Overview

FlyteComm's Aviation Division develops real-time flight intelligence solutions ideally suited for transportation, travel and media companies that depend on air transportation for their products and services.

In the US alone, corporations spend $160 billion annually on air transportation. Unpredictable departures and arrivals have created a strong business need for real-time flight intelligence. Flight delays, for example, create a ripple effect through a whole ecosystem of interdependent businesses. Whether moving cargo or people, delays are expensive.

FlyteComm uses dozens of data sources and applies sophisticated proprietary algorithms to produce reality-based real-time solutions.


Aviation Division Products

FlyteSource™ Real-time data feed for development environments
FlyteTrax III™ Powerful real-time flight monitoring tool
WebTrax™ Adds flight tracking capabilities to a website


History

FlyteComm has a wealth of experience and a rich history of innovation. The company was founded by former FAA employees who were intimately involved with the design and development of the FAA's Traffic Management System from which real-time aircraft data is obtained. The founders identified an emerging business need for accurate, real-time flight information from an independent source and set about creating solutions to provide it.

FlyteComm lead the creation of this new market of flight intelligence. In the past only commercial flight data was publicly available. The company spent 13 months securing the release of general aviation flight data by working directly with organizations that represent this facet of aviation to lobby the FAA. These organizations include the Aircraft Owners and Pilot’s Association, the National Business Aviation Association, the General Aviation Manufacturer’s Association, the National Air Transport Association, and the Helicopter Association International.

The company was responsible for many technical innovations. For example, FlyteComm defined security parameters to protect the security of general aviation and has lead the development of several subsequent programs to continue this security effort. FlyteComm also pioneered the use of data sources such as the Internet and satellite, data formats such as XML, was the first to offer a web based graphical and textual flight tracking capability, and continues to lead with innovative and industry-leading products. In 1995, FlyteComm introduced a Linux based FlyteTrax system that utilized the Internet for data communications. In 1996, as covered in the August issue of Air & Space Magazine, FlyteComm introduced WebTrax, the first web-based flight tracking system available anywhere.

Also unique to FlyteComm is a mission critical architecture provides extreme reliability and allows data to be served to any location with no interruptions. Multiple hosting locations are used along with a nationwide communication backbone, and redundant Sun Enterprise server hardware tied to an Oracle back-end system.

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