Avdata biz to reach $2.2B
PMI Media predicts that expenditures on aeronautical information system (AIS) and aeronautical information management (AIM) equipment and services will rea

PMI Media predicts that expenditures on aeronautical information system (AIS) and aeronautical information management (AIM) equipment and services will reach $2.2 billion between 2009 and 2018. The UK-based aviation market research company said the market will be driven by a rapid growth in data required per flight to support performance-based navigation and aircraft optimization operations.

The availability of new standards and technologies will allow for increasing exchange of data across stakeholders, but will blur the lines between state and commercial providers, managers and distributors of aeronautical information, according to PMI Media.