AIMS has long worked at the center of airline operations, where complexity steadily increases as networks expand, fleets evolve, and regulatory demands grow. Across the industry, airlines need to balance crew, aircraft, and schedules using a mix of specialized tools and manual processes. While these approaches have supported growth over time, they can make real-time coordination demanding when legality, availability, and passenger commitments must remain closely aligned. Established in 1983, the company has supported airline operations for more than four decades and has been deployed across 230 airlines worldwide, reflecting sustained relevance in live operating environments. “We have endured because AIMS functions as core operational infrastructure, proven in live airline environments where reliability, compliance and speed are not optional,” says Glen Bethanis, MD, Strategic Planning. AIMS operates as a fully integrated operational system built on a single shared database and flight schedule, serving as one source of truth across the airline. Crew planning and tracking, training, vacation management, aircraft scheduling, maintenance planning, aircraft movement control, and commercial planning all operate from the same real-time data foundation. With no duplication, data transfer, or reconciliation required, updates and decisions propagate instantly across departments. This unified approach enables operations teams to act faster, stay aligned, and make confident decisions based on consistent, accurate information throughout the operation. "That level of integration changes how airlines make decisions,” explains Bethanis. “When every department is working from the same operational reality, optimization becomes practical.” AIMS uses high-speed optimizers as the primary engine for efficiency, with AI and ML applied where practically appropriate. Schedules are constructed so all flights are covered, spare capacity remains available, and additional crew or aircraft are not required to absorb growth. In airlines with experienced flight operations teams, these optimizers deliver operating cost reductions of around three percent and savings of up to 15 percent in less automated environments. These efficiencies come from tighter utilization, faster planning cycles, and less structural inefficiencies without compressing crew margins.

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