Azul adopts Aireon space-based ADS-B

Azul Linhas Aéreas has become the first airline in the Americas to adopt SITAONAIR’s AIRCOM FlightTracker. The Brazilian low-cost carrier has upgraded to SITAONAIR’s FlightTracker option, which integrates AireonSM space-based Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) data from FlightAware. This gives the airline enhanced awareness of the precise position, speed and altitude of its full airborne fleet, anywhere in the world. SITAONAIR has now activated its enhanced FlightTracker capabilities aboard Azul’s fleet of A320s and A330s, Embraer 190 and 195s and ATR 72-600s. This was completed in November 2018, ahead of the official launch of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)’s Global