Aviation flight tracking and flight status provider FlightAware has announced a partnership with flight booking and logistics tool FlightBridge that will see the two companies seamlessly integrate data. Users of FlightAware Global and FlightAware FBO Toolbox will now receive scheduled flight and FBO information from FlightBridge before a flight plan is even filed, allowing more proactive tracking by both the operator and FBO.
FlightBridge users will now benefit from FlightAware’s real-time flight tracking data, including its “Ready to Taxi” function (launched last year and now in operation at 800 FBOs in the U.S.), which notes surface events such as avionics on, taxied out, and aircraft parked times, allowing more customers even more precise scheduling capabilities.
FlightAware just this past week integrated its FlightAware Global and FBO Toolbox data, enabling flight operators to select their destination FBO and notify the FBO of their pending arrival. The integration further provides access to a blocked flight and then provides information about how long that airplane will remain on their ramp.
It is also leveraging surface data and interpretation to track and predict taxi times based on historic demand and congestion, giving stakeholders a clearer picture of aircraft movements and improve service expectations. “This is going to change how flight departments operate,” said FlightAware CEO Daniel Baker. "This is going to change how flight departments and FBOs interact.”
Currently, 1,200 FBOs and 15,000 private and corporate aircraft use FlightAware’s platform, along with recently added clients Textron Aviation and Embraer Executive Jets, both of which now provide a free subscription to FlightAware Global to customers when they take delivery of their aircraft. “Not only will you receive that service without charge, but we work with the delivery specialists at those aircraft manufacturers to ensure on the very first flight of a newly-delivered turbine aircraft that you can receive the world-wide data services from FlightAware,” explained Baker.
He added the company has grown its terrestrial ADS-B network from 17,000 ground stations last year to more than 22,000 this year in 197 countries, making it the world’s largest ADS-B receiver network.
