Glossary

Activity-Based Costing (ABC) is a costing methodology that identifies activities in an organization and assigns the cost of each activity with resources to all products and services according to the actual consumption by each.

Activity-Based Management (ABM) is a method of identifying and evaluating activities that a business performs, using activity-based costing to carry out a value chain analysis or a re-engineering initiative to improve strategic and operational decisions in an organization.

See also: ABM

In aviation, atmospheric sciences, and broadcasting, height above ground level (AGL) is a height measured with respect to the underlying ground surface. This is as opposed to altitude/elevation above mean sea level (AMSL), or (in broadcast engineering) height above average terrain (HAAT). In other words, these expressions (AGL, AMSL, and HAAT) indicate where the "zero level" or "reference altitude" is located.

See also: AGL

Active Directory (AD) is a directory service that Microsoft developed for Windows domain networks. It is included in most Windows Server operating systems as a set of processes and services.

See also: AD

ACTS is the first high-speed, all-digital communications satellite. It is the first to have sophisticated telephone-system-type switching onboard. It can carry data at standard fiber-optic data rates with the same transmission quality, added performance, and cost savings that a land-based network provides.

See also: ACTS

Antenna Control Unit

Active Directory

See also: AD

Advanced Inflight Alliance AG, a Global Eagle company together with its subsidiaries, provides in-flight entertainment services worldwide. The company’s Content Service Provider segment offers content services that comprise audio and video programs, such as feature films, TV programs, news, and sports, as well as electronic games.

See also: AIA

Are a set of standards for digital television transmission over terrestrial, cable, and satellite networks.

See also: ATSC

Above Ground Level

See also: AGL

Advanced Inflight Alliance was acquired by Global Eagle in 2014. The company provided in-flight entertainment content. The Company provides video programming, content management services, as well as manages the airline's in-flight entertainment websites.

See also: AIA

AIRconnect is Global Eagle's Ku-band satellite-based connectivity hardware platform the largest installed base of Ku-band satellite connected aircraft. The solution provides a cost-effective, high-performance, global solution to airlines and enables gate-to-gate functionality.

See also: AIRConnect

A portable on-demand wireless in-flight entertainment (IFE) system, Airconnect Go, by combining its content and Airtime Portal software with hardware from Astronics. will provide a “superior experience” for the solution’s target market, which includes smaller regional airlines, low-cost carriers and charter companies using leased aircraft.

See also: Airconnect Go

Global Eagle is the world's leading provider of in-flight games. From in-house, studio-developed casual games to exclusively licensed brands such as EA and Disney, GEE offers the largest catalog of the seatback and wireless games in the market to over 100 airlines worldwide.

See also: AIRgames

The Airline Passenger Experience Association (APEX) is the only non-profit membership trade organization comprised of the world's leading airlines, industry suppliers, major media groups and related aviation industry leaders dedicated to elevating the passenger experience for more than 80% of global passengers while driving industry initiatives and desired regulations.

See also: APEX

An industry trade organization for the leading U.S. airlines.

See also: A4A

A Global Eagle product. AIRPRO is a fully automated in-flight operations workflow management solution that enables airlines and their flight crews to digitize their entire workflow.

See also: AIRPRO

Global Eagle's market-leading digital publications reader is currently flying on over 350 aircraft around the world. Available for both seatback and wireless IFE systems, AIRread supports airline paperless cabin objectives through GEE's extensive digital publications catalog, which includes over 6,500 digital magazines, newspapers, and books available in 50+ languages.

See also: AIRread

Global Eagle's has a long-standing expertise in maximizing an airline's IFE system through engaging in-flight catalogs that include browsing, meal selection, and buy-on-board features.

See also: AIRshop