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Fernando Poitevin and the art of making fewer promises
After 19 years at LATAM, Fernando Poitevin brought an airline operator’s discipline to Nowports. His two-year chapter at the freight company reveals a recurring concern: how to make a promise that the whole organization can keep.
The Aviation Software Company Trying to Retire the Fuel Slip
Air travel runs on jet fuel, but the information around that fuel has often travelled by paper, radio and re-keyed spreadsheet. i6 Group built a cloud platform for the handoffs - then turned an unpaid trial and a six-month rejection into a foothold at Heathrow.
Elliot Margul Built the Quiet Software Behind 5,000 Aircraft
He began in airline finance, where one maintenance decision could echo years into the future. Ten years later, the planning software he co-founded had become part of AAR's aviation technology portfolio.
How Aerostrat Turned a Maintenance-Planning Bottleneck Into a $15 Million Acquisition
Airlines still make expensive fleet decisions with planning tools that can buckle under real-world complexity. Aerostrat found the useful middle - software mature enough to trust, flexible enough to bend - and AAR paid $15 million upfront for it.
Springshot
Springshot is a San Francisco-based SaaS company that builds a cloud and mobile orchestration platform for airline and airport operations. It connects frontline ground crews, assets and systems in real time - turning raw operational data into structured 'missions' that streamline communication, automate task distribution, digitize compliance and deliver live analytics. Trusted by major global carriers and ground handlers across hundreds of airports, Springshot also extends into facilities, logistics, hospitality, stadiums and healthcare.