About Connect Aerospace
AI-native aviation, from the cockpit to the classroomthe classroom
Airline-standard training, with software and AI built in from day one. VIA, our aviation intelligence, is one expression of that.
Who we are
We are an aviation company that builds across the whole industry, not just one corner of it.
Connect Aerospace began with how pilots are trained, and now spans operations software, airport autonomy, and systems reaching toward space, the work of a single company.
Leadership
A note from the flight deck.
From our founder and Managing Director, Manan Kinariwala.
Manan Kinariwala
Founder & Managing Director
At Connect Aerospace, our vision is forged from two decades across global aviation, spanning Australia, Africa, Asia and the United States. As an active Airbus A320 and Boeing 737 pilot, FAA instructor and examiner, I have spent my career inside the systems aviation runs on, and seen how many of them are overdue to be rebuilt.
Connect Aerospace is where that work happens. We build what aviation depends on, from how pilots are trained to the software behind the operation, made to work as one rather than stitched together after the fact.
And it keeps reaching further, from the autonomous airside intelligence of Fulcrum to Vantus, our orbital venture for Earth observation and debris monitoring by 2030. The aim has never changed: to advance human capability in the air and beyond, and to build a company the industry can rely on for a generation.
Airline Pilot (A320 & B737) · FAA TRE (B737) · TRI (A320 & B737)
The team
The people who hold the line on standards.
A cross-disciplinary team across training, software and operations. Profiles are being finalised.
Director of Training
Profile coming soon
Head of Standards & Examining
Profile coming soon
Head of Software, Jetlogic
Profile coming soon
Head of AI, VIA
Profile coming soon
Head of Operations
Profile coming soon
Head of Partnerships
Profile coming soon
What we stand for
Four convictions, held across everything we build.
The same principles run from the simulator to the software to the airside. They are how we decide what to build and how to build it.
Mastery over hours
Competency is demonstrated against published standards, not accumulated in a logbook. We measure what a pilot can do, not how long they have been doing it.
AI-native by default
Software and intelligence are built into every venture from day one, not bolted on later. VIA, our aviation intelligence, is the clearest example.
Earned, never claimed
Every credential is verifiable, and every standard is one we are held to ourselves. The flying that counts is flown on Level-D full-flight simulators, at FAA Part 142-certified facilities.
Built from within
The people behind Connect Aerospace are the ones who fly, instruct, and run operations. We build for aviation from inside it, not from outside it.
Build the next layer with us.
Whether you fly, run a training center, or invest in what comes next, let’s talk.