Arinc is increasing its investments in Middle East aviation infrastructure, including a major expansion of the company’s GlobalLink Acars VHF air-to-ground network.
“We’re in the process of a multiyear expansion of the VHF network in the EMEA [Europe, Middle East and Africa] region,” said David Poltorak, vice president and managing director for Arinc’s EMEA business.
Although Arinc (Stand W416), has worked in the Middle East for many years, the company’s first large contract came in 2005, when it signed a deal worth “tens of millions of dollars” for Dubai Terminal 3’s information technology system, according to Poltorak. “It touches on every part of the airport’s operation,” he said, including operations databases, flight information display systems, wide-area networks, public address systems and collecting and delivering information to the airport operator.
After the Dubai win, Arinc added airport integration contracts from airports in Cairo and Doha. Arinc maintains a regional headquarters in Dubai and runs a C-130 maintenance base in Saudi Arabia.
