A disruption story
Avinode was the first company to move business aviation online. It was a move that historians might call disruption, and that’s flattering, but we’ve always seen it simply as providing the technology that business aviation deserves.
Before we arrived, operators were losing money on empty legs, for no reason. Brokers were on frantic phone calls all day, and a single private flight left a paper trail a mile long. This was 2002, and our freshly graduated engineer founders saw a different, far more advanced future for the industry. Today, we offer an expanding suite of applications that air charter professionals use every single day.
Three Swedish masters students, Niklas Berg, Niclas Wennerholm, and Per Marthinsson, came up with the novel idea for a thesis project at Chalmers University of Technology School of Entrepreneurship. They decided to take it out into the real world.
2001
The Avinode Marketplace goes live, with 55 available aircraft and seven employees. Danish Operator North Flying becomes the first paying member.
2002
Avinode makes its trade show debut at the European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition in Geneva. We’ve been rocking the show floor ever since.
2003
In the black! Avinode celebrates breaking even.
2004
Avinode Marketplace hits the 1000 aircraft mark. US expansion also begins, with Avinode Inc. incorporated in Miami.
2006
Avinode is honored as the fastest-growing company, a “Gazelle,” by Dagens Industri, Sweden’s premier business newspaper.
2008
Avinode is awarded twice for growth and profitability.
2009
Avinode acquires its US-based competitor, CharterX, along with its subsidiaries Wyvern Ltd and Schedaero. Our Latin American office opens in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
2010
Avinode Business Intelligence is featured in Time Magazine and holds a press conference at the annual NBAA convention in Las Vegas.
2011
Wyvern Ltd, providing air charter safety information, is divested in June 2014.
2014
World Fuels Services becomes a large shareholder
2014
Avinode is awarded the best service provider in Asia by the Asian Business Aviation Association.
2017
Avinode Group was created.
2018
We launched a new working policy where Noders work remotely or Flex, depending on where they live.
2021
Avinode Group is carbon-neutral for the second year in a row. And we celebrated 20 years in bizav!
2022
We’ve set up a new camp! Avinode Group was acquired by CAMP System International Inc.
