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Flying By Numbers: This GE Software Will Help Emirates Pilots Fly Smarter

Maggie Sieger
January 16, 2020
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Pilots for Emirates, the Dubai-based air carrier, have always flown straight. Now they’re going to fly “smart,” too: Emirates is adopting a GE Aviation data and analytics platform that will allow airline analysts and pilots to understand how their planes are operating with a high degree of precision, accuracy and automation.

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Aerospace

Digging Deep, Flying High: The Airline Of The Future Will Run On Big Data

Dorothy Pomerantz
February 18, 2019

Before boarding a flight, a passenger will likely use their phone to show their ticket, send some last-minute emails and maybe even download a movie for the trip. We take it for granted that digital technology, everywhere we go, is making our lives infinitely easier.

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Aerospace

The Sky’s Best Buddy Act: GE Aviation And Qantas Capture The Pulse Of Aviation With Digital Data

Amy Kover
February 18, 2019

GE Aviation and Qantas have a great buddy act going.

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Aerospace

Digital Air 101: Turning 10 Billion Data Points Into One Super-Efficient Airline

Amy Kover
March 13, 2018

AirAsia, one of the world’s fastest-growing airlines, is all about trendsetting. By introducing affordable air travel to Asia in 2001, its co-founder and group CEO Anthony “Tony” Fernandes morphed a little-known airline with two aircraft into one that commands a fleet of more than 200 and an army of more than 20,000 employees, and carried more than 70 million passengers last year alone.

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A world-first app for Qantas pilots

Jane Nicholls
October 29, 2017
Aviation is arguably the most advanced of all data-driven industries, collecting terabytes of data from the thousands of aircraft circling the globe and carefully organising and constantly analysing it in the pursuit of safety and efficiency.
Big data reveals insights to drive the Industrial Internet, but small data has impressive powers of persuasion, too.
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This Big-Data Firm Wants To Stop Flight Delays And Other Maddening Airline Problems

Maggie Sieger
October 25, 2017
The scene plays out on Oct. 15 at New York’s LaGuardia Airport, dull, annoying and all too routine. A gate agent announces the flight to St. Louis will be delayed. The crew has to summon a new plane because of a failed part. The passengers groan resignedly. Finally, 90 minutes later, the departure.
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When A Qantas Pilot Asks, "Am I Making A Difference?" FlightPulse Has An Answer

Amy Kover
September 20, 2017
Like many large companies, Qantas, the Australian national carrier, has been looking for ways to become more sustainable. The airline has been introducing new lightweight freight containers to cut fuel consumption, investing in electric-powered ground vehicles, and replacing lighting in all of its operational areas with energy-efficient LEDs. But when it wanted to cut its carbon footprint even more, the solution came in large part from one of the airline’s most treasured assets: its pilots.
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