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WinOps is proud to announce our new partnership with SolitAir as a new WinOps customer. We highly value the trust SolitAir has placed in WinOps, and we look forward to a long-term partnership where WinOps can contribute to the growth and success of SolitAir’s operations.

As SolitAir continues to expand its express cargo network, we are excited to support its teams with efficient, scalable, and operationally focused solutions. This collaboration reflects a shared commitment to innovation, reliability, and operational excellence in the air cargo industry, and we are excited about what we can achieve together.

About SolitAir
Headquartered at Dubai World Central (DWC), SolitAir continues to accelerate its regional and international expansion as the UAE’s dedicated B2B, Middle Mile, airport-to-airport, express cargo airline.

With a rapidly growing network across the Middle East, Africa, the Indian Subcontinent, CIS, China, and beyond, the airline is strengthening trade lanes that connect the Global South to the world.

SolitAir operates a 220,000 sq. ft. state-of-the-art cargo facility at Dubai World Central (DWC) with direct runway access and full custodial control, ensuring fast, secure, and high-volume cargo movement. Designed for efficiency and compliance, the facility enables seamless airside and landside operations.

Operating a modern fleet of Boeing 737-800 freighters, SolitAir is on track to expand from 7 to 20 aircraft by the end of 2026. While the original target was to connect 50 cities by 2026, SolitAir has already achieved 38 active routes today, underscoring the rapid pace of its network expansion. These include key hubs such as Hong Kong, Mumbai, Dhaka, Nairobi, Johannesburg, Istanbul, Riyadh, and Almaty.

About WinOps
WinOps is a global aviation technology company focused on simplifying and strengthening airline and operator operations through intelligent, purpose-built software.

Headquartered in Switzerland, with a dedicated Product Development hub in in Spain, WinOps combines Swiss precision with world-class engineering expertise. Our international footprint reflects how we think about aviation: global by nature, uncompromising on quality, and built for real operational complexity.

WinOps was created by aviation professionals who understand the realities of daily operations; fragmented systems, regulatory pressure, tight margins, and the need for real-time clarity. That insight drives everything we build. Our platform unifies flight operations, crew management, training, compliance, scheduling, and commercial workflows into one connected ecosystem, giving airlines a single source of operational truth.

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SkyNet Aviation is pleased to welcome our newest REACH Aero Next Gen customer – Solomon Airlines!

Solomon Airlines has selected the REACH NG as their centralised web-based OCC hub. Solomon Airlines will transition from multiple legacy, disconnected applications to the REACH Next gen platform for their scheduling, rostering, tracking, record keeping, and more.

The REACH Next Gen platform is being implemented under the guidance of Flight Operations Manager Capt. Mark Purdie and SkyNet Aviation General Manager Paul Chevalier.

Solomon Airlines selection of REACH Next Gen highlights the desire for small to medium sized airline fleets to modernise and centralise their OCC software for improvements in safety, efficiency, and capability.

SkyNet Aviation REACH Aero Next Gen offers total control over scheduling, rostering, real-time day-of-operations management, flight following, and seamless, two-way integrated Jeppesen Dispatch or ForeFlight.

OBE Solutions is proud to announce two significant milestones in its mission to transform flight operations documentation management.

In October 2025, the company launched CustoTool for Airbus Helicopters, followed by the signing of a strategic contract with Airbus Defence and Space in November, positioning OBE Solutions at the forefront of standards-based digital aviation documentation.

These partnerships position OBE Solutions as a pioneer in delivering end-to-end flight operations content management solutions built on the emerging ATA 2300 standard—from OEM authoring through to operator crew implementation.

OBE Solutions aims to support the complete documentation lifecycle. CustoTool, now deployed for Airbus Helicopters, enables operators to seamlessly import and customize OEM-provided data, create and update company manuals, manage document revisions and approvals, and maintain proactive compliance tracking through an intuitive interface. This innovative solution addresses a critical industry need: while Airbus Helicopters produces documentation in ATA 2300-native format, their operator customers required sophisticated tools to handle, customize, and maintain this next-generation data throughout its lifecycle.

The partnership highlights an industry shift toward adopting standards-based documentation management solutions that deliver measurable improvements in safety, compliance, and operational efficiency. Through close collaboration with leading aircraft manufacturers, OBE Solutions is building an integrated aviation documentation ecosystem that spans from OEM content creation to operator flight deck delivery.

As an active member of the ATA e-Business Program, OBE Solutions advocates for standards-based aviation documentation while ensuring practical interoperability. The company’s format converters integrate existing data and systems, enabling customers to adopt ATA 2300 solutions regardless of their current documentation formats.

Beyond operator-focused solutions, OBE Solutions is developing ProdTool, an OEM Component Content Management System (CCMS) designed to author envelope-level flight ops data in ATA 2300 format, further strengthening the end-to-end pipeline and ensuring consistency from source to cockpit. ProdTool provides advanced content reuse functionality, applicability management and fleet-based exports.

Airbus Helicopters’ and Airbus Defence and Space’s decisions to adopt ATA 2300 for their newer programs—and to select OBE Solutions as their implementation partner—underscore a pivotal industry trend. The ATA 2300 standard, developed collaboratively by and for the aviation industry over the past decade, represents the future of interoperable, aviation-grounded documentation management.

As the first company to deliver production-ready solutions based on ATA 2300, OBE Solutions empowers aviation organizations with next-generation documentation tools designed specifically for the industry’s evolving needs. Through its standards-based platform, OBE delivers new levels of efficiency, compliance, and operational agility across the complete flight operations documentation value chain.

Building on a relationship that began two decades ago, SpiceJet reinstates its continued trust in NAVBLUE’s N-Flight Planning (N-FP) and signs for N-Tracking and Navigation+, demonstrating a clear commitment to leveraging NAVBLUE’s time-tested solutions for their current operations.

Solutions for Optimization and Growth 

SpiceJet’s requirements were clear: a need for reliable flight planning and smooth scalability to support their fleet growth. NAVBLUE’s suite of solutions is perfectly suited to meet these needs:

• N-FP streamlines complex flight planning, offering manage-by-exception capabilities through systems integrations and automation, scalability and flexibility to support SpiceJet’s current and future operational requirements.
• N-Tracking empowers the dispatcher with real-time flight monitoring, situational awareness and enroute communications in a single application.
• Navigation + delivers customized, reliable and comprehensive aeronautical information to operate, support avionics safety functions, and increase situational awareness. 

A Trusted Collaboration

This renewed agreement reinforces NAVBLUE’s role as a key provider for airlines in India, supporting SpiceJet’s ambitious growth plans in the short term future.

SkyPath operates the world’s largest turbulence observation network, collecting 9 billion turbulence samples annually from equipped aircraft globally and growing. This comprehensive coverage draws from patented SkyPath observations, ADS-B-derived reports, EDR data, and PIREPs. Yet even with this extensive observational coverage, data voids exist – particularly at high altitudes, on uncommon routes, or during low-traffic periods.

This is the gap SkyPath Nowcasting was designed to close. Using state-of-the-art machine learning that combines observational data with meteorological parameters, it delivers predictive turbulence intelligence up to 12 hours ahead, with over 90% accuracy, ensuring complete coverage even where real-time reports are unavailable.

The Technology Behind the Prediction

The AI-based Nowcasting model is highly sophisticated, using hundreds of parameters to make its predictions. It draws on raw meteorological parameters from models such as Zeus AI, GFS, and HRRR, including wind shear, temperature, wind speed, and pressure. It also incorporates more complex factors such as topography, land cover, climate belts, and thermodynamic potentials.

Importantly, the model covers all types of turbulence and causes, including:

• Clear Air Turbulence (CAT)
• Convective turbulence
• Jet streams
• Synoptic fronts
• Mechanical turbulence (such as mountain waves)

SkyPath utilizes billions of data points to validate and continuously enhance its model. The model also predicts smooth conditions, displayed in a route corridor along a flight’s path.

Where Nowcasting Shines

The Nowcasting prediction model is most valuable in specific scenarios where reported observational data is inherently limited:

1. High Altitudes At very high flight levels, fewer aircraft are actively reporting turbulence. Nowcasting fills this gap, providing reliable turbulence intelligence where observational data is naturally sparse.

2. Uncommon Routes Flights over less-traveled routes, such as transoceanic paths or new domestic routes, often have limited observational data history. Nowcasting ensures comprehensive turbulence awareness, even on these uncommon routes, by leveraging meteorological parameters and predictive modeling.

3. Early Morning Hours During certain times of the day, particularly early morning, there may be lower volumes of commercial air traffic, leading to fewer real-time turbulence observations. The prediction model is invaluable during these hours, offering reliable intelligence when observational crowdsourcing is at its lowest.

‍While ADS-B data offers valuable real-time observations, Nowcasting goes beyond by actively predicting turbulence in areas, times, and altitudes where reported data is limited. Together, they create a single, comprehensive ride-quality data layer.

By integrating this sophisticated prediction model, SkyPath provides complete and robust turbulence coverage, making air travel safer and more predictable, regardless of the time of day, altitude, or route.

Ready to see how SkyPath Nowcasting can enhance your flight operations? Schedule a demo today.

SkyPath is designed to work standalone – just your iPad. For most flights, that’s all you need. But we know certain cockpits present GPS challenges. The 787’s window shielding, some business aviation configurations, electronic interference – these can degrade iPad GPS reception.

Position accuracy matters for SkyPath. It’s how we display ownship, send turbulence notifications based on your location and altitude, and ensure your reports reach the network with correct coordinates.

So we built redundancy.

Multiple Position Sources, One Seamless Experience

SkyPath now connects to multiple location sources beyond iPad GPS:

Aircraft systems – Direct integration with FOMAX, Gogo, SATCOM Direct, and Starlink. When available, we pull the same avionics-grade position data your flight systems use.

Automatic positioning via WiFi – When connected to onboard WiFi, SkyPath can determine your aircraft’s position automatically. No input required – your ownship simply appears.

No configuration. No pilot action. The app detects available sources automatically and uses the best one. You won’t notice the switch – everything just works.

Why This Matters

For most operations, iPad GPS is perfectly reliable. But for aircraft where cockpit design or connectivity conditions affect GPS reception, SkyPath now maintains full capability:

• Ownship display – always accurate
• Turbulence notifications – based on real position and altitude
• Reporting – your observations reach the network with correct location

For airlines with connected aircraft infrastructure (Starlink, Gogo, FOMAX, SATCOM Direct), this extends the value of what you’ve already deployed. No new hardware. No workflow changes.

Built for Every Environment

SkyPath works standalone by design – that’s a strength. But reliability across all aircraft types and configurations matters. With aircraft location services and automatic WiFi positioning, SkyPath delivers consistent turbulence awareness regardless of cockpit environment.

SITA’s new Advance Flight Delay Notification API gives airports and airlines earlier visibility to reduce knock-on disruption

When arrival airports learn about flight delays too late, the cost is felt far beyond the schedule. Ground teams may wait unnecessarily, gates may sit blocked, crews may run out of legal duty time and passengers can miss connections, driving avoidable expense, frustration and potential reputational damage. As traffic volumes rise and recovery margins shrink, SITA has launched Advance Flight Delay Notification API to give airlines and airports earlier visibility of potential delays, allowing teams to act sooner and limit disruption before it escalates.

The financial impact of late intervention is already significant. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) estimates that air traffic flow management delays in Europe alone have cost airlines and passengers €16.1 billion over the past decade. Much of this cost is not caused by the delay itself, but by the lack of timely information needed to adjust plans, reassign resources and protect onward schedules before disruption spreads.

SITA’s Advance Flight Delay Notification API is designed to close that gap. The solution uses the most up-to-date departure information, combined with business logic based on expected flight duration, to anticipate potential delays and automatically inform destination airports. It delivers automated early warnings and real-time updates on delayed or potentially disrupted flights directly to destination airports. This can give airline and airport arrival teams the time they need to adapt operational plans earlier, reducing knock-on effects across aircraft turnarounds, crew planning, gate allocation and passenger connections.

“Most disruption isn’t caused by the delay itself, but by how late it becomes visible to the teams expected to manage it,” said Martin Smillie, Senior Vice President, Communications and Data Exchange at SITA. “Across the industry, arrival airports are still forced to react rather than intervene. Advance Flight Delay Notification API shifts that model by giving earlier, reliable signals, so operational decisions are made with time, not under pressure, and the impact on passengers, costs and airline network performance is reduced.”

The solution provides centralized alerts and push notifications to key stakeholders at arrival airports, supporting clearer coordination and more effective resource planning. Aircraft service teams, ground handlers and onward crews gain early insight into inbound disruption, helping avoid idle time, last-minute changes and unnecessary strain on already constrained operations.

Delivered through secure, encrypted HTTP connections, Advance Flight Delay Notification API removes the need for repeated schedule requests and manual updates. Automated alerts notify passengers when a flight is expected to depart 15 minutes later than its original scheduled time, giving teams valuable lead time to adjust passenger processing, aircraft servicing and onward flight plans.

Advance Flight Delay Notification API is offered as a subscription service and forms part of SITA’s wider flight information API portfolio, allowing airlines and airports to securely share accurate, real-time operational data with trusted partners across the air transport ecosystem.

For more information about SITA’s Advance Flight Delay Notification, please click here.

• Eurowings is the first airline to implement the new NetLine/Crew Pairing Application from Lufthansa Systems
• The cloud-native application combines advanced optimization, scenario evaluation, and an intuitive UI to improve crew pairing quality
• Joint development and early user feedback shaped the solution’s intuitive design and functionality

Raunheim, 25^th November 2025. Eurowings is the first airline to implement the newly released NetLine/Crew Pairing Application from Lufthansa Systems. As the launching customer, Eurowings is pioneering the deployment of a newly developed, optimizer-based solution for efficient and flexible crew planning. Already using the full NetLine and Lido product suites from Lufthansa Systems, the implementation of NetLine/Crew Pairing Application became a natural next step in Eurowings’ digital planning strategy.

With the integrated optimizer, Eurowings aims to improve crew rotation efficiency and reduce overall planning complexity — addressing one of the most cost-intensive areas in airline operations. The application enables a fast return on investment by combining advanced optimization technology with an intuitive interface. It allows crew planning teams to run multiple pairing evaluations in parallel, comparing results side by side to find the best solution. Comprehensive reporting features, including charts and KPIs, support data-driven decisions and improve transparency across planning teams.

“In an increasingly competitive and cost-sensitive airline industry, innovating and strengthening the planning process is not just a strategic choice — it’s a necessity for stronger operational management. We are proud to take this important step together with Eurowings. Their early involvement has been key to shaping this solution,” said Jan-Peter Gaense, Senior Vice President NetLine and SIRAX at Lufthansa Systems. “This launch also marks the beginning of a new generation of NetLine/Crew — smarter, more user-centric, and ready to meet the operational challenges of tomorrow.”

To support early adoption, Eurowings and Lufthansa Systems jointly developed a click-and-feel environment that allowed users to explore the interface and provide input from the earliest project phases. As the first renewed component of the NetLine/Crew suite, the application reflects the commitment of Lufthansa Systems to deliver cloud-native, optimizer-driven aviation IT solutions through close collaboration with their customers.

About Eurowings
Eurowings is the value airline of the Lufthansa Group and thus part of Europe’s largest airline group. With its clear positioning as Europe’s value carrier for leisure and business travelers, Eurowings clearly distinguishes itself from the ultra-low-cost carrier segment, allowing its customers to fly affordably and flexibly with numerous booking options and extras as well as customer-friendly services. With its value concept, the German airline is responding to the core needs of today’s air travelers: even greater flexibility, comfort and sustainability. Eurowings offers direct flights to around 150 destinations within Europe. With 13 international bases – including Mallorca as Europe’s number one vacation island – the Lufthansa subsidiary is one of the largest leisure airlines in Europe. It currently has a fleet of around 100 aircraft and employs 5,500 people.

About Lufthansa Systems
Lufthansa Systems GmbH, the leading airline IT provider, has been shaping the future of digital aviation for 30 years. Helping airlines unlock their full potential, the company combines profound industry know-how with advanced technological expertise. A subsidiary of the Lufthansa Group, the company offers its more than 350 customers worldwide a portfolio with often market-leading products that cover all airline business processes – on the flight deck, in the cabin, and on the ground. Lufthansa Systems is committed to improving its own environ­mental footprint and that of its airline customers of all sizes and business models. Headquartered in Raunheim near Frankfurt/Main, Germany, Lufthansa Systems employs around 3,000 people at its locations in 16 countries.
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• Vietnam Airlines trusts in a broad range of Lido solutions from Lufthansa Systems, including flight planning, navigation, and data solutions
• The Vietnamese national carrier boosts efficiency, improves situational awareness, optimizes navigation, and saves costs with these solutions
• This partnership allows Vietnam Airlines to get closer to its goal of becoming a
  5-star carrier

Raunheim, 13^th November 2025. Vietnam Airlines has implemented Lido Flight 4D from Lufthansa Systems as its new flight planning system. By using Lido Flight 4D, Vietnam Airlines reinforces its commitment to efficiency, safety, and an enhanced passenger experience, building on its successful integration of other Lufthansa Systems solutions, including Lido mPilot, Lido FMS, and Lido AMDB.

“This partnership signifies a major step forward in our journey towards becoming a 5-star carrier. In the ever-changing landscape of the airline industry, we stand out for our unwavering commitment to finding new and creative solutions. With the support from Lufthansa Systems, we are well-positioned to navigate the challenges and opportunities of the future, reinforcing our status as a premier airline in Asia and beyond,” explained To Ngoc Giang, Executive Vice President at Vietnam Airlines.

Expanding its use of the Lido Suite with the adoption of Lido Flight 4D, Vietnam Airlines further enhances its flight planning accuracy and improves its fuel efficiency, thereby reducing CO2 emissions. Furthermore, the solution helps optimize operational processes to achieve cost savings, leverages real-time data for dynamic route optimization and strengthens overall safety and reliability.

Lido Flight 4D is an advanced flight planning solution from Lufthansa Systems designed to optimize operational efficiency and safety. It calculates the most efficient routes by considering real-time data such as weather conditions, air traffic management restrictions, and cost factors like air traffic control (ATC) charges. The system offers flexible automation options, from fully interactive to fully automated workflows.

With the Lido navigation solutions in use, the Vietnamese carrier can rely on worldwide, certified navigational data, state-of-the-art navigation charts in a comprehensive mobile navigation solution, as well as a highly accurate and reliable airport mapping database. Additionally, they already rely on further Lufthansa Systems solutions for ground operations and commercial management.

“By incorporating Lido Flight 4D into its operations, Vietnam Airlines not only enhances its efficiency but also reaffirms its role as an industry leader dedicated to innovation and sustainability. We’re proud of this collaboration and are confident that our solution will make a significant contribution to optimizing their operational processes,” said David Parrish, Senior Vice President, Sales & Client Management Asia Pacific at Lufthansa Systems.

About Lufthansa Systems
Lufthansa Systems GmbH, the leading airline IT provider, has been shaping the future of digital aviation for 30 years. Helping airlines unlock their full potential, the company combines profound industry know-how with advanced technological expertise. A subsidiary of the Lufthansa Group, the company offers its more than 350 customers worldwide a portfolio with often market-leading products that cover all airline business processes – on the flight deck, in the cabin, and on the ground. Lufthansa Systems is committed to improving its own environ­mental footprint and that of its airline customers of all sizes and business models. Headquartered in Raunheim near Frankfurt/Main, Germany, Lufthansa Systems employs around 3,000 people at its locations in 16 countries.
www.LHsystems.com

Press Contact
Lufthansa Systems GmbH
Press Office
Mr. Ansgar Luebbehusen
Mrs. Ida Seibert
Tel.: +49 (0)69 696 90000
E-Mail: publicrelations@LHsystems.com

Airline’s worldwide rollout of SITA’s SD-WAN sets a new benchmark for aviation connectivity and performance

GENEVA – 13 November 2025 – Airlines today face the dual challenge of rising passenger volumes and increasingly complex digital operations. Legacy networks are stretched thin, making it harder to keep global outstations connected, secure, and resilient. To overcome these pressures, Qatar Airways, one of the world’s leading airlines, has rolled out SITA’s next-generation Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN) technology across its international outstations. The agreement marks the first large-scale SD-WAN deployment for a major global airline by SITA.

SD-WAN replaces rigid legacy networks with a flexible, software-based system that intelligently routes data across multiple connections, including MPLS, broadband and dedicated internet, and LTE/5G accesses, choosing the best path in real time. This means faster response times, fewer outages, and greater resilience for mission-critical airline systems that must work smoothly across hundreds of sites worldwide.

The rollout covered 350+ outstation sites and multiple data centers. It addresses long-standing issues with latency and bandwidth, making sure essential applications always get priority. For passengers, this translates into shorter waits, faster access to digital services, and a consistently connected and improved experience.

Cybersecurity is further strengthened too. The managed network uses multiple layers of protection to keep sensitive data safe and operations running smoothly. This includes secure channels for all data, strict access controls to ensure only the right people can connect, and a “zero-trust” approach that continuously verifies every user and device. Together, these safeguards reduce the risk of cyberattacks and give Qatar Airways the confidence that its global operations are protected end to end.

“Airlines everywhere are grappling with soaring traffic volumes, rising security threats, and the need to modernize creaking legacy infrastructure,” said Selim Bouri, President, Middle East & Africa at SITA. “SD-WAN is a game changer because it delivers the speed, resilience, and protection needed to keep operations running seamlessly at global scale. With Qatar Airways, we’re seeing a flagship example of how next-generation networks can unlock new levels of efficiency and customer experience across the industry.”

For Qatar Airways, the strategy is about more than connectivity. “We have always been committed to adopting innovations that strengthen our operations and elevate the passenger journey and experience,” said Suhail Kadri, Chief Information Officer at Qatar Airways. “Our collaboration with SITA reflects that vision. Together, we are building a network that supports our growth ambitions and sets a new standard for how airlines connect and operate worldwide.”

By adopting SITA’s SD-WAN, Qatar Airways is future-proofing its operations while setting a precedent for others to follow. Its hub-and-spoke network already links more than 172 destinations with 250 aircraft, and now its digital backbone is built to support seamless expansion and a truly connected passenger journey.

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About SITA 

SITA is the air transport industry’s tech engine, making travel safer, easier, and more sustainable for everyone. From the earliest days of commercial aviation to today’s digital frontiers, SITA has been there, connecting the industry and helping it evolve through every leap forward.

With around 2,500 customers, SITA technology supports over 1,000 airports and more than 19,600 aircraft worldwide. It also helps over 70 governments strike the balance between secure borders and seamless journeys. Behind the scenes, SITA bridges 45–50% of the industry’s data exchange, enabling a highly complex global network to operate smoothly and reliably, every step of the way.

SITA is transforming fast. From advanced self-service and operations control to airport design and digital borders, we’re shaping the next generation of travel through key acquisitions like Materna IPS, ASISTIM, and CCM. We’re also expanding beyond aviation with initiatives such as SmartSea, bringing our trusted technologies to cruise, rail, and urban air mobility.

This transformation is about more than new products. We’re investing in the right skills, tools, and partnerships to help the industry move with greater intelligence and agility, bringing together smart systems, seamless data, and sustainable innovation. Because as global travel surges, flow is everything.

As part of our bold climate strategy, SITA is cutting emissions by 4.2% each year and targeting net zero by 2050. Our science-based targets are validated by the SBTi, and our growing portfolio is helping customers reduce their own carbon footprints too.

Owned by the industry and driven by its needs, SITA operates in more than 200 countries and territories.

Find out more at www.sita.aero