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Aviation departure control & weight/balance (iPort)

Aviation DCS & W&BUtrecht, NetherlandsAcquired 2025-10 (#12)29 employees~$21m revenue (est)iport.aero ↗

“300+ airlines, operational at 500+ airports”

AVCI
65
AI Value-Creation Index

Seven-dimension scorecard

D1
Product & ICP Fit
80

Low-cost carriers, regionals; handles seasonal traffic; CUTE/CUPPS certified; 1.185% DCS mkt share.

D2
Architecture Health
75

Web SaaS (.NET); 256kbps min; mobile apps iPax/iRamp; Tier 1 DC; 3-week release cycle.

D3
AI Readiness
45

No AI/ML claims found. Automation-focused but no LLM or predictive analytics.

D4
Product Velocity
70

Corendon expansion (Feb 2026); Groundforce (May 2024); Thai Vietjet/Vietjet TH; PAGSS; Aviapartner.

D5
Competitive Pressure
55

Amadeus Altéa / SITA Horizon / Sabre / Mercator dominate; limited differentiation beyond price.

D6
Data Moat
65

500+ airports ops data; 300+ airlines; AHM centralised DB; flight-data network effects.

D7
Expansion Surface
72

APAC (Thai Vietjet, Vietjet TH, AirCUS Korea); EU (Groundforce ES, Fraport); Travelport GTM.

Endorsed AI plays

AI load-optimisation recommender — minimum-fuel W&B planning

500+ airports × 300+ airlines of load history. Fuel is ~25% of airline cost. Corendon expansion (Feb 2026) signals strategic growth phase — bolt AI on top of reputation.

highendorsed
Effort
14 weeks
Expected lift
0.5-2% fuel-burn reduction = $Ms per airline per year; premium W&B SKU.
Owner
Res2 CTO

Evidence drill-down

D1

Product & ICP Fit

Clarity of ICP, breadth of product, defensibility of niche.

80

Score rationale: Low-cost carriers, regionals; handles seasonal traffic; CUTE/CUPPS certified; 1.185% DCS mkt share.

  • install_base300+ airlines, 100+ ground handlers, operational at 500+ airports; 1.185% DCS market share.
    high
    https://iport.aero/· fetched 2026-04-21
D2

Architecture Health

Modernity, scalability, technical-debt risk.

75

Score rationale: Web SaaS (.NET); 256kbps min; mobile apps iPax/iRamp; Tier 1 DC; 3-week release cycle.

No cited signals yet for this dimension.

D3

AI Readiness

Levels: None → Claimed → Shipped-single → Shipped-multi → AI-native.

45

Score rationale: No AI/ML claims found. Automation-focused but no LLM or predictive analytics.

  • ai_gapNo AI/ML claims found anywhere. Automation-focused (iPax mobile, iRamp, self-service) but not predictive/AI.
    high
    https://iport.aero/· fetched 2026-04-21
D4

Product Velocity

Rate of customer-visible value delivery.

70

Score rationale: Corendon expansion (Feb 2026); Groundforce (May 2024); Thai Vietjet/Vietjet TH; PAGSS; Aviapartner.

  • recent_winsCorendon Airlines partnership expansion (Feb 2026); Groundforce ES deployment at 12 airports (May 2024); PLAY Airlines (Sep 2024); Aviapartner ES upgrade (Oct 2025); WFS USA (Jan 2025); Thai Vietjet (Oct 2023).
    high
    https://iport.aero/news-events/· fetched 2026-04-21
D5

Competitive Pressure

How fast vertical AI-native competitors are closing in.

55

Score rationale: Amadeus Altéa / SITA Horizon / Sabre / Mercator dominate; limited differentiation beyond price.

D6

Data Moat

Exclusive, proprietary data that could power defensible AI.

65

Score rationale: 500+ airports ops data; 300+ airlines; AHM centralised DB; flight-data network effects.

  • data_scale500+ airports operational data; 300+ airlines; centralised AHM database; load/W&B history as unique flight-operations data asset.
    medium
    https://iport.aero/iport-dcs· fetched 2026-04-21
D7

Expansion Surface

Adjacent workflows or geos into which to expand.

72

Score rationale: APAC (Thai Vietjet, Vietjet TH, AirCUS Korea); EU (Groundforce ES, Fraport); Travelport GTM.

No cited signals yet for this dimension.