General public and civil aviation support tools

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Post date June 21, 2022
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General public and civil aviation support tools

The importance of concept for the general public

General public benefits from safety and knowing what is truly going on in the skies. With the consideration that the aircraft movements are currently gathered from a mix of ADS-B data, as well as minor information on the flight numbers and airline obtained schedules, we can understand that there are proxies that do not allow all aircraft tracking (eg. charter flights). On the other hand, because this is supposed to be a trustless system, a clear goal of flight safety is also present. Especially having in mind that this system is not intended to send any data to the aircraft, but to gather as much downlink data as possible, and check and confirm, the general public, and more precisely, air traffic and civil aviation authorities should have a source of reliable data to improve safety.

Our next steps – what does Aviolog team bring to the community

In 2021-2022, we’ve made extensive field trials in 5 countries. Next steps are to mass the presence of our devices around the globe. By Q4/2023 we plan to cover around 50% of European air traffic, Mediterranean and Middle East airports. We’ve designed a custom device that will allow feeders to have extremely simple device setup. Radio receiver covering more than 15 radio channels was carefully designed with the following goals in mind:

An easy-going device installation (minimal cables, single antenna)
Standalone operation (built-in computer and Wi-Fi)
Carefully designed receiver to provide excellent radio coverage
Very Low power consumption (equivalent to LED bulb) and noiseless (0dB)

Feeders just need to plug-in their AK-RX device, which is the size of a smaller router, and connect it to their Wi-Fi network. Positioning of the device and the antenna is of the utmost importance both for our system and for feeder’s future benefits. So if you’re considering becoming a feeder, the more the data, the better chances for minting a coin. Therefore, feeders should consider antenna positioning in the vicinity of the runway, along the runway direction – aligning with the actual A/C Flight Path during Approach / Take-Off.

Accelerating to the flight

The market at this time is stabilizing in many parts of the world. Consequently, first interests in products that come off our platform started from several airlines. Nearing the first hardware production, we are also close to finalizing the platform, and being market ready.

The near term will see our team going out to customers with initial interest in order to present the platform. The interest needs to be taken now to the next level whereby some services which are already available should be monetized, be that direct use of platform components or an API for legacy systems.

Acceleration continues with different industry venues, and the platform needs to be presented to the public, and non direct contacts in order to mass the awareness and tune the offering.

On another front, the internet will be used to get more traction from interested feeder communities, such as plane spotters, radio amateurs, people wanting to know what is going on in the skies. Part of the revenue will be coming from website ads that basic users get, but also subscription plans that people want to get more information, and no ads will pay for.

Phone apps are also considered in the next 9 months to be ready for iOS and Android.

We invite all interested parties, especially the ones close to or on the airport and willing to position the antenna to an unobstructed view towards runways, to reach out to us.

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Lessors/banks tools

Lessors – improve asset value and overall control of an aircraft

Today’s practices

Aircraft health monitoring is subject to several standard ways of determining it:

Maintenance documentation coming from various checks, or
Through OEM platforms which allow monitoring trends within a certain time frame.

For the latter, it is required that an airline has a contract with a communication service provider, or that it regularly downloads data from the aircraft to feed it to a stand-alone system (not a common practice anymore). It is also dependent on manual labor from the airline technical clerks to get this data over to the owners.

Check of agreed operations in lease contracts are therefore dependent on either log books, aircraft tracking platforms subscriptions or similar things. There is no quick way of determining if daily activities match agreed ones.

However, an aircraft can operate certain patterns more than another, we witnessed recently that during pandemic newer aircraft were predominantly used in order to grasp the benefits of guarantees and warranty. Due to lockdowns, their contractual patterns were probably significantly skewed flying to one region more than other.

Some gaps named

Such limited awareness of the aircraft use, several potential problems can be seen:

Asset status cannot be confirmed live
Calculations are dependent on the information coming out from the lessee – laborious and sometimes delayed tasks which cause potential for the next lease contract takes time to negotiate and prepare
Cannot market an aircraft with live data close to the end of the lease
Cannot quickly determine aircraft/engine/APU status

**Engine pressure ratio/exhaust gases temperature measure**

Aviolog as the solution

Through a crowdsourced system covering ACARS and ADS-B messages, as an owner of a certain asset, a leasing company can get data and health of their aircraft. A system capturing technical and operations data and organizing the analytics in a sensible way. It is there to assist in making good decisions and build knowledge on how an asset is used, giving straightforward option to:

Check actual accrual of flown aircraft hours and cycles
Confirm life limited parts life straight from the actual flown cycles
Control your engine, APU performances on weekly, monthly basis
Monitor engine derates straight from the aircraft
Confirm route paterns for each MSN coincide with the ones defined in the contract (harsh environment, India, China, CIS routes…)
Know which major components are built on the aircraft within certain timeframe directly from the aircraft (engine serial number, APU serial number)
Easy and precise calculation of Time Between Overhaul / restoration / major inspection / scheduled MTX event
Consensus agreement confirmed and blockchain hashed data for nearly eternal record keeping

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Ground handling analytics and tools

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Post date June 21, 2022
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Ground handling analytics and tools

Ground handling operators

Aviolog is giving real time information on traffic amongst many other valuable aviation data. In order to perform its functions, ground handling agents have a number of sources, and in either its own interface or through APIs, facilitation of ground handling activities is far more straightforward and live. Activities such as resources management for the actual inbound-outbound situation on a particular airport can be done to perform activities using the right amount of resources as required for the given service level expectancy.

Baggage Handling
Marshalling
Parking
Cooling and Heating
Loading and unloading
Starting
Safety measures
Moving of aircraft
Exterior cleaning
Interior cleaning
Toilet service
Catering ramp handling
De-icing / anti-icing services and snow/ice removal

Aviolog does not claim to reduce the number of unexpected delays that can occur during the turn round of an aircraft. Aircraft will still develop technical problems, passengers will be lost in the restaurants and shops, and other unexpected delays will still transpire. Ground Handling companies, being at the sharp-end of the ground operation, are best placed to disseminate the progress of an aircraft turn round amongst all partners.

Aviolog can assist the decision-making process with Ground Handlers by dissemination of real-time messages, i.e. Variable Taxi time Calculations which aim to improve adherence to scheduling with the introduction of realistic taxi times.

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Urban air mobility future capability

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Post date June 21, 2022
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Urban air mobility future capability

The increasing importance of aviation data in the age of urban air mobility

With the increase of drone usage, we feel that there is a gap of where they fly, how to control their movements, locations, know their airworthiness etc. These unmanned air vehicles flying above our heads, literally, are supporting our daily life with some nice features, like crop control, delivery of important equipment where it is needed, such as defibrillators etc. However, they can also be a great pest to our privacy, safety and security.

The importance of our system to the industry, but also to the general public, increases daily whereby there is a need to monitor movements and constant technical airworthiness of drones to the general public.

The increase of the amount of flying over the past decades, reduced vertical separations, removal of traditional airways and routes, platforms-aircraft that allow better or more precise control and monitoring through higher data communication throughput and urban air mobility that at this time is completely unsaturated by traditional means. With that increase in traffic complexity, in the light of aviation safety, public awareness and consequential improvement of overall airspace usage, procedures, environmental impacts etc, we find that current means are not enough, and have sizable room for improvement.

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Airline tools

Airlines – increase effectiveness, improve business and customer satisfaction

Services for Airlines

There are numerous cash outflows from an airline bundled with the use of live data. To name a few:

Communication service providers CSPs, where the VHF data transfer is charged per data flow, not the band as we are normally used to in daily use of the Internet
Aircraft monitoring platforms, charged per aircraft
Route planning, normally subscription based platforms
Weather services – often bought together with CSP services or similar
Fuel consumption monitoring, subscription based platforms
Engine and APU monitoring, subscription based or attached with the overhaul contracts
Crew Management software, subscription based

Companies buying direct aircraft from OEMs have some of these services directly at no cost, as long as they provide a way to get data from aircraft through usually communication service provider data. Just the data per one standard single isle aircraft costs are between 1000-2000 USD per month, including of technical and operational data flow. Newer aircraft with far more data have significantly higher costs. Added to other services, the data can easily go to the level of 15.000-20.000 USD per month for an aircraft.

Our platform allows not only significantly more data downstream, but also all health monitoring, operational reporting, weather info – and more!
Data transformed to knowledge in industry standard technical, operational and other reports an airline needs

What would be the ideal airline downstream system?

An easy answer would be a single system that articulates all functions of an airline. And a very wrong answer. Current fragmentation of different platforms is required due to:

Requirements of actual job functions,
Different civil aviation legislative demands,
Different company business models,
Legal and accounting requirements
Trainings etc.

Answering that there is one ideal system which fits all is not possible. Not a single system can match technical requirements and accounting, for example, when we add different legal systems of each country to the equation. With that in mind, Aviolog’s flexibility to provide parts of the needed information through APIs giving live info where it needs to be (within certain other legacy systems) and making our platform extremely versatile. It also is far more reliable, as the data we gather goes through consensus agreements, whereby each message is confirmed, stored and its hash is saved in a blockchain, making it a thrustless, untamperable system.

What do we offer?

Post flight reports (PFR)– have MCC react immediately based on real information from the aircraft
Current flight report (CFRs)
Engine, APU, load reports – be aware when to remove engines, prior to failure
Real time faults (subject to the route coverage) – prepare the maintenance
Real time warnings (subject to the route coverage)
Aircraft tracking – mandated by ICAO on each 10mins
Delays monitoring
OOOI messages – manage crew duty times
METAR data – prepare flights according to real current information
GRF Global Condition Reporting Data on Runway conditions / Actual Operational data (RWY in use, restrictions,etc.) thru ATIS
Airport data
Weather PIREPs (subject to the route coverage) – passenger comfort and flight levels/airpaths avoidance based on available weather PIREPs enroute
MRO Maintenance organization can use above listed parameters to assess the A/C condition

Application Programming Interface – APIs for different direct data input into current systems (AMOS, RAL, CESAR, etc). With this option, each company can choose which data they want on which platform. It is certainly not an easy task to switch from one platform to another, and sometimes there is no need due to the depth of existing systems. Our system allows APIs for adding the missing puzzle to your existing platforms, as long as your current system providers allow APIs to their platforms.

Soon to come benefits

Fuel burn reports, ranging from Fuel Degradation Factor application to Fuel Uplift data
Congestion reports
Route deviations – planned data from the flight plan comparison against the actual flight obtained thru ACARS/ADS-B messages, along with deviation Alert function, as set up by the Users
Enjoy benefits of earning tokens that are tradable on crypto exchanges when getting a receiver and joining consensus agreements
Finance & Network Planning – with control and verification of various invoices, fuel uplift figures…
Flight Operations Analytics – saving initiatives and their effectiveness, block hour calculations, Cost Index / Speed feedback and fine tunning…

Real time faults and warnings sample – Aviolog platform

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My training

My training page

Video tutorials

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About

Aviolog – flying sensibly!

Aviation is one of the most regulated and monitored global industries, primarily focused on safety. Aviation strives for efficiency by being more connected and elastic to quick changes in the global economic and political situation. Airlines, aircraft owners, maintenance facilities, banks, travel agencies, are significantly investing in improving the awareness about commercial aviation, passengers, cargo, routes, fuel, maintenance procedures etc. Aviolog provides analytics of real time actual situations in the sky, but also to be used in pre-operations and post-operations phases.

Aviolog.com is the new aviation analytics and communication platform for airband based on secure crowdsourcing of the important ADS-B/C and ACARS messages, offering mechanisms for their validation and making these records protected and immutable. By doing so, the data coming out of such structure becomes the most reliable and trustless source of aviation information by enabling:

Flight data reception and aggregation,
Securing privacy and confidentiality
Data immutability and integrity including proof-of-location
Allowing the data owners unlimited downstream communication, and public and more accurate information on the air-traffic

Aviolog – crowdsourced, consensus checked and immutable data

Modern aircraft have a number of ways to transmit precious data, over VHF, HF or SatCom using Datalink Service Providers. The position and low level information messages are sent using transponder capabilities and whatever fits ADS-B capabilities, whereby information is usually gathered from crowdsourcing platforms. Aviolog receives both spectrums using dedicated devices, confirms and locks data in immutable ledger to blockchain, making it tamper proof. When data is received, we parse it to meet needs of the client into our interface, or deliver the parsed data as application programming interface (API) to clients existing systems.

Our receiver

Our low energy device with a custom built antenna suitable for office installation can receive all ACARS and ADS-B data coming out of an aircraft, and be decoded on a dedicated protected web service. In case more devices from the same area receive the same message, a consensus can be made on the content to confirm its validity. The service can provide information back to the user either real time or as a daily/weekly digest, depending on requirements of your fleet. Most importantly, data reception from the aircraft is made with no additional cost to Communication Service Providers or burden to maintenance staff.

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General information and recommendations

Aviolog device is a high-quality receiver with a single built antenna suitable for office or outside installation. It’s built on Mode-S technology specially developed for the receiving and decoding ADS-B and ACARS messages coming out of an aircraft. The unit has been EMC tested and approved by certified laboratory so it can be hosted on the public places such as airports.

The Aviolog kit consists of:

1. Aviolog device (indoor use only!).
2. Power adapter – AC power input 100-240 V AC 50/60Hz, +5.1V DC output.
3. Airband antenna (indoor/outdoor use) and antenna mounting kit.
4. Coax cable (indoor/outdoor use, L = 5m, N-type connectors).
5. Wi-Fi antenna (already attached to the AVIOLOG device, 50mm length).

Dimensions

Device: 116x116x40 mm, weight 580g
Multiband airband antenna: 600mm, weight 200g
Low loss RF cable, length 5m, weight 380g

Operating requirements

Power: 2.5A DC, 5.1V adapter
Operating environmental temperature: Room temperature (0°C-40°C)
2.4 GHz Wi-Fi connection

Operation information

Noiseless
Power consumption: ~5W
Internet consumption: ~1kbps

Installation instructions

STEP 1: Find a permanent location of your Aviolog device that will maximize the reception of messages but also allow stable, non-interrupted Wi-Fi connectivity. Aviolog device is intended for indoor use only. Connect the small Wi-Fi antenna to the device vertically up. To improve Internet link, orient the side of the Wi-Fi antenna toward your Wi-Fi router.

STEP 2: Install the Airband antenna outdoors. Try to find place with as much of a sky view in all directions as possible, ideally without any obstacles when looking toward the nearest airport or regular flight routes. Airband antenna may be also attached directly to Aviolog device. Use this option only if you cannot place Airband antenna outdoors. Indoor Airband antenna installation significantly reduces quality of signal reception.

STEP 3: It is recommended to use Coaxial cable and antenna mounting kit to install your Airband antenna outdoors, so for outdoor installing connect Aviolog device with the Airband antenna using the Coax cable.

STEP 4: Power-up the device connecting the Power adapter with micro-USB connector to the Aviolog device. After connecting, the small green LED below the micro-USB connector should be on.

STEP 5: Connect your Aviolog device to the internet via Wi-Fi network. In this purpose you will need your smartphone (Android/iOS) or a computer with a Wi-Fi to help device fetch your Wi-Fi router connection. For detailed explanation please read the Installation manual clicking on the below button.

Installation guide

Get benefits for feeding commercial aviation data!

All feeders play a significant role in the safety of the air traffic, as our policy is that each civil aviation authority around the globe should have full historical access to true data in their area of jurisdiction.
We are the only flight tracking platform that offers the possibility of getting the digital currency incentives for installing the device and feeding data to the Aviolog system. All feeders are entitled to certain token benefits depending on feed status! When a feeder has installed the device at his premises, he is eligible to earn from the data he fed to the system! The more confirmed data a feeder submits to the system, the more the benefit.
We provide you full access to the flight monitoring platform which is otherwise limited to certain information alone! Get the most accurate information on flights without advertisements, with aircraft details, weather information and layers, METAR data, airport data, delays and cancellations, additional prolonged period of 2 years flight playbacks, and much much more.

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Data Analytics Reports

Payment

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Airport tools

Airport management made easy

Operations Center of an airport may consider using our real time information to channel resources in the best possible way. Our system covering location messages together with ACARS messages will be allowing in Airport management module following:

Real time resource management:

Real time management of aircraft stand / Gate allocation
Changes in stands / gates due to delays, unavailability, rotation changes, malfunctions or special Airline requests
Monitor tarmac movements when transponder is on
Monitor airlines moves and patterns analytics
Analyze capacities, passenger flows, cargo flow etc in real time
Analyze and benchmark airport operations
Analyze and improve ground handling operations
Use our tools as your marketing analytical support in attracting more airlines, tour operators, shops etc to your airport
Towing requirements

Real time management of check in counter allocation:

Changes in check-in counters due to delays, unavailability, malfunctions of Centralized Infrastructure or special requests
Be constantly aware of the current traffic situation, passenger loads and handling progress.
Monitor and react to changes in flight timings, aircraft changes by adjusting the resource allocation real-time.

Resource allocation planning/preparation:

Planning of stand, gates, aircraft ground handling, servicing etc. on more accurate basis
Increased efficiency of the turn-around process, including reduction in full-burn, optimization of gate-allocations and efficient use of resources.
Participation in Airport CDM – Collaborative Decision Making process by using AvioLog Data, from Parking Stand assignment, Taxi Time, to Return To Stand, REA Ready and other messages.

Data Control/Management:

Coordinate/notify the Airlines / ground handler, and other relevant agencies on flight changes in flight movement or details on canceled, diverted, ad-hoc flights or rerouted flights.
Coordinate with concerned authorities in case of full emergency, local stand by, and other accidents/incidents as per rules and regulations.

Aviolog provides Application Programming Interface – APIs for different direct data input into current systems. With this option, each airport operator can choose which data they want and on which legacy, already used platform. It is certainly not an easy task to switch from one platform to another, and sometimes there is no need due to the depth of existing systems, usage benefits etc. Our system allows APIs to add the missing puzzle to your existing platforms, as long as your current system providers allow APIs and can merge them onto their platforms.

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API

Key Features:

Customizable data that meet your needs
Compatibile with many programming languages
Pure code easy to integrate to client application
Multiple data formats and sources

Application Programming Interface – APIs for different direct data input into current systems (AMOS, RAL, CESAR, etc). With this option, each company can choose which data they want on which platform. It is certainly not an easy task to switch from one platform to another, and sometimes there is no need due to the depth of existing systems. Our system allows APIs to add the missing puzzle to your existing platforms, as long as your current system providers allow APIs to their platforms.

General public and civil aviation support tools

The importance of concept for the general public

Our next steps – what does Aviolog team bring to the community