Custom Aviation Software Development

Who builds custom aviation software for airlines and airports?

Two kinds of firm usually compete for this work: large aviation IT vendors, whose products are configurable but rarely shaped to a specific operation, and generalist software agencies, who build well but have to learn aviation on your budget. AeroCraft sits between them — a focused engineering team that works only on aviation technology and has shipped its own aviation products.

What kinds of aviation software do you build?

• Operational platforms — dashboards and workflow tools for operations control, ground handling, and airport resource management
• Internal tools — replacing spreadsheets and email chains with purpose-built applications
• Passenger and customer products — flight search, tracking, alerts, and trip planning across web, Telegram bots, and browser extensions
• Partner portals — giving agents, handlers, or airlines self-service access to your data
• Startup MVPs — zero-to-one builds with architecture that survives the next funding round

How does an engagement work?

We start with a short discovery phase to agree the problem, the users, and what success looks like in measurable terms. Delivery then runs in short iterations with working software shown at each step, so you can redirect early rather than discover a mismatch at the end. Code, infrastructure, and documentation are yours. After launch we can continue to operate and extend the system, or hand it over to your team.

Our stack is deliberately mainstream — Python and FastAPI, Next.js, PostgreSQL, Docker with CI/CD — so the software is easy to hire for and maintain.

What has AeroCraft built?

Four live products, each built and operated by our team. Skyinfo, a global flight intelligence platform covering 7,883 airports and more than 500 airlines with machine-learning delay prediction. Fly-tlv, a direct-destination discovery hub combining live radar, a routes explorer, and terminal crowd forecasting. FlyTLV, a budget-fare tracker. Fly2Meet, which finds the best meeting city for two travellers flying from different origins, available as a web app, Telegram bot, and Chrome extension.

When is custom software the right choice over an off-the-shelf product?

Off-the-shelf aviation software is the right answer when your process matches the product's assumptions. Custom software earns its cost when it does not: when your operation has a workflow the vendor does not support, when the product cannot integrate with the systems you depend on, when licence costs scale badly with your growth, or when the software itself is part of your competitive advantage.

We are honest about this in discovery. If a configured product will meet the need, we say so — and if part of the problem is best solved by a product and part by a custom tool, we design the boundary between them so each does what it does best. The goal is the smallest amount of custom code that solves the problem properly.

Whatever is built, it is built to be maintained: automated tests, continuous deployment, and documentation are part of the scope, not optional extras added at the end.