Just over three years since the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, the airline has signed an agreement calling for real-time, satellite-based tracking of its aircraft.
The agreement provides for all Malaysia Airlines aircraft to have access to flight tracking data delivered by SitaOnAir’s AIRCOM FlightTracker, with additional data from Aireon’s automatic dependent surveillance–broadcast (ADS-B) and FlightAware’s multiple sources around the world, according to the mid-April announcement of the agreement.
“By incorporating this data, Malaysia Airlines’ aircraft operations center will receive real-time position updates of its airborne fleet globally,” SitaOnAir said. “Aireon’s space-based ADS-B data will also resolve any existing data feed coverage gaps that remain, particularly over oceanic and remote airspace, where there is currently no surveillance.”
Capt. Izham Ismail, Malaysia Airlines’ chief operating officer, noted that real-time, worldwid…
