VariFlight
Feeyo Technology Co. Ltd, (Chinese: 飞友科技有限公司), abbreviated as VariFlight, is a civil aviation digital technology enterprise established in 2005. Operating under the international brand VariFlight and the Mainland China brand Feichangzhun (Pinyin: Fēichángzhǔn), the company maintains its China headquarters in Hefei, Anhui Province, and its international headquarters in Singapore. It also operates branch offices in major hubs including Beijing, Shanghai, Nanjing, Chengdu, and Hong Kong. The company primarily provides flight status data services, airport operation management systems, passenger travel applications, and industry data analysis products and services.
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| Available in | English, Chinese, Russian |
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| Founded | 2005 |
| Headquarters | Hefei, Anhui, China |
| Key people | Hongfeng Zheng (CEO) |
| Industry | Civil Aviation Data, Aircraft Tracking |
| URL | www.variflight.com |
| Current status | Active |
Feeyo Technology Co. Ltd, (Chinese: 飞友科技有限公司), abbreviated as VariFlight, is a civil aviation digital technology enterprise established in 2005. Operating under the international brand VariFlight and the Mainland China brand Feichangzhun (Pinyin: Fēichángzhǔn), the company maintains its China headquarters in Hefei, Anhui Province, and its international headquarters in Singapore. It also operates branch offices in major hubs including Beijing, Shanghai, Nanjing, Chengdu, and Hong Kong. The company primarily provides flight status data services, airport operation management systems, passenger travel applications, and industry data analysis products and services[1].[2][3][4][5]
History
[edit]Formerly known as Hefei VariFlight Technology Co. Ltd, the company was founded in Hefei in 2005 by CEO Zheng Hongfeng. During its early stages, the firm primarily provided flight information services for Chinese enterprises and initiated research into flight status and delay-related data. [6]
2009: Attained 100% coverage of Chinese domestic flights and released the inaugural version of the VariFlight mobile application.From 2010: Expanded into the international flight data sector, eventually covering over 94% of global commercial flights.2011: Officially launched the passenger-facing flight management app "Feichangzhun" (VariFlight’s Chinese brand), providing flight tracking services for individual users. VariFlight started to cooperate with China's domestic airports on hubs' operation efficiency and punctuality improvement in 2014.[7]
In 2017, VariFlight launched strategic cooperation with ICAO. Both parties collaborated on organizing the First Asia Pacific Ministerial Conference on Civil Aviation, 2018.[8][9]
On 23 August 2019, VariFlight launched Airsavvi, a new brand dedicated to its travel data business for corporate clients.[10]
Data sources
[edit]The company uses the following sources to obtain flight status data and related information:[11]
- Air Traffic Control
- Airlines
- Airports
- ADS-B.[12]
Products and services
[edit]Flight status
[edit]VariFlight provides flight status information to businesses and individual customers.[13] In 2018, VariFlight reached over 99% of flights in China and 94% of global flights coverage.[8]
Historical reports and predictive analyses
[edit]Historical reports on such parameters as flight on-time performance, airport punctuality,[14] aerobridge utilization, flight delay time. The company has also been serving as an information source of extreme weather conditions affecting flights and airports punctuality.[15]
Mobile applications
[edit]Feichangzhun / VariFlight: Launched in 2011, this application provides passengers with flight status inquiries, itinerary management, and delay warnings, covering all stages of travel (pre-flight, in-flight, and post-flight).VariFlight Pro: A professional edition integrated within the application for advanced user requirements.[16][17]
A-CDM
[edit]VariFlight A-CDM (Airport Collaborative Decision Making) is an information system dedicated to the improvement of airport ground operations, safety and the growth of a hub's overall punctuality. Data sources: ADS-B, electronic blocks, apron vehicle positioning and video analysis. In the end of 2017, 81 airports located in Mainland China and outside have installed VariFlight's A-CDM. Among those airports are: Kunming Changshui International Airport, Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport, Shanghai Pudong International Airport, etc.[7]
Shanghai Pudong International Airport has been using A-CDM developed by VariFlight since January 2017. The system is aimed to improve on-time performance and safety of the airport's operations. By June 2017, Shanghai Pudong airport recorded 62.7% punctuality rate, which was a 15% increase compared to the same period the previous year.[18]
Technical R&D and Industry Cooperation
[edit]Feeyo Technologyhas established the Joint Laboratory for Airport Internet of Things (IoT) with Hohai University, the Joint Research Center for Transportation Big Data with Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (NUAA), and conducts collaborative research with the Civil Aviation Flight University of China (CAFUC). The company also participates in the development of post-doctoral research workstations.[19][20]
References
[edit]- ^ "About Us". VariFlight. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
- ^ "AVIS, VariFlight cooperate to enhance China's airport transfer service". ChinaTravelNews. 23 January 2018. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
- ^ "Data firm VariFlight works with Embraer on Flight Happiness Index". ChinaTravelNews. 5 December 2017. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
- ^ "VariFlight Live Air Traffic". VariFlight. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
- ^ "About". VariFlight.
- ^ "VariFlight Makes A Splash at IATA Aviation Data Symposium". PR Newswire. 17 November 2017. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
- ^ a b "飞常准：用科技助力民航高效发展，推动智慧航旅服务升级". Soho. 1 February 2018. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
- ^ a b "首届亚太地区民航部长级会议召开 飞常准参与支持". 网易新闻. 2 February 2018. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
- ^ "VariFlight Brings New Upgrades to China's Airports". China Aviation Daily. 11 August 2018. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
- ^ "VariFlight leverages strengths in data intelligence to launch new brand, Airsavvi". WIT. 2019-08-26. Retrieved 2019-08-29.
- ^ ""飞常准"为啥那么准". 民航资源网(CARNOC.com). 9 May 2012. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
- ^ Zhang, Xuan; Zhang, Jingjing (February 2018). "Aircraft monitoring by the fusion of satellite and ground ADS-B data". Acta Astronautica. 56 (1): 398–405. Bibcode:2018AcAau.143..398Z. doi:10.1016/j.actaastro.2017.11.026. ISSN 0094-5765.
- ^ "Data". VariFlight. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
- ^ "PRD aviation surges. HK suffers airspace congestion". China Daily. 29 August 2017. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
- ^ "Heavy snowfall shuts three China airports, delays at nine others". Reuters. 4 January 2012. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
- ^ "VariFlight's delay alerts helping app take off in China". Nikkei Asia Review. 14 June 2017. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
- ^ "随时随地掌控航班信息 飞常准业内客户端发布". 网易手机. 29 November 2012. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
- ^ 飞常准：用科技助力民航高效发展，推动智慧航旅服务升级. Soho. 2018-02-01. Retrieved 2018-04-17.
- ^ "访企拓岗 产学共赢——河海大学物联网工程学院与飞友科技"机场物联网联合实验室"揭牌". ise.hhu.edu.cn. Retrieved 2026-04-07.
- ^ "南航大－飞常准交通大数据联合研究中心在我校揭牌". 南京航空航天大学.