Reed Business Information (RBI), the business publishing division of Reed Elsevier plc and parent of Flight International, has acquired one of the world's leading aviation data-providers - AvSoft of the UK. AvSoft supplies a range of high-value airline fleet data and a growing family of online and CD-based information products relating to military aircraft, helicopters and aviation safety. Its customer list includes the world's premier aerospace companies. AvSoft's flagship product is the ACAS commercial aircraft database, and it also produces HeliCAS for the rotary world, MiliCAS covering fixed-wing military aircraft and ACASlite as a budget version of ACAS. Its Daily Alert lists incidents from major accidents down to general aviation incidents, and RotorMart is the world's first comprehensive listing of helicopters for sale and lease. Further details are available at www.avsoft.co.uk. AvSoft will join Air Transport Intelligence, Flight International and Airline Business in RBI's stable of aviation products under the Flight Group banner.
Source: Flight International