ARINC Joins RAA, Hoping To Improve Communications With The Big
Boys
ARINC Incorporated has expanded the range of services it offers
US airlines and is seeking to establish closer relationships with
domestic regional carriers. The company has been named to the
2003-2004 Associate Member Council of the Regional Airline
Association, and plans to assume a higher profile at industry
forums and conferences.
"We are glad to fill the role of a communications provider on
the Council," stated Karla Cadden, ARINC Marketing Director, who
represents the company on the Council. "We expect to be able to
offer the industry substantial perspective on many communications
developments, as well as a range of new services."
ARINC is known for
carrying most of the air operational communications in North
America on its voice and ACARS networks. But the company has
recently expanded its portfolio with ground-to-ground business
networking, aircraft maintenance services, and new digital
communications capabilities.
ARINC now offers regional airlines a broad range of maintenance,
inspection, modification, and instrument services at its Colorado
Springs, CO, Aircraft Service Center. ARINC recently expanded the
Center and has just contracted with Mesa Air Group to provide
scheduled overnight maintenance and inspection services there. The
company can also perform maintenance at customer sites.
ARINC's AviNet capability offers ground-to-ground business
networking for the airlines and their business partners, handling
the diversity of protocols and legacy requirements common in the
industry, as well as carrying advanced IP applications.
Digital communications has changed rapidly, as airframe makers
have begun delivering avionics with VDL digital capability as
standard equipment. ARINC recently completed a buildout of 178 VDL
Mode 2 ground stations in North America, and growing regional
fleets now have an opportunity to migrate from analog data to
digital. ARINC will be working in concert with manufacturers, and
assisting regional carriers with new services. Operators of
regional fleets and large business fleets are starting to embrace
digital communications for the operating efficiencies and improved
types of information management it can offer.
"We will do everything we can to assist carriers who want to
move toward digital services," Cadden continued. "ARINC's
implementation team will support all facets of the program, from
the avionics to the ground host."