Moonware Wins 2025 Ground Handling Digital Innovation Award

Moonware Wins the Ground Handling Digital Innovation Award of the Year at the 26th Annual GHI Conference

Moonware is proud to receive the 2025 Pride of Ground Handling Digital Innovation Award from Ground Handling International. The Award recognizes digital solutions that demonstrate measurable improvements in service delivery across aviation operations. It affirms HALO as this year’s leading digital solution in aviation ground operations and reflects the strong results our customers are seeing after deploying our technology. 

HALO, Moonware’s all-in-one platform for airside management, was honored for helping teams work faster, safer, and more efficiently through automation and real-time coordination. It also underscores HALO’s role in delivering tangible operational improvements and supports Moonware’s broader mission to modernize and automate ground operations.

Image: Moonware CEO with judges for the 2025 Digital Innovation Award.

Why the Digital Innovation Award matters for ground operations

The Pride of Ground Handling Awards celebrate organizations and teams advancing operational performance across safety, service quality, coordination, and process excellence. The Digital Innovation category specifically highlights solutions that introduce new digital workflows to eliminate operational friction and raise the standard for how ground operations are managed.

This award recognizes how HALO is reshaping airfield coordination today. The platform is already driving quantifiable improvements across critical operational domains:

• Operational throughput: HALO automates task sequencing and resource allocation, allowing teams to manage higher flight throughput with fewer bottlenecks and tighter control.

• Risk reduction: Replacing manual communications with structured and timestamped workflows reduces procedural drift and strengthens safety across every phase of the turnaround.

• Cross-team alignment: A shared, real-time operational picture keeps ramp agents, supervisors, and Operations Control Centers synchronized, improving response times and reducing miscommunication.

• Service performance: Standardized digital workflows increase consistency, accelerate task completion, and strengthen accountability.
  
  

• Digital continuity: Centralized records and live operational data support traceability, auditing, and continuous improvement, enabling a more modern and predictable operating environment. 

By driving these outcomes, HALO is demonstrating how full digital coordination can become the new baseline for ground handling. Moonware is committed to supporting this shift at scale.

Engineering grounded in real operations

HALO is powered by a dedicated team rethinking ground handling from first principles. We combine hands-on aviation experience together with Silicon Valley engineering talent, giving us a clear understanding of both ramp-level operational constraints and the requirements of scalable, high-reliability software systems. This approach ensures every feature is designed to solve real operational challenges and remains straightforward, intuitive, and effective for end users.

We also embed closely with customers during deployment, working directly with the teams on the ground who rely on HALO in their day-to-day environment. By observing live operations, mapping current workflows, and gathering continuous feedback, our team gains a detailed view of real-world challenges. This integration ensures that product decisions are grounded in the actual needs of operators and aligned with the realities of airside work.

Image: Moonware engineers with the 2025 Digital Innovation Award.

Recognized alongside industry leaders

We are proud to have been considered alongside other finalists representing global excellence in ground handling and aviation services, including Swissport, Menzies, and Alliance Ground International (AGI). These organizations continue to advance the industry through strong operational execution and ongoing investment in modernization. Their presence in this category reflects a broader industry  progression toward safer, more efficient, and digitally enabled ground operations.

Building for the future of airside operations

This award strengthens our conviction that advanced technology platforms are central to the evolution of aviation ground operations. At Moonware, we are building the systems that will serve as the backbone for this shift.

Our mission is to build the tools and infrastructure required for fully digital, scalable, and increasingly automated airfield operations. We envision a future where aircraft turnarounds are executed through a synchronized workflow that unifies software, hardware, and real-time operational data. Recognition from GHI’s Digital Innovation Award affirms this direction and motivates us to continue advancing technology that enhances speed, safety, and coordination across the ramp.

Learn more about the Pride of Ground Handling Awards at Ground Handling International and explore how HALO is supporting teams in achieving higher operational performance. See it in action below.