GLOBALink^SM Flight Deck Applications

Value-Added ACARS^® Applications

When ARINC introduced the Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System (ACARS^®) more than 30 years ago, the benefits of data link were immediate and widespread for airlines. Greater accuracy, faster operations, reduced costs—all of these contributed significantly to an evolutionary leap forward in aviation communications.

Today, ACARS^® fulfills many varied, critical messaging tasks airlines require for every flight. GLOBALink’s value-added data link messaging applications enhance real-time accurate information exchanges and provide vital displays and reports pilots utilize to increase operational safety and efficiency. ACARS Pre-Departure Clearances (PDC) make pushback from the gate optimally efficient, replacing the time-consuming transcription and read-back process with a speedy message and acknowledgment.

Digital Automatic Terminal Information Services (D-ATIS) provide cockpit displays of routine airport operational instructions such as taxiing, avionics, frequency outages, and weather conditions. Graphical/Text Weather Service gives pilots access to up-to-date weather reports at thousands of airports and navigational points worldwide.

The Centralized Flight Management Waypoint Reporting System (CFRS) automates aircraft positional reporting necessary when passing through flight information regions while Centralized Automatic Dependent Surveillance (CADS) allows FANS-equipped aircraft to send reports to any air traffic service provider or airline operations center.

For more information, e-mail globalink@arinc.com.