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Aviation Software Development Services

Digital Systems for Airlines, Airports, and Aviation Services.

We build passenger apps, booking and loyalty integrations, crew and operations tools, and maintenance tracking systems for airlines, airports, and aviation service providers, built to perform reliably under peak demand.

  • IATA NDC, ONE Record and PCI DSS-aware architecture
  • Amadeus, Sabre and Travelport integration experience
  • Senior-only engineering team

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OVERVIEW

Software shaped around how aviation really works.

Aviation runs on tight schedules where a single delay ripples through crews, aircraft rotations, connections and ground handling. Passengers expect to book, change, check in and get rebooked from their phone, while operations teams need accurate, real-time information shared across airlines, airports and handlers. Many of those systems are decades old, and the digital layer on top of them is where experience is won or lost.

As an aviation software development company, we build passenger apps, booking and loyalty integrations, crew and operations tools and maintenance tracking systems around how aviation actually operates: how offers are shopped and ordered, how passengers move through the airport, how crews receive rosters and briefings, how disruptions are recovered and how aircraft are maintained and released to service. Every product starts from those flows and the partners inside them.

Integration is core scope. Our platforms connect to passenger service systems and global distribution through Amadeus, Sabre and Travelport, support IATA NDC offers and orders, exchange cargo data through IATA ONE Record, integrate payment providers such as Stripe and Network International, and push notifications through Twilio and native channels, so data reaches passengers, crews and partners without manual relay. Certification steps with industry partners are planned into the schedule from the start.

Security, reliability and auditability are engineered in from the first sprint, covering PCI DSS for payments, GDPR and regional privacy laws for passenger data, PSD2 strong customer authentication, and maintenance records that support EASA and FAA Part 145 obligations. The outcome is custom aviation software that holds up during a disruption, when traffic and stakes are both at their highest.

Why aviation teams build with Creuto

Passenger journey design

We map booking, check-in, airport, boarding and disruption journeys with commercial and operations teams, so the app helps at the moments passengers actually need it.

PSS, GDS and NDC integration

Integration with Amadeus, Sabre and Travelport, airline passenger service systems and NDC APIs for shopping, ordering, servicing and payments.

Disruption management

Automated rebooking options, notifications, vouchers and hotel allocation that move passengers on quickly when schedules change.

Crew and operations tools

Crew apps for rosters, briefings, documents and acknowledgements, and operations dashboards for turnarounds, delays and alerts.

Maintenance and MRO tracking

Work packages, task cards, inspections, parts traceability and digital sign-off designed to support Part 145 record-keeping.

Built for peak load

Architecture and load testing for fare sales, holiday peaks and mass disruption, when traffic spikes and reliability matters most.

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WHAT WE BUILD

Aviation software solutions we build.

Each one designed with your teams, integrated with the systems you already run, and engineered to scale.

SECTORS

Aviation sectors we build software for

The organisations and segments we build software for.

  • Airlines
  • Airports
  • Ground Handling
  • Aircraft Maintenance (MRO)
  • Charter & Private Aviation
  • Cargo Airlines
TYPES OF SOLUTIONS

Types of aviation apps and software we develop.

The product categories aviation organisations most often ask us to build, from focused mobile apps to multi-tenant platforms.

  1. 01

    Airline passenger apps

    Booking, check-in, boarding passes, seat and ancillary purchase, flight status and disruption self-service.

  2. 02

    NDC booking and retailing platforms

    Offer and order management, ancillaries and servicing for airline direct channels and agency partners.

  3. 03

    Loyalty and frequent flyer platforms

    Member accounts, tiers, earning and redemption, partner accruals and personalised offers.

  4. 04

    Crew apps and electronic flight bag companions

    Rosters, briefings, documents, acknowledgements and communications for flight and cabin crew.

  5. 05

    Airline operations control dashboards

    Real-time flight status, turnarounds, delays and disruption coordination across teams.

  6. 06

    MRO and maintenance tracking systems

    Work orders, task cards, inspections, parts traceability and digital sign-off for maintenance organisations.

  7. 07

    Airport passenger and operations apps

    Wayfinding, flight information, queue times, retail and operational tools for airports.

  8. 08

    Ground handling and turnaround apps

    Task allocation, timestamps and checklists for ramp, baggage and passenger services teams.

  9. 09

    Air cargo booking and tracking platforms

    Quotes, bookings, air waybills and shipment tracking using IATA ONE Record and cargo messaging.

KEY FEATURES

Must-have features of a aviation platform we build in.

Grouped by who uses them. Every feature below is one we have shipped to production, not a wishlist.

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Passenger app

From booking to baggage belt.

  • Flight search and NDC offers
  • Seats, bags and ancillary purchase
  • Online check-in and boarding passes
  • Live flight status and gate changes
  • Self-service rebooking during disruption
  • Loyalty account and redemptions
  • Wallet passes and receipts
  • Accessibility and special assistance requests
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Crew and operations tools

For crew, ops control and ground teams.

  • Roster and pairing view
  • Briefings and document acknowledgement
  • Operational notices and messaging
  • Turnaround task tracking
  • Delay codes and timestamps
  • Disruption coordination board
  • Maintenance task cards and sign-off
  • Parts and tooling traceability
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Admin and commercial console

For commercial, customer and compliance teams.

  • Content and offer management
  • Disruption rules and compensation policies
  • Notification templates and channels
  • Loyalty rules and partner management
  • Payment and refund reconciliation
  • Role-based access and audit logs
  • Maintenance records and audit exports
  • Operational and customer dashboards
CHALLENGES WE SOLVE

What holds aviation teams back.

The problems we most often help aviation organisations solve, and design every engagement around.

  1. 01

    Disruption management

    Delays and cancellations need fast, coordinated responses across passengers, crews and partners, and manual rebooking cannot keep pace. Passengers judge the airline on those hours.

  2. 02

    Legacy integrations

    Booking, departure control and operations rely on complex industry systems with strict interfaces, certification steps and limited test environments. Every change needs careful planning.

  3. 03

    Peak load

    Apps must handle traffic surges during sales and disruptions, exactly when failures are most visible and most expensive. Social media amplifies every outage.

  4. 04

    Distribution change

    Moving to NDC offers and orders changes how airlines sell, service and account for tickets, and every channel must keep up.

  5. 05

    Paper-heavy maintenance

    Task cards, sign-offs and parts records on paper slow aircraft release and make audits harder than they need to be.

SELECTED WORK

Products we have shipped. Results we can point to.

Real products designed and engineered by Creuto end to end, with the operational depth aviation projects demand.

Smart Venue Booking & Event Management Platform
/01 · Event Booking

Smart Venue Booking & Event Management Platform

A mobile-first platform enabling users to discover, compare, and book venues and vendors for weddings, birthdays, and private events — all from a single app, built and delivered by Creuto end to end.

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Vendors Per Event (Unified)

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App to Plan Everything

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Phone Calls Needed to Book

View Case Study
Enterprise Workflow Automation & Process Management Platform
/02 · Operations / Workflow

Enterprise Workflow Automation & Process Management Platform

A full-stack workflow management platform — admin panel, task boards, collaboration engine, and reporting suite — designed and delivered by Creuto from the ground up.

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Source of Truth for All Work

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Task Audit Trail

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Task Lifecycle States

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AI-Powered Sales Training App for Škoda Auto
/03 · AI / Training Platform

AI-Powered Sales Training App for Škoda Auto

Creuto built an AI-powered training platform for Škoda Auto, centralizing learning across its dealership network. The system delivers personalized content based on each sales rep's role, performance, and behavior — ensuring relevant, timely training for every individual.

100+

Dealerships Served

20 wk

Time to Market

3

Platforms Built

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COMPLIANCE AND SECURITY

Compliance and security, designed in.

The aviation standards we build against and the controls behind them. Your compliance team keeps ownership; we make the software easy to certify.

Aviation regulations and standards we build for

  • IATA NDC for offers and orders
  • IATA ONE Record for cargo data
  • EASA and FAA Part 145 maintenance record-keeping
  • EU 261 and passenger rights rules by market
  • PCI DSS and PSD2 strong customer authentication
  • GDPR and UK GDPR for passenger data
  • ISO/IEC 27001 aligned controls

Industry data standards

  • IATA BCBP boarding pass barcodes
  • IATA Type B and cargo messaging
  • SSIM schedule data
  • Advance passenger information data formats
  • ATA Spec 2000 maintenance data

Security controls

  • Encryption in transit and at rest
  • Tokenised card payments
  • Single sign-on and MFA for staff
  • Immutable audit trails for sign-offs
  • Fraud detection on bookings and loyalty
  • Penetration testing before launch

Platform quality

  • Load testing for sales and mass disruption
  • Automated regression and device testing
  • Accessibility to WCAG 2.2 AA
  • 24/7 monitoring and alerting
  • Disaster recovery and failover drills
INTEGRATIONS

Aviation integrations we connect.

The platforms, standards and third-party services a product in this sector usually has to talk to. If yours is not listed, it is almost certainly something we have connected before.

/01Distribution and PSS

  • Amadeus
  • Sabre
  • Travelport
  • Airline passenger service systems
  • NDC APIs
  • Departure control systems

/02Operations and maintenance

  • Flight status data providers
  • Crew management systems
  • MRO and maintenance systems
  • SITA airport systems
  • IATA ONE Record servers

/03Payments and loyalty

  • Stripe
  • Adyen
  • Network International
  • Apple Pay
  • Google Pay
  • Loyalty partner APIs

/04Customer and messaging

  • Salesforce
  • Twilio
  • WhatsApp Business API
  • Firebase Cloud Messaging
  • Apple Wallet and Google Wallet
WHY CREUTO

Why choose Creuto as your aviation software development company

The reasons clients in this sector give when they recommend us, not the ones we would pick ourselves.

Either we build it exceptional, or we don't.

The standard every aviation product leaves our studio with.

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    We understand airline systems

    PSS, GDS, NDC and departure control concepts are familiar ground, so discovery is quick and integrations are realistic.

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    Designed for disruption

    We plan for the day everything goes wrong, because that is when passengers judge an airline's digital experience.

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    Reliability at peak

    Load testing and scalable architecture are part of every release, not a pre-launch scramble.

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    Maintenance records you can audit

    Digital sign-off and traceability are built to support Part 145 and authority audits.

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    A long-term engineering partner

    We support new routes, partners, channels and regulations as your operation evolves.

BENEFITS

Benefits of custom aviation software over off-the-shelf tools.

What organisations in this sector gain when the software is built around their workflows rather than the other way around.

  1. 01

    More direct revenue

    NDC offers, ancillaries and a strong app shift bookings to direct channels.

  2. 02

    Faster disruption recovery

    Self-service rebooking and automated notifications reduce queues and call centre load.

  3. 03

    Better crew communication

    Rosters, briefings and notices reach crew instantly with acknowledgement tracking.

  4. 04

    Quicker aircraft release

    Digital task cards and sign-off shorten maintenance turnaround.

  5. 05

    Stronger loyalty

    Personalised offers and easy redemptions keep members engaged.

  6. 06

    Clear operational insight

    Real-time dashboards help teams act on delays before they cascade.

HOW WE WORK

Our aviation software development process.

Transparent, sprint-based and built around decisions you can see. You know what ships, when, and why at every step.

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  1. 01

    Journey and operations discovery

    We map passenger, crew and maintenance journeys with commercial and operations teams and agree the conversion, recovery and efficiency outcomes to improve.

  2. 02

    Architecture and compliance plan

    PSS, GDS and NDC integrations, payment flows, data residency and the regulatory scope are documented before design, including certification steps.

  3. 03

    Design and user validation

    Prototypes are tested with passengers, crew and engineers, including disruption scenarios and accessibility needs.

  4. 04

    Agile engineering

    Two-week sprints with working software, industry integrations built against certification environments as early as access allows.

  5. 05

    Integration, QA and hardening

    End-to-end booking and servicing tests, peak and disruption load tests, security testing and a penetration test before launch.

  6. 06

    Launch and growth

    Phased release by market or channel, with monitoring, incident playbooks and a roadmap driven by conversion and operational data.

TECHNOLOGY STACK

Technology stack for aviation software development.

Chosen per project for longevity, hiring depth and fit with your existing systems, never by fashion.

/01Mobile

  • Swift
  • SwiftUI
  • Kotlin
  • Jetpack Compose
  • Flutter
  • React Native

/02Web and backend

  • React
  • Next.js
  • TypeScript
  • Node.js
  • Java
  • Spring Boot
  • .NET

/03Integration and messaging

  • REST
  • GraphQL
  • Kafka
  • RabbitMQ
  • Webhooks
  • XML and SOAP adapters

/04Data

  • PostgreSQL
  • Redis
  • Elasticsearch
  • MongoDB
  • Snowflake
  • BigQuery

/05Cloud and DevOps

  • AWS
  • Azure
  • Google Cloud
  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
  • Terraform
  • GitHub Actions

/06AI

  • Claude
  • OpenAI
  • LangChain
  • PyTorch
  • Scikit-learn
  • pgvector

/07Security and identity

  • OAuth 2.0
  • OpenID Connect
  • SAML
  • Auth0
  • Keycloak
  • AWS KMS
  • Vault

AI IN AVIATION

AI that rebooks, predicts and keeps aircraft flying.

We add AI to aviation products where it reduces pressure on people during peaks: assistants that rebook passengers, models that predict delays and maintenance needs and tools that summarise technical records, all with staff review and audit trails.

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  • Disruption rebooking assistants
  • Delay and connection risk prediction
  • Personalised offers and ancillaries
  • Maintenance record search and summarisation
  • Predictive maintenance signals
  • Crew and customer query assistants
TRENDS

Trends shaping aviation software right now.

The shifts we design for so a product launched this year is still the right product in three.

  1. 01

    Offers and orders

    Airlines are moving from PNRs and tickets towards IATA NDC offers and ONE Order style order management, reshaping retailing and servicing systems.

  2. 02

    Digital identity and biometrics

    Biometric boarding and digital travel credentials are reducing document checks at airports.

  3. 03

    AI in customer service and operations

    AI assistants handle rebooking questions while machine learning supports delay prediction and crew recovery.

  4. 04

    Data-driven maintenance

    Aircraft data and digital records are enabling predictive maintenance and paperless sign-off.

  5. 05

    Cargo digitalisation

    IATA ONE Record is replacing message-based cargo data exchange with shared, API-based shipment records.

  6. 06

    Sustainability reporting

    Emissions data and sustainable aviation fuel programmes are appearing in booking flows and corporate reporting.

COST AND TIMELINE

How much does aviation software development cost?

There is no honest single number. Scope, integrations and compliance drive the budget, so we price against a written scope after discovery. The factors below are what move it.

  1. 01

    Products and channels

    A passenger app alone is smaller than booking, loyalty, crew and maintenance products together.

  2. 02

    Industry integrations

    PSS, GDS, NDC and DCS integrations involve certification and limited test access.

  3. 03

    Disruption logic

    Rebooking rules, compensation and partner coordination add significant scope.

  4. 04

    Regulatory scope

    Passenger rights, payment rules and maintenance records vary by market and authority.

  5. 05

    Peak scale

    Fare sales and mass disruption set the capacity and testing requirements.

  6. 06

    Legacy data

    Migrating loyalty, maintenance or operational history requires validation and reconciliation.

EngagementTypical scopeTimeline
Validation MVPOne product such as flight status and check-in or a crew app, one core integration, monitoring.10 to 14 weeks
Production platformPassenger app with booking and servicing, NDC or PSS integration, payments, disruption tools.4 to 7 months
Enterprise programmeMulti-channel retailing, loyalty, crew and maintenance systems, analytics and partner integrations.8 to 14 months, phased
BUSINESS MODELS

How aviation products make money.

Revenue models we have built billing, reporting and growth loops for. Most products combine two or three.

  1. 01

    Direct booking margin

    Lower distribution costs when bookings move to airline-owned channels.

  2. 02

    Ancillary revenue

    Seats, bags, lounges, upgrades and bundles sold in-app.

  3. 03

    Loyalty programme revenue

    Points sold to partners and members, and co-branded card income.

  4. 04

    SaaS for aviation services

    Subscriptions for MRO, ground handling and airport software products.

  5. 05

    Airport commercial revenue

    Retail, parking, lounge and fast-track sales through airport apps.

HOW WE DELIVER

Services behind our aviation work

The engineering disciplines every project in this sector draws on. Each has its own page with process, stack and FAQs.

TESTIMONIALS

Don't take our word for it.

Founders and product leaders on what it is like to build with Creuto.

“Their services were excellent.”

Creuto delivered a web and mobile app that exceeded the client's expectations. The team was highly responsive and punctual from a workflow standpoint, and internal stakeholders praised the service provider's collaborative nature and agility.

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CEO, Emion

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FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Straight answers about aviation software projects. If yours is not here, ask us directly.

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It depends on the products and channels in scope, the PSS, GDS and NDC integrations required, disruption and compensation logic, regulatory scope by market and the peak load you need to handle. A single-product MVP is a materially smaller investment than an enterprise programme. After discovery we provide a fixed-scope proposal with a clear breakdown.

A validation MVP such as a flight status and check-in app or crew app typically takes 10 to 14 weeks. A production passenger platform with booking, servicing and payments usually takes four to seven months. Enterprise programmes covering retailing, loyalty, crew and maintenance are delivered in phases over eight to fourteen months.

We build around IATA NDC for distribution, IATA ONE Record for cargo, PCI DSS and PSD2 for payments, GDPR and regional privacy laws for passenger data, passenger rights rules such as EU 261, and maintenance record-keeping that supports EASA and FAA Part 145 organisations. The exact scope is agreed during discovery.

Yes. We integrate with passenger service systems, Amadeus, Sabre and Travelport, and NDC APIs for shopping, ordering and servicing, where access and certification are available. We plan certification steps into the schedule from the start. Integration layers isolate the app from supplier changes.

Aviation app development usually means the passenger or crew app. Aviation software development covers the whole system: those apps plus the integration layer to PSS and GDS, disruption engine, loyalty platform, maintenance records and admin tools behind them. We deliver both as one connected product.

Yes. We design scalable, cached architectures, queue heavy operations and load-test against sale and disruption scenarios, so the app stays usable when thousands of passengers check status and rebook at once. Monitoring and incident playbooks support the operations team throughout.

Yes. We build work order, task card, inspection and parts traceability systems with digital sign-off, licence checks and audit exports designed to support EASA and FAA Part 145 record-keeping, integrated with existing maintenance systems where needed. Records remain searchable for audits.

Yes. We build passenger information, wayfinding and retail apps for airports, and turnaround, task and timestamp tools for ground handling teams, integrated with flight information and operational systems. Operational timestamps feed reporting, so turnaround delays can be analysed by cause and improved over time.

LET'S BUILD

Planning a aviation product? Let's scope it together.

Tell us what you are building. We will help you scope it, design it, and ship it, with a senior team accountable end to end.

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  • NDA on request
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  • Fixed scope, no surprises