Fexco merges its PACE sustainability platform into RDC Aviation to create a larger global aviation data business

# What happened Fexco has agreed an all-share strategic combination that brings its PACE aviation sustainability platform into RDC Aviation. Under the deal, PACE (Platform for Analysing Carbon Emissions) becomes part of the enlarged RDC Aviation business and Fexco takes a shareholder position. Fexco will continue to act as an active strategic partner, drawing on its international relationships across aviation and financial services.

# Why the move matters

# What each party brings

• PACE (Fexco): specialist carbon intelligence for aviation, relationships with lessors and financial institutions, platform used in customers' carbon methodologies (for example, powering the aviation component of JPMorgan Chase's Carbon Compass methodology). PACE was created by Fexco as an independent carbon and ESG intelligence platform.

# Operational details and plans The existing PACE team will join RDC Aviation and remain based at the RDI Hub in Killorglin, County Kerry. The combined company intends to invest in product development, commercial capability and international market growth. Management has flagged potential expansion of its presence and employment in Kerry as the business develops.

# What executives said Bertie Murphy, Fexco's chief strategy officer, explained that the two businesses have complementary strengths: RDC's aviation-data expertise and customer base, and PACE's carbon intelligence and financial-sector relationships. Peter Hind, RDC's chief executive officer, said that adding PACE expands RDC's offering and enables products that combine airport charging, carbon performance and aviation finance, with further expansion planned for markets including North America and Asia.

# Practical implications for customers and markets

# Immediate facts to note

• PACE will join RDC's broader dataset and LOOP distribution network.
• PACE's team will remain in Killorglin, Co. Kerry.
• RDC serves hundreds of aviation businesses across six continents, including named clients like British Airways, Ryanair, easyJet and Jet2, and more than 130 airports.

# Bottom line The deal moves PACE's carbon and ESG analytics into a larger aviation-data business, creating a single supplier that combines commercial datasets with sustainability intelligence. That combination is intended to shorten time-to-market for cross-cutting products and extend geographic reach, while keeping the PACE team in Kerry and maintaining Fexco's strategic involvement.