Airlines
Malaysia Airlines First To Sign Onto Space-based Flight Tracking
Contract comes three years after loss of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370

Malaysia Airlines has become the first customer for a space-based flight tracking system developed under a partnership among Sitaonair, Aerion and FlightAware, the companies announced Tuesday. Under the agreement, all Malaysia Airlines aircraft will gain access to minute-by-minute global flight tracking data delivered by Sitaonair’s Aircom FlightTracker. The deal comes some three years after the loss of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, pieces of which have washed ashore at various points on or near Africa’s east coast. However, search teams have failed to find the hull at its assumed resting place at the bottom of the Indian Ocean.