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55th annual AEA International Convention & Trade Show

April 4, 2012
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The largest gathering of avionics manufacturers, distributors and government-certified repair stations in the world is taking place now in Washington DC! An opportunity for manufacturers, distributors, technicians and business leaders to network and look at new solutions for avionics.

The official event site boasts:

  • More than 75 hours of FAA-accepted regulatory, technical and business management training.
  • More than 100 exhibitors in the AEA Exhibit Hall.
  • Meet the regulators and learn the latest issues impacting the avionics industry and your business.
  • The introduction of new avionics products for 2012.
  • AEA’s Show Specials – deep OEM to dealer discounts that could offset the cost of attending the entire show.
  • AEA’s social events, including the First-Nighter Party with a Crab and Beer Fest, the annual Awards
  • Luncheon and the Last Call Reception.

One exhibitor will be ARINC Direct offering flight support, flight planning, flight tracking, data services and flight deck communications for the business aviation community. For more information on these solutions please visit: business-flight-planning.com

ARINC Direct continues to grow

March 22, 2012
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In London, ARINC Direct as part of the company’s overall briefing gave a rundown on 2011 operations. The business aviation part of the business has started to realise some benefits from their previous investments in 2011, especially in advances with flight planning solutions and even exceeding them in terms of integration and customer support.

ARINC Direct has seen the number of aircraft it supports grow by 30% in the EMEA region, with most growth coming from the Middle East, Russia and Europe. In Europe ARINC has made significant gains in Italy, where it has recently signed two larger business aircraft operators.

The company is expanding its customer support structure with support now in India, which covers the Middle East and they are looking at setting up support in China.

“By listening to our customers we are able to manage a community of experience to deliver progressive and innovative solutions as well as core communication services,” says James Hardie, senior business manager, ARINC Direct EMEA.

ARINC have continued to develop apps for the iPAD, which was launched just before last year’s NBAA. The main new feature was the integration of FlightRisk, which enables clients to report on safety matters at airports to the worldwide ARINC Direct community. More apps are being added over the next few months.

“We are seeing a plethora of flight-deck applications enter the market on the back of the iPad and other tablets and we are duly delivering more up to date information, automatically to our own App, whenever it is connected. This has enabled information that was previously only available via aircraft avionics to be available on board from a live feed over Swift Broadband. Things like live weather radar and other data, coupled with mapping functionality easily enable pilots to re-route their aircraft or make other operational decisions. The easy availability of bandwidth and point to point connectivity is already starting to have an impact in areas like engine health monitoring, and Flight Operations Quality Assurance (FOQA) data delivery,” adds Hardie.

Currently ARINC Direct has around 2,500 business jets and business turboprop aircraft as clients worldwide. ARINC Direct will be attending EBACE in Switzerland.

For more information on business jet flight support services please visit www.business-flight-support.com.

FAA Approves Use of ARINC’s HFDL Network for Air Traffic Control Data Link Communications

February 14, 2012
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ARINC Flight Deck Communications Services

ARINC Flight Deck Communications Services

Last week we heard that following a recent trial, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has prepared the way for data link Air Traffic Control (ATC) communications over the global High Frequency Data Link (HFDL) network of ARINC Incorporated.

This decision means that aircraft already using HFDL for operational communications will be capable of using the ARINC service to communicate with controllers as well.

 “By offering customers maximum diversity in media, including Satellite, VHF and HFDL, ARINC is in the unique position of delivering the most robust communications package possible,” stated Bill Doyen, ARINC’s HFDL Program Manager. “The aviation industry has already embraced HFDL, as evidenced by its two largest airframe makers providing HFDL forward-fit on all new long-range aircraft coming off their lines.”

HFDL is a unique global data communications service available only through ARINC. Ground stations located around the world provide overlapping, redundant HFDL coverage everywhere on the planet, including the north and south polar regions. ARINC’s HFDL service has experienced consistent double-digit growth year after year.

This is just one of the many flight deck communication and flight support services available through ARINC. More information can be found at http://www.business-flight-support.com/.