While the bring-your-own-device (BYOD) trend is making waves in many corporate digital technology environments, managed crew devices still lead the market in aviation. We sat down with Job Heimerikx, chief executive officer of AirFi, a pathfinder company in this space since it was first developed in the early 2010s. While…
Modernisation and digitalisation of air traffic management (ATM) is important in its own right, but it’s also one of the most effective levers aviation can pull to decarbonise. We sat down with Andreas Boschen, executive director of the SESAR 3 Joint Undertaking — SESAR as in Single European Sky ATM…
Common Use principles — where airlines and airports share passenger service spaces, services, technology and equipment — are a core element of the modern digitalised passenger journey, and deploying them to the cloud enables airports and airlines to take advantage of a range of new technologies, from kiosks to mobile apps…
With ground operations still reeling from the ongoing staffing crisis, substantial effort is being made to digitalise and improve the efficiency of this vital part of the aviation picture. To understand more of the challenges facing the industry in 2024 on a strategic level, we sat down with trade associations,…
Flight safety is the linchpin of aviation’s success, and in an ever-changing industry its importance continues to be paramount. New tools, new practices and new methodologies are going some way to improve both safety and efficiency within aviation’s digitalised, more sustainable future. We sat down with execs from across the…
Across business aviation, common themes of geopolitics, the generational transition to younger cohorts, sustainability and reputational risks are driving change. We spoke with experts from both the charter and operator side of the business to learn what’s popping up on their radars in 2024. On the operator side of private…
If there’s one megatrend overarching all at the moment, it’s sustainability. A thread of acknowledgement that aviation is difficult to decarbonise, yet striving to do whatever can be done, whenever and however it can be done, permeates our discussions across the industry this year. So what’s coming up for sustainability?…
Key to the digitalisation of aviation is inflight connectivity, and 2024 looks to be a pivot point as connectivity spreads to more airlines, more aircraft and more operational uses, even while it increases in importance for the passenger experience. We sat down with experts from across the industry for their…
As part of our series delving into the megatrends affecting aviation, we sat down with dozens of companies across the industry, from airline associations like IATA to small suppliers at the granular end of the supply chain, to understand the risks that our industry faces and the opportunities on offer…
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