AirData swiftly opens its arms to clients of closing Skyward

Business, like nature, hates a void, which may explain why drone management and flight analysis company AirData has moved to transition customers away from Skyward less than a week after Verizon announced it was closing the unit.

AirData made the announcement Monday, one working day after Verizon’s abrupt revelation that it is winding Skyward down toward closure on June 30. To assist Skyward customers – many of whom were as taken aback by the move as most industry observers were – AirData has created a tailored process to assist those businesses transfer management of their UAV fleets and data storage to its own system.

AirData says its migration scripts simplify the transition process for Skyward customers. The company adds the process is automated, rapid, and enables nearly immediate use of AirData services, whose prices can be negotiated according to the budgetary restraints of arriving clients. 

It’s unclear whether the quick response to…