022, with a transaction close as soon as possible after those approvals are received.
Additionally, Udo Stapf will continue his involvement in the business, with an agreement in place for provision of services over the 18 months following the transaction’s effective date.
FLYHT also announced that Axel Christ from CrossConsense has been appointed managing director of the new organization. During his 15 years at CrossConsense he has made significant contributions, responsible for innovation and technology of the company’s software and services. Christ has been working with Kent Jacobs, president of FLYHT in Calgary, on aligning priorities and goals.
Rusada released a new mobile application for their airworthiness, MRO, and flight operations solution, ENVISION.
ENVISION Flights has been designed specifically for pilots and other members of the flight crew. It works closely alongside ENVISION’s Flight Operations module to provide users with live flight details including departure/arrival location, ETD/ETA, flight type and aircraft registration as well as expected passengers, baggage, and freight.
Several key actions can also be carried out directly from the cockpit. Actuals and oil and fuel uplift can be recorded, existing flights diverted or cancelled, new flights added, crew assigned, and defects reported.
ENVISION Flights becomes the third new app the company has released in the last 10 months after ENVISION Tasks and ENVISION Stock were launched in 2021, highlighting the company’s current focus on mobility.
The fully native app is available on iOS and Android devices and is fully approved by both Apple and Google.
“We are very excited to be releasing yet another new application to the market,” Julian Stourton, CEO, said. “What I like most about this app is that flight crew can view all the information they need in one place, which removes the need for time-consuming phone calls, or updates from various third-party agents.”
“This should make their lives much easier and allow for everyone in the organization to be on the same page.”
Content, safety and data management solutions provider Vistair has opened 2022 with a number of leadership promotions to support its ongoing growth.
Ian Herbert, one of the two founders, will move from his role as CEO to vice chairman, taking on a more strategic advisory role. Rob Morgan, former chief financial officer will become CEO effective at the beginning of January 2022.
Since forming Vistair in 2001, “Herbert has steered the company and played a key role in its success and helping the company to secure its market-leading position through best-in-class capability and service,” the company said.
“It has been a tremendous honor to serve as the CEO of Vistair since founding the company, and I am incredibly proud of everything our team has accomplished together in the last 20 years,” Herbert said. “As Vistair continues to develop and grow at such a rapid pace, I feel that this is the right time for me to step back from day-to-day operations and play a more strategic role as we build on our strengths and embrace the new opportunities that lie ahead of us. Over the last five years, Rob has worked closely with me and my fellow founder David Hedley, helping to grow Vistair’s capabilities and teams to proactively support our global partner base. Rob has been so much part of what I have been doing that it will be a very easy and seamless transition for Vistair. I cannot imagine anyone better than Rob to take over the role of CEO and I am very confident in the future of Vistair under his leadership.”
David Hedley will transition from his current role of chief technology officer to the role of chief innovation officer. This will allow him to devote more time to ensuring that DocuNet remains at the cutting edge and delivering other high-impact technologies for Vistair’s partners. Wayne Enis will move into the CTO role, taking on Vistair’s Technology function as well as leading the Professional Services teams.
“I have worked with Ian and Vistair from its birth in 2001, and the Vistair team have built a hugely well-deserved market reputation for innovation and service excellence. It has been very rewarding to see the team grow and flourish, our solutions continue to evolve, and the relationships with our partners continue to deepen and expand,” Morgan commented. “Both Wayne and Johnny [Bray, CFO] have had a hugely positive impact across our business, and will play important roles ensuring Vistair continues to deliver success for our partners within ever changing markets. It is great that David and Ian, the two founders of the business and architects of Vistair’s culture, will help and support me to build on the success to date.”
AVIOBOOK has reached more than 2,600 tails using AVIOBOOK’s suite of applications.
Despite difficult economic conditions in the aviation industry caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, AVIOBOOK has shown that its suite of applications can bring concrete business benefits to airlines around the world. The company says it is positioning itself as the practical solution for EFB software that will support airlines in the post-pandemic recovery.
In India, low-cost carrier IndiGo has chosen AVIOBOOK for its fleet of more than 270 aircraft to support its operations as the largest airline in the country by market share. And two members of the Indigo Partners Group, JetSMART in South America and Lynx Air in Canada, chose AVIOBOOK to help with their rapid growth plans.
Following the successful go-live of AVIOBOOK’s Electronic Flight Folder in 2020, Frontier Airlines is expanding its partnership with AVIOBOOK to further its ongoing efforts to improve efficiency and deliver environmentally friendly operations. With all pilots already trained and using the suite of applications, the next stage is set to bring further improvements to flight operations by expanding the scope of functionality.
AVIOBOOK’s FAA-approved iPad application gives crews a dashboard with the information required for their flight, including the regulatory dispatch release, meaning that they no longer have to be printed at the gate. AVIOBOOK says this saves Frontier the printing of more than 10 million pages of paper per year and thousands of gallons of fuel per year. In the first phase, Frontier saw how AVIOBOOK ensures pilots have access to the latest flight plan and weather data when they need it, aiding on-time departures and faster recoveries in the case of disruptions.
Phase II will provide Frontier pilots with tools to better manage EFB workflow, facilitate access to practical airport information and boost real-time communication between all flight stakeholders.
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