27 October 2026

SITA Strengthens Its Position in Airline Operations with Agreement to Acquire Flightscape

SITA has agreed to acquire Flightscape, CAE Inc.’s airline operations software business, whose software is used daily by more than 90 airlines. The acquisition is expected to close over the course of H1 2027, subject to customary closing conditions, including receipt of required regulatory approvals.

A woman wearing a headset looks at a tablet beside an airport terminal window at night, with an aircraft in the sky and a city skyline beyond. — An airline operations professional reviews flight information on a tablet at an airport window at night. [SITA]

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Why this article matters
SITA’s existing products connect aviation industry partners through the information they share, and Flightscape brings the software airlines use to plan flights, manage crews and control operations. The acquisition agreement is signed, completion is expected over the course of H1 2027 subject to regulatory approvals, and the work of connecting Flightscape with SITA’s products begins only after completion.

For Flightscape’s airline customers, service and support continue unchanged and the solutions remain modular and open, so they can keep connecting them to the systems they already run. SITA will bring Safety Line, acquired in 2021, and Big Blue Analytics, acquired earlier this year, together with Flightscape’s systems in stages, so the integration is a sequence that runs after the transaction closes.

Of Interest
- SITA has agreed to acquire Flightscape, CAE Inc.’s airline operations software business, announced on 26 October 2026.
- Flightscape’s software is used daily by more than 90 airlines.
- The acquisition is expected to close over the course of H1 2027, subject to customary closing conditions, including receipt of required regulatory approvals.
- Work to connect Flightscape with SITA’s products will start after the transaction completes.
- Rothschild & Co. is sole financial advisor and Borden Ladner Gervais (BLG) is legal advisor to SITA on the transaction.
- SITA acquired Safety Line in 2021 and Big Blue Analytics earlier in 2026.

SITA has agreed to acquire Flightscape, the airline operations software business of CAE Inc. Flightscape’s solutions help airlines plan flights, manage crews, control operations, coordinate ground activities and deliver in-flight services, and its software is used daily by more than 90 airlines. The acquisition is expected to close over the course of H1 2027, subject to customary closing conditions, including receipt of required regulatory approvals.

SITA, which is owned by the air transport community, already connects aviation industry partners through the information they share every day. It said Flightscape will add an operational core to its existing products, and that work to connect them will start only after completion of the transaction. Flightscape customers will keep the service and support they rely on today across flight operations and in-flight services, and the solutions will stay modular and open so that airlines can choose what they need and connect it to the systems they already run.

SITA Chief Executive David Lavorel said the two companies’ complementary capabilities would connect airlines’ operational decisions with insight from across the aviation ecosystem, to help customers anticipate disruption, recover more effectively and run more resilient operations. Yann Cabaret, CEO of SITA for Aircraft, said the aim is to give an airline’s operations team and its partners across the industry the same information when plans change, so that they can recover as one operation rather than as separate parts. Carter Copeland, President of Flightscape, said SITA is a natural home for the business.

SITA’s investment in airline operations technology includes Safety Line, acquired in 2021, whose technology helps airlines fly more fuel-efficiently, and Big Blue Analytics, acquired earlier this year, whose AI helps airlines build recovery plans in minutes. Both work alongside whichever systems an airline already uses, and SITA will bring them together with Flightscape’s systems in stages, working closely with customers.