South African Airways (SAA) has signed a five year exclusive data link contract for ARINC's GLOBALink ACARS Services. This new agreement configures ARINC for all VHF, HF and Satellite ACARS traffic.
— March 8, 12:41 a.m. The plane carrying 239 people leaves Kuala Lumpur heading to Beijing. — 1:07 a.m. ACARS transmits its regular, half-hourly data report about the jet’s engines and other data to ...