Digital transformation in aviation

Increasingly, companies around the world have come to the realisation that the key to unleash the full potential of the aviation market is not only by embracing digital transformation, but also staying at the forefront of this evolution by offering breakthrough solutions based on new forms of digital technology. How do industry players benefit from digital transformation and what strategic challenges do they face in developing such innovative solutions?

The world of aviation, as a process-oriented industry, relies on gathering, interpreting, analysing and monetising data in order to drive the aviation business. For this purpose, the industry aims to make the best use of such innovations as automation, Data analytics, IoT, AI-enabled processes, mobility and blockchain. Technologydriven innovation and progressive thinking is the predominant theme at this year’s AIR Convention Europe. Speakers from Airbus,

TATA Communications, Pegasus Airlines and other companies examined how progressive technology solutions can increase operations efficiency, optimise decision-making and thus define the future of aviation.

In today’s digital age, the aviation industry is seeing a strong growth in the adoption of cloud-based applications and the use of Big Data. One example of this trend is Skywise open data platform developed by Airbus. Skywise integrates disparate data sources: allowing static, heterogeneous systems to become extracted, curated and actionable data. The service provides users with one cloud-based platform for aviation data that is accumulated and refined from multiple sources across the industry, including airline operators and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs).