{"id":12455,"date":"2019-04-02T16:25:13","date_gmt":"2019-04-02T16:25:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/?p=12455"},"modified":"2019-04-02T16:25:15","modified_gmt":"2019-04-02T16:25:15","slug":"azul-1st-in-americas-for-minute-by-minute-aircraft-flight-tracking-adopts-aireon-space-based-ads-b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/international-news\/azul-1st-in-americas-for-minute-by-minute-aircraft-flight-tracking-adopts-aireon-space-based-ads-b\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Azul 1st in Americas for Minute-By-Minute Aircraft Flight Tracking; Adopts Aireon Space-Based ADS-B"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Azul Linhas A\u00e9reas<\/a> has become the first airline in the Americas to exceed modern flight tracking safety standards by embracing truly global, real-time flight tracking capabilities onboard aircraft, with SITAONAIR\u2019s AIRCOM\u00ae FlightTracker<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Brazilian low-cost carrier has upgraded to SITAONAIR\u2019s\nadvanced FlightTracker option, which integrates AireonSM space-based Automatic\nDependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) data from FlightAware\u00ae. This gives the\nairline enhanced awareness of the precise position, speed and altitude of its\nfull airborne fleet, anywhere in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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SITAONAIR has now activated its enhanced FlightTracker\ncapabilities aboard Azul\u2019s fleet of A320s and A330s, Embraer 190 and 195s and\nATR 72-600s. This was completed in November 2018, ahead of the official launch\nof the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)\u2019s Global Aeronautical\nDistress & Safety System (GADSS) 15-minute aircraft tracking standard. With\nthe Aireon system, Azul will even exceed the ICAO\u2019s 15-minute standard by\nreceiving aircraft position reports at a standard frequency of at least once\nper minute.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Already adopted by airlines operating more than 400,000\nflights every month, SITAONAIR\u2019s AIRCOM\u00ae FlightTracker is a ground-based\nsoftware system delivering vital global real-time aircraft position alerting to\nairline operations teams. The application aggregates the best available\ninflight position data from a wealth of sources \u2013 including Aireon\u2019s\ncutting-edge space-based ADS-B data provided by FlightAware\u00ae \u2013 on a single\naircraft position display. It can deliver real-time flight tracking coverage,\neven in the farthest reaches of the globe, including oceanic and other remote\nareas, without aircraft modifications. And coverage density has only improved\nwith Aireon’s space-based ADS-B system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carlos Pellegrino, Azul\u2019s OCC Director, says: \u201cSince\nfounding Azul in 2008, SITAONAIR\u2019s AIRCOM\u00ae applications have been our first\nchoice for reinforcing our airline\u2019s safety operations. By upgrading to\nSITAONAIR\u2019s pioneering edition of FlightTracker, complete with Aireon\u2019s\nspace-based ADS-B data from FlightAware\u00ae, we can track our entire fleet with\nenhanced awareness, delivering operational precision, and following ICAO\u2019s\nrecommended best-practice.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dominique El Bez, SITAONAIR Vice President, Product and\nStrategy, says: \u201cWe truly believe SITAONAIR\u2019s FlightTracker is the best\nsolution on the market, and are incredibly proud to work with our cherished\ncustomer Azul to be the first in the Americas to activate global, real-time\nflight tracking technologies with our unrivalled solution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBy incorporating Aireon\u2019s space-based ADS-B data, via\nFlightAware\u00ae, into our pioneering tool, any airline using SITAONAIR\u2019s enhanced\nAIRCOM\u00ae FlightTracker can not only exceed the ICAO\u2019s 15-minute flight-tracking\nrecommendation, but be empowered to boost their operational efficiency and\nsafety in an increasingly congested airspace \u2013 delivering precision, enhancing\nawareness and reinforcing safety, thereby minimizing costs and supporting the\npassenger\u2019s inflight experience.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Aireon space-based ADS-B data system is hosted on the\nIridium\u00ae NEXT satellite constellation, which consists of 66 low-earth orbit\ncrosslinked satellites with an additional nine satellites in orbit serving as\nspares. The constellation was completed in January of this year and is expected\nto be fully operational in the coming weeks. Aireon has partnered with\nFlightAware\u00ae to provide global flight tracking through FlightAware\u00ae\u2019s products\nand partners like SITAONAIR. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To discover SITAONAIR\u2019s AIRCOM\u00ae FlightTracker, check out our\nvideos and webinar; discover how you can achieve real-time flight tracking with\nspace-based ADS-B data; download our whitepaper; or explore www.sitaonair.aero<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Azul Linhas A\u00e9reas has become the first airline in the Americas to exceed modern flight tracking safety standards by embracing truly global, real-time flight tracking capabilities onboard aircraft, with SITAONAIR\u2019s AIRCOM\u00ae FlightTracker. The Brazilian low-cost carrier has upgraded to SITAONAIR\u2019s advanced FlightTracker option, which integrates AireonSM space-based Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) data from FlightAware\u00ae. This […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[114],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-international-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12455","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12455"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12455\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12457,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12455\/revisions\/12457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}