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Aviation UUID
One permanent identifier for every aviation object, so systems stop arguing about what they are looking at.
Explore the activity →Technology · Aviation · Business
TAB* is the non-profit association building the shared parts aviation software can finally agree on.
The gap
One hub for the industry that builds aviation's software.
Every other part of aviation has somewhere to meet — the part that writes the software never did. TAB* is that room.
Where aviation meetsDepartures
OPERATORS
● Gate openAUTHORITIES
● Gate openMANUFACTURERS
● Gate openSOFTWARE
✕ No gateTAB* HUB
→ Boarding01 The problem today
THE PROBLEM
Three common challenges that slow aviation teams down.
✕One flight, three different recordsOperations, sales and maintenance often keep separate versions of the same flight data.
✕Every new customer means starting overEach new customer typically requires a custom integration. Connect ten systems to each other one by one and that is 45 integrations to build and maintain.
✕AI that sounds right but isn'tNot wrong enough to notice, just wrong enough to be trusted.
9H-TAB · BRU → MLA
One flight, three systems
Illustrative dataOne flight, three systems
Reg
Off block
Pax
Fuel
Field name
Operations
9H-TAB
09:40
6
2,410 kg
reg
Sales
9HTAB
09:30
6
—
registration
Maintenance
9H TAB
09:40
n/a
2.41 t
tail
✕ format
✕ value
✕ missing
✕ unit
✕ name
✕ Same flight, three different answers · someone reconciles this by hand
See where aviation software loses the connection.
02 Who it's for
All on board
Those who build it
See the industry's real problems first, and solve them first.
Those who use it
Software that works together, without paying for every integration.
Those who shape it
Help set the standards the industry will actually build to.
Four activities for the whole sector. Named, scoped and owned.
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Technology Phrasebook
A shared plain-language vocabulary so vendors, operators and authorities mean the same thing.
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Technology Outlook
A rolling two-year view of the technology actually arriving in aviation operations.
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Market Watch
A candid view of the industry's real pain points, reported by the people living them.
Explore the activity →03 Friedrichshafen
AERO 2026
The TAB* Association was launched at AERO 2026. Now, it's time for the next chapter.
Champagne, confetti, and 29 companies active in the aviation industry.
More photos and the full AERO 2026 story →
, Aviation isconnected.Its softwareis not.
What TAB* is
TAB* is the non-profit association building the shared parts aviation software can finally agree on.
The gap
One hub for the industry that builds aviation's software.
Every other part of aviation has somewhere to meet — the part that writes the software never did. TAB* is that room.
Where aviation meetsDepartures
OPERATORS● Gate open
AUTHORITIES● Gate open
MANUFACTURERS● Gate open
SOFTWARE✕ No gate
TAB* HUB→ Boarding
01 The problem today
THE PROBLEM
Three common challenges that slow aviation teams down.
One flight, three different records
Operations, sales and maintenance often keep separate versions of the same flight data.
Every new customer means starting over
Each new customer typically requires a custom integration. Connect ten systems to each other one by one and that is 45 integrations to build and maintain.
AI that sounds right but isn't
Not wrong enough to notice, just wrong enough to be trusted.
9H-TAB · BRU → MLAOne flight, three systems
Illustrative dataOperations
- Reg
- 9H-TAB
- Off block
- 09:40
- Pax
- 6
- Fuel
- 2,410 kg
- Field name
- reg
Sales
- Reg
- 9HTAB
- Off block
- 09:30
- Pax
- 6
- Fuel
- —
- Field name
- registration
Maintenance
- Reg
- 9H TAB
- Off block
- 09:40
- Pax
- n/a
- Fuel
- 2.41 t
- Field name
- tail
✕ format✕ value✕ missing✕ unit✕ name
✕ Same flight, three different answers · someone reconciles this by hand
See where aviation software loses the connection.
02 Who it's for
All on board
See the industry's real problems first, and solve them first.
Software that works together, without paying for every integration.
Help set the standards the industry will actually build to.
Four activities for the whole sector. Named, scoped and owned.Swipe →
Aviation UUID
One permanent identifier for every aviation object, so systems stop arguing about what they are looking at.
Explore the activity →Technology Phrasebook
A shared plain-language vocabulary so vendors, operators and authorities mean the same thing.
Explore the activity →Technology Outlook
A rolling two-year view of the technology actually arriving in aviation operations.
Explore the activity →Market Watch
A candid view of the industry's real pain points, reported by the people living them.
Explore the activity →03 Friedrichshafen
AERO 2026
The TAB* Association was launched at AERO 2026. Now, it's time for the next chapter.
Champagne, confetti, and 29 companies active in the aviation industry.
More photos and the full AERO 2026 story →