Every flight captured. Every charge billed.
ABX is a centralized, automated billing platform for air navigation service providers, civil aviation authorities and airport operators. It takes you from multi-source flight data to accurate invoices, reporting and revenue assurance.
Manual billing costs ANSPs revenue.
When invoices are compiled by hand from flight strips, text files and spreadsheets, flights slip through, charges get disputed and cash arrives late.
Delayed invoice turnaround
Generating and sending invoices manually takes time, which hurts cash flow and creates financial uncertainty.
Revenue leakage
Missed flights and no way to collect payment upfront, especially from transient operators, mean revenue that is never recovered.
High dispute rates
Data entry errors and no digital access to billing records lead to frequent disputes and slower payment.
Labor-intensive process
Staff spend hours compiling, verifying and processing billing data instead of managing accounts and collections.
From flight data to paid invoice, automatically.
ABX collects and merges flight data from every source you have, builds one accurate record per flight, calculates every applicable charge and generates invoices, with a full audit trail at each step.
Multi-source flight data
Data is gathered automatically and directly, not just from ADS-B or third-party tracking sites.
- FPL & ATS via AFTN / AMHS
- ATM flight strips
- Radar (ASTERIX)
- Tower & ATC logs
- Web flights
- Passenger manifests
- Manual & CSV
Flight Builder
A rules-based engine matches reports of the same flight, flags duplicates and gaps, and calculates the route using AIXM data.
- Correlation
- FIR entry / exit
- MTOW
- Flight category
- Account
Charge engine
Configurable formulas calculate every aeronautical charge, with exemptions applied automatically.
- W & D factors
- Actual or nominal distance
- Multi-currency
Invoicing & reporting
IATA and non-IATA invoices, receipts, statements, statistics and dashboards.
- Batch or single flight
- Reports
- Audit trail
Works with the ATM system you already run.
ABX has proven integrations with leading ATM and flight data processing systems, plus AMHS (X.400), AFTN gateways and external accounting systems through its REST API.
One platform for every type of operator.
Choose how each account is billed, from IATA members on monthly credit to transient operators who pay before they fly.
IATA billing
- Enroute charges billed via IATA
- Invoices generated monthly
Non-IATA billing
- Credit accounts that aren’t IATA members
- Non-enroute charges for IATA members
- Weekly or monthly invoices
Prepaid billing
- Operators top up a balance by credit card
- Each flight is paid from account funds
- Monthly invoice generated automatically
Point-of-sale
- Operator pays at the airport, on arrival or before take-off
- Invoice and receipt issued per flight
Billing gaps cost authorities real revenue.
Flights that are never billed, charges that are missed, and invoices that are never paid all add up. ABX closes each gap at the source.
Collection rate · IATA case study
Unbilled distance and FIR boundary
Track deviations, direct-to clearances and FIR handovers that a filed flight plan never shows.
Missed aerodrome charges
Landings, parking time and after-hours movements that are logged in the tower but never reach the invoice.
Unpaid after the aircraft leaves
Private and charter operators who are billed after departure are often never collected.
Billing the wrong operator
Invoices sent to the lessor or owner instead of the operator are rejected and re-issued late.
Ranges are industry estimates.
Configured to your tariffs, not ours.
Billing formulas are user-customizable, so changing a tariff doesn’t require a consultant. Define flight categories, charges and exemptions to match your national regulations and ICAO policies.
Invoice in any national currency, set per account, with daily exchange rate tables.
| Charge | Typical basis |
|---|---|
| Enroute | MTOW and distance (actual or nominal) |
| Approach (TMA) | MTOW, aircraft and aerodrome category, arrival time |
| Aerodrome (landing) | MTOW, aircraft and aerodrome category, arrival time |
| Early / late / peak | MTOW, aerodrome category, minutes early or late |
| Parking | Hours or days parked |
| Passenger | Domestic and international passengers |
| Security | As configured |
| TASP | Temporary Air Service Permit |
What changes when billing runs on ABX.
Accuracy
Every invoiceable flight is captured and invoiced, from flight plans and ATM flight strips alike.
Timeliness
Invoices are generated automatically and on schedule, which improves cash flow.
Transparency
Each charge keeps the original flight plan, flight strip and calculation, so disputes are resolved quickly.
Efficiency
Automated cross-referencing replaces manual data entry and reconciliation.
Flexibility
Customizable charges, exemptions, currencies and invoice templates.
Revenue management
Dashboards and reports flag overdue accounts, missing flights and delayed payments.
No missed flights. No chasing payments.
Typical approaches
- Rely on ADS-B or web tracking services alone
- Flights missing from one source go unbilled
- Fixed distance rules
- Invoice after the fact, then chase payment
SkyWare ABX
- Data gathered directly from flight plans, ATM systems and web sources
- Sources are cross-referenced, so no flight is missed
- Charge on actual distance flown or nominal distance
- Prepaid module secures payment before the flight
Secure, open and standards-compliant.
Security
- OAuth 2.0 and two-factor authentication
- Role-based access for UI and API
- TLS encryption throughout
- Every change logged with user, time and source IP
Open integration
- REST API with full read and write access to your data
- API access follows the same roles and security as users
- AMHS and AFTN gateways, ATM and FDPS systems
- Connects to your existing accounting system
Standards
- ICAO Doc 9082, 9161, 9880 and 4444
- IATA A-SSIM and AHM 780
- Browser-based, no client installation
Digital technology for aviation.
SkyWare Labs was founded in 2019 in Ottawa, Canada, and is entirely focused on aviation. Our mission is to provide affordable digital technologies that solve problems and reduce costs for our customers. Above all, we value long-term relationships built on trust.
Decades of aviation expertise
Over 50 years of combined experience in aviation operations, billing, systems delivery and IT.
Worldwide
ABX and our aviation systems are in service with clients across Asia Pacific, Africa, Europe and the Americas.
See ABX with your own billing workflow.
Tell us about your organization and how you bill today. We’ll set up a walkthrough built around your charges and data sources.
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