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1. Nature of Business
6 Months Ended
Apr. 30, 2021
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1. Nature of Business

1. Nature of Business      

 

PASSUR® Aerospace, Inc. (“PASSUR” or the “Company”), a New York corporation founded in 1967, is a leading business intelligence company, providing predictive analytics and decision support technology for the aviation industry primarily to improve the operational performance and cash flow of airlines, airports, fixed based operators (FBOs) and air navigation service providers (ANSPs). The Company is recognized as a leader in providing a cloud-based platform, ARiVA™, that manages and optimizes operations for our customers.

 

PASSUR delivers digital solutions that are essential to global aviation operations, meeting the needs of global air travel as well as supporting the recovery of the aviation industry from the COVID-19 crisis.   The structure and execution of operations within the aviation industry has fundamentally changed as a result of this crisis due to the significant change in the economics required to support current conditions, a return to normal operations and profitability, and to assist in mitigating health risks.

 

PASSUR continues to be a pioneer applying artificial intelligence powered by machine learning to aviation data, addressing the industry’s most costly challenges, including the management and optimization of airspace, airport assets, aircraft, and day of flight operations.

 

The Company provides its solutions to airlines and airports in the United States, as well as airlines and airports in Canada and Latin America.  The global market presents an opportunity to network more customers in a broader market.  Solutions offered by PASSUR help to ensure flight completion. They cover the entire flight life cycle, from gate to gate, and result in reductions in overall costs and carbon emissions, while maximizing revenue opportunities, improving operational efficiency, and enhancing the passenger experience.

 

The Company is a supplier and partner to the air transportation industry. Many of the Company’s customers continue to be severely impacted by the COVID-19 outbreak and the rapid decline in air travel.  As a result, the Company anticipates downturns in its revenues to continue at least through the end of the Company’s fourth fiscal quarter in 2021.

 

Although the Company’s revenue is primarily subscription based, during fiscal 2020, several customers requested, and the Company agreed, to the suspension of certain services to those customers, or the provision of services free of charge during a specific period of time.  Additionally, one customer requested extended terms of payment, which request the Company accepted.  The Company believes that these decisions were in the best interests of the Company as a partner to the aviation industry and will benefit the Company in the longer term.  The Company continues to believe that its products and professional service engagements are critical to the efficient operation of the air transportation market.