24 September 2026, Killorglin, Co. Kerry and Nottingham, UK | Fexco, the Irish-headquartered global fintech and business services group, today announced an all-share strategic combination under which its PACE aviation sustainability platform will join RDC Aviation, a leading global provider of aviation data and market intelligence.
The combination brings together two highly complementary businesses to create a stronger global platform serving airlines, airports, aircraft lessors, financial institutions, underwriters and corporate travel managers.
Joining RDC Aviation brings PACE into a global aviation data business with an established base of airline, airport and lessor customers, and access to RDC's LOOP platform, which distributes verified, operator-supplied fleet and environmental data across over 230 airlines and 11,000 aircraft. Combining PACE's emissions modelling with LOOP's verified data pipeline is expected to expand PACE's reporting for existing and future customers.
The businesses see significant opportunities to develop new products, expand into new international markets and bring their respective capabilities to a broader customer base. This includes emerging areas such as sustainability-linked airport charging, where commercial and environmental data are increasingly coming together to inform how airports and airlines operate.
Under the all-share transaction, PACE will become part of the enlarged RDC Aviation business and Fexco will become a shareholder in the group. Fexco will remain an active strategic partner, supporting the growth of the combined business through its international relationships across the aviation and financial-services sectors.
RDC Aviation is backed by specialist growth investor Northcote, which invested in the business to support its international expansion and continued development as a global aviation-data platform.
PACE’s existing team will join RDC Aviation and remain based at the RDI Hub in Killorglin, Co. Kerry. The enlarged business intends to continue investing in product development, commercial capability and international market growth, with the potential to expand its presence and employment in Kerry as the business develops.
RDC Aviation has spent more than 25 years building specialist datasets covering airport charges, airline profitability, route economics, aircraft fuel burn, CO2 emissions and airline schedules. Its services are used by hundreds of aviation businesses across six continents, including British Airways, Ryanair, easyJet and Jet2, together with more than 130 airports.
PACE, which stands for Platform for Analysing Carbon Emissions, was established by Fexco as an independent carbon and ESG intelligence platform for the aviation sector. It supports aircraft lessors, banks, airports and other financial institutions in measuring aviation emissions and responding to evolving reporting requirements.
PACE is a qualified provider under the Pegasus Guidelines and its technology powers the aviation component of JPMorgan Chase’s Carbon Compass methodology.
Commenting on the announcement, Bertie Murphy, Chief Strategy Officer of Fexco, said:
The strategic logic behind this combination is compelling. RDC brings more than 25 years of aviation-data expertise, an established international customer base and deep relationships across the global airport and airline sectors. PACE brings specialist carbon intelligence, strong relationships with aircraft lessors and financial institutions, and a platform with considerable international growth potential.
We identified the strategic opportunity for the businesses to develop more quickly together, offering customers a broader and more valuable service, and entering markets that would take either company considerably longer to reach independently.
Fexco built PACE because we believed aviation needed an independent, world-class platform for carbon and sustainability intelligence. That belief has been validated by the market. We are proud of what the PACE team has created and will remain invested in, and actively supportive of, the next stage of the combined business’s development.
Peter Hind, Chief Executive Officer, RDC Aviation, said:
The addition of PACE materially expands what RDC can offer its customers. Airlines, airports, lessors and financial institutions increasingly need commercial and sustainability information to be considered together, rather than through separate systems and datasets.
Combining our data, technology, customer relationships and specialist expertise creates significant opportunities for innovation. These include new products at the intersection of airport charging, carbon performance and aviation finance, as well as further expansion into markets including North America and Asia.
PACE has built an exceptional platform with strong customers, specialist expertise and real credibility. Bringing our businesses together gives us a differentiated proposition that will be difficult to replicate.
About PACE
PACE (Platform for Analysing Carbon Emissions) is a global software platform and customer-success programme supporting aviation stakeholders committed to measuring and reducing carbon emissions.
PACE automatically captures commercial aircraft flight activity, applies industry-standard methodologies to calculate fuel burn, CO2 emissions and emissions-intensity metrics, and translates the information into actionable sustainability insights.
PACE is a qualified provider under the Pegasus Guidelines and powers the aviation component of JPMorgan Chase’s Carbon Compass methodology. PACE is headquartered at the RDI Hub in Killorglin, Co. Kerry.
About RDC Aviation
RDC Aviation is a global aviation-data business founded in 1999. It collects, analyses and delivers specialist aviation information through online applications, APIs and datasets covering airport charges, airline profitability, route economics, aircraft fuel burn, CO2 emissions and airline schedules.
Hundreds of airlines, airports, investors, financial institutions and tourism organisations use RDC’s data and intelligence. RDC Aviation is headquartered in Nottingham, UK.
About Fexco
Fexco is a privately owned Irish business headquartered in Killorglin, Co. Kerry, with more than four decades of innovation across fintech, sustainability and business services.
Fexco operates in more than 60 countries through its Payments and FX and Business Services divisions and employs more than 3,600 people globally. www.fexco.com
About Northcote
Northcote Equity is a high-conviction investor in leading technology and services companies across the UK and Ireland. The firm invests in founder-led companies, through minority and majority partnerships.
