Launched July 1, 2013, Air Canada rouge is North America's newest leisure group airline and a key part of Air Canada's growth strategy. While adapting several new business practices, Air Canada rouge is also relying on use of proven services and systems that have been successfully implemented by Air Canada such as ARINC’s GLOBALink air/ground voice and data services.

Air Canada rouge will be using ARINC’s GLOBALink/VHF, HF and Iridium data link services to provide continuous data communications between the flight crew and the various on-ground support organizations such as dispatch and maintenance. While ARINC’s data link services will be Air Canada rouge’s primary communications option, ARINC’s GLOBALink voice services will provide continuous enroute voice operational control capability throughout the route structure.

“Air Canada rouge’s success depends upon the team work of our employees and the support of trusted partners like ARINC,” said Al Read, Vice President Operations for Air Canada rouge. “Our implementation with ARINC was very smooth and well executed, contributing to a highly successful launch of operations. ARINC’s GLOBALink voice and data services provide us with fast, comprehensive and reliable operational command and control capability which translates into enhanced service and operational efficiency for us and our customers. We are pleased to be using ARINC as our communication platform of choice.”

“GLOBALink’s voice and data infrastructure is the most reliable in the world,” said Ron Hawkins, Staff Vice President, Commercial Aviation Solutions, at ARINC. “We have been helping Air Canada with its air/ground communications for more than 20 years and we were excited to be selected by Air Canada rouge to help them for many years to come.”