FBOs and Charter Operators: The Most Underserved Segment in Aviation Technology
Business aviation just posted its busiest year on record, 3.9 million departures in 2025, up 5% year-over-year and 36% above 2019 levels, according to WingX. Yet the software infrastructure underneath that growth looks nothing like what airlines and MROs have access to. Airlines run on decades of PSS and MRO-software investment; component and airframe MROs […]
FBO Software Buyer’s Guide: What Fixed-Base Operators Actually Need to Run the Ramp
FBO software is no longer a fuel log and a spreadsheet. A fixed-base operator (FBO) is the entity an airport authorizes to sell aeronautical services on its ramp, fuel, hangar and tie-down space, ground handling, and passenger amenities, and every one of those service lines now runs through software that has to talk to the […]
Crew Management Software: The 2026 Evaluation Framework for Airlines
The global aviation crew management software market is valued at roughly USD 3.4-4.0 billion in 2025 and is forecast to grow at a 6.2%-8.9% CAGR through 2033, according to multiple market research firms. That growth is not driven by novelty – it is driven by three converging pressures: tightening fatigue-risk regulation, disruption costs that compound […]
Aviation ERP Is Won or Lost on the Exceptions, Not the Feature List
Global MRO demand hit $136 billion in 2025 and is projected to reach about $193 billion by the end of the decade, according to Oliver Wyman’s Global Fleet and MRO Market Forecast 2026-2036. The limiting factor isn’t work volume but how many hours of certified labor a shop can convert into billable output, as mechanic […]
De-Risking ERP Rollouts in Aviation Maintenance: The Implementation Patterns That Separate Success From Failure
Most ERP projects in maintenance environments do not fail because the software is wrong. They fail because the rollout is treated as a technical event instead of an operational one. Discrete manufacturing, the segment MRO shopfloors most resemble, posts the highest ERP implementation failure rate of any industry studied, and the root causes are the […]
Aviation Software Adoption: The Business Blocker Costing Airlines, MROs and OEMs Billions
Aviation is spending more on technology than ever, yet much of the industry still relies on the fragmented, paper-heavy systems that defined the last two decades. Airline technology integration spend hit $27.4 billion in 2025 and is projected to reach $31.34 billion in 2026, a 14.4% jump in a single year, yet 42.8% of airlines […]
Agentic AI in Aviation: When Your Software Starts Making Decisions Without You
Aviation’s AI conversation has changed quickly. Through 2024 and 2025, most of the industry was talking about AI that advised: dashboards, predictions, and recommendations that still required a person to act. In 2026, the conversation is increasingly about AI that acts. Agentic AI systems can sense a disruption, choose a recovery plan, and carry it […]
The Data Airlines Already Own Is Their Biggest Untapped Marketing Asset
by Monica Badra, Founder & CEO, Aero NextGen Travel demand is at a record high, which is part of why the direct channel has become so challenging for airlines to acquire. The World Travel and Tourism Council forecasts the sector’s contribution to the global GDP hitting a record in 2025 at $11.7 trillion, with international visitor spending […]
Flight Operations Software for Airlines: The 2026 Buyer’s Guide to Dispatch, Crew, and IROPS Systems
US domestic on-time arrival performance slipped to 76.4% in 2025, from 78.1% in 2024 (USAFacts, citing DOT/BTS data). FAA-related air traffic control delays generated an estimated $10.9 billion in direct costs between 2015 and 2025, with airlines absorbing 84% of the total (IATA). Across the wider disruption ecosystem, analysts put the annual bill at $60 […]
Best Aircraft Maintenance Software for MROs: The 2026 Buyer’s Framework
MROs have plenty of aircraft maintenance software options. What they often lack is a practical way to evaluate those systems against their own workflow. The aviation MRO software market is forecast to grow from $7.15 billion in 2025 to $7.48 billion in 2026, on its way to $8.88 billion by 2030, a 4.6% compound annual […]