Operational intelligence for airline ops control

Amadeus tells you the flight departed. AirNova's agent reads the crew board, runs the fatigue check, solves the constraint, and executes the swap — before the flight is late.

The decision layer that sits above your PSS, crew system, and ACDM. Production agents call typed tools, run a constraint solver, and execute approved actions in seconds — with full audit replay.

Scandit
·Built on Vercel Edge·In design-partner conversations with European carriers
Production agents · Live tools · Human-in-the-loop execution

Agents that don't just advise. They act.

Every AirNova module exposes its operational state as typed tools. Our agents call those tools in a multi-step loop — read state, run the solver, propose options, execute on your approval — with the full trace audited and replayable.

  • Real tools, not chatbot text. 10 typed tools in production today.

  • Multi-step agent loop. Vercel AI SDK streamText + stepCountIs, deployed at the edge.

  • Human-in-the-loop. Agent proposes, controller approves, every action logged with the full tool-call trace.

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5 tool calls · 1 constraint solve · 3 ranked options · 1 executable action · ~4 seconds. Industry baseline for the same decision: 25–40 minutes across 3 systems and 2 phone calls.

Execution demonstrated on AirNova-managed state. PSS / crew-system write-back available via integration partnership.

Without AirNova
  • 5–8 separate vendor licences for ops tools — each with its own silo
  • Duty managers are the integration layer — copying data between screens
  • IROPS recovery via phone calls, experience, and spreadsheets
  • FTL compliance checked retroactively — not during the decision
  • No independent airline view of turnaround performance
With AirNova
  • One platform — ops control, crew, turnaround, dashboards, recovery
  • Experienced staff move from manual coordination to strategic decisions
  • Disruption recovery in under 5 minutes — simulated, scored, and executed
  • Fatigue and FTL compliance built into every crew decision in real time
  • Airline-owned turnaround truth with evidence-based GHA accountability
The Platform

Five modules. Agentic first.

Every module exposes its operational state as typed tools — so the agent loop can read, plan, and execute across the whole platform.

Module 01 · Nova Copilot — Agentic Ops

Agents that call real tools and execute approved actions

Experienced controllers spend 30–40% of their shift on repetitive information lookups — checking crew FDP, querying flight status, pulling gate assignments. Nova Copilot turns those queries into typed tool calls, with the agent loop proposing executable actions instead of stopping at advice.

Replaces

Tribal knowledge, system-switching, AI co-pilots that only advise

  • Natural language queries across all operational systems: "Which flights are at risk in the next 2 hours?"
  • Invokes real tools: flight lookup, crew fatigue assessment, gate status, turnaround progress
  • Voice-enabled with text-to-speech for heads-up operations
Financial Impact

Every query that doesn't require a phone call or system switch saves 2–4 minutes — compounding across hundreds of decisions per day. Dramatically reduces time-to-competency for new hires.

See Nova Copilot in the live console
Module 02 · IROPS Recovery

Resolution from 45+ minutes to under 5

When disruption hits, duty managers coordinate recovery across phone calls, spreadsheets, and experience. Every 15 minutes of decision time costs €8,000–€15,000 in cascade effects. AirNova evaluates the full constraint space and executes the chosen plan.

Replaces

Phone calls, spreadsheets, ad-hoc disruption tools

  • Evaluates 200+ constraints simultaneously — FTL, MEL, pax connections, rebooking fairness
  • Delivers ranked recovery options in under 300 milliseconds
  • Live EU261 financial exposure scoring — see the cost cliff before you walk off it
Financial Impact

Reduces average IROPS resolution from 45+ minutes to under 5. Estimated €2–5M/year in avoided delay costs and compensation payouts per hub station.

See IROPS Recovery in the live console
Module 03 · Crew Rostering with FRMS built in

Eliminate €80–150K/year standalone FRMS spend

Airlines pay separately for FRMS tools and rostering systems. Crew controllers check the roster in one tool, fatigue compliance in another, and reconcile manually. AirNova fuses fatigue scoring into the roster workflow itself.

Replaces

CrewAlert / Jeppesen FRMS + separate rostering tool

  • Bio-mathematical fatigue scoring (SAFTE-FAST) embedded directly in the roster workflow
  • Full EASA/FAA FTL compliance: daily, weekly, bi-weekly, monthly, yearly block hour tracking
  • AI roster recovery that respects every regulatory constraint automatically — no manual cross-check
Financial Impact

Eliminates standalone FRMS licence (€80K–€150K/year). Cuts crew overtime costs by 12–18% through proactive reserve optimisation. Reduces fatigue-related safety event exposure.

See Crew Rostering in the live console
Module 04 · Unified Command Centre

Replaces 3–4 BI dashboard licences. 1% OTP = €1–3M/year

The ops floor has 4–6 monitors showing different data sources — OTP dashboards, crew trackers, flight displays, BI tools. None talk to each other. None drive action. AirNova consolidates them into a single role-aware control surface.

Replaces

OTP dashboards, custom BI, flight displays

  • Single control surface that reshapes per role — COO, Station Manager, Crew Controller, Ramp, MRO
  • Real-time EU261 financial exposure without a separate BI tool
  • Active disruption playbooks with risk/cost/benefit scoring — not static reports
Financial Impact

Consolidates 3–4 dashboard and BI tool licences. Cuts new-hire onboarding time by 40%. Every 1% OTP improvement is worth €1–3M/year for a mid-size carrier.

See the Command Centre in the live console
Module 05 · Turnaround Tower

Your own source of truth for GHA SLAs. 6–8 min less overrun

Many airlines have no independent view of turnaround performance — they rely on the airport A-CDM system or the ground handler's self-reported data. Without their own source of truth, airlines cannot hold GHAs accountable or catch bottlenecks in real time.

Replaces

GHA self-reported data, airport ACDM viewer

  • Real-time milestone tracking: deboard → clean → cater → fuel → board
  • Critical-path analysis identifies the bottleneck phase while there's still time to intervene
  • Evidence-based GHA SLA management — no more "he-said-she-said" disputes
Financial Impact

Reduces average turnaround overrun by 6–8 minutes. Slot misses at congested hubs cost €3,000–€10,000 each. Redeploy 1–2 ramp coordinators from manual tracking to exception handling.

See the Turnaround Tower in the live console
Procurement view

What gets cancelled when you sign with AirNova

Itemised against the typical mid-size carrier ops stack.

Today's stack
AirNova replaces
Standalone FRMS (CrewAlert, Jeppesen Boeing FRMS)
Crew Rostering — fatigue built into the workflow
BI dashboards on top of PSS (Tableau, custom)
Unified Command Centre
Airport ACDM viewer + GHA self-reports
Turnaround Tower
Manual IROPS spreadsheets + WhatsApp
IROPS Recovery
"AI co-pilot" pilots from PSS/consulting vendors (rec-only, no execution, no audit)
Nova Copilot — production agent loop, typed tools, approved execution, full replay

Process Loop

From situation to action.
In one operational loop.

Every decision and action is visible, explainable, and reversible where required.

Sense

Fatigue alert fires

Fatigue alert fires on Capt. Mitchell at 08:47 — duty hours 91, rest 11.

Plan

Constraint solver runs

Agent runs the constraint solver, ranks three crew-swap options.

Act

Approved action executes

Controller approves Doyle swap; AirNova issues the crew change and logs the trace.

Built for safety-critical environments

Human-in-the-loop

Agents propose, controllers approve. Every executable action requires sign-off.

Full audit trails

Every tool call, every decision, every action — captured and replayable.

System agnostic

Sits above your PSS, crew system, and ACDM. Reads what exists, writes via integration partnership.

Edge infrastructure

Deployed globally on Vercel Edge. Low-latency reads, durable writes.

Data residency

EU-hosted via Vercel Frankfurt region. SOC 2 Type II on roadmap (Q4 2026).

Partners & Infrastructure

Real partnerships. No fabricated logos.

Integrated

Scandit

ID Bolt live in /smart-ops. Passport and document capture wired into the operational workflow.

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In development

Palantir

Foundry partnership in development. Ontology-driven operational data shared with the agent loop.

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Infrastructure partner

Vercel

Edge infrastructure partner. The whole platform runs at the edge for low-latency reads anywhere.

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Q3 2026 · Design partners

Book a 20-minute walk-through with the founder.

Currently selecting 3 design partners for Q3 2026. Replace your IROPS + FRMS tooling for free for 6 months; co-design the modules that matter to you.

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Declan Butler
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