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Revolutionary US Airspace Messages?

May 22, 2012
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Aviation messaging will undoubtedly change in the future – but how can we keep current costs low whilst retaining reliable performance?

The DCIS (Data Communications Integrated Services) programme will next month reveal who will play a part in changing aviation messaging. Identified as one of the ‘foundational’ NextGen programmes, it not only improves controller productivity by automating the delivery of routine clearances but also moves the FAA towards its ultimate vision of trajectory-based operation.

The construction of NextGen will enable real-time communication between controllers and flight crews through the use of modern digital data transmissions instead of analogue voice technology, allowing aircraft to fly safer, more efficient routes and ease congestion in major metropolitan areas nationwide.

The DCIS contract will provide ground-to-ground and air-to-ground segments of the data communications system, with special attention paid to the interoperability of the data communications services and avionics.

In the meantime aviation messaging continues to be an area of substantial cost and responsibility for all aviation users, especially within business aviation where costs can be significant. Business aviation users are recommended to seek to use providers who cater especially for this market. ARINC offers business aviation one such service.

The ARINC AviNet Type B Messaging services are built on a technologically advanced platform that provides high availability and throughput; but can help business aviation users you to understand existing the Type B profile and work towards decreasing costs and simplifying infrastructure. For more information please visit: typebmessaging-avinet.com

 

ARINC’s AviNet®Mail Service Marks Ten Years; Message Volume Now Exceeds 30 Million per Day

March 22, 2012
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ARINC Incorporated this month celebrates the tenth anniversary of its highly successful AviNet®Mail messaging service for the air transportation industry.

A high-performance business network, AviNet Mail enables easy cross-platform messaging for today’s users of Type B, e-mail, and SMS (short messaging service) communications. The ARINC service now delivers more than 30 million messages per day, a volume that includes 50% of the world’s operational Type B traffic.

“AviNet Mail has won numerous converts from other suppliers,” said Laura Petrozziello, ARINC EMEA Sales Director, Aviation Solutions. “Our 20,000-plus users appreciate not only our superior service but also our straightforward pricing structure and outstanding technical support.”

AviNet Mail offers low-cost Type B, email and SMS messaging over a secure private network, with the highest level of assured delivery available. ARINC’s core network has an availability of 99.999%. AviNet Mail is used by airlines, airport authorities and related organizations from flight dispatch operators to ground handlers and caterers.

More than 93% of AviNet Mail customers in a recent survey said they would be happy to recommend the service to others. More than 60% said their Type B messaging costs were significantly reduced after switching to the ARINC service.

Alexis Hickox, ARINC AviNet Services Director, said the company’s unrivalled experience in aviation communications has resulted in many ‘firsts’, including the use of Internet technology to provide low-cost access to IATA Type B messaging anywhere in the world, from any computer.

ARINC have developed a consultancy service to help you understand your Type B Messaging cots, allowing users to request a free messaging audit.

ARINC’s messaging calculator tool offers an immediate online idea of the size of your potential savings. For a free Type B Messaging audit please visit: www.typebcheck.com/arinc-type-b-message-calculator

Faster, friendlier AviNet Mail

February 13, 2012
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AviNet Mail is the Web-based face of ARINC’s industry-standard Type B messaging service. In a recent survey of nearly 200 users no fewer than 72 per cent said they were very satisfied with the service, more than 60 per cent reported that their Type B bills had fallen after they had adopted it, and nearly all of them said they would be glad to recommend it to others.

Flexibility is one of the key strengths of AviNet Mail. Messages can be read all over the world on wireless Internet-enabled handheld devices like the iPhone and Blackberry. And the service’s infrastructure has “any-to-any” interoperability built into it, allowing customers to select the user interface that best suits their applications without having to worry about compatibility with their business partners.

The new version is even faster and more user-friendly than the one already in full operation with more than 550 customers. They use it for a wide variety of functions, including monitoring flight departures and arrivals, load control, passenger and cargo handling, and arranging ground transportation, wheelchair assistance and special in-flight catering.

“We’re intent on helping our customers to achieve still more cost savings and improvements in efficiency,” says Laura Petrozziello, sales and business manager for aviation solutions at ARINC EMEA. “We listened to their views and have taken them into account in this further development of AviNet Mail.”

The new features include a very powerful desktop client that synchronises customer PCs with ARINC’s Webmail and has additional templates to help users to send the more labour-intensive standard messages quickly and accurately.

“Some of these message formats are very complicated,” says Petrozziello. “Our templates make the customer’s life a lot easier.” The new desktop also has a built-in customer care capability supported 24×7 by a call centre.

“This client is a full ARINC product that we manage end-to-end,” says Petrozziello. “It has all the rules you would expect from a corporate email client like Outlook, so that it’s very straightforward to filter, forward and manage messages.

For more information on Type B Messaging and to calculate if you could save money on Type B Messaging please visit typebcheck.com.

Leading Greek Handling Provider Switches to ARINC’s Type B Messaging Service

February 5, 2012
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Type B Messaging Services

Last week we heard that Goldair Handling has contracted ARINC to handle its Type B messaging. Goldair has migrated 28 addresses to ARINC’s user-friendly messaging solution AviNet® Mail. ARINC completed the installations in less than a month.

The AviNet Mail service offers low-cost Type B, e-mail and SMS messaging over a secure network. With its single interface from any internet connection, and a simple message-formatting template, AviNet Mail is ideal for airlines, cargo operations, flight dispatch operators and caterers, as well as ground handlers.

AviNet Mail sales manager, Carlos Fernandes, was stated The decision was based on ARINC’s superior technical support and straightforward billing system.”

ARINC’s AviNet Type B Messaging service is used for GLOBALink ACARS®, passenger reservations, aviation weather data, flight planning and more.

Developed for reliability, security and consideration of the economic considerations of business aviation, AviNet Type B Messaging Service handles over 20 million messages every day.

For more information please visit: www.typebmessaging-avinet.com.

 

Aviation Weather Systems in the News

January 13, 2012
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We heard this month that IGI Airport will get a new system for better weather prediction. We take a look at this airport and consider the latest weather data systems.

Aviation Weather Systems

Aviation Weather Systems

The Indian Meteorological Department is now acquiring an Aviation Weather Decision Support System (AWDSS) to aid the detection and prediction of aviation weather hazards and communicate minute-wise information to operational users.

The Current system at IGI Airport studies surface atmospheric to predict on fog and wind conditions twice in a day. The new system, which would be in place by next winter, would have a radiometer, a vertical wind profiler, and a terminal weather radar for minute-by-minute vertical profile of the wind movement.

The IMD has set its requirements and an expert company would be finalised through a tendering process by March this year to develop the system for IGIA. The meteorological data under AWDSS would be collected from several sources and integrated to run a series of detection and nowcasting algorithms to be provided to the end-user interface. It will then be used for real-time air traffic control operations as well as the support of operational meteorologist’s work flow.

Weather data is transmitted using a variety of means. One is through ARINC Directs Type B Messaging. AviNet Type B messaging provides reliable and economical messaging for mission-critical communications, including weather data, for the aviation industry.

AviNet Type B provides the highest level of assured message delivery available, based on store-and-forward capabilities and a robust set of IATA standard message routing features built into ARINC’s high-availability message platform. It supports legacy, proprietary, and custom messaging applications, as well as industry-standard IP-based MQ and MATIP formats.

ARINC’s Type B service continues to evolve with the industry while also introducing next-generation messaging standards such as AviNet eXchange a Web Services interface for XML messaging.

And, unlike other providers, ARINC delivers this high performance with a flexible pricing model. AviNet Type B delivers an unbeatable combination of high value and low cost.

For more information please visit: http://www.typebmessaging-avinet.com/

Jeju Air Signs with ARINC for GLOBALinkSM and AviNet® Services

November 15, 2011
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ARINC Incorporated today announced it has received a contract from major South Korean low-cost carrier Jeju Air, for a suite of ARINC voice and data communications and network services.

ARINC will provide Jeju Air with its GLOBALink/VHFSM and GLOBALink/HFSM data link communications, and its AviNet® Type B network service, with value-added messaging applications for enhanced operational efficiency and performance.

Mr. Park Keuk Ro, Director, Operation Support Division, Jeju Air, stated “ARINC’s solutions have a good track record for quality and reliability. Consistent and long-standing performance as well as flexibility in adhering to our requirements were key factors that helped us in making our decision.”

The GLOBALink voice and data services will allow Jeju Air to benefit from seamless data transfer and communications between air and ground crews. ARINC’s AviNet Type B messaging supports pre-flight applications such as aircraft movement monitoring, passenger handling operations, and load control.

The AviNet Type B Messaging Service architecture is one of the most reliable in the world, delivering 100% availability. Based on store-and-forward capabilities and a robust set of IATA standard message routing features built into ARINC’s high-availability message platform, it supports legacy, proprietary, and custom messaging applications, as well as industry-standard IP-based MQ and MATIP formats.

For more information on the service visit typebmessaging-avinet.com/.

ARINC Incorporated, a portfolio company of The Carlyle Group, provides communications, engineering and integration solutions for commercial, defense and government customers worldwide. Headquartered in Annapolis, Maryland with regional headquarters in London and Singapore, ARINC is ISO 9001:2008 certified.

Vueling Airlines renewed its communications contract with ARINC

October 28, 2011
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ARINC has been Vueling’s preferred supplier since the airline was established in 2004. The new agreement makes ARINC the carrier’s exclusive data link provider.

“ARINC welcomes the enhanced business relationship reflected in this agreement and we look forward to supporting Vueling’s future growth initiatives,” said Michael DiGeorge, ARINC EMEA Senior Program Director, Aviation Solutions.

The new agreement provides Vueling with ARINC’s ACARS data link service, Type B messaging and connectivity, and ARINC’s OpCenter solution, which allows the airline to integrate data link information across the enterprise. Interconnecting OpCenter with other Vueling systems enables real-time automatic processing of data sent and received by the carrier’s expanded fleet of 48 aircraft, as well as 24/7 flight operations support.

Vueling has recently added new operating bases in the Netherlands (Amsterdam) and France (Toulouse), and is now operating more routes in cooperation with Iberia out of Madrid.

Vueling is renowned in the industry for its focus on the bottom line and ARINC accepted a review of the communications contract to support the airline’s growing fleet and route network, while keeping costs as low as possible.

“Through our recent expansion, we have come to rely on ARINC to help us maximize productivity and efficiency at optimum cost,” said Vueling’s Albert Pérez Subirós, Manager of Engineering & Planning. “We are very pleased at their ability to assist in our growth while keeping a sharp focus on cost control and the bottom line.”

“ARINC will continue to deliver the same high level of service and commitment that Vueling has received complete web-based messaging solution for anyone who communicates with flight or ground crews via data link service. Its flexible, customizable message-management capabilities can be adapted to meet the needs of any operational environment. More information can be found at http://typebmessaging-avinet.com/.