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FLYHT AEROSPACE SOLUTIONS LTD.
ANNUAL 

REPORT 2015

Table of Contents

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LETTER TO SHAREHOLDERS

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MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION 
& ANALYSIS

NON-GAAP FINANCIAL 
MEASURES

FORWARD-LOOKING 
STATEMENTS

OVERVIEW

TRENDS AND ECONOMIC 
FACTORS

CONTRACTS AND 
ACHIEVEMENTS 
OF FISCAL 2015

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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS 
YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 
2015 AND 2014

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  SELECTED RESULTS

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FINANCIAL POSITION

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  COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

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  OTHER

INDEPENDENT AUDITORS’ 
REPORT

CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL 
STATEMENTS

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED 
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 

CORPORATE INFORMATION

 
“THE 2015 FINANCIAL 
YEAR WAS A 
PERIOD FULL OF 
ACCOMPLISHMENT 
FOR FLYHT”

Commonly Used 
Financial Terms 
& Aviation Acronyms

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ACARS:   Aircraft Communications Addressing 

ICAO: 

and Reporting System

International Civil Aviation 
Organization

ADCC:   Aircraft Data Communication 

ICE: 

Iridium Compatible Equipment 

Corporation 

AFIRSTM:  Automated Flight Information 
Reporting System

ANAC:  National Civil Aviation Agency 

of Brazil

BEA: 

Bureau d’Enquetes et d’Analyses 
(French authority for safety 
investigations in civil aviation)

IFRS:  

ITU:  

International Financial Reporting 
Standards 

International Telecommunications 
Union

MD&A:  Management Discussion 
and Analysis 

NCAA:   Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority

CAAC: 

Civil Aviation Administration of China 

NTSB: 

National Transportation Safety Board 

COMAC:  Commercial Aircraft Corporation 

of China 

OEM:   Original Equipment Manufacturer

QTD:  

Quarter-to-date

DGAC:  Direccion General de Aeronautica 

R&D:  

Research and Development

Civil (Mexico’s certification 
organization) 

EASA:  

European Aviation Safety Agency 

ECAA:     Egyptian Civil Aviation Authority

FAA:  

Federal Aviation Administration

FIRST:  

Fuel Initiative Reporting 
System Tracker

GAMA:   General Aviation Manufacturers 

Association

GAAP:   Generally Accepted Accounting 

Principles 

IATA: 

International Air Transport 
Association

SADI:  

Strategic Aerospace and 
Defence Initiative

SFP: 

Statement of Financial Position 

STC:  

Supplemental Type Certificate

TCCA:  

Transport Canada Civil Aviation

YTD: 

Year-to-date

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Investment 
Highlights

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Multiple revenue streams: initial hardware 
sale and installation and recurring revenue

Robust recurring revenue gross margins of 75-85%

Five-year customer contracts renew at expiry

Greater than 2.1 million flight hours using AFIRS; and 
have shipped and/or installed over 800 units worldwide

Certified on 95% of all aircraft used for commercial 
air transport; significant barrier to entry

OEM agreements in place with two global OEMs 

Only solution that can provide real-time aircraft 
data monitoring and black box streaming

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2015 FLYHT 
Plan Review & 
Achievements

Increase sales force and focus 
on major markets

FLYHT recruited David Perez as the VP, 

  Sales and Marketing and appointed 
  additional agents.

Capture a major carrier

  Succeeded in signing a contract for 146 
  aircraft with Canadian-based leasing and 
  airline company Avmax Aviation Services 

Inc. (“Avmax”).

In China: continued vigilance in order 
to meet mandate for SatCom in 2017; 
add an AFIRS repair depot 

  Saw an escalating increase in AFIRS orders 
from China in anticipation of the 2017 

  deadline.

  While we did not open an AFIRS repair 
  depot in 2015, we plan to partner with 
  a company to serve as our service centre 
commencing in 2016. The Company will 
  have equipment and spare parts to test or 
repair AFIRS units and provide customers 
  with the re-certification required to install 
  on their aircraft.

Respond to commercial OEM requests for 
alerting and streaming technology

FLYHT responded to several RFPs from 
  OEMs although at the time of the printing 
  of this report we have not been advised of 

the award of these proposals.

Continue to participate with industry groups 
to make changes in regulations for aircraft 
alerting and streaming

FLYHT participated in the ICAO meetings 
regarding regulations on aircraft tracking at 
the beginning of 2015. On March 8, 2016 
ICAO released information announcing 
that between now and 2021 there will be 

  new tracking requirements primarily 

related to: 

•  The requirement for aircraft to carry 
  autonomous distress tracking devices 
  which can autonomously transmit 
  location information at least once every 
  minute in distress circumstances.

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•  The requirement for aircraft to be 
  equipped with a means to have flight 
  recorder data recovered and made 
  available in a timely manner.

•  Extending the duration of cockpit voice 
  recordings to 25 hours so that they cover 
  all phases of flight for all types of 
  operations. 

FLYHT’s technology already complies with 
the first point for one-minute tracking 
(transmits as frequently as every 20 
seconds) and can send the black box data 
to the airline in real time so that the FDR 
  data is available in a timely manner, hence 
complies with item two for our customers. 
The third point refers to flight voice 
recorders, which are not part of our 
functionality.

Development: expand application to 
mobility platforms, lay groundwork for 
high bandwidth solutions, introduce data 
on demand

In Q2 2015 FLYHT suspended its work on 
  mobility platforms and shifted the focus  
to develop an improved user interface to 
the UpTimeTM platform, updated its Aircraft 
  Situational Display and continued to build 
value-added applications that improve 

  airlines’ real-time aircraft intelligence. 
These applications and the UpTime 
  expansion are scheduled for completion 

in 2016.

2016 
FLYHT Plan:

Increase revenues +30% over 2015

Complete development and roll 
out of a cloud-based UpTime user 
interface

Establish a 24x7 service call center

Close a new OEM opportunity

Deploy our “Adopt Excellence” 
strategy: focused efforts to achieve 
profitability and to increase 
shareholder value

In China: continued vigilance to 
meet mandate for SatCom in 2017; 
complete an AFIRS repair depot

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Revenue Sources

$4,000,000

$3,500,000

$3,000,000

$2,500,000

$2,000,000

$1,500,000

$1,000,000

$500,000

$0

Q1 
2014

Q2 
2014

Q3 
2014

Q4 
2014

Q1 
2015

Q2 
2015

Q3 
2015

Q4 
2015

Flight Hours and Flights

Services

Parts sales

AFIRS sales

Voice & data services

Hours

2,500,000

2,000,000

1,500,000

1,000,000

500,000

0

2010 2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

Flight Hours

Flights

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Revenue Based on Location

NORTH 
AMERICA

55.1% 
$5,754,913

CENTRAL 
& SOUTH 
AMERICA

2.5% 
$266,203 

EUROPE

5.2% 
$542,037  

AFRICA 
& MIDDLE 
EAST

13.7% 
$1,432,230 

TOTAL 2015 REVENUE: $10,457,125

ASIA

16.9% 
$1,766,750  

AUSTRALASIA

6.6% 
$694,992  

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2015 Sales & Marketing Update

FLYHT had several achievements on the Sales and Marketing front 
throughout 2015. The department went through a transition in July with 
the hiring of David Perez, VP Sales and Marketing. FLYHT also signed its 
largest contract to date with Avmax for 146 aircraft. Further achievements 
were completed in 2015 and established the launch point for 2016.

Organization & Process

IN 2015 FLYHT REFRESHED, 
TRANSITIONED AND REBUILT ITS 
SALES TEAM.

Part of the refresh occurred in June when the 
Company contracted an outside sales agency 
to assist with sales and marketing campaigns. 
This sales agency provided FLYHT with the 
ability to reach several airlines through their 
impressive email campaigns. Additionally, FLYHT 
re-organized their sales organization after 
David joined the team by hiring experienced 
industry sales resources to fortify the group 
and also moved the Product Management 

Marketing

discipline under Sales and Marketing. Due to 
the interaction that Sales has with the market it 
made sense to feed the intelligence directly from 
Sales to the Product Development team.

Through other changes, FLYHT has created a 
sales process that provides senior management 
with improved visibility to allow for input from 
all departments on each deal. The Company 
uses financial models to provide clear financial 
metrics that can be viewed by all parties on the 
profitability of each contract.

Further to the successful internal adjustments, 
FLYHT continued to attend a total of eight 
industry events in 2015. These global tradeshows 
spanned many regions including three in 
Asia, one in each of Africa and Europe and the 
remainder in the United States. FLYHT focuses 

on tradeshows that reach our target market 
including mid-tier airlines operating regional 
aircraft with limited communication capabilities, 
flight tracking or MRO-themed conferences and 
those events with a large OEM presence.

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Tradeshows

• China Aviation New Technology 
  Forum – China (April, 2015)

• AFRAA Convention – Kenya (April, 2015)

• Civil Avionics International Forum –  
  China (April, 2015)

• EFB Conference – Germany (June, 2015)

• Global Connected Aircraft – Washington 
  (June, 2015)

• Aviation Flight Operations & MRO IT Show –  
  Thailand (October, 2015)

• AirInsight Cyber Conference – 
  Washington (October, 2015)

• NBAA Convention – Las Vegas 
  (November, 2015) 

Sales

Key takeaways from each show include 
relationships with airlines to pursue sales or 
partnership opportunities and increased industry 
awareness on FLYHT’s fit within the industry and 
on wider trends. 

In continuation of the marketing improvements 
that commenced in 2015, in 2016 FLYHT will 
examine and revamp its sales tools including the 
website, branding and messaging. The FLYHT 
website was launched in 2011 and needs a refresh 
of materials and facelift to appeal to target 
customers.

FLYHT HAD A STRONG 
SALES YEAR IN 2015.

Our sales team signed six new contracts, 
including the Avmax agreement in September 
that contributed a new base of close to 170 
aircraft to our contracts. This is a significant 
increase over our AFIRS count coming into the 
year. FLYHT increased the effort to sell data 
and services in 2015, and upsold many current 
clients to include valued-added features that 

also expanded revenue. China continues to be 
a primary focus area for FLYHT, with expansion 
goals targeting the tier one airline market. Tier 
one airlines include the top 25 airlines in the 
world based on revene. While we didn’t make 
any inroads with the tier one airlines in 2015 
we did sign FLYHT’s largest customer to date 
in Avmax with 146 aircraft and this is a positive 
step to demonstrating our capabilities and 
technology to the larger carriers.

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Addressing Industry Problems

In order to expand our customer base, FLYHT remains focused on the 
problems that are facing the industry and how we can market our 
technology to help airlines address those problems.

A COUPLE OF AREAS WE IDENTIFIED IN 2015 ARE BEING ADDRESSED.

•  The market is demanding an integrated 
  suite of solutions that can be delivered 
  through a single web portal. Today’s 
  UpTime portal requires an update to 
  include new functionality.  The industry is 
  also demanding a solution that provides 
  alerts and notifications when problems 
  occur. They want to “manage by exception” 
  to be able to focus on the problem areas 
  and not get distracted by normal operations.  
  Actionable intelligence is the method AFIRS 
  uses to acquire the data from the aircraft, 
  interpret the data and then alert on the data 
  if thresholds are exceeded. This integration 
  of the products and alerting is the primary 
  focus of our UpTime development that 
  includes an overhaul and update. This 
  project is a top priority for FLYHT in 2016. 

•  FLYHT is proactively providing customers 
  with a more intuitive and appealing 
  interaction to the AFIRS system. With all the 
  data AFIRS provides and processes there is a 
  need to distribute the information in a way 
  that can be customized depending on 
  airlines’ needs. The new user interface that 
  is planned for full launch later in 2016, 
  already being tested with a few customers, 
  is a fresh and intuitive program for airlines 
  to navigate. The newly improved user 
  interface is one of the features of AFIRS that 
  enticed Avmax to invest in our technology.

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•  FLYHT now provides a Future Air Navigation 
  System (“FANS”) certified solution through 
  the AFIRS 228S. Throughout the past few 
  years FLYHT worked on obtaining the 
  Canadian Technical Standard Order (“CAN 
  TSO”) Design Approval, CAN-TSO-C159b, 
  and announced successful receipt in January 
  2016. The TSO receipt represents additional 
  certification that FLYHT has achieved to 
  increase its attractiveness to potential 
  customers and expand its potential market. 
  FANS allows for and supports improved 
  data and surveillance of aircraft flying in 
  remote regions and over the oceans. At the 
  time of receipt AFIRS is the only product in 
  the world to receive a TSO based on 
  compliance to DO-262B for combined 
  Iridium voice and datalink.

As listed above, the Sales team has observed 
the need for AFIRS technology to solve several 
problems and these apply to a variety of target 
airlines.  AFIRS provides a lifeline to close the 
communications gap for airlines operating in 
remote areas with little to no VHF coverage. With 
AFIRS, airlines know where their aircraft are at 
all times and can communicate and send text 
messages to them through the FLYHTASDTM 
system enabled by the Iridium satellite network’s 
global coverage. Not only does the system notify 
airlines where their assets are, FLYHTHealthTM 
detects, reports, and diagnoses to allow 
the airline to fix an issue immediately. This 
enhancement of the decision making process 
leads to fewer delays or flight cancellations, a 
reduction in unscheduled maintenance and 
improved on-time performance which all impact 
airline’s cost cutting programs.

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On the horizon

To progress and grow, the Sales and Marketing team are aggressively 
promoting AFIRS’ capabilities to the global aviation market.

Specific regions of focus include the airlines in 
China and Asia that are improving their aviation 
communications technology to respond to 
increased growth. We will also reach mid-tier 
airlines operating regional aircraft and those 
without ACARS that require an Iridium capability.

Our efforts are strongly targeted to position 
FLYHT in the marketplace to solve problems and 
receive further recognition as an industry leader 
for connectivity and real-time aircraft intelligence. 

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2015 Major Announcements

CONTRACTS  //  IN 2015 FLYHT SIGNED A TOTAL SIX CONTRACTS WITH NEW 
CUSTOMERS WORLDWIDE. OF THE AIRCRAFT CONTRACTED, TWO WERE FOR 
THE AFIRS 220 AND 167 WERE FOR AFIRS 228.

February 10 // FLYHT attended ICAO 
meetings in Montreal and participated with 
the working group looking into aircraft data 
collection, storage and uses.

April 10 // FLYHT signed two new customers 
with AFIRS previously installed on their 
aircraft who decided to turn on and utilize 
the technology’s benefits.

May 8 // FLYHT signed a contract with an 
African Airline for AFIRS on a fleet of four 
A320 aircraft.

May 12 // FLYHT reported the first quarter 
results as the highest quarter on record. 

“Revenue for the quarter was the highest 
on record at $2.57 million, along with a 
very small loss,” remarked FLYHT CEO 
Bill Tempany. “We are very pleased 
the contracts signed and relationships 
developed in the past few years are now 
starting to deliver returns.”

June 3 // FLYHT announced the election by 
the shareholders of retired Major General 
Mark V. Rosenker as a director of the 
Company. General Rosenker has many 
years of experience in the aviation industry 
including a past tenure as chairman of 
the National Transportation Safety Board 
(“NTSB”). He is currently a consultant to 
CBS News and appears on their network to 
discuss transportation safety issues.

“I’m honored and energized to have 
been appointed to the board of directors 
of FLYHT Aerospace Solutions. I have 
long believed that innovation, training, 
technology and information are keys 
to enhanced safety and accident 
prevention,” said Mr. Rosenker. “What 
FLYHT brings today to the global industry 
is a combination of proven products and 
services that are cutting edge and raise 
the bar of safety for all that implement 
them.”

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June 9 // FLYHT announced the receipt of the 
2015 Excellence in Avionics Safety Systems 
Award from Avionics Magazine. 
The award was presented to FLYHT’s Director 
of Operations, Graham Ingham, at the 
2015 Global Connected Aircraft Summit in 
Chantilly Virginia. 

FLYHT’s Automated Flight Information 
Reporting System (“AFIRSTM”) and 
FLYHTStreamTM application were recognized 
as a critical and new safety system that 
enable the fastest response time, and 
most effectively help in an emergency, to 
guarantee safety, or to locate a lost aircraft 
in the event of a crash.

“We are honoured to receive this award 
for our advancement of safety in the 
industry,” remarked Matt Bradley, 
President of FLYHT. “The real-time 
capability of FLYHTStream lets our 
customers know where their aircraft are 
at all times, and more importantly, what is 

happening when something goes wrong. 
It’s a new level of connectivity and it 
contributes to the safety of their operation 
while also providing valuable real-time 
data that saves them money.”

July 15 // FLYHT reported its customer of 
seven years, a Middle Eastern Military 
Organization has extended its contract 
for AFIRS voice and data services on 23 
C-130 Hercules Aircraft with the AFIRS 228 
installed.

“The contract extension is indicative of our 
strong relationship and the importance of 
operational control and global air traffic 
control compliance for the customer,” 
stated Matt Bradley, President of FLYHT. 
“The C-130 is an exceptional platform 
for AFIRS, and this expanding fleet is 
a great showcase for what 21st century 
connectivity can do for real-time decision 
making.”

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July 20 // FLYHT announced that Mr. David 
Perez joined FLYHT as Vice President, Sales 
and Marketing effective July 20, 2015. Mr. 
Perez has over 25-years of accomplishments 
in the aviation industry. Most recently 
he had served as Director of Travel and 
Transportation at Hewlett-Packard (“HP”), 
where he leveraged his industry expertise to 
secure many strategic aviation agreements.

“I’m excited by the valuable opportunities 
FLYHT brings to the aviation industry, as 
well as the potential of creating additional 
profitable revenue streams that will 
enhance the Company’s shareholder 
value,” commented Mr. Perez. “FLYHT 
is uniquely positioned to provide global 
flight tracking and data analysis to the 
aviation market.”

August 11 // FLYHT was selected by Alberta 
Venture Magazine in a list of the province’s 
20 most innovative companies. Alberta 
Venture’s annual innovators list is comprised 
of companies from a variety of sectors who 
are solving problems by thinking outside 
of the box in what they describe as “a 
compulsion to be better and an inability 
to be satisfied with the way things are”.

September 28 // FLYHT and Avmax 
announced an agreement for the AFIRSTM 
228 for the two airlines Avmax owns, as well 

as its current and future leased fleet, for a 
total fleet size of 146 aircraft over a seven-
year term.

“Avmax did an extensive review of 
products in the market and AFIRS was 
selected because it met all of our business 
needs. FLYHT’s solution was superior to 
the other products we evaluated in the 
market,” remarked Al Young, VP of Avmax 
Canada and R1 Airlines. “We will be able 
to provide world-class solutions, not 
only to our own fleet, but also to those 
aircraft that are leased to other airlines 
and give us higher visibility and data on 
our assets. We anticipate high cost savings 
on engine repairs as well as the other 
advantages of the product for operations, 
communications and maintenance 
support.”

October 14 // FLYHT received a re-issued 
Supplemental Type Certificate (“STC”) for 
its Automated Flight Information Reporting 
System (“AFIRSTM”) 228 on the Airbus A320 
series aircraft from the Federal Aviation 
Administration (“FAA”). The STC has been 
re-issued to add the AFIRS 228 to this 
existing STC.

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October 19 // FLYHT announced changes 
to its executive management team. Mr. 
Thomas R. Schmutz, MEng, MBA, was 
appointed the new chief executive officer 
of the Corporation. Mr. Bill Tempany retired 
from his role as CEO, but remained on the 
board of directors and was appointed the 
chairman of the board. In addition, Mr. 
Matt Bradley resigned from his position as 
president of the Corporation to pursue new 
career opportunities.

“I am extremely excited about the 
opportunity to lead FLYHT as we head 
into the connected aircraft future,” said 
Thomas R. Schmutz. “The AFIRS™ UpTime 
technology is cutting edge and the value 
proposition for airline operators and OEM 
manufacturers is being demonstrated 
daily.”

“My retirement is the culmination of work 
to structure FLYHT for success including 
changes to the board, a solid team to 
deliver solutions, opportunities to make 
FLYHT a global force in aviation and a 
new CEO to lead the charge,” stated Bill 
Tempany. “It was a pleasure to lead the 
FLYHT team with the board’s support to 
put our company in a position to change 
a global industry.”

November 3 // FLYHT announced its third 
quarter results were the second highest on 
record with revenue of $2.52M. Also updated 
that the July 29 private placement was 
withdrawn because market conditions were 
not conducive to a U.S.A. based offering.

December 8 // FLYHT applied to the TSX 
Venture Exchange to extend the expiry date 
of the conversion feature of the Company’s 
debentures by one year and amend the 
conversion price to $0.25 per share. The 
Company also applied to amend the exercise 
price of the share purchase warrants to $0.20 
from $0.75 and received TSX approval on 
December 15, 2015.

December 17 // FLYHT received a 
Supplemental Type Certificate (“STC”) for 
AFIRS on the Boeing 737 Classic and 737 
Next Generation series aircraft from the 
National Civil Aviation Agency (“ANAC”) 
of Brazil.

December 21 // FLYHT announced the 
granting of a non-exclusive license to use 
certain of its intellectual property (the “IP”). 
The license was granted to a technology 
company (the “Licensee”) for an aggregate 
license fee of $2.5 million USD, payable in 
the first quarter of 2016.

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To Our Shareholders

The 2015 financial year was a period full 
of accomplishment for FLYHT; we set 
“best revenue” records for our financial 
performance, we made excellent 
progress on our stated goals for the 
year, we further enhanced our board of 
directors and sales team and we won 
awards in the industry and community. 

Furthermore, we smoothly transferred executive control 
of the Company, reorganized internally and adopted 
several new approaches, standards and goals for the 
year 2016 and beyond. There is significant optimism 
within the Company resulting from our improving 
financial performance and strong feedback from 
OEM and solution partners that the unique offerings 
of FLYHT are now timely and are recognized to solve 
important problems within our industry.

The 2015 year ended with a record revenue fourth 
quarter (Q4) of $3.8 million, or 46.7% higher than the 
previous record quarter, which was the first quarter 
(Q1) of the same year.  Q1 was itself only $51k ahead of 
the third quarter (Q3) of 2015!  So, the three highest 
revenue quarters in our history were all achieved in 
2015. The resulting $10.5M annual revenue for 2015 
was also a revenue record, a 51.9% improvement on 
2014 and 30.7% ahead of the previous best year in 
2013. The additional revenue fell to the bottom line 
but an operating loss of $3.2 million was still reported 
for 2015. This was $0.4 million less loss than 2014 but, 
if we remove the impact of the one-time add back in 
2014 of the $1.95 million SNC legal claim provision and 
the impact of the costs of retirement and changes in 
key management positions in both 2014 and 2015, the 
normalized comprehensive loss has decreased 49% or 
$2.5 million. Noteworthy financial progress has been 
made, but we need to do more in order to internally 
fund our operations and produce returns for our loyal 
shareholders.

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The Company utilized net $2.9 million cash during the 
year because of the losses, but it is also pleasing to 
report that the cash balance reported at December 
31, 2015 is $5,000 more than that at September 30, 
2015. FLYHT progressively self-funded more of its 
operations, or consumed less cash, each quarter, from 
$1.7 million utilized in Q1, to $0.6 million utilized in Q2 
and Q3 to neutral in Q4. Working capital items were 
well controlled so did not contribute to a cash burn. 
The redeemable and convertible debentures mature 
within the coming twelve months and therefore they 
are now classified as current liabilities on the statement 
of financial position. Management is addressing this 
debt and the Company continues to strive to self-fund 
operations in 2016.

Our goals for 2015 included expanding the sales team 
and capturing a major carrier. We did expand our team 
and have put into place standardized sales processes 
and materials. We captured our largest customer to 
date, Avmax Aviation Services Inc. (“Avmax”), who 
operates or leases 146 Bombardier aircraft. We also 
continued expansion in China, winning positions at 
five airlines, including direct sales and sales through 
partners, and began the process of establishing a 
depot maintenance facility. This latter goal was not 
completed in 2015 but will be accomplished by mid-
2016. We responded to a significant OEM opportunity 
for alerting and streaming aircraft data and we remain 
hopeful that our outstanding technology will be 
selected.

FLYHT also collected awards in 2015.

FLYHT was awarded the 2015 Excellence in Avionics 
Safety Systems Innovation Award by Avionics Magazine 
for the AFIRSTM and FLYHTStreamTM products. Closer to 
home, the Alberta Venture Magazine included FLYHT 
in a list of 20 most innovative companies. These awards 
demonstrate recognition of the unique solutions that 
FLYHT has brought to the industry and are a source of 
pride for our team, along with the 2015 achievement of 
over two million AFIRS flight hours on our customers’ 
aircraft, accumulated on more than one million flights.

As we advance in 2016, we are making significant 
investment in the redevelopment and roll out of an 
updated, cloud based implementation of the UptimeTM 
ground based user software. We have collected 
important lessons learned in the legacy, server based 
applications that we currently provide as a seminal 
service provider in the connected aircraft space. This 
UpTime suite of products includes FLYHTVoiceTM, 
FLYHTLogTM, FLYHTASDTM, FLYHTMailTM, FLYHTHealthTM, 
FLYHTFuelTM and, of course, FLYHTStreamTM along 
with some other product components. UpTime 
features will include an integrated user interface to 
this suite using the latest cloud-based application 
implementation in order to enhance service availability 
and intuitive usability, while providing some dramatic 
enhancements.

We have created new goals for 2016 including the 
launch of a 24x7 call center to enhance customer 
service. Internally, we’ve implemented the “Adopt 
Excellence” program which establishes our goals and 
objectives to improve internal efficiencies which in 
turn will further enhance financial performance of the 
Company. Furthermore, we have set very aggressive 
sales goals and budgets to control expenditures to 
continue our efforts toward profitability and growth.

FLYHT continues to monitor industry discussions on 
aircraft tracking and other safety related industry 
initiatives, but the delays and industry stonewalling 
in these efforts indicate that there will not be any 
type of regulatory action in the next year or more. 
Most recently, the International Civil Aviation 
Organization (ICAO) adopted new provisions to include 
a requirement for aircraft to carry an autonomous 
tracking device which can transmit location information 
at least once every minute in distress circumstances 
by the year 2021. This new provision is separate from 
ICAO’s proposal to require a standard of reporting 
aircraft position at least every 15 minutes when in 
oceanic or remote airspace. This later requirement, 
originally targeted for 2016 as a result of the MH370 
disaster, has been pushed back to 2018. FLYHT stands 
ready with our solution set to address these or any 
other similar regulatory response, but we are focused 
on demonstrating how our existing, fielded, proven 
solutions save customers money while dramatically 
enhancing the safety and situational awareness of 
their fleet today.

We remain very positive about our significant ability 
to improve the operational efficiencies of airlines 
and are as engaged as ever at FLYHT. Our monthly 
CEO investor letters are designed to help provide as 
much background information as we can to help you 
understand how we run the business. Thank you for 
your support of our Company and we look forward to 
a very exciting and opportunity filled 2016!

Thomas R. Schmutz

Chief Executive Officer

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Management Discussion 
& Analysis

This management discussion and analysis (“MD&A”) is as of April 5, 2016 
and  should  be  read  in  conjunction  with  the  audited  annual  consolidated 
financial  statements  of  FLYHT  Aerospace  Solutions  Ltd.  (“FLYHT”  or  the 
“Company”)  as  at  and  for  the  years  ended  December  31,  2015  and  2014 
and the accompanying notes. Additional information with respect to FLYHT 
can be found on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. The Company has prepared its 
December 31, 2015 consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto 
in  accordance  with  International  Financial  Reporting  Standards  (“IFRS”), 
as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (“IASB”). The 
Company’s accounting policies are provided in note 3 to the consolidated 
financial statements. 

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

The Company reports its financial results in accordance with International 
Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”) or Generally  Accepted Accounting 
Principles (“GAAP”). It also occasionally uses certain non-GAAP financial 
measures, such as working capital, modified working capital, and loss before 
research,  development  and  certification  engineering  expenses  (“R&D”). 
FLYHT defines working capital as current assets less current liabilities. The 
Company  defines  modified  working  capital  as  current  assets  less  current 
liabilities not including customer deposits or the current portion of unearned 
revenue.    A  clearer  picture  of  short-term  net  cash  requirements  can  be 
drawn  by  excluding  these  two  items  because  those  customer  deposits 
and unearned revenue are nonrefundable. Loss before R&D is defined as 
the net loss before the direct costs associated with R&D. These non-GAAP 
financial  measures  are  always  clearly  indicated.  The  Company  believes 
that  these  non-GAAP  financial  measures  provide  investors  and  analysts 
with useful information so they can better understand the financial results 
and  perform  a  better  analysis  of  the  Company’s  growth  and  profitability 
potential. Since non-GAAP financial measures do not have a standardized 
definition, they may differ from the non-GAAP financial measures used by 
other companies. The Company strongly encourages investors to review its 
financial statements and other publicly filed reports in their entirety and not 
rely on a single non-GAAP measure.

Forward-Looking Statements

This  discussion 
includes  certain  statements  that  may  be  deemed 
“forward-looking  statements”  that  are  subject  to  risks  and  uncertainty. 
All  statements,  other  than  statements  of  historical  facts  included  in  this 
discussion,  including,  without  limitation,  those  regarding  the  Company’s 

financial position, business strategy, projected costs, future plans, projected 
revenues, objectives of management for future operations, the Company’s 
ability to meet any repayment obligations, the use of non-GAAP financial 
measures,  trends  in  the  airline  industry,  the  global  financial  outlook, 
expanding markets, R&D of next generation products and any government 
assistance in financing such developments, foreign exchange rate outlooks, 
new  revenue  streams  and  sales  projections,  cost  increases  as  related  to 
marketing,  R&D,  administration  expenses,  and  litigation  matters,  may  be 
or  include  forward-looking  statements.  Although  the  Company  believes 
the expectations expressed in such forward-looking statements are based 
on  a  number  of  reasonable  assumptions  regarding  the  Canadian,  U.S.A., 
and global economic environments, local and foreign government policies/
regulations and actions, and assumptions made based upon discussions to 
date with the Company’s customers and advisers, such statements are not 
guarantees of future performance and actual results or developments may 
differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. 

Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the 
forward-looking statements include but are not limited to production rates, 
timing for product deliveries and installations, Canadian, U.S.A., and foreign 
government activities, volatility of the aviation market for FLYHT’s products 
and services, factors that result in significant and prolonged disruption of air 
travel worldwide, U.S.A. military activity, market prices, foreign exchange 
rates, continued availability of capital and financing, and general economic, 
market, or business conditions in the aviation industry, worldwide political 
stability  or  any  effect  those  may  have  on  the  Company’s  customer  base. 
Investors  are  cautioned  that  any  such  statements  are  not  guarantees  of 
future  performance,  and  that  actual  results  or  developments  may  differ 
materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements.

Although  the  Company  believes  that  the  expectations  reflected  in  such 
forward-looking statements are reasonable, there can be no assurance that 
such  expectations  will  prove  to  have  been  correct.  The  Company  cannot 
assure  investors  that  actual  results  will  be  consistent  with  any  forward-
looking  statements;  accordingly,  readers  should  not  place  undue  reliance 
on forwardlooking statements. The forward-looking statements contained 
herein  are  current  only  as  of  the  date  of  this  document.  The  Company 
disclaims any intentions or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking 
statements or comments as a result of any new information, future event or 
otherwise, unless such disclosure is required by law.

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FLYHT Overview

FLYHTStreamTM

FLYHT  is  a  leading  provider  of  real-time  aircraft  intelligence  and  cockpit 
communications  for  the  aerospace  industry.  More  than  50  customers, 
including airlines, leasing companies and original equipment manufacturers, 
have installed our systems in order to increase safety, improve operational 
efficiencies and enhance profitability. FLYHT’s tools deliver data and voice 
communication between the aircraft and operations groups on the ground, 
on demand. The Company’s products are available for commercial, business 
and military aircraft. FLYHT’s proprietary technology, the Automated Flight 
Information Reporting System (AFIRSTM), operates on multiple aircraft types 
and provides functions such as safety services voice and text messaging, 
data collection and transmission, and on-demand streaming of flight data 
recorder (black box), engine and airframe data. AFIRS has flown over 2.1 
million aggregate flight hours and 1.4 million flights on customers’ aircraft. 
FLYHT  holds  supplemental  type  certificates  (STC)  which  allow  for  the 
installation of AFIRS on 95% of transport category aircraft.

FLYHT’s products and services are marketed globally by a team of employees 
and  agents  based  in  Canada,  the  United  States,  China,  and  the  United 
Kingdom. 

AFIRSTM and UpTimeTM

AFIRS is a device installed on aircraft that monitors hundreds of essential 
functions from the aircraft and the black box. AFIRS sends this information 
through  the  Iridium  satellite  network  to  FLYHT’s  UpTimeTM  ground-based 
server,  which  routes  the  data  to  customer-specified  end  points  and 
provides an interface for real-time aircraft interaction. In addition to its data 
monitoring functions, AFIRS provides voice and text messaging capabilities 
that  give  pilots  the  ability  to  communicate  with  ground  support.  Value-
added  applications  such  as  FLYHTStreamTM,  FLYHTLogTM,  FLYHTASDTM, 
FLYHTMailTM, FLYHTHealthTM and FLYHTFuelTM are unique to FLYHT. FLYHT’s 
global satellite coverage is enabled by the Iridium satellite network, providing 
service to our customers when they need it anywhere on the planet.

FLYHT first marketed its technology with the AFIRS 220 in 2004. The unit 
received regulatory certification for installation in a large number of widely 
used  commercial  aircraft  brands  and  models  (see  systems  approvals 
section).  The AFIRS 228, released in 2009, incorporates improvements over 
the AFIRS 220 in processing capacity, data transmission characteristics and 
programmability.  The  AFIRS  228  features  cater  to  the  evolving  needs  of 
airlines by providing a customized and flexible product. In early 2016, FLYHT 
announced  the  Canadian  Technical  Standard  Order  (“CAN-TSO”)  Design 
Approval, CAN-TSO-C159b for the AFIRS 228S. The certification, granted by 
Transport Canada, represents an additional level of airworthiness standards 
met by AFIRS to provide safety services messages and data.

FLYHTStream is a revolutionary, industry-leading technology that performs 
real-time  triggered  alerting  and  black-box  data  streaming  in  the  event 
of  an  abnormal  situation  on  an  aircraft.  FLYHTStream  can  be  activated 
automatically  by  a  set  of  pre-determined  factors,  by  the  pilots  or  on  the 
ground by airline operations. It uses AFIRS’ onboard logic and processing 
capabilities in combination with UpTime’s ground-based servers to interpret 
and route alerts and messages from the aircraft in trouble to key groups on 
the ground, such as the airline, operation centers and regulators. Animation 
software converts the raw FDR data into visual data that can be viewed 
from any computer, providing ground personnel a view of the controls and 
awareness of what’s happening onboard the aircraft. 

FLYHTFuelTM

A  powerful  program  that  focuses  attention  on  areas  of  greatest  savings 
potential  to  provide  information  necessary  to  make  decisions  about  the 
operation. Most airlines currently rely on a system of manually generated 
and analyzed reports to make fuel savings decisions within the operation. 
This is time-consuming and relies on the user to calculate areas of potential 
by cross-referencing a great number of queries. FLYHTFuel is both a report-
generation  tool  and  a  dynamic,  interactive  application  that  generates 
alerts and provides the user with the ability to quickly identify trends. The 
dashboard  compares  how  pilots  are  operating  the  aircraft  to  how  they 
could be flying in order to maximize efficiency and fuel savings. The unique 
application highlights exceptions to best practices, provides quick drill downs 
to spot the root cause of issues, and identifies trends. Where compliance 
has  not  been  met,  associated  costs,  in  a  dollar  amount,  are  shown.  The 
tool is de-identified to meet pilot union requirements, but can be filtered to 
display performance by pilot if desired. It is an intuitive tool that enables 
fuel managers to act on information instead of compiling and analyzing data.

FLYHTASDTM 

FLYHTASD is an aircraft situational display that shows the aircraft position 
reports from AFIRS via the Iridium satellite network. A unique application 
that  integrates  real-time  flight  following,  routine  aircraft  notifications, 
aircraft  health  exceedance  alerts  and  the  ability  to  send  text  messages 
immediately to the aircraft.  The program supports a number of aviation-
specific  tools  including  charts  and  weather  information.  It  also  provides 
the aircraft operator with the ability to start FLYHTStream, black box data 
streaming, on their airborne aircraft at any time. 

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FLYHTHealthTM

System Approvals

Consists of automated engine and airframe trend monitoring and real-time 
exceedances and diagnostics. Automated trend reports with configurable 
reporting intervals notify the airline when a maintenance event has occurred. 
Leveraging the global coverage of the Iridium satellite network, FLYHTHealth 
allows the airline to request data directly from the engine once a problem 
has  been  detected.  The  airline  can  then  use  FLYHT’s  real-time  systems 
diagnostics  capabilities  to  interrogate  systems  information  and  identify 
the  source  of  the  problem  and  prepare  the  arrival  station  for  repair,  long 
before the aircraft lands at its destination. By automating and enhancing the 
real-time and long-term monitoring of airplane data, FLYHTHealth enables 
proactive  management  of  maintenance  and  reduces  downtime  and  the 
financial impact of unscheduled maintenance. 

FLYHTLogTM

Allows operators to monitor the status of their aircraft and have detailed Out, 
Off, On and In (“OOOI”) time information. It allows airlines to automatically 
route  aircraft  system  and  operational  data  to  various  partner  systems. 
Additionally, FLYHTLog increases situational awareness and accurate flight 
times, saving money on flight crew pay and maintenance operations. 

FLYHTMailTM

Two-way text messaging to the flight deck is established through the multi-
control  display  unit  (“MCDU”)  or  an  iPad  application.  Text  messaging  is 
highly useful to manage diversions due to weather, mechanical occurrences 
or other unforeseen situations. 

FLYHTVoiceTM

The onboard satellite phone, using the Iridium satellite constellation with 
global coverage, is a rapid and reliable private communication channel for the 
flight deck. When operating remote or oceanic flights, it allows dispatch to 
pass on updated information to the crew with no delay. The voice capability 
is particularly valuable during emergency situations or irregular operations. 

Underfloor Stowage Unit 

The  Underfloor  Stowage  Unit  offers  the  flight  crew  additional  stowage 
space in the cockpit. With this addition, manuals are always within reach of 
the seated crew and are kept safe, dry and clean inside the stowage unit. In 
addition, safety equipment and other items required by the flight crew can 
be accessed any time throughout the flight without leaving the cockpit. The 
stowage unit is certified to be installed in Bombardier CRJ series, Challenger 
and DHC-8s and can also be installed in other aircraft types.

The DragonTM

As part of an evaluation of its products and services and in order to focus 
attention where it is needed most, FLYHT is discontinuing the sale of the 
DragonTM. This decision will not impact FLYHT’s current Dragon customers.

A STC is an airworthiness certification required to modify an aircraft from 
its  original  design  and  is  issued  by  an  aviation  regulator.  FLYHT’s  AFIRS 
equipment is an addition to an aircraft and therefore an STC is required prior 
to installation. FLYHT has received or applied for AFIRS product approvals 
from TCCA, the FAA, EASA, ANAC, ECAA, DGAC and the CAAC for various 
aircraft models, depending on customer requirements.

FLYHT’s expertise in airworthiness certification enabled it, in October 2008, 
to join a select group of Canadian companies who are approved by TCCA as a 
Design Approval Organization (“DAO”). Very few organizations achieve DAO 
status because of the time and expertise required to meet TCCA standards. 
FLYHT’s DAO status, along with the delegations it has received, allows the 
Company to obtain and revise its own STCs with minimal TCCA oversight. 
This speeds up the process by lessening wait times, and reduces cost and 
reliance on contractors.

In addition to its DAO status, the Company has an engineer on staff with 
delegated  authority,  allowing  him  to  approve  electrical  design  aspects  of 
an  airworthiness  certification.  If  an  issue  is  encountered  during  the  STC 
process, the delegated staff member has the authority to approve necessary 
changes and continue the process without the involvement of an external 
party.

The  process  to  receive  a  STC  takes  time  to  complete  but  always  starts 
with an application for the STC through any one of TCCA, FAA or EASA. 
Generally, FLYHT starts the process with TCCA by opening an application 
with the regulator, after which an STC data package is created. The data 
package consists of the engineering documents that outline how the AFIRS 
equipment will be installed on the aircraft. Once the data package is prepared 
and first stage approvals granted by the regulator, ground and flight tests 
take place. To fulfill the flight test requirement, FLYHT must have access to 
the appropriate type and model of aircraft. This is done in cooperation with 
an existing or potential customer. Once these tests are completed, FLYHT 
submits an activation data package to TCCA that enables the AFIRS unit to 
be integrated with the aircraft systems. If TCCA approves the submission, 
an STC is issued. To obtain an STC from another regulator, FLYHT prepares 
an application, which is sent through TCCA to the regulator such as FAA, 
EASA, ANAC, ECAA, DGAC or CAAC along with the STC package previously 
approved by TCCA. The regulator reviews the package and issues the STC.

The time required for the approval process through TCCA varies depending 
on the aircraft and workloads. A general rule of thumb is approximately three 
months, with a minimum of another three months if an STC is required from 
another regulator.

The Company, over the next several years, will file the necessary documents 
to obtain approval for the AFIRS 228 in parallel to the majority of current 220 
STCs, depending on market requirements.

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TCCA  

FAA 

EASA  

CAAC  

ANAC  

220 
A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

228 
A 

220 
A 

228 
A 

220 
A 

228 
A 

220 
A 

228 
A 

220 

228 

Airbus A319, A320, A321 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

I* 

P 

A 

A 

A 

I 

I 

I 

A 

A 

I 

I 

A 

A 

I 

I 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

I* 

I* 

I 

I 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

I 

A 

I 

I 

I 

I 

I 

A 

Airbus A330 

ATR42-300, -500 

ATR72-100, -200 

ATR-42-500 

A 

A 

I 

ATR42-500 "600 Version"   *STC Twenty One 

ATR72-212A "600 Version"  *STC Twenty One 

Boeing B737 -200 

A 

Boeing B737 -300, -400, -500 

Boeing B737 -600 

A 

Boeing B737 -700, -800 

Boeing B737 -900 

Boeing 747-200 

Boeing 757 -200 

Boeing 767 -200, -300 

Boeing B777 

Bombardier DHC 8 -100, -200, -300           
*Avmax 
Bombardier DHC 8 -400 

Bombardier CRJ 100, 200, 440  

Bombardier CRJ -700, 900 

McDonnell Douglas DC-10 (KC-10 military) 

McDonnell Douglas MD-82 

McDonnell Douglas MD-83 

Fokker 100 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

Hawker Beechcraft -750, 800XP, 850XP, 900XP 

I 

A 

Viking Air DHC -7 (LSTC) 

Embraer EMB 190 

Embraer Legacy 600 and EMB – 135/145 

FLYHT has also received an approved AFIRS 228 STC for the Bombardier CRJ- 700, 900 from the DGDC in Mexico. AFIRS 220 or 228 model

A = Approved, P = Pending (We have received a Provisions STC and are in the final stages before receiving a full STC), I = In Progress. 
* = Occasionally FLYHT may partner with a third party to gain STC approval.

Balance January 1 
Interest accretion 
Repayment 
Balance December 31 
Less current portion 
Non-current portion 

FLYHT announced additional certification in January 2016, with the receipt 
of the Canadian Technical Standard Order (“CAN-TSO”)  Design  Approval, 
CAN-TSO-C159b for the AFIRS 228S. The certification, granted by Transport 
Canada, represents an additional level of airworthiness standards met by 
AFIRS.  A  Technical  Standard  Order  is  a  minimum  performance  standard 
issued  by  an  airworthiness  authority  for  specified  materials,  parts, 
processes, and appliances used on civil aircraft. Issuance of the CAN-TSO by 
TCCA through international agreements, represents recognition of the AFIRS 
228S in the world’s major airworthiness jurisdictions, thus simplifying the 
STC and installation process.

Balance January 1 
Repayment 
Balance December 31 

2015 
$ 

2014 
$ 
818,828  
   149,001  
(68,229)  
899,600 
78,462 
821,138 

899,600  
163,369  
This  TSO  certification  confirms  that  AFIRS  228S  meets  all  product 
(78,462)  
requirements, 
including  DO-262B  Minimum  Operational  Performance 
984,507 
Standards  for  Avionics  Supporting  Next  Generation  Satellite  Systems 
90,234 
(NGSS), for an Iridium SATCOM supporting Future Air Navigation System 
894,273 
(“FANS”)  -1/A  capability.  FANS  allows  for  and  supports  improved  data 
and surveillance of aircraft flying in remote regions and over the oceans. 
Additionally, the certification enables voice and data services for Air Traffic 
Control  (“ATC”),  Aeronautical  Operational  Control  (“AOC”)  and  Air-to-Air 
Communication (“AAC”) using Iridium’s global satellite network. The system 
also provides ACARS over Iridium messaging capability.

2014 
$ 
1,967,507  
(68,229)  

1,899,278  
(78,462)  

2015 
$ 

1,899,278 

1,820,816 

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Trends and Economic Factors

FLYHT examines the results of growth and measurements made by leading 
aviation groups in order to determine the health of the industry. AFIRS is a 
technology that can be installed on commercial, business or military aircraft. 

Passenger  traffic  (measured  in  Revenue  Passenger  Kilometers  or  “RPK”) 
saw a 6.5% increase in 2015 compared to the previous year and was the 
strongest result in five years1. All regions saw demand growth in 2015 and 
load factors that measure the capacity of flights were at a record annual 
high  of  80.3%,  an  increase  of  0.6%  over  2014.  Demand  in  international 
markets at 6.5% was slightly higher than domestic travel at 6.3%. Global 
freight traffic (measured in Freight Tonne Kilometers or “FTK”) increased by 
2.2% in 2015, which was lower than the 4.5% growth in 20142. RPK and 
FTK measure passenger and freight contributions to airline revenue. These 
are significant measures to determine the health of the industry because 
the  larger  the  increase,  the  more  people  are  flying  and  freight  shipping, 
suggesting growth in the industry.

Large  commercial  aircraft  manufacturers  marked  record  numbers  for 
deliveries and new orders in 2015. Airbus achieved a new record for aircraft 
deliveries of 635 aircraft for 85 customers, an increase from 629 aircraft in 
2014. 2015 deliveries continued the upward trend for the 13th consecutive 
year3. Boeing also reached new heights, delivering 762 aircraft in 2015, 39 
more than the previous year.4 Embraer set a five-year record and delivered 
a total of 101 commercial and 120 executive jets (82 light and 38 large), 
in  20155.  Bombardier  delivered  less  aircraft  than  in  2014,  a  total  of  275 
business and commercial jets compared to 290 aircraft in the previous year. 
The company also announced that it would undergo some transformation in 
its programs and a restructuring in 2016 resulting in a loss of jobs6. 

Results for the general aviation industry were not as strong in the year due 
to  the  fluctuating  world  economy.  The  General  Aviation  Manufacturers 
Association (“GAMA”) reported that numbers in worldwide general aviation 
airplane shipments fell in 2015 5% from 2,454 in 2014 to 2,331 shipments 
in 20157. 

FLYHT continues to be an industry leader in providing airlines with increased 
operational control and aircraft situational awareness. The Company’s efforts 
in the year have been on the early stage redevelopment and implementation 
of  a  cloud-based  UpTime  user  software.  This  development  will  occur  in 
2016  and  marks  an  improvement  on  our  current  technology;  taking  into 
consideration  customer  feedback  and  optimization.  The  FLYHTHealth 
program  is  significant  in  its  ability  to  detect  and  notify  the  airline  of  any 
problems while the aircraft is in flight and prepare for repair before the aircraft 
lands, thereby reducing the financial impact of unscheduled maintenance. 
Since 2009, FLYHT has had the technology to stream black box data in real-
time. As a result of industry events and accidents during 2014, FLYHT has 
participated  in  working  groups  and  demonstrated  the  AFIRS  technology 
with FLYHTStream capabilities on industry panels. Multiple working groups 
included sessions with the Malaysian Government, ICAO, IATA, the NTSB 
and ITU. FLYHT will continue to participate in industry working groups to 
advance  engineering  and  technical  requirements  and  prepare  for  future 
development of the AFIRS product line to meet industry needs.

The weakening of the Canadian dollar relative to the U.S. dollar throughout 
2015 had a positive impact on the Company’s revenue and income compared 

to 2014. As a result of these currency movements, the Company’s revenues, 
which  are  substantially  all  denominated  in  U.S.  dollars,  were  higher  than 
they  would  have  been  had  the  foreign  exchange  rates  not  changed.  It  is 
the  standard  of  the  aviation  industry  to  conduct  business  in  U.S.  dollars.  
While  the  majority  of  the  Company’s  operating  and  overhead  costs  are 
denominated in Canadian dollars, a significant portion of the cost of sales, 
marketing and distribution costs are U.S. dollar denominated, and therefore 
a natural hedge exists against fluctuations of the Canadian dollar.

Contracts and Achievements of Fiscal 2015 

Contracts

FLYHT Aerospace Solutions Ltd. signed a total of six contracts on 169 aircraft 
with customers worldwide. Two were for the AFIRS 220 and 167 for the 
AFIRS 228, as described below;

In April, FLYHT signed contracts with new customers that had AFIRS 220 
units previously installed on their aircraft. One was with an African operator 
on a Bombardier DHC-8; the other is with a Caribbean carrier on a Boeing 
767-300.

In May, FLYHT signed a contract with an African Airline for the AFIRS 228 on 
a fleet of four A320 aircraft. 

In September, FLYHT signed a contract with Avmax Aviation Services Inc. to 
install the AFIRS 228 on the two airlines Avmax owns, as well as its current 
and future leased fleet, for a total fleet size of 146 aircraft over a seven year 
term.

Throughout  the  year  FLYHT  signed  contracts  with  five  airlines  in  China, 
including direct sales and sales through partners, for a total of 18 aircraft.

1  http://www.iata.org/pressroom/pr/Pages/2016-02-04-01.aspx

2  http://www.iata.org/pressroom/pr/Pages/2016-02-03-01.aspx

3  http://www.airbus.com/newsevents/news-events-single/detail/airbus- 
  exceeds-targets-in-2015-delivers-the-most-aircraft-ever/ 

4  http://boeing.mediaroom.com/2016-01-07-Boeing-Achieves-Record- 
  Commercial-Airplanes-Deliveries-in-2015

5  http://www.embraer.com/Documents/noticias/003-Embraer%20Deliveries%20 
  4Q15-Ins-VPF-I-16.pdf

6  http://www.bombardier.com/en/media/newsList/details.binc-20160217- 
  bombardier-announces-financial-results-for-the-fou.bombardiercom.html

7  http://www.gama.aero/media-center/press-releases/content/gama-unveils- 
  2015-year-end-shipment-and-billing-numbers-%E2%80%9Cstate-i 
  and 
  http://www.gama.aero/media-center/industry-facts-and-statistics/ 

shipments-billings

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Achievements

•  In  the  first  quarter  FLYHT  reported  the  highest  revenue  yet 
  achieved in a quarter, $2,569,908, and a loss for the period close to break 
  even.

•  In June, FLYHT announced the election of retired Major General Mark V. 
  Rosenker to the Board of Directors.

•  In  June,  FLYHT  was  recognized  with  the  2015  Excellence  in  Avionics 
  Safety Systems Innovation Award by Avionics Magazine.

•  In July, FLYHT welcomed Mr. David Perez as Vice President, Sales and 
  Marketing.  Mr.  Perez  has  over  25  years  of  experience  in  the  aviation 

industry.

•  In August, FLYHT was selected by the Alberta Venture Magazine in a list 
  of 20 most innovative companies. 

•  In  the  third  quarter  FLYHT  reported  the  second  highest  revenue 
  achieved in a quarter, $2,519,347; second only to the first quarter of 2015 
  by $50,561.

•  In October, subsequent to the end of the third quarter, FLYHT announced 
  appointment of Mr. Thomas R. Schmutz as new CEO of the Company. In 
  a career of more than 30 years, he gained extensive experience in senior 
leadership roles in the aerospace and telecommunications industries.

•  In December, FLYHT announced the granting of a non-exclusive license to 
  use certain of its intellectual property (the “IP”) to a technology company 
for  an  aggregate  license  fee  of  $2.5  million  USD,  payable  in  the  first 

  quarter of 2016.

•  In  the  fourth  quarter  FLYHT  reported  a  new  quarterly  revenue  record, 
  $3,769,267, being the third record revenue quarter in the 2015 financial 
year. The results show a 51.9% improvement on 2014 revenue and 30.7% 

  ahead of the previous highest revenue year in 2013.

Results of Operations –
Years Ended December 31, 2015 and 2014
Results of Operations – Years Ended December 31, 2015 and 2014 

Selected Results
Selected Results  

 2015 

Assets 
Non-current financial liabilities 
Revenue 
Cost of sales 
Distribution expenses 
Administration expenses 
Research, development and 
certification engineering expenses 
Loss (income) from operating 
activities 
Loss 
Loss (income) before R&D 
Loss per share (basic & fully diluted) 
 2014 

Assets 
Non-current financial liabilities 
Revenue 
Cost of sales 
Distribution expenses 
Administration expenses 
Research, development and 
certification engineering expenses 
Loss (income)  from operating 
activities 
Loss 
Loss before R&D 
Loss per share (basic & fully diluted) 

Financial Position 

Liquidity and Capital Resource 

Q4  
$ 
5,478,867 
390,110 
3,769,267 
1,340,513 
1,084,443 
1,573,796 

Q3  
$ 
6,140,675 
3,267,030 
2,519,347 
672,341 
1,142,086 
607,755 

Q2  
$ 
6,344,752 
3,053,577 
1,598,603 
562,535 
987,330 
943,931 

Q1  
$ 
7,752,509 
5,407,303 
2,569,908 
637,901 
763,774 
551,471 

Total 
$ 
5,478,867 
390,110 
10,457,125 
3,213,290 
3,977,633 
3,676,953 

689,195 

638,104 

737,968 

737,285 

2,802,552 

918,680 

540,939 

1,633,161 

120,523 

3,213,303 

1,203,998 
514,803 
0.01 

 Q4  
$ 
8,275,546 
5,506,179 
2,218,681 
849,221 
990,650 
780,039 

683,224 
45,120 
0.00 

Q3  
$ 
8,968,372 
2,728,769 
1,808,794 
655,927 
806,051 
985,756 

1,943,924 
1,205,956 
0.01 

Q2  
$ 
10,281,225 
2,433,044 
1,505,767 
604,860 
816,240 
1,119,379 

60,414 
  (676,871) 
0.00 

Q1  
$ 
9,734,630 
2,262,812 
1,348,786 
440,043 
780,050 
663,344 

3,891,560 
1,089,008 
0.02 

Total 
$ 
8,275,546 
5,506,179 
6,882,028 
2,550,051 
3,392,991 
3,548,518 

772,725 

848,119 

(1,277,790) 

434,695 

777,749 

1,173,954 

1,487,059 

(243,078) 

969,346 

3,387,281 

1,305,712 
532,986 
0.01 

1,653,147 
805,028 
0.01 

46,925 
1,324,716 
0.00 

1,273,101 
838,406 
0.01 

4,278,885 
3,501,136 
0.03 

30

The Company’s cash at December 31, 2015 decreased to $1,301,955 from $3,910,962 at December 31, 2014 due mainly to cash 

used in operating activities in the first half of the year. FLYHT utilized net $2,894,478 million cash during the year  (excluding the 

unrealized  foreign exchange differences)  to  fund  the  losses.    The Company progressively self-funded more of  its operations, or 

consumed less cash, each quarter, from $1,666,232 utilized in Q1, to $622,400 utilized in Q2, $621,716 utilized in Q3 and $15,870 

cash generated in Q4, as reported on the statements of cash flow.  Working capital items were well controlled so did not contribute 

to a cash burn.  The Company has an available and undrawn operating line of $250,000 at Canadian chartered bank prime plus 

1.5%, secured by assignment of cash collateral and a general security agreement. 

The convertible and the redeemable debentures mature during 2016 and have been classified as current liabilities a t December 

31, 2015.  The Company  thus had negative  working capital of  $5,413,927 compared to positive $3,009,025 as of  December 31, 

2014,  a  decrease  of  $8,422,952  comprising  $2,609,007  cash  decrease,  $5,267,636  increase  in  current  portion  of  loans  and 

borrowings  reclassified  from  non-current  liabilities  and  a  net  decrease  in  other  working  capital  of  $546,309.  Neither  customer 

deposits, nor the current portion of unearned revenue are refundable, and if those two items are excluded in the working capital 

calculation,  the  resulting  modified  working  capital  at  December  31,  2015  would  be  negative  $3,306,055  compared  to  positive 

$5,283,775 at December 31, 2014.  

The Company funded 2015 operations primarily through cash received from sales and available cash on hand.  Management is 

addressing the debenture debt and the Company will continue to strive to self-fund operations in the coming year. The Company 

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Financial Position

Liquidity and Capital Resource

The Company’s cash at December 31, 2015 decreased to $1,301,955 from $3,910,962 at December 31, 2014 due mainly to cash used in operating activities in the first 
half of the year. FLYHT utilized net $2,894,478 million cash during the year (excluding the unrealized foreign exchange differences) to fund the losses.  The Company 
progressively self-funded more of its operations, or consumed less cash, each quarter, from $1,666,232 utilized in Q1, to $622,400 utilized in Q2, $621,716 utilized in Q3 
and $15,870 cash generated in Q4, as reported on the statements of cash flow.  Working capital items were well controlled so did not contribute to a cash burn.  The 
Company has an available and undrawn operating line of $250,000 at Canadian chartered bank prime plus 1.5%, secured by assignment of cash collateral and a general 
security agreement.

The convertible and the redeemable debentures mature during 2016 and have been classified as current liabilities at December 31, 2015. The Company thus had negative 
working capital of $5,413,927 compared to positive $3,009,025 as of December 31, 2014, a decrease of $8,422,952 comprising $2,609,007 cash decrease, $5,267,636 
increase in current portion of loans and borrowings reclassified from non-current liabilities and a net decrease in other working capital of $546,309. Neither customer 
deposits, nor the current portion of unearned revenue are refundable, and if those two items are excluded in the working capital calculation, the resulting modified 
working capital at December 31, 2015 would be negative $3,306,055 compared to positive $5,283,775 at December 31, 2014.

The Company funded 2015 operations primarily through cash received from sales and available cash on hand.  Management is addressing the debenture debt and the 
believes that where funding is required to meet cash flow requirements in 2016, it will be raised through sale of (or licensed rights 
Company will continue to strive to self-fund operations in the coming year. The Company believes that where funding is required to meet cash flow requirements in 2016, 
to use) assets, or issue of debt or equity instruments.   
it will be raised through sale of (or licensed rights to use) assets, or issue of debt or equity instruments.

Cash and cash equivalents  
Restricted cash  
Trade and other receivables  
Deposits and prepaid expenses 
Inventory  
Trade payables and accrued liabilities  
Unearned revenue 
Loans and borrowings  
Finance lease obligations  
Current tax liabilities 
Working capital  

Unearned revenue 
Customer deposits 
Modified working capital 

2015 
$ 
  1,301,955  
     250,000  
     898,166  
     137,861  
  1,716,313  
 (2,757,707) 
 (1,087,197) 
 (5,840,418) 
      (27,922) 
       (4,978) 
 (5,413,927) 

  1,087,197  
  1,020,675  
 (3,306,055) 

2014 
$ 
3,910,962  
250,000  
959,786  
183,750  
1,917,249  
(2,129,622) 
(1,484,345) 
(572,782) 
(25,973) 
- 
3,009,025  

1,484,345  
790,405  
5,283,775  

Variance 
$ 
 (2,609,007) 
             -    
      (61,620) 
      (45,889) 
    (200,936) 
    (628,085) 
     397,148  
 (5,267,636) 
       (1,949) 
       (4,978) 
 (8,422,952) 

    (397,148) 
     230,270  
 (8,589,830) 

In 2015 warrant and option exercises together with convertible debenture conversions resulted in the Company issuing a total  of 
In 2015 warrant and option exercises together with convertible debenture conversions resulted in the Company issuing a total of 1,297,500 shares for total proceeds of 
1,297,500 shares for total proceeds of $236,000, including:  
$236,000, including: 

a)  542,500 warrants were exercised at $0.20 per share for proceeds of $108,500  
a) 542,500 warrants were exercised at $0.20 per share for proceeds of $108,500 
b)  100,000 options were exercised at $0.25 per share for proceeds of $25,000 
c)  500,000 options were exercised at $0.205 per share for proceeds of $102,500 
b) 100,000 options were exercised at $0.25 per share for proceeds of $25,000
d)  155,000 convertible debentures converted at $0.40 per share 

c) 500,000 options were exercised at $0.205 per share for proceeds of $102,500

As at April 5, 2016, FLYHT’s issued and outstanding share capital was 173,477,635. 

d) 155,000 convertible debentures converted at $0.40 per share

The achievement of positive earnings before interest and amortization is necessary before the Company can improve liquidity. The 
Company  has  continued  to  expand  its  cash  flow  potential  through  its  continued  marketing  drive  to  clients  around  the  world. 
Management believes that  the Company’s  installation momentum, conversion of  installations  to  recurring  revenue, new  revenue 
streams, and ongoing sales  will  be sufficient  to meet standard  liquidity  requirements going  forward.  2015  revenue was  a 51.9% 
increase over 2014 which contributed to a reduced operating loss of $3,213,303; being $130,337 less loss than 2014  

To  continue  as  a  going  concern,  the  Company  will  need  to  attain  profitability  and/or  obtain  additional  financing  to  fund  ongo ing 
operations. If: 

  general economic conditions in the industry or the financial condition of a major customer deteriorates, or  
 
 

sufficient funds are not available to extinguish the debentures coming due in June 2016, or 
sufficient  funds  are  not  available,  or  debenture  holders  do  not  convert  their  debenture  units  to  equity,  when  the 
debentures mature in December 2016; 

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FLYHT AEROSPACE SOLUTIONS LTD.            ANNUAL REPORT   2015

then  the  Company  may  have  to  scale  back  operations  to  create  positive  cash  flow  from  existing  revenue  and/or  raise  the 
necessary financing in the capital markets. It is the Company’s intention to continue to fund operations by adding revenue an d its 
resulting  cash  flow  as  well  as  continue  to  manage  outgoing  cash  flows.  If  the  need  arises  due  to  market  opportunities,  the 
Company  may  meet  those  needs  via  the  capital  markets.  These  material  uncertainties  may  cast  significant  doubt  upon  the 
Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. 

Financial Instruments 

its risk. 

to interest rate changes. 

The Company is exposed to fluctuations in the exchange rates between the Canadian dollar and other currencies with respect to  

assets, sales, expenses and purchases. The Company monitors fluctuations and may take action if deemed necessary to mitigate 

The Company is exposed to changes in interest rates as a result of the operating loan bearing interest based on the Company’s  

lenders’ prime rate. All outstanding debentures have a fixed rate of interest and therefore do not expose the Company’s cash flow 

There is a credit risk associated with accounts receivable where the customer fails to pay invoices. The Company extends cred it to 

credit-worthy  or  well-established  customers.  In  the  case  of  AFIRS  sales  the  invoiced  amount  is  frequently  payable  before  the 

product  is  shipped  to  the  customer.  The  Company  assesses  the  financial  risk  of  a  customer  and  based  on  that  analysis  may 

require that a deposit payment be made before services are provided. In the case of monthly recurring revenue the Company has 

the ability to disable the AFIRS unit transmissions where the customer has not fulfilled its financial obligations. 

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As at April 5, 2016, FLYHT’s issued and outstanding share capital was 173,477,635.

The achievement of positive earnings before interest and amortization is necessary before the Company can improve liquidity. The Company has continued to expand its 
cash flow potential through its continued marketing drive to clients around the world. Management believes that the Company’s installation momentum, conversion of 
installations to recurring revenue, new revenue streams, and ongoing sales will be sufficient to meet standard liquidity requirements going forward. 2015 revenue was a 
51.9% increase over 2014 which contributed to a reduced operating loss of $3,213,303; being $130,337 less loss than 2014.  

To continue as a going concern, the Company will need to attain profitability and/or obtain additional financing to fund ongoing operations. If:

• general economic conditions in the industry or the financial condition of a major customer deteriorates, or 

• sufficient funds are not available to extinguish the debentures coming due in June 2016, or

• sufficient funds are not available, or debenture holders do not convert their debenture units to equity, when the debentures mature in December 2016;

then the Company may have to scale back operations to create positive cash flow from existing revenue and/or raise the necessary financing in the capital markets. 
It is the Company’s intention to continue to fund operations by adding revenue and its resulting cash flow as well as continue to manage outgoing cash flows. If the 
need arises due to market opportunities, the Company may meet those needs via the capital markets. These material uncertainties may cast significant doubt upon the 
Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.

Financial Instruments

The Company is exposed to fluctuations in the exchange rates between the Canadian dollar and other currencies with respect to assets, sales, expenses and purchases. 
The Company monitors fluctuations and may take action if deemed necessary to mitigate its risk.

The Company is exposed to changes in interest rates as a result of the operating loan bearing interest based on the Company’s lenders’ prime rate. All outstanding 
debentures have a fixed rate of interest and therefore do not expose the Company’s cash flow to interest rate changes.

There is a credit risk associated with accounts receivable where the customer fails to pay invoices. The Company extends credit to credit-worthy or well-established 
customers. In the case of AFIRS sales the invoiced amount is frequently payable before the product is shipped to the customer. The Company assesses the financial risk of 
a customer and based on that analysis may require that a deposit payment be made before services are provided. In the case of monthly recurring revenue the Company 
has the ability to disable the AFIRS unit transmissions where the customer has not fulfilled its financial obligations.

Contractual Obligations
Contractual Obligations 
The following table details the contractual maturities of financial liabilities, including estimated interest payments.
The following table details the contractual maturities of financial liabilities, including estimated interest payments. 

December 31, 2015 

Accounts payable 

Compensation and 
statutory deductions 

< 2 months 
$ 
1,034,319 

2-12 months 
$ 
       2,692  

1-2 years 
$ 
 - 

2-5 years 
$ 
 -  

> 5 years 
$ 
 - 

Total 
$ 
1,037,011 

84,525 

270,134 

108,000 

108,000 

 - 

570,659 

Finance lease liabilities 

      4,970  

      24,849  

      15,794  

Accrued liabilities 

39,215 

61,650 

Loans and borrowings 

           -    

5,840,418 

Total 

1,163,029 

6,199,743 

9,715 

103,768 

237,277 

         -  

 18,782  

           -    

 - 

45,613 

129,362 

414,386 

1,212,427 

7,570,999 

541,168 

1,212,427 

9,353,644 

Under SADI, the Company has, at December 31, 2015, an outstanding repayable balance of $1,820,816, compared to $1,899,278 at December 31, 2014. The amount 
Under SADI, the Company has, at December 31, 2015, an outstanding repayable balance of $1,820,816, compared to $1,899,278 
is repayable over 15 years on a stepped basis commencing April 30, 2014. The initial payment on April 30, 2014 was 3.5% of the total contribution received and the 
at December 31, 2014. The amount is repayable over 15 years on a stepped basis commencing April 30, 2014. The initial payment 
payment increases yearly by 15% until April 30, 2028 when the final payment will be 24.5% of the total contribution received. The repayment in 2015 was $78,462 
on April 30, 2014 was 3.5% of the total contribution received and the payment increases yearly by 15% until April 30, 2028 wh en 
(2014: $68,229). 
the  final  payment  will  be  24.5%  of  the  total  contribution  received.  The  repayment  in  2015  was  $78,462  (2014:  $68,229).  A 
summary of the SADI loan carrying value as at December 31, 2015 and 2014 and changes during these years is presented below. 

Balance January 1 
Interest accretion 
Repayment 
Balance December 31 
Less current portion 
Non-current portion 

2015 
$ 
899,600  
163,369  
(78,462)  
984,507 
90,234 
894,273 

2014 
$ 
818,828  
   149,001  
(68,229)  
899,600 
78,462 
821,138 

A  summary  of  the  SADI  outstanding  payable  balance  as  at  December  31,  2015  and  2014  and  changes  during  these  years  is 
presented below. 

32

Balance January 1 

Repayment 

Balance December 31 

2015 

$ 

1,899,278  

(78,462)  

1,820,816 

2014 

$ 

1,967,507  

(68,229)  

1,899,278 

The debenture issued December 23, 2010 had an original face value of $3,159,000 and was set to mature on December 23, 2014. 

On December 22, 2014 approval was received to extend the maturity date of the debentures then remaining outstanding from four 

to six years, now maturing on December 23, 2016. The debenture continues to bear interest at a rate of 8% per annum, accrued 

and paid annually in arrears. The debentures were convertible into common shares at a conversion rate of $0.40 per share at any 

time up to December 23, 2015; on December 15, 2015 the conversion rate was amended to be $0.25 per share at any time up to 

December 23, 2016 and the warrant exercise price was amended to $0.20.  The debentures carry a face value after conversions of 

$3,039,000 at April 5, 2016.  

FLYHT did not enter into any new loan or lease agreements in 2015. Minimum lease payments are as follows.  

Year 

2016 

2017 

Total 

Total 

$ 

29,818 

15,795 

45,613 

Customer Deposits  

FLYHT’s revenue recognition for AFIRS sales and Parts sales occurs in a series of steps. The process begins with the receipt of 

customer deposits, followed by shipment, installation and finally customer usage of the AFIRS Solution.  

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TCCA  

FAA 

EASA  

CAAC  

ANAC  

220 

228 

220 

228 

220 

FAA 

EASA  

CAAC  

TCCA  

A 

220 

228 

220 

228 

220 

228 

A 

228 

A 

220 

A 

220 

A 

228 

A 

228 

A 

220 

228 

ANAC  

220 

228 

Airbus A319, A320, A321 

Airbus A330 

Airbus A319, A320, A321 

A 

A 

A 

I 

A 

I 

A 

A 

A 

A 

ATR42-300, -500 

Airbus A330 

ATR72-100, -200 

ATR42-300, -500 

ATR-42-500 

ATR72-100, -200 

ATR-42-500 

ATR42-500 "600 Version"   *STC Twenty One 

ATR72-212A "600 Version"  *STC Twenty One 

ATR42-500 "600 Version"   *STC Twenty One 

Boeing B737 -200 

ATR72-212A "600 Version"  *STC Twenty One 

Boeing B737 -300, -400, -500 

Boeing B737 -200 

Boeing B737 -600 

Boeing B737 -300, -400, -500 

Boeing B737 -700, -800 

Boeing B737 -600 

Boeing B737 -900 

Boeing B737 -700, -800 

Boeing 747-200 

Boeing B737 -900 

Boeing 757 -200 

Boeing 747-200 

Boeing 767 -200, -300 

Boeing B777 

Boeing 767 -200, -300 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

I* 

A 

P 

I* 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

I 

I 

I 

I 

I 

I 

A 

A 

A 

I 

A 

I 

A 

I 

A 

A 

A 

I 

I 

I 

I 

A 

Contractual Obligations 

A 

A 

A 

A 

I 

I* 

I* 

I* 

I* 

I 

I 

I 

I 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

I 

I 

A 

I 

A 

I 

I 

I 

I 

I 

I 

I 

I 

I 

The following table details the contractual maturities of financial liabilities, including estimated interest payments. 

Boeing 757 -200 

December 31, 2015 

< 2 months 

2-12 months 

$ 

$ 

Accounts payable 

1,034,319 

       2,692  

Finance lease liabilities 

      4,970  

Compensation and 

A 

P 

statutory deductions 

Accrued liabilities 

Loans and borrowings 

A 

A 

Total 

84,525 

270,134 

A 

39,215 

      24,849  

A 

61,650 

           -    

5,840,418 

1,163,029 

6,199,743 

A 

A 

Bombardier DHC 8 -100, -200, -300           

> 5 years 

1-2 years 

Boeing B777 

*Avmax 

2-5 years 

Bombardier DHC 8 -400 

Bombardier DHC 8 -100, -200, -300           

$ 

 -  

$ 

 - 

*Avmax 

Bombardier CRJ 100, 200, 440  

108,000 

Bombardier DHC 8 -400 

Bombardier CRJ -700, 900 

108,000 

Bombardier CRJ 100, 200, 440  

      15,794  

McDonnell Douglas DC-10 (KC-10 military) 

           -    

         -  

Bombardier CRJ -700, 900 

McDonnell Douglas MD-82 

 18,782  

9,715 

McDonnell Douglas DC-10 (KC-10 military) 

$ 

 - 

 - 

 - 

Total 

$ 

1,037,011 

570,659 

45,613 

129,362 

103,768 

McDonnell Douglas MD-83 

414,386 

McDonnell Douglas MD-82 

237,277 

Fokker 100 

541,168 

McDonnell Douglas MD-83 

1,212,427 

7,570,999 

1,212,427 

9,353,644 

Hawker Beechcraft -750, 800XP, 850XP, 900XP 

A 
A 
A 

A 

A 
I 

Under SADI, the Company has, at December 31, 2015, an outstanding repayable balance of $1,820,816, compared to $1,899,278 
at December 31, 2014. The amount is repayable over 15 years on a stepped basis commencing April 30, 2014. The initial payment 
on April 30, 2014 was 3.5% of the total contribution received and the payment increases yearly by 15% until April 30, 2028 when 
the  final  payment  will  be  24.5%  of  the  total  contribution  received.  The  repayment  in  2015  was  $78,462  (2014:  $68,229).  A 
A summary of the SADI loan carrying value as at December 31, 2015 and 2014 and changes during these years is presented below.
summary of the SADI loan carrying value as at December 31, 2015 and 2014 and changes during these years is presented below. 

Fokker 100 
Viking Air DHC -7 (LSTC) 
Hawker Beechcraft -750, 800XP, 850XP, 900XP 
Embraer EMB 190 
Viking Air DHC -7 (LSTC) 
Embraer Legacy 600 and EMB – 135/145 
Embraer EMB 190 

A 

A 

A 

A 

A 

I 

Embraer Legacy 600 and EMB – 135/145 

A 

Balance January 1 
Balance January 1 
Interest accretion 
Interest accretion 
Repayment 
Repayment 
Balance January 1 
Balance December 31 
Balance December 31 
Interest accretion 
Less current portion 
Less current portion 
Repayment 
Non-current portion 
Non-current portion 
Balance December 31 
Less current portion 
Non-current portion 

Balance January 1 
Repayment 
Balance December 31 
Balance January 1 
Balance January 1 
Repayment 
Repayment 
Balance December 31 
Balance December 31 

2015 
2015 
$ 
$ 
899,600  
899,600  
2015 
163,369  
163,369  
$ 
(78,462)  
(78,462)  
899,600  
984,507 
163,369  
984,507 
90,234 
90,234 
(78,462)  
894,273 
894,273 
984,507 
90,234 
894,273 

2015 
$ 
1,899,278  
2015 
2015 
(78,462)  
$ 
$ 
1,899,278  
1,820,816 
1,899,278  
(78,462)  
(78,462)  

2014 
2014 
$ 
$ 
818,828  
818,828  
2014 
   149,001  
   149,001  
$ 
(68,229)  
(68,229)  
818,828  
899,600 
   149,001  
899,600 
78,462 
78,462 
(68,229)  
821,138 
821,138 
899,600 
78,462 
821,138 
2014 
$ 
1,967,507  
2014 
2014 
(68,229)  
$ 
$ 
1,967,507  
1,899,278 
1,967,507  
(68,229)  
(68,229)  

1,820,816 
1,820,816 

1,899,278 

1,899,278 

A  summary  of  the  SADI  outstanding  payable  balance  as  at  December  31,  2015  and  2014  and  changes  during  these  years  is 
A summary of the SADI outstanding payable balance as at December 31, 2015 and 2014 and changes during these years is presented below.
presented below. 

The debenture issued December 23, 2010 had an original face value of $3,159,000 and was set to mature on December 23, 2014. 
The debenture issued December 23, 2010 had an original face value of $3,159,000 and was set to mature on December 23, 2014. On December 22, 2014 approval was 
On December 22, 2014 approval was received to extend the maturity date of the debentures then remaining outstanding from four 
received to extend the maturity date of the debentures then remaining outstanding from four to six years, now maturing on December 23, 2016. The debenture continues 
to six years, now maturing on December 23, 2016. The debenture continues to bear interest at a rate of 8% per annum, accrued 
to bear interest at a rate of 8% per annum, accrued and paid annually in arrears. The debentures were convertible into common shares at a conversion rate of $0.40 per 
and paid annually in arrears. The debentures were convertible into common shares at a conversion rate of $0.40 per share at any 
share at any time up to December 23, 2015; on December 15, 2015 the conversion rate was amended to be $0.25 per share at any time up to December 23, 2016 and the 
time up to December 23, 2015; on December 15, 2015 the conversion rate was amended to be $0.25 per share at any time up to 
warrant exercise price was amended to $0.20.  The debentures carry a face value after conversions of $3,039,000 at April 5, 2016.
December 23, 2016 and the warrant exercise price was amended to $0.20.  The debentures carry a face value after conversions of 
$3,039,000 at April 5, 2016.  

FLYHT did not enter into any new loan or lease agreements in 2015. Minimum lease payments are as follows. 
FLYHT did not enter into any new loan or lease agreements in 2015. Minimum lease payments are as follows.  

Year 

2016 
2017 
Total 

Total 
$ 
29,818 
15,795 
45,613 

Customer Deposits  
Customer Deposits

FLYHT’s revenue recognition for AFIRS sales and Parts sales occurs in a series of steps. The process begins with the receipt of customer deposits, followed by shipment, 
FLYHT’s revenue recognition for AFIRS sales and Parts sales occurs in a series of steps. The process begins with the receipt of 
installation and finally customer usage of the AFIRS Solution. 
customer deposits, followed by shipment, installation and finally customer usage of the AFIRS Solution.  

Customers are frequently required to pay for AFIRS units and installation kits prior to the planned shipment date. This prepayment 
Customers are frequently required to pay for AFIRS units and installation kits prior to the planned shipment date. This prepayment is recorded as a customer deposit, 
is recorded as a customer deposit, which is recognized as an accrued liability upon receipt.  When the AFIRS unit and installation 
which is recognized as an accrued liability upon receipt. When the AFIRS unit and installation kit are shipped, the customer deposit is reclassified to unearned revenue, 
kit are shipped, the customer deposit is reclassified to unearned revenue, where it will remain until the AFIRS Solution has been 
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where it will remain until the AFIRS Solution has been installed and is fully functional, at which point the unearned revenue is recognized as AFIRS sales revenue. 
installed and is fully functional, at which point the unearned revenue is recognized as AFIRS sales revenue.  

When customers order spare parts or Underfloor Stowage Units and a prepayment is required, it is also recorded as a customer deposit. The Parts sales revenue is 
When customers order spare parts or Underfloor Stowage Units and a prepayment is required, it is also recorded as a customer 
deposit. The Parts sales revenue is recognized when the ordered part or unit is shipped.  
recognized when the ordered part or unit is shipped.

Customer deposits are amounts received for AFIRS sales and parts that have not yet been shipped to the customer, and services that have not yet been completed. These 
Customer deposits are amounts received for AFIRS sales and parts that have not yet been shipped to the customer, and services 
that  have  not  yet  been  completed.  These  deposits  are  nonrefundable,  and  are  included  on  the  Statement  of  Financial  Position 
deposits are nonrefundable, and are included on the Statement of Financial Position (“SFP”) in trade payables and accrued liabilities. 
(“SFP”) in trade payables and accrued liabilities.  
The chart below outlines the movement in the Company’s customer deposits throughout the periods ended December 31, 2015 and 2014. Payment was received for 11 
The chart below outlines the movement in the Company’s customer deposits throughout the periods ended December 31, 2015 
installation kits in the fourth quarter of 2015 compared to 9 received in the fourth quarter of 2014, bringing 2015 year-to-date (“YTD”) total payments for installation kits 
and 2014. Payment was received for 11 installation kits in the fourth quarter of 2015 compared to 9 received in the fourth quarter of 
to 36, compared to a total of 57 in 2014.
2014, bringing 2015 year-to-date (“YTD”) total payments for installation kits to 36, compared to a total of 57 in 2014. 

Opening balance 
Payments received 
Moved to unearned revenue 

Q4 2015 
$ 
     524,325  
  1,229,085  
    (732,735) 

Q4 2014 
$ 
  1,070,854  
     744,042  
(1,024,491) 

Variance 
$ 
    (546,529) 
     485,043  
     291,756  

YTD 2015 
$ 
     790,405  
  2,828,055  
 (2,597,785) 

YTD 2014 
$ 
      551,227  
   2,967,089  
(2,727,911) 

Variance 
$ 
     239,178  
   (139,034) 
     130,126  

Balance, December 31 

  1,020,675  

     790,405  

     230,270  

  1,020,675  

      790,405  

     230,270  

Unearned Revenue  

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The chart below outlines the movement in the Company’s unearned revenue throughout the periods ended December 31, 2015 
and 2014. Revenue was recognized for 28 installation kits in  2015’s fourth quarter compared to 12 in the  fourth quarter of 2014. 
YTD, revenue has been recognized for 58 installation kits in  2015, as compared to 44 in  2014. In 2015, 65.9% of the unearned 
revenue balance at December 31, 2014 was recognized as earned revenue (2014: 57.1%). 

Voice and data services prepaid 

       19,033  

       15,960  

3,073 

       19,033  

       92,084  

(73,051) 

Q4 2015 

Q4 2014 

Variance 

YTD 2015 

YTD 2014 

Variance 

$ 

$ 

$ 

$ 

$ 

$ 

  1,922,504  

  1,272,206  

650,298 

  1,675,746  

   1,103,834  

571,912 

     732,735  

  1,024,491  

(291,756) 

  2,597,785  

   2,727,911  

(130,126) 

(1,524,940) 

   (614,411) 

(910,529) 

(3,131,261) 

(2,146,871) 

(984,390) 

       (3,991) 

     (22,500) 

18,509 

     (15,962) 

   (101,212) 

85,250 

1,145,341 

1,675,746 

(530,405) 

1,145,341 

1,675,746 

(530,405) 

Opening balance 

AFIRS sales shipped, not 

accepted 

AFIRS sales revenue 

recognized 

Voice and data services 

revenue recognized 

Balance, December 31 

Comprehensive Income 

Revenue 

In the categories listed in the revenue sources chart, Voice and data services is the recurring revenue from customers’ usage of 

data  they  receive  from  AFIRS  and  use  of  functions  such  as  the  satellite  phone.  Usage  fees  are  recognized  as  the  service  is 

provided based on actual customer usage each month. AFIRS sales includes the income from AFIRS hardware sales and related 

parts  required  to  install  the  unit  along  with  Dragon  hardware  sales.  Upon  shipment,  these  amounts  are  deferred  as  unearned 

revenue and corresponding expenses are recorded as work in progress. When the system is fully functional and the customer has 

accepted the system, the deferred amount is recognized as AFIRS sales revenue and the work in progress as cost of sales. Parts 

sales  include  the  sale  of  spare  AFIRS  units,  spare  installation  parts,  modems  with  related  manufacturing  license  fee,  and 

Underfloor Stowage Units. Services revenue includes technical services, repairs and expertise the Company offers including the 

installation of operations control centres.  

Revenue sources 

Q4 2015 

Q4 2014 

Variance 

YTD 2015 

YTD 2014 

 Variance  

 $  

 $  

 $  

 $  

 $  

 $  

Voice and data services 

 1,067,894  

    915,602  

    152,292  

   3,986,813  

  3,657,300  

     329,513  

AFIRS sales 

 1,574,559  

    619,776  

    954,783  

   3,372,421  

  2,054,251  

  1,318,170  

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Customers are frequently required to pay for AFIRS units and installation kits prior to the planned shipment date. This prepayment 

Customers are frequently required to pay for AFIRS units and installation kits prior to the planned shipment date. This prepayment 

is recorded as a customer deposit, which is recognized as an accrued liability upon receipt.  When the AFIRS unit and installation 

is recorded as a customer deposit, which is recognized as an accrued liability upon receipt.  When the AFIRS unit and installation 

kit are shipped, the customer deposit is reclassified to unearned revenue, where it will remain until the AFIRS Solution has been 

kit are shipped, the customer deposit is reclassified to unearned revenue, where it will remain until the AFIRS Solution has been 

installed and is fully functional, at which point the unearned revenue is recognized as AFIRS sales revenue.  

installed and is fully functional, at which point the unearned revenue is recognized as AFIRS sales revenue.  

When customers order spare parts or Underfloor Stowage Units and a prepayment is required, it is also recorded as a customer 

When customers order spare parts or Underfloor Stowage Units and a prepayment is required, it is also recorded as a customer 

deposit. The Parts sales revenue is recognized when the ordered part or unit is shipped.  

deposit. The Parts sales revenue is recognized when the ordered part or unit is shipped.  

Customer deposits are amounts received for AFIRS sales and parts that have not yet been shipped to the customer, and services 

Customer deposits are amounts received for AFIRS sales and parts that have not yet been shipped to the customer, and services 

that  have  not  yet  been  completed.  These  deposits  are  nonrefundable,  and  are  included  on  the  Statement  of  Financial  Position 

that  have  not  yet  been  completed.  These  deposits  are  nonrefundable,  and  are  included  on  the  Statement  of  Financial  Position 

(“SFP”) in trade payables and accrued liabilities.  

(“SFP”) in trade payables and accrued liabilities.  

The chart below outlines the movement in the Company’s customer deposits throughout the periods ended December 31, 2015 

The chart below outlines the movement in the Company’s customer deposits throughout the periods ended December 31, 2015 

and 2014. Payment was received for 11 installation kits in the fourth quarter of 2015 compared to 9 received in the fourth quarter of 

and 2014. Payment was received for 11 installation kits in the fourth quarter of 2015 compared to 9 received in the fourth quarter of 

2014, bringing 2015 year-to-date (“YTD”) total payments for installation kits to 36, compared to a total of 57 in 2014. 

2014, bringing 2015 year-to-date (“YTD”) total payments for installation kits to 36, compared to a total of 57 in 2014. 

Opening balance 

Opening balance 

Payments received 

Payments received 

Moved to unearned revenue 
Moved to unearned revenue 
Balance, December 31 
Balance, December 31 

Q4 2015 

Q4 2015 

$ 

$ 

     524,325  

     524,325  

  1,229,085  

  1,229,085  

    (732,735) 
    (732,735) 
  1,020,675  
  1,020,675  

Q4 2014 

Q4 2014 

$ 

$ 

  1,070,854  

  1,070,854  

     744,042  

     744,042  

(1,024,491) 
(1,024,491) 
     790,405  
     790,405  

Variance 

Variance 

YTD 2015 

YTD 2015 

YTD 2014 

YTD 2014 

Variance 

Variance 

$ 

$ 

    (546,529) 

    (546,529) 

     485,043  

     485,043  

     291,756  
     291,756  
     230,270  
     230,270  

$ 

$ 

     790,405  

     790,405  

  2,828,055  

  2,828,055  

 (2,597,785) 
 (2,597,785) 
  1,020,675  
  1,020,675  

$ 

$ 

      551,227  

      551,227  

   2,967,089  

   2,967,089  

(2,727,911) 
(2,727,911) 
      790,405  
      790,405  

$ 

$ 

     239,178  

     239,178  

   (139,034) 

   (139,034) 

     130,126  
     130,126  
     230,270  
     230,270  

Unearned Revenue  
Unearned Revenue  
Unearned Revenue
The chart below outlines the movement in the Company’s unearned revenue throughout the periods ended December 31, 2015 
The chart below outlines the movement in the Company’s unearned revenue throughout the periods ended December 31, 2015 
and 2014. Revenue was recognized for 28 installation kits in  2015’s fourth quarter compared to 12 in the  fourth quarter of 2014. 
The chart below outlines the movement in the Company’s unearned revenue throughout the periods ended December 31, 2015 and 2014. Revenue was recognized for 28 
and 2014. Revenue was recognized for 28 installation kits in  2015’s fourth quarter compared to 12 in the  fourth quarter of 2014. 
YTD, revenue has been recognized for 58 installation kits in  2015, as compared to 44 in  2014. In 2015, 65.9% of the unearned 
installation kits in 2015’s fourth quarter compared to 12 in the fourth quarter of 2014. YTD, revenue has been recognized for 58 installation kits in 2015, as compared to 
YTD, revenue has been recognized for 58 installation kits in  2015, as compared to 44 in  2014. In 2015, 65.9% of the unearned 
revenue balance at December 31, 2014 was recognized as earned revenue (2014: 57.1%). 
revenue balance at December 31, 2014 was recognized as earned revenue (2014: 57.1%). 
44 in 2014. In 2015, 65.9% of the unearned revenue balance at December 31, 2014 was recognized as earned revenue (2014: 57.1%).

Q4 2015 
Q4 2015 
$ 
$ 
  1,922,504  
  1,922,504  
     732,735  
     732,735  
       19,033  
       19,033  
(1,524,940) 
(1,524,940) 

Q4 2014 
Q4 2014 
$ 
$ 
  1,272,206  
  1,272,206  
  1,024,491  
  1,024,491  
       15,960  
       15,960  
   (614,411) 
   (614,411) 

Variance 
Variance 
$ 
$ 
650,298 
650,298 
(291,756) 
(291,756) 
3,073 
3,073 
(910,529) 
(910,529) 

YTD 2015 
YTD 2015 
$ 
$ 
  1,675,746  
  1,675,746  
  2,597,785  
  2,597,785  
       19,033  
       19,033  
(3,131,261) 
(3,131,261) 

YTD 2014 
YTD 2014 
$ 
$ 
   1,103,834  
   1,103,834  
   2,727,911  
   2,727,911  
       92,084  
       92,084  
(2,146,871) 
(2,146,871) 

       (3,991) 
       (3,991) 

     (22,500) 
     (22,500) 

18,509 
18,509 

     (15,962) 
     (15,962) 

   (101,212) 
   (101,212) 

1,145,341 
1,145,341 

1,675,746 
1,675,746 

(530,405) 
(530,405) 

1,145,341 
1,145,341 

1,675,746 
1,675,746 

Variance 
Variance 
$ 
$ 
571,912 
571,912 
(130,126) 
(130,126) 
(73,051) 
(73,051) 
(984,390) 
(984,390) 

85,250 
85,250 

(530,405) 
(530,405) 

Opening balance 
Opening balance 
AFIRS sales shipped, not 
AFIRS sales shipped, not 
accepted 
accepted 
Voice and data services prepaid 
Voice and data services prepaid 
AFIRS sales revenue 
AFIRS sales revenue 
recognized 
recognized 
Voice and data services 
Voice and data services 
revenue recognized 
revenue recognized 
Balance, December 31 
Balance, December 31 

Comprehensive Income 
Comprehensive Income 
Comprehensive Income

Revenue
Revenue 
Revenue 
In the categories listed in the revenue sources chart, Voice and data services is the recurring revenue from customers’ usage of data they receive from AFIRS and 
In the categories listed in the revenue sources chart, Voice and data services is the recurring revenue from customers’ usage of 
In the categories listed in the revenue sources chart, Voice and data services is the recurring revenue from customers’ usage of 
use of functions such as the satellite phone. Usage fees are recognized as the service is provided based on actual customer usage each month. AFIRS sales includes 
data  they  receive  from  AFIRS  and  use  of  functions  such  as  the  satellite  phone.  Usage  fees  are  recognized  as  the  service  is 
data  they  receive  from  AFIRS  and  use  of  functions  such  as  the  satellite  phone.  Usage  fees  are  recognized  as  the  service  is 
the income from AFIRS hardware sales and related parts required to install the. Upon shipment, these amounts are deferred as unearned revenue and corresponding 
provided based on actual customer usage each month. AFIRS sales includes the income from AFIRS hardware sales and related 
provided based on actual customer usage each month. AFIRS sales includes the income from AFIRS hardware sales and related 
parts  required  to  install  the  unit  along  with  Dragon  hardware  sales.  Upon  shipment,  these  amounts  are  deferred  as  unearned 
expenses are recorded as work in progress. When the system is fully functional and the customer has accepted the system, the deferred amount is recognized as 
parts  required  to  install  the  unit  along  with  Dragon  hardware  sales.  Upon  shipment,  these  amounts  are  deferred  as  unearned 
revenue and corresponding expenses are recorded as work in progress. When the system is fully functional and the customer has 
revenue and corresponding expenses are recorded as work in progress. When the system is fully functional and the customer has 
AFIRS sales revenue and the work in progress as cost of sales. Parts sales include the sale of spare AFIRS units, spare installation parts, modems with related 
accepted the system, the deferred amount is recognized as AFIRS sales revenue and the work in progress as cost of sales. Parts 
accepted the system, the deferred amount is recognized as AFIRS sales revenue and the work in progress as cost of sales. Parts 
manufacturing license fee, and Underfloor Stowage Units. Services revenue includes technical services, repairs and expertise the Company offers including the 
sales  include  the  sale  of  spare  AFIRS  units,  spare  installation  parts,  modems  with  related  manufacturing  license  fee,  and 
sales  include  the  sale  of  spare  AFIRS  units,  spare  installation  parts,  modems  with  related  manufacturing  license  fee,  and 
installation of operations control centres.
Underfloor Stowage Units. Services revenue includes technical services, repairs and expertise the Company offers including the 
Underfloor Stowage Units. Services revenue includes technical services, repairs and expertise the Company offers including the 
installation of operations control centres.  
installation of operations control centres.  
Revenue sources
Revenue sources 
Revenue sources 

Voice and data services 
Voice and data services 
AFIRS sales 
AFIRS sales 
Parts sales 

Services 

Total 

Q4 2015 
Q4 2015 
 $  
 $  
 1,067,894  
 1,067,894  
 1,574,559  
 1,574,559  
 1,123,803  

Q4 2014 
Q4 2014 
 $  
 $  
    915,602  
    915,602  
    619,776  
    619,776  
    455,297  

Variance 
Variance 
 $  
 $  
    152,292  
    152,292  
    954,783  
    954,783  
    668,506  

YTD 2015 
YTD 2015 
 $  
 $  
   3,986,813  
   3,986,813  
   3,372,421  
   3,372,421  
   2,932,100  

YTD 2014 
YTD 2014 
 $  
 $  
  3,657,300  
  3,657,300  
  2,054,251  
  2,054,251  
     718,567  

        3,011  

    228,006  

   (224,995) 

      165,791  

     451,910  

 Variance  
 Variance  
 $  
 $  
     329,513  
     329,513  
  1,318,170  
  1,318,170  
  2,213,533  
12- 
12- 
    (286,119) 

 3,769,267  

 2,218,681  

 1,550,586  

 10,457,125  

  6,882,028  

  3,575,097  

Overall,  total  revenue  increased 51.9%  from $6,882,028  in 2014  to $10,457,125  in  2015. Voice and data services  increased by 
Overall, total revenue increased 51.9% from $6,882,028 in 2014 to $10,457,125 in 2015. Voice and data services increased by 9.0%, Parts sales increased by 308.0%, 
9.0%, Parts sales increased by 308.0%, AFIRS sales increased by 64.2%, while Services revenue decreased by 63.3%.  Revenue 
AFIRS sales increased by 64.2%, while Services revenue decreased by 63.3%.  Revenue in the first, third and fourth quarters were the three highest quarters in FLYHT 
in the first, third and fourth quarters were the three highest quarters in FLYHT history. 
history.
Voice and data services increased compared to last year, due to a higher number of aircraft producing recurring revenue together 
Voice and data services increased compared to last year, due to a higher number of aircraft producing recurring revenue together with the higher value of the USD. 
with the higher value of the USD. Recurring revenue accounted for 28.3% of revenue in Q4  2015 (Q4 2014: 41.3%), and 38.1% 
YTD 2015 (YTD 2014: 53.1%). Recurring revenue from FLYHT’s existing client base is expected to continue to expand throughout 
Recurring revenue accounted for 28.3% of revenue in Q4 2015 (Q4 2014: 41.3%), and 38.1% YTD 2015 (YTD 2014: 53.1%). Recurring revenue from FLYHT’s existing client 
2016 and future years. 
base is expected to continue to expand throughout 2016 and future years.
AFIRS sales increased in 2015 as compared to 2014 due to an increased number of installation kits meeting the requirements for 
AFIRS sales increased in 2015 as compared to 2014 due to an increased number of installation kits meeting the requirements for revenue recognition. YTD, revenue has 
revenue recognition. YTD, revenue has been recognized on 58 installation kits, compared to 44 in 2014.  Revenue was recognized 
been recognized on 58 installation kits, compared to 44 in 2014.  Revenue was recognized on 28 installation kits in Q4 2015 compared to 12 in Q4 2014. 
on 28 installation kits in Q4 2015 compared to 12 in Q4 2014.  

Parts sales increased both in the quarter and YTD in 2015 from 2014 as the result of large orders of modems with related license 
Parts sales increased both in the quarter and YTD in 2015 from 2014 as the result of large orders of modems with related license fees throughout 2015. 
fees throughout 2015.  

Services revenue decreased in the quarter and YTD in 2015 compared to 2014 due to a lower number of technical services provided to customers throughout 2015. In 
Services  revenue  decreased  in  the  quarter  and  YTD  in  2015  compared  to  2014  due  to  a  lower  number  of  technical  services 
provided  to  customers  throughout  2015.  In  2014  higher  revenue  was  earned  on  engineering  documentation  required  for  our 
2014 higher revenue was earned on engineering documentation required for our Chinese customers, which was not required in 2015.
Chinese customers, which was not required in 2015.  

Revenue sources for the last eight quarters were: 

Q4 2015 

Q3 2015 

Q2 2015 

Q1 2015 

Q4 2014 

Q3 2014 

Q2 2014 

Q1 2014 

Voice and data services 
AFIRS sales 
Parts sales 
Services 

1,067,894   1,100,238  
613,229  
1,574,559  
682,476  
1,123,803  
123,404  
 3,011  

855,121  
434,102  
285,459  
23,921  

963,560 
750,531 
840,362 
15,455 

915,602  
619,776  
455,297  
228,006  

927,117  
609,085  
148,198  
124,394  

893,464  
 447,632  
111,720  
52,951  

  921,116  
34
377,758  
3,353  
46,559  

Total 

3,769,267   2,519,347   1,598,603   2,569,908  2,218,681   1,808,794   1,505,767  

1,348,786 

Geographical sources of revenue 

The following revenue split is based on the geographical location of customers.  

North America 

South/Central America 

Africa/Middle East 

Europe 

Australasia 

Asia 

Total 

North America 

South/Central America 

Africa/Middle East 

Europe 

Australasia 

Asia 

Total 

YTD 2015 

YTD 2014 

Q4 2015 

$ 

   1,979,070  

       38,640  

      586,570  

      251,382  

      215,805  

      697,800  

   3,769,267  

Q4 2015 

% 

           52.5  

             1.0  

           15.6  

             6.7  

             5.7  

           18.5  

         100.0  

Q4 2014 

$ 

   1,215,724  

       67,265  

      369,309  

       54,078  

      143,922  

      368,383  

   2,218,681  

Q4 2014 

% 

           54.9  

             3.0  

           16.6  

             2.4  

             6.5  

           16.6  

         100.0  

$ 

      5,754,913  

        266,203  

      1,432,230  

        542,037  

        694,992  

      1,766,750  

    10,457,125  

YTD 2015 

% 

              55.1  

               2.5  

              13.7  

               5.2  

               6.6  

              16.9  

            100.0  

$ 

 3,321,408  

    304,449  

 1,194,644  

    317,112  

    658,366  

 1,086,049  

 6,882,028  

YTD 2014 

% 

         48.2  

           4.4  

         17.4  

           4.6  

           9.6  

         15.8  

       100.0  

Gross Profit and Cost of Sales 

FLYHT’s cost of sales includes the direct costs associated with specific revenue types, including the AFIRS unit, installation kits, 

training  and  installation  support,  as  well  as  associated  shipping  expenses  and  travel  expenses  for  the  Company’s  engineering 

personnel  while  performing  on-site  installation  support.  Installations  on  aircraft  are  performed  by  third  parties  at  the  customer’s 

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FLYHT AEROSPACE SOLUTIONS LTD. ANNUAL REPORT 2015 

 
 
 
  
  
 
 
 
 
  
  
 
 
 
 
  
  
 
 
 
  
  
 
 
 
 
  
  
 
 
 
 
  
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
  
 
  
  
 
 
Parts sales 

Services 

Total 

 1,123,803  

    455,297  

    668,506  

   2,932,100  

     718,567  

  2,213,533  

        3,011  

    228,006  

   (224,995) 

      165,791  

     451,910  

    (286,119) 

 3,769,267  

 2,218,681  

 1,550,586  

 10,457,125  

  6,882,028  

  3,575,097  

Overall,  total  revenue  increased 51.9%  from $6,882,028  in 2014  to $10,457,125  in  2015. Voice and data services  increased by 

9.0%, Parts sales increased by 308.0%, AFIRS sales increased by 64.2%, while Services revenue decreased by 63.3%.  Revenue 

in the first, third and fourth quarters were the three highest quarters in FLYHT history. 

Voice and data services increased compared to last year, due to a higher number of aircraft producing recurring revenue together 

with the higher value of the USD. Recurring revenue accounted for 28.3% of revenue in Q4  2015 (Q4 2014: 41.3%), and 38.1% 

YTD 2015 (YTD 2014: 53.1%). Recurring revenue from FLYHT’s existing client base is expected to continue to expand throughout 

2016 and future years. 

AFIRS sales increased in 2015 as compared to 2014 due to an increased number of installation kits meeting the requirements for 

revenue recognition. YTD, revenue has been recognized on 58 installation kits, compared to 44 in 2014.  Revenue was recognized 

on 28 installation kits in Q4 2015 compared to 12 in Q4 2014.  

Parts sales increased both in the quarter and YTD in 2015 from 2014 as the result of large orders of modems with related license 

fees throughout 2015.  

Services  revenue  decreased  in  the  quarter  and  YTD  in  2015  compared  to  2014  due  to  a  lower  number  of  technical  services 
provided  to  customers  throughout  2015.  In  2014  higher  revenue  was  earned  on  engineering  documentation  required  for  our 
Chinese customers, which was not required in 2015.  

Revenue sources for the last eight quarters were: 
Revenue sources for the last eight quarters were:

Q4 2015 

Q4 2015 

Q3 2015 

Q3 2015 

Q2 2015 

Q2 2015 

Q1 2015 

Q1 2015 

Q4 2014 

Q4 2014 

Q3 2014 

Q3 2014 

Q2 2014 

Q2 2014 

Q1 2014 

Q1 2014 

Voice and data services 
Voice and data services 
AFIRS sales 
AFIRS sales 
Parts sales 
Parts sales 
Services 
Services 
Total 
Total 

1,067,894   1,100,238  
613,229  
1,574,559  
682,476  
1,123,803  
123,404  
 3,011  

1,067,894   1,100,238  
963,560 
613,229  
1,574,559  
750,531 
1,123,803  
682,476  
840,362 
123,404  
 3,011  
15,455 
3,769,267   2,519,347   1,598,603   2,569,908 

893,464  
 447,632  
111,720  
52,951  
3,769,267   2,519,347   1,598,603   2,569,908  2,218,681   1,808,794   1,505,767  

  921,116  
377,758  
3,353  
46,559  
2,218,681   1,808,794   1,505,767   1,348,786 

927,117  
609,085  
148,198  
124,394  

915,602  
619,776  
455,297  
228,006  

855,121  
434,102  
285,459  
23,921  

963,560 
750,531 
840,362 
15,455 

893,464  
 447,632  
111,720  
52,951  

927,117  
609,085  
148,198  
124,394  

915,602  
619,776  
455,297  
228,006  

855,121  
434,102  
285,459  
23,921  

  921,116  
377,758  
3,353  
46,559  
1,348,786 

Geographical sources of revenue 
Geographical sources of revenue

Q4 2015 

Q3 2015 

Q2 2015 

Q1 2015 

Q4 2014 

Q3 2014 

Q2 2014 

Q1 2014 

        73.3  
The following revenue split is based on the geographical location of customers.
The following revenue split is based on the geographical location of customers.  
        26.7  

Gross Margin % 
Cost of Sales % 

        64.4  
        35.6  

        75.2  
        24.8  

        61.7  
        38.3  

        64.8  
        35.2  

      63.7  
      36.3  

       59.8  
       40.2  

        67.4  
        32.6  

Distribution Expenses (Recovery) 

Consist of overhead expenses associated with the sale and delivery of products and services to customers, and marketing.  

North America 
South/Central America 
Africa/Middle East 
Europe 
Australasia 
Major Category 
Asia 
Total 
Salaries and benefits 
Share based compensation 
Contract labour 
Office 
North America 
Travel 
South/Central America 
Equipment and maintenance 
Africa/Middle East 
Depreciation 
Europe 
Australasia 
Marketing 
Asia 
Other 
Total 
Total 

Q4 2015 
$ 
   1,979,070  
       38,640  
      586,570  
      251,382  
      215,805  
Q4 2014 
      697,800  
$ 
   3,769,267  
 364,083  
   10,470  
Q4 2015 
   97,574  
% 
   66,654  
           52.5  
   84,291  
             1.0  
     5,764  
           15.6  
             6.7  
     1,733  
             5.7  
   12,306  
           18.5  
 347,775  
         100.0  
 990,650  

Q4 2014 
$ 
   1,215,724  
       67,265  
      369,309  
       54,078  
      143,922  
      368,383  
   2,218,681  

Variance 
$ 
  234,842  
   (11,862) 
  107,020  
    45,505  
    59,919  
     (10,816)  
     7,652  
     9,308  
 (347,775) 

YTD 2015 
$ 
 1,983,579  
      91,658  
    829,298  
    328,855  
    472,078  
      40,216  
      29,840  
    100,169  
    101,940  

Q4 2014 
% 
           54.9  
             3.0  
           16.6  
             2.4  
             6.5  
           16.6  
         100.0  

  93,793  

 3,977,633  

YTD 2015 
$ 
      5,754,913  
        266,203  
      1,432,230  
        542,037  
        694,992  
YTD 2014 
      1,766,750  
$ 
    10,457,125  
 1,652,340  
      84,971  
YTD 2015 
    354,320  
% 
    275,427  
              55.1  
    449,215  
               2.5  
      22,180  
              13.7  
               5.2  
      26,910  
               6.6  
      55,610  
              16.9  
    472,018  
            100.0  
 3,392,991  

YTD 2014 
$ 
 3,321,408  
    304,449  
 1,194,644  
    317,112  
    658,366  
 1,086,049  
 6,882,028  

Variance 
$ 
  331,239  
     6,687  
  474,978  
    53,428  
    22,863  
    18,036  
     2,930  
    44,559  
 (370,078) 

YTD 2014 
% 
         48.2  
           4.4  
         17.4  
           4.6  
           9.6  
         15.8  
       100.0  

  584,642  

Q4 2015 
$ 
    598,925  
(1,392) 
    204,594  
    112,159  
    144,210  
       (5,052)  
       9,385  
      21,614  
            -    

 1,084,443  

Gross Profit and Cost of Sales 
Gross Profit and Cost of Sales

Q4 2015 

Q4 2015 

Q3 2015 

Q4 2014 

Q2 2014 

Q3 2015 

Q2 2015 

Q1 2015 

Q3 2014 

Variance 
$ 

        64.4  
        35.6  

Gross margin for the last eight quarters was:

927,117  
609,085  
148,198  
124,394  

893,464  
 447,632  
111,720  
52,951  

Administration Expenses  
FLYHT’s cost of sales includes the direct costs associated with specific revenue types, including the AFIRS unit, installation kits, training and installation support, as well 
FLYHT’s cost of sales includes the direct costs associated with specific revenue types, including the AFIRS unit, installation kits, 
as associated shipping expenses and travel expenses for the Company’s engineering personnel while performing on-site installation support. Installations on aircraft are 
training  and  installation  support,  as  well  as  associated  shipping  expenses  and  travel  expenses  for  the  Company’s  engineering 
Consist of expenses associated with the general operations of the Company that are not directly associated with delivery of services or 
Q1 2014 
performed by third parties at the customer’s expense. Cost of sales as a percentage of revenue in the fourth quarter of 2015 was 35.6% compared to 38.3% in 2014’s 
personnel  while  performing  on-site  installation  support.  Installations  on  aircraft  are  performed  by  third  parties  at  the  customer’s 
sales. 
1,067,894   1,100,238  
Voice and data services 
fourth quarter. A review of the annual results shows the cost of sales as a percentage of revenue also decreased from 37.1% in 2014 to 30.7% in 2015. The decrease was 
1,574,559  
613,229  
AFIRS sales 
due to a difference in the mix of revenue sources, as Voice and data services, Parts sales, and Services have higher margins than AFIRS sales. Gross margin will fluctuate 
13-  
682,476  
1,123,803  
Parts sales 
quarter over quarter depending on customer needs and revenue mix.
Major Category 
Q4 2015 
123,404  
 3,011  
Services 
$ 
Total 
Salaries and benefits 
1,058,602 
Share based compensation 
37,099 
Contract labour 
52,024 
Office 
61,836 
Gross Margin % 
Legal fees 
91,212 
Cost of Sales % 
Audit and accounting 
24,000 
148,810 
Investor relations 
Brokerage, stock exchange, 
and transfer agent fees 
Travel 
Equipment and maintenance 
Depreciation 
Major Category 
Other 

855,121  
434,102  
FLYHT AEROSPACE SOLUTIONS LTD. ANNUAL REPORT 2015 
285,459  
Q4 2014 
23,921  
$ 
352,434 
2,022 
Q2 2015 
60,860 
62,895 
42,787 
31,500 
85,807 

  921,116  
915,602  
377,758  
619,776  
3,353  
455,297  
YTD 2015 
YTD 2014 
46,559  
228,006  
$ 
$ 
2,218,681   1,808,794   1,505,767   1,348,786 
1,972,362 
1,468,711 
417,278 
276,008 
245,678 
153,594 
257,614 
276,983 
        61.7  
160,360 
151,566 
        38.3  
141,438 
85,840 
372,423 
399,619 

963,560 
750,531 
840,362 
Variance 
15,455 
$ 
3,769,267   2,519,347   1,598,603   2,569,908 
   706,168  
    35,077  
Q1 2015 
     (8,836) 
     (1,059) 
    48,425  
     (7,500) 
    63,003  

54,140 
Consist of overhead expenses associated with the sale and delivery of products and services to customers, and marketing.  
46,270 
760 
Q4 2014 
30,458 
$ 
     780,039  
 364,083  
   10,470  
   97,574  
   66,654  
   84,291  
     5,764  
     1,733  

Total 
Salaries and benefits 
Share based compensation 
Contract labour 
Office 
Travel 
Equipment and maintenance 
Depreciation 

      6,683  
   (34,317) 
      1,544  
Variance 
     (8,926) 
$ 
   793,757  
  234,842  
   (11,862) 
  107,020  
    45,505  
    59,919  
     (10,816)  
     7,652  

60,823 
11,953 
2,304 
Q4 2015 
21,532 
$ 
  1,573,796  
    598,925  
(1,392) 
    204,594  
    112,159  
    144,210  
       (5,052)  
       9,385  

215,660 
98,438 
15,217 
YTD 2014 
71,060 
$ 
 3,548,518  
 1,652,340  
      84,971  
    354,320  
    275,427  
    449,215  
      22,180  
      26,910  

211,307 
64,138 
10,098 
YTD 2015 
26,469 
$ 
 3,676,953  
 1,983,579  
      91,658  
    829,298  
    328,855  
    472,078  
      40,216  
      29,840  

Variance 
$ 
  128,435  
  331,239  
     6,687  
  474,978  
    53,428  
    22,863  
    18,036  
     2,930  

  503,651  
 (141,270) 
   (92,084) 
   (19,369) 
     8,794  
   (55,598) 
    27,196  

FLYHT AEROSPACE SOLUTIONS LTD.            ANNUAL REPORT   2015

Distribution Expenses (Recovery) 

    (4,353) 
   (34,300) 
    (5,119) 
   (44,591) 

        75.2  
        24.8  

        73.3  
        26.7  

        67.4  
        32.6  

        64.8  
        35.2  

       59.8  
       40.2  

      63.7  
      36.3  

   (14,522) 

     (6,505) 

Q3 2014 

Q1 2014 

Q4 2014 

Q2 2014 

74,066 

10,106 

59,544 

3,601 

35

Marketing 

Other 

Total 

      21,614  

   12,306  

     9,308  

    100,169  

      55,610  

    44,559  

            -    

 347,775  

 (347,775) 

    101,940  

    472,018  

 (370,078) 

 1,084,443  

 990,650  

  93,793  

 3,977,633  

 3,392,991  

  584,642  

Administration Expenses  

sales. 

Consist of expenses associated with the general operations of the Company that are not directly associated with delivery of services or 

Major Category 

Q4 2015 

Q4 2014 

Variance 

YTD 2015 

YTD 2014 

Variance 

$ 

$ 

$ 

$ 

$ 

$ 

1,058,602 

352,434 

   706,168  

1,972,362 

1,468,711 

  503,651  

Salaries and benefits 

Share based compensation 

Contract labour 

Office 

Legal fees 

Audit and accounting 

Investor relations 

Brokerage, stock exchange, 

and transfer agent fees 

Equipment and maintenance 

Depreciation 

Travel 

Other 

Total 

37,099 

52,024 

61,836 

91,212 

24,000 

148,810 

3,601 

60,823 

11,953 

2,304 

21,532 

2,022 

60,860 

62,895 

42,787 

31,500 

85,807 

10,106 

54,140 

46,270 

760 

30,458 

    35,077  

     (8,836) 

     (1,059) 

    48,425  

     (7,500) 

    63,003  

     (6,505) 

      6,683  

   (34,317) 

      1,544  

     (8,926) 

276,008 

153,594 

257,614 

160,360 

85,840 

399,619 

59,544 

64,138 

10,098 

26,469 

417,278 

245,678 

276,983 

151,566 

141,438 

372,423 

 (141,270) 

   (92,084) 

   (19,369) 

     8,794  

   (55,598) 

    27,196  

74,066 

   (14,522) 

98,438 

15,217 

71,060 

   (34,300) 

    (5,119) 

   (44,591) 

211,307 

215,660 

    (4,353) 

  1,573,796  

     780,039  

   793,757  

 3,676,953  

 3,548,518  

  128,435  

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
  
 
  
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
Q4 2015 

Q3 2015 

Q2 2015 

Q1 2015 

Q4 2014 

Q3 2014 

Q2 2014 

Q1 2014 

Voice and data services 

1,067,894   1,100,238  

855,121  

963,560 

915,602  

927,117  

893,464  

  921,116  

AFIRS sales 

Parts sales 

Services 

Total 

1,574,559  

613,229  

434,102  

750,531 

619,776  

609,085  

 447,632  

377,758  

1,123,803  

682,476  

285,459  

840,362 

455,297  

148,198  

111,720  

3,353  

 3,011  

123,404  

23,921  

15,455 

228,006  

124,394  

52,951  

46,559  

3,769,267   2,519,347   1,598,603   2,569,908 

2,218,681   1,808,794   1,505,767   1,348,786 

Q4 2015 

Q3 2015 

Q2 2015 

Q1 2015 

Q4 2014 

Q3 2014 

Q2 2014 

Q1 2014 

Gross Margin % 
Cost of Sales % 

        64.4  
        35.6  

        73.3  
        26.7  

        64.8  
        35.2  

        75.2  
        24.8  

        61.7  
        38.3  

      63.7  
      36.3  

       59.8  
       40.2  

        67.4  
        32.6  

Q4 2015 

Q3 2015 

Q2 2015 

Q1 2015 

Q4 2014 

Q3 2014 

Q2 2014 

Q1 2014 

915,602  
Distribution Expenses (Recovery)
Distribution Expenses (Recovery) 
619,776  
Consist of overhead expenses associated with the sale and delivery of products and services to customers, and marketing.
455,297  
228,006  

893,464  
 447,632  
111,720  
Consist of overhead expenses associated with the sale and delivery of products and services to customers, and marketing.  
52,951  

963,560 
750,531 
840,362 
15,455 
3,769,267   2,519,347   1,598,603   2,569,908 

Voice and data services 
AFIRS sales 
Parts sales 
Services 
Total 
Major Category 

1,067,894   1,100,238  
613,229  
1,574,559  
682,476  
1,123,803  
123,404  
 3,011  

855,121  
434,102  
285,459  
23,921  

Q3 2014 

927,117  
609,085  
148,198  
124,394  

  921,116  
377,758  
3,353  
46,559  
2,218,681   1,808,794   1,505,767   1,348,786 
YTD 2015 
YTD 2014 
$ 
$ 
 1,983,579  
 1,652,340  
Q4 2014 
      91,658  
      84,971  
        61.7  
    829,298  
    354,320  
        38.3  
    275,427  
    328,855  
    449,215  
    472,078  
      22,180  
      40,216  
      26,910  
      29,840  
      55,610  
    100,169  
    472,018  
    101,940  

Variance 
$ 
  331,239  
     6,687  
  474,978  
    53,428  
    22,863  
    18,036  
     2,930  
    44,559  
 (370,078) 

        67.4  
        32.6  

       59.8  
       40.2  

      63.7  
      36.3  

Q1 2014 

Q2 2014 

Salaries and benefits 
Share based compensation 
Gross Margin % 
Contract labour 
Cost of Sales % 
Office 
Travel 
Equipment and maintenance 
Depreciation 
Marketing 
Other 

Q4 2015 

Q3 2015 

Q2 2015 

        64.4  
        35.6  

        73.3  
        26.7  

        64.8  
        35.2  

Q4 2015 
$ 
    598,925  
(1,392) 
    204,594  
    112,159  
    144,210  
       (5,052)  
       9,385  
      21,614  
            -    

Q4 2014 
$ 
 364,083  
   10,470  
   97,574  
   66,654  
   84,291  
     5,764  
     1,733  
   12,306  
 347,775  

Q1 2015 

        75.2  
        24.8  

Variance 
$ 
  234,842  
   (11,862) 
  107,020  
    45,505  
    59,919  
     (10,816)  
     7,652  
     9,308  
 (347,775) 

Distribution Expenses (Recovery) 

Consist of overhead expenses associated with the sale and delivery of products and services to customers, and marketing.  

Consist of expenses associated with the general operations of the Company that are not directly associated with delivery of services or 
sales. 

Contract labour increased compared with the same periods last year, consequent on an increase in resources focused on customer deliverables, increased sales 
representation throughout the later portion of 2014 into 2015, together with recruitment fees paid to seek additional sales staff.  

Marketing expense has increased YTD mainly due to the creation in Q1 2015 of a video communicating the FLYHTStream product together with a presence at an 
industry tradeshow in China in Q2 2015.

Office expenses increased in 2015 from 2014 mainly as the result of an increased rent allocation combined with increased participation in an industry group.

Travel expenses increased in 2015 versus 2014 largely as the result of increased travel associated with sales and customer satisfaction activities, particularly in the 
fourth quarter of 2015.  Travel expenses vary significantly depending on the location of customer contracts and regions served. 

Total 
Major Category 

Other expenses decreases in both the quarter and YTD are due to a large bad debt reserve taken in Q4 2014 that was not repeated in 2015.
Administration Expenses  

 990,650  
Q4 2014 
$ 
 364,083  
   10,470  
   97,574  
   66,654  
   84,291  
     5,764  
     1,733  
Q4 2014 
   12,306  
$ 
 347,775  
352,434 
 990,650  
2,022 
60,860 
62,895 
42,787 
31,500 
85,807 

 3,977,633  
YTD 2015 
$ 
 1,983,579  
      91,658  
    829,298  
    328,855  
    472,078  
      40,216  
      29,840  
YTD 2015 
    100,169  
$ 
    101,940  
1,972,362 
 3,977,633  
276,008 
153,594 
257,614 
160,360 
85,840 
399,619 

 1,084,443  
Q4 2015 
$ 
    598,925  
(1,392) 
    204,594  
    112,159  
    144,210  
       (5,052)  
       9,385  
Q4 2015 
      21,614  
$ 
            -    
1,058,602 
 1,084,443  
37,099 
52,024 
61,836 
91,212 
24,000 
148,810 

  93,793  
Variance 
$ 
  234,842  
   (11,862) 
  107,020  
    45,505  
    59,919  
     (10,816)  
     7,652  
Variance 
     9,308  
$ 
 (347,775) 
   706,168  
  93,793  
    35,077  
     (8,836) 
     (1,059) 
    48,425  
     (7,500) 
    63,003  

 3,392,991  
YTD 2014 
$ 
Salaries and benefits 
 1,652,340  
Distribution expenses increased compared to 2014 due mainly to higher people costs offset by the decrease required in FLYHT’s bad debt reserve.
Share based compensation 
      84,971  
Administration Expenses  
Salaries and benefits increased in 2015 as compared to 2014 mainly due to an increase in sales and customer satisfaction staff.  
Contract labour 
    354,320  
Office 
    275,427  
Travel 
    449,215  
Equipment and maintenance 
      22,180  
Depreciation 
      26,910  
Marketing 
Major Category 
YTD 2014 
      55,610  
$ 
Other 
    472,018  
Equipment expenses increased YTD due to the 2015 purchase of equipment used to demonstrate FLYHT’s services to prospective customers.  
Salaries and benefits 
1,468,711 
Total 
 3,392,991  
Share based compensation 
417,278 
Contract labour 
245,678 
Office 
276,983 
Legal fees 
151,566 
Audit and accounting 
141,438 
372,423 
Investor relations 
Brokerage, stock exchange, 
and transfer agent fees 
Travel 
Equipment and maintenance 
Major Category 
Depreciation 
Salaries and benefits 
Other 
Share based compensation 
Total 
Contract labour 
Office 
Legal fees 
Audit and accounting 
Investor relations 
Brokerage, stock exchange, 
and transfer agent fees 
Travel 
Equipment and maintenance 
Depreciation 
Other 

60,823 
11,953 
Q4 2015 
$ 
2,304 
1,058,602 
21,532 
37,099 
  1,573,796  
52,024 
61,836 
91,212 
24,000 
148,810 

54,140 
46,270 
Q4 2014 
$ 
760 
352,434 
30,458 
2,022 
     780,039  
60,860 
62,895 
42,787 
31,500 
85,807 

215,660 
98,438 
YTD 2014 
$ 
15,217 
1,468,711 
71,060 
417,278 
 3,548,518  
245,678 
276,983 
151,566 
141,438 
372,423 

211,307 
64,138 
YTD 2015 
$ 
10,098 
1,972,362 
26,469 
276,008 
 3,676,953  
153,594 
257,614 
160,360 
85,840 
399,619 

      6,683  
   (34,317) 
Variance 
$ 
      1,544  
   706,168  
     (8,926) 
    35,077  
   793,757  
     (8,836) 
     (1,059) 
    48,425  
     (7,500) 
    63,003  

      6,683  
   (34,317) 
      1,544  
     (8,926) 

215,660 
98,438 
15,217 
71,060 

211,307 
64,138 
10,098 
26,469 

54,140 
46,270 
760 
30,458 

60,823 
11,953 
2,304 
21,532 

     (6,505) 

10,106 

74,066 

10,106 

59,544 

3,601 

  584,642  
Variance 
$ 
  331,239  
     6,687  
  474,978  
    53,428  
    22,863  
    18,036  
     2,930  
Variance 
    44,559  
$ 
 (370,078) 
  503,651  
  584,642  
 (141,270) 
   (92,084) 
   (19,369) 
     8,794  
   (55,598) 
    27,196  

Variance 
$ 

    (4,353) 
   (34,300) 
    (5,119) 
  503,651  
   (44,591) 
 (141,270) 
  128,435  
   (92,084) 
   (19,369) 
     8,794  
   (55,598) 
    27,196  

   (14,522) 

    (4,353) 
   (34,300) 
    (5,119) 
   (44,591) 

Consist of expenses associated with the general operations of the Company that are not directly associated with delivery of services or 
Administration Expenses 
sales. 
Consist of expenses associated with the general operations of the Company that are not directly associated with delivery of services or sales.

   (14,522) 

     (6,505) 

74,066 

59,544 

3,601 

Total 

  1,573,796  

     780,039  

   793,757  

 3,676,953  

 3,548,518  

  128,435  

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Administration expenses were higher in 2015 due mainly to people costs for staff retirement and change in key management positions, partially offset by cost savings 
in several other expense categories.

Salaries and benefits were higher in 2015 compared with 2014, mainly as the result of separation payments for our retiring CEO together with variable compensation 
as a result of the change in key management positions in Q4 2015 which exceeded the cost of separation included in Q4 2014 for our retiring CFO.  

Share based compensation differences in the quarter and YTD were the result of timing and volume differences in share options awarded throughout 2014 and into 
2015. 

Contract labour decreased compared to 2014 as a result of recruitment fees paid in 2014, along with expenses resulting from increased involvement throughout 2014 
in industry groups following the disappearance of Malaysian Airlines flight MH370, which did not recur in 2015. 

Office expenses decreased throughout 2015 compared to 2014 mainly as the result of decreased rent with the move to the new office space in Q1 2014 and a change 
in rent allocation, together with decreased communication costs. 

Legal fees increased in the quarter due to employee related services, including international employment law, and treasury matters.

Audit and accounting decreases are mainly due to service adjustments. 

Investor relations expense increased due to treasury matters and including costs of the OTCQX listing for the full year in 2015 (listing obtained in June 2014).

Brokerage, stock exchange, and transfer agent fees decreases are the result of a larger number of warrant and option exercises throughout 2014 as compared 
to 2015.

Equipment and maintenance decreases were the result of one-time purchases of equipment required for the new office premises in 2014.

Other decreases were related to the office move in 2014.  

Research, Development and Certification Engineering Expenses (Recovery) 
Research, Development and Certification Engineering Expenses (Recovery)  

Major Category 

Salaries and benefits 
Share based compensation 
Contract labour 
Office 
Travel 
Equipment and maintenance 
Components 
SRED credit 
Depreciation 
Other 
SNC litigation settlement 
Total 

Q4 2015 
$ 

   474,014  
  (1,635) 
161,206  
  30,212  
  6,902  
 20,364  
(9,541) 
     -  
   3,310  
   4,363  
    - 
 689,195  

Q4 2014 
$ 
 427,690  
        -    
   172,201  
 87,376  
  11,226  
  39,409  
 35,708  
 (324) 
(561) 
    -    
       -    
  772,725  

Variance 
$ 
        46,324  

YTD 2014 
YTD 2015 
$ 
$ 
   1,874,482  
     1,964,388  
 86,341 
  (1,635)               75,011  
      538,874  
        595,821  
     288,686  
        197,618  
       37,882  
          52,143  
       56,555  
          65,038  
      52,308  
          27,877  
     (241,677) 
      (216,708) 
     23,195  
          16,936  
        12,060  
          24,428  
                   -       (1,950,957) 
      777,749  
    2,802,552  

      (10,995) 
      (57,164) 
        (4,324) 
      (19,045) 
      (45,249) 
             324  
          3,871  
          4,363  
                 -    
      (83,530) 

Variance 
$ 

89,906  
(11,330) 
56,947  
(91,068) 
14,261  
8,483  
(24,431) 
24,969  
(6,259) 
12,368  
1,950,957  
 2,024,803  

Research and Development expense, before the favorable impact in 2014 of the recovery of a provision on settlement of the SNC 
Research and Development expense, before the favorable impact in 2014 of the recovery of a provision on settlement of the SNC litigation, was higher in 2015 due mainly 
litigation, was higher in 2015 due mainly to higher people costs, legal and patent fees, and components required for research and 
to higher people costs, legal and patent fees, and components required for research and development activities.
development activities. 

Salaries and benefits expended in this category increased from 2014 to 2015, partially due to the time committed to  increasing 
revenue sources for ground based server applications, and enhancements made to FLYHTStream in Q1 2015.  People costs will 
fluctuate with customer and industry demands for new products and enhancements of existing products, as well as differences in 
allocations between Distribution cost centres and R&D. 

Contract  labour  has  increased  YTD  mainly  due  to  certification  engineering  on  a  time-sensitive  STC  in  Q1  2015  together  with 
increased software development needs in Q2 2015.   

Office  expenses  decreased  as  a  result  of  decreased  legal  fees,  as  resources  similar  to  those  required  in  2014  to  finalize  the 
settlement with Sierra Nevada Corporation (“SNC”) were not required in 2015.  Legal fees required to establish and defend patents 
also decreased from 2014 to 2015. 

Travel expenses increased due to increased hardware testing and test flights.  Cost of travel varies significantly depending on the 
location of customers and regions served.  

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Equipment and maintenance expense decreases in Q4 2015 offset increases earlier in 2015 due to timing on additional software 
and associated licensing fees required for research and development activities. 

Components  requirements  were  lower  in  2015  than  in  2014  as  a  lower  number  of  expensed  parts  were  required  for  use  in 

development and testing activities.   

SRED  credit  YTD  variance  is  due  to  a  decrease  in  the  expenses  that  qualify  for  the  refundable  tax  credit  under  the  Canada 

Revenue  Agency  Scientific  Research  and  Experimental  Development  (“SRED”)  in  2015  compared  to  2014.  Annual  claims  will 

fluctuate based on differences in R&D activities and associated costs.   

Other expenses increased due to differences in employee relocation costs between 2014 and 2015. 

SNC litigation settlement recovery shown in 2014 was the result of the settlement in Q2 2014 of the dispute with SNC and the 

release of the related liability accrual. 

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Salaries and benefits expended in this category increased from 2014 to 2015, partially due to the time committed to increasing revenue sources for ground based 
server applications, and enhancements made to FLYHTStream in Q1 2015.  People costs will fluctuate with customer and industry demands for new products and 
enhancements of existing products, as well as differences in allocations between Distribution cost centres and R&D.

Contract labour has increased YTD mainly due to certification engineering on a time-sensitive STC in Q1 2015 together with increased software development needs 
in Q2 2015.  

Office expenses decreased as a result of decreased legal fees, as resources similar to those required in 2014 to finalize the settlement with Sierra Nevada Corporation 
(“SNC”) were not required in 2015.  Legal fees required to establish and defend patents also decreased from 2014 to 2015.

Travel expenses increased due to increased hardware testing and test flights.  Cost of travel varies significantly depending on the location of customers and regions 
served. 

Equipment and maintenance expense decreases in Q4 2015 offset increases earlier in 2015 due to timing on additional software and associated licensing fees 
required for research and development activities.

Components requirements were lower in 2015 than in 2014 as a lower number of expensed parts were required for use in development and testing activities.  

SRED credit YTD variance is due to a decrease in the expenses that qualify for the refundable tax credit under the Canada Revenue Agency Scientific Research and 
Experimental Development (“SRED”) in 2015 compared to 2014. Annual claims will fluctuate based on differences in R&D activities and associated costs.  

Other expenses increased due to differences in employee relocation costs between 2014 and 2015.

SNC litigation settlement recovery shown in 2014 was the result of the settlement in Q2 2014 of the dispute with SNC and the release of the related liability accrual.

Net Finance Costs
Net Finance Costs 

Major Category 

Interest (income) 

Q4 2015 
$ 
                  - 

Q4 2014 
$ 
                  - 

Variance 
$ 
                  - 

YTD 2015 
$ 
      (2,128)  

YTD 2014 
$ 
        (2,000)  

Variance 
$ 
         (128)  

Net foreign exchange (gain) loss 

      25,721  

 (137,326)  

    163,047  

 (237,247)  

   (154,265)  

   (82,982)  

Bank service charges 

        6,352  

        5,353  

            999  

      22,699  

        21,995  

           704  

Interest expense 

            821  

        1,088  

         (267)  

        3,917  

          3,885  

              32  

Government grant accretion 

      42,628  

      38,928  

        3,700  

    163,368  

      149,001  

      14,367  

Debenture interest and accretion 

    204,272  

    199,937  

4,335  

    711,993  

      784,404  

   (72,411)  

Debenture cost amortization 

        2,691  

      23,777  

   (21,086)  

      10,677  

        88,530  

   (77,853)  

Net finance costs 

    282,485  

    131,757  

    150,728  

    673,279  

      891,550  

 (218,271)  

Net foreign exchange gain will vary between periods due to fluctuations in the value of the Canadian dollar in relation to the U.S. 
Net foreign exchange gain will vary between periods due to fluctuations in the value of the Canadian dollar in relation to the U.S. dollar. A weakening of the Canadian 
dollar. A weakening of the Canadian dollar has given rise to increased foreign exchange gains on U.S. dollar denominated sale s 
dollar has given rise to increased foreign exchange gains on U.S. dollar denominated sales and purchases, in combination with fluctuations in U.S. denominated assets 
and purchases, in combination with fluctuations in U.S. denominated assets and liabilities.   
and liabilities.
Government grant accretion is the recognition of the effective interest component of the SADI grant. 
Government grant accretion is the recognition of the effective interest component of the SADI grant.
Debenture interest and accretion decreases are due to the conversion of a portion of the debentures issued in December 2010. 
Debenture interest and accretion decreases are due to the conversion of a portion of the debentures issued in December 2010.
Debenture cost amortization decreases occurred as the costs associated with issuing the convertible debenture in 2010 had 
Debenture cost amortization decreases occurred as the costs associated with issuing the convertible debenture in 2010 had been fully amortized when the debenture 
been fully amortized when the debenture was extended in December 2015. 
was extended in December 2015.
Net Loss 

Major Category 

Net loss 
Net loss without 
R&D 

Q4 2015 
$ 
  1,203,998  

Q4 2014 
$ 
1,305,712  

Variance 
$ 
   (101,714)  

YTD 2015 
$ 
  3,891,560  

YTD 2014 
$ 
4,278,885  

Variance 
$ 
 (387,325)  

     514,803  

   532,986  

     (18,183)  

  1,089,008  

3,501,136  

(2,412,128)  

The  loss  for  2015  was  $387,325  less  than  the  loss  in  2014.    If  the  favorable  impact  of  the  onetime  recovery  of  the  $1,950,957 
provision  on  settlement  of  the  SNC  litigation  is  excluded  from  2014  results,  the  improvement  in  2015  would  be  $2,338,282  or 
37.5%.   

Foreign Exchange  

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All  international  and  a  majority  of  domestic  sales  of  the  Company’s  products  and  services  are  denominated  in  U.S.  dollars. 
Accordingly,  the  Company  is  susceptible  to  foreign  exchange  fluctuations.  In  2015,  98.4%  of  the  Company’s  gross  sales  were 

made in U.S. dollars, compared to 95.5%  in 2014. The Company expects this to continue as the aviation  industry conducts the 

majority of its transactions in U.S. dollars, thus limiting the opportunity for sales in Canadian dollars or other major currencies. The 

Company also contracts in U.S. dollars for certain services and products related to cost of sales, which creates a natural hedge.  

Recent Accounting Pronouncements 

Other 

application: 

The following new accounting pronouncements have been issued but are not effective and may have an impact on the Company. 

All of the following new or revised standards permit early adoption with transitional arrangements depending upon the date of initial 

IFRS 9 – Financial Instruments replaces the current multiple classification and measurement models for financial assets and 

liabilities with a single model that has only two classification categories: amortized cost and fair value (January 1, 2018). 

IFRS  15  –  Revenue  from  Contracts  with  Customers  replaces  IAS  11  Construction  Contracts,  IAS  18  Revenue,  IFRIC  13 

Customer Loyalty Programmes, IFRIC 15 Agreements for the Construction of Real Estate, IFRIC 18 Transfer of Assets from 

Customers, and SIC 31 Revenue – Barter Transactions Involving Advertising Services.  The standard contains a single model 

that applies to contracts with customers and two approaches to recognizing revenue: at a point in time or over time. The model 

features a contract-based five-step analysis of transactions to determine whether, how much and when revenue is recognized.  

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FLYHT AEROSPACE SOLUTIONS LTD. ANNUAL REPORT 2015 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net Finance Costs 

Major Category 

Interest (income) 

Q4 2015 

Q4 2014 

Variance 

YTD 2015 

YTD 2014 

Variance 

$ 

$ 

$ 

$ 

$ 

$ 

                  - 

                  - 

                  - 

      (2,128)  

        (2,000)  

         (128)  

Net foreign exchange (gain) loss 

      25,721  

 (137,326)  

    163,047  

 (237,247)  

   (154,265)  

   (82,982)  

Bank service charges 

        6,352  

        5,353  

            999  

      22,699  

        21,995  

           704  

Interest expense 

            821  

        1,088  

         (267)  

        3,917  

          3,885  

              32  

Government grant accretion 

      42,628  

      38,928  

        3,700  

    163,368  

      149,001  

      14,367  

Debenture interest and accretion 

    204,272  

    199,937  

4,335  

    711,993  

      784,404  

   (72,411)  

Debenture cost amortization 

        2,691  

      23,777  

   (21,086)  

      10,677  

        88,530  

   (77,853)  

Net finance costs 

    282,485  

    131,757  

    150,728  

    673,279  

      891,550  

 (218,271)  

Net foreign exchange gain will vary between periods due to fluctuations in the value of the Canadian dollar in relation to the U.S. 

dollar. A weakening of the Canadian dollar has given rise to increased foreign exchange gains on U.S. dollar denominated sales 

and purchases, in combination with fluctuations in U.S. denominated assets and liabilities.   

Government grant accretion is the recognition of the effective interest component of the SADI grant. 

Debenture interest and accretion decreases are due to the conversion of a portion of the debentures issued in December 2010. 

Debenture cost amortization decreases occurred as the costs associated with issuing the convertible debenture in 2010 had 
been fully amortized when the debenture was extended in December 2015. 

Net Loss 
Net Loss

Major Category 

Net loss 

Q4 2015 
$ 
  1,203,998  

Q4 2014 
$ 
1,305,712  

Variance 
$ 
   (101,714)  

YTD 2015 
$ 
  3,891,560  

YTD 2014 
$ 
4,278,885  

Variance 
$ 
 (387,325)  

Net loss without R&D 

     514,803  

   532,986  

     (18,183)  

  1,089,008  

3,501,136  

(2,412,128)  

The  loss  for  2015  was  $387,325  less  than  the  loss  in  2014.    If  the  favorable  impact  of  the  onetime  recovery  of  the  $1,950,957 
The loss for 2015 was $387,325 less than the loss in 2014.  If the favorable impact of the onetime recovery of the $1,950,957 provision on settlement of the SNC litigation 
provision  on  settlement  of  the  SNC  litigation  is  excluded  from  2014  results,  the  improvement  in  2015  would  be  $2,338,282  or 
is excluded from 2014 results, the improvement in 2015 would be $2,338,282 or 37.5%. 
37.5%.   

Foreign Exchange 
Foreign Exchange  
All international and a majority of domestic sales of the Company’s products and services are denominated in U.S. dollars. Accordingly, the Company is susceptible to 
All  international  and  a  majority  of  domestic  sales  of  the  Company’s  products  and  services  are  denominated  in  U.S.  dollars. 
foreign exchange fluctuations. In 2015, 98.4% of the Company’s gross sales were made in U.S. dollars, compared to 95.5% in 2014. The Company expects this to continue 
Accordingly,  the  Company  is  susceptible  to  foreign  exchange  fluctuations.  In  2015,  98.4%  of  the  Company’s  gross  sales  were 
as the aviation industry conducts the majority of its transactions in U.S. dollars, thus limiting the opportunity for sales in Canadian dollars or other major currencies. The 
made  in  U.S.  dollars, compared  to 95.5%  in  2014.  The  Company  expects  this to continue  as  the  aviation industry  conducts  the 
Company also contracts in U.S. dollars for certain services and products related to cost of sales, which creates a natural hedge. 
majority of its transactions in U.S. dollars, thus limiting the opportunity for sales in Canadian dollars or other major currencies. The 
Company also contracts in U.S. dollars for certain services and products related to cost of sales, which creates a natural hedge.  
Other

Other 
Recent Accounting Pronouncements

The following new accounting pronouncements have been issued but are not effective and may have an impact on the Company. All of the following new or revised 
Recent Accounting Pronouncements 
standards permit early adoption with transitional arrangements depending upon the date of initial application:

The following new accounting pronouncements have been issued but are not effective and may have an impact on the Company. 
All of the following new or revised standards permit early adoption with transitional arrangements depending upon the date of initial 
application: 

IFRS 9 – Financial Instruments replaces the current multiple classification and measurement models for financial assets and liabilities with a single model 
that has only two classification categories: amortized cost and fair value. (January 1, 2018).

IFRS 15 – Revenue from Contracts with Customers replaces IAS 11 Construction Contracts, IAS 18 Revenue, IFRIC 13 Customer Loyalty Programmes, IFRIC 
IFRS 9 – Financial Instruments replaces the current multiple classification and measurement models for financial assets and 
15  Agreements  for  the  Construction  of  Real  Estate,  IFRIC  18  Transfer  of  Assets  from  Customers,  and  SIC  31  Revenue  –  Barter  Transactions  Involving 
liabilities with a single model that has only two classification categories: amortized cost and fair value (January 1, 2018). 
Advertising Services.  The standard contains a single model that applies to contracts with customers and two approaches to recognizing revenue: at a point 
in time or over time. The model features a contract-based five-step analysis of transactions to determine whether, how much and when revenue is recognized.  
IFRS  15  –  Revenue  from  Contracts  with  Customers  replaces  IAS  11  Construction  Contracts,  IAS  18  Revenue,  IFRIC  13 
Customer Loyalty Programmes, IFRIC 15 Agreements for the Construction of Real Estate, IFRIC 18 Transfer of Assets from 
New  estimates  and  judgmental  thresholds  have  been  introduced,  which  may  affect  the  amount  and/or  timing  of  revenue  recognized.  The  new  standard 
Customers, and SIC 31 Revenue – Barter Transactions Involving Advertising Services.  The standard contains a single model 
applies to contracts with customers. It does not apply to insurance contracts, financial instruments or lease contracts, which fall in the scope of other IFRSs 
that applies to contracts with customers and two approaches to recognizing revenue: at a point in time or over time. The model 
(January 1, 2017). 
features a contract-based five-step analysis of transactions to determine whether, how much and when revenue is recognized.  
New  estimates  and  judgmental  thresholds  have  been  introduced,  which  may  affect  the  amount  and/or  timing  of  revenue 
IFRS 16 – Leases replaces IAS 17, leases.  Under the new standard, more leases may come on-balance sheet for lessees, with the exception of leases with a term 
FLYHT AEROSPACE SOLUTIONS LTD. ANNUAL REPORT 2015 
not greater than 12 months and leases considered to be of small value (January 1, 2019).

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The Company has not completed its evaluation of the effect of adopting these standards on its consolidated annual financial statements.

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Risks and Uncertainties 

FLYHT operates in the aviation industry and part of the business involves risks and uncertainties. The Company takes steps to manage these risks, though it is important 
to identify risks that could have a material effect on business or results of operations. Such risks are listed below; the areas defined are not inclusive. 

Installations at c-checks

The Company’s products, AFIRS 220 and 228, can take approximately 200 person-hours or more to install on an aircraft, depending on the aircraft type and crew. As the 
box needs a longer period to be installed, the installation is usually scheduled when the aircraft is undergoing its routine c-check or scheduled maintenance. The timing 
of c-checks depends on how many segments the aircraft has flown and is based on the manufacturer’s guidelines; it can take as long as two or three years before an 
aircraft is out of service for an extended period. Waiting for a c-check for AFIRS installation is a risk to the Company because it results in a delay in initial revenue from 
the sale of the box and the Company does not receive recurring revenue connected with the monthly service offerings until the device is installed and running. 

The Company takes steps to mitigate this risk by encouraging customers to install AFIRS at their aircraft’s earliest availability and works with them to provide the box at 
the right time for installation, preferably while the aircraft is down for normal service. The goal is to reduce aircraft downtime and save the customer as much money as 
possible. Another risk mitigation tool used by the Company is to offer special discounts to airlines that pay for all units up front. This discount decreases FLYHT’s gross 
margin slightly, but allows the Company to bring in cash immediately after signing an agreement. As well, the terms of the Company’s standard agreement states that 
payment is due a minimum of 90 days prior to the shipment of kits.

Foreign currency fluctuations 

The Company does a majority of its business in U.S. dollars so there is a risk of currency fluctuation. The major portion of the operating and overhead costs are denominated 
in Canadian dollars, though certain payroll costs and a significant portion of costs of goods sold, marketing and distribution costs are U.S. dollar denominated, and 
therefore create a natural hedge against fluctuations of the Canadian dollar. 

General economic and financial market conditions

In an industry, such as the aviation industry, finances are tied to global trends and patterns. As an airline’s spending is tied to their income, they may be unwilling or unable 
to spend money, particularly on a value-added product such as AFIRS. 

In order to address this risk, the sales team has developed a number of strategies. One is a global sales presence. FLYHT has established sales agents on every continent. 
While some economies of the world may be in a slump or downturn, there is a place for FLYHT in growing markets. FLYHT also demonstrates to potential customers the 
impressive return on investment model, how quickly potential customers can improve operational efficiency, and ultimately how much AFIRS will save them in operating 
cost.

Dependence on key personnel and consultants 

FLYHT’s ability to maintain its competency in the industry is dependent on maintaining a specialty skilled workforce. The Company’s DAO status, delegated by TCCA, 
enables a smooth implementation of STCs, required to install AFIRS on aircraft. Key staff with TCCA delegation status enable the Company to complete STCs in a timely 
and cost efficient manner. The Company has worked over the past few years to distribute the specified knowledge among a number of key individuals. This reduces risk 
and ensures the Company can still function effectively were it to lose specialized staff.

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Dependence on new products

Over the past few years, the Company has been in the R&D stage of its next generation product, AFIRS 228. FLYHT is confident the product fills a gap in the industry, as 
evidenced by sales of the AFIRS 228 throughout 2013, 2014 and 2015. Through 2014 and 2015 FLYHT was working to increase certification of the 228 from an ‘E’ to a ‘D’ 
level certification at the request of customers; the certification was received during Q4 2015 and is expected to increase the market for the Company’s product. FLYHT 
released the Dragon in the Fall of 2013, expanding into the sector within the industry that required a portable satellite communications device to meet general aviation 
operators’ need for increased connectivity. Late in 2015 the Dragon was identified as falling outside of FLYHT’s core competency and the Company may look to divest the 
product line during 2016.  The Company’s success will ultimately depend on the success of its products, and future enhancements made to same.

Need to consider inserting FLYHTStream/fuel/etc type items

Availability of key supplies

FLYHT produces and builds all AFIRS 220 units in-house, while AFIRS 228 units are built by a contract manufacturer. The Company relies on partners, suppliers and 
special parts to complete unit builds. Certain parts can be delayed in shipping or availability, which can cause a delay in building the AFIRS 220 or in receiving AFIRS 228 
completed units. FLYHT aims to avoid the risk of not having the necessary supplies by managing inventories and storing extra key parts. The contract manufacturer is a 
global supplier with the ability to meet FLYHT’s requirements. Additionally, the Company maintains close communication with its partners and suppliers to ensure all key 
components for the AFIRS units will be available into the future. 

Proprietary protection 

Patent rights are extremely important to the continuation of the Company because the AFIRS technology is the Company’s primary revenue source. The Company relies 
on contract, copyright and trademark laws and has received patents from the United States, Chinese, Turkish and European patent offices. These patents are generally 
respected in other international jurisdictions as well. The risks involved with proprietary protection lie in other companies infringing on FLYHT patents or claiming 
patent infringement by FLYHT, though the Company has defended patent claims in court and been successful. FLYHT conducted due diligence on its technology and the 
conditions of its patent before applying and maintains that it holds unique characteristics from other technologies in the marketplace and does not infringe on the rights 
of any third parties.

Transactions with Related Parties 

a) Throughout 2014, the Company engaged in transactions with a company owned by a former director to supply consulting services in promoting the Company’s 
  product as a preferred solution for enhanced aircraft tracking and triggered data transmission.  No similar services were contracted during 2015.

b) In the third and fourth quarters of 2015, the Company entered into an agreement with a company with ownership related to an officer of FLYHT. The company 
  supplied consulting services in recruitment and supplied a contract resource to develop tools used to enhance the Company’s ground based software.

Included in contract labour for the periods ended December 31: 

For the three months  
2014 
$ 
             -             5,621  

2015 
$ 

      30,114  
30,114  

             -    
5,621 

2015 
$ 
- 
41,114 
41,114 

For the year  
2014 
$ 
74,418  
- 
74,418 

(a) 
(b) 
Total 

Included in accounts payable and accrued liabilities as at December 31: 

(a) 
(b) 
Total 

2015 
$ 
         -       
30,114 
30,114 

2014 
$ 

            -    

- 
- 

All of the transactions with the related parties were at exchange amounts that approximated fair value. All other transactions with related parties were normal business 
transactions related to employee and director positions within the Company. These transactions included expense reimbursements for business travel and expenses paid 
by the related party, and were measured at exchange amounts paid to a third party as substantiated with a third party receipt.

Contingency

Subsequent to year end FLYHT received a claim from a partner totaling $0.8 million USD for past and potential future warranty claims relating to reliability of some active 
AFIRS units. The claim asserts a design defect has led to the reliability issues. The resolution of the claim is pending review.  The result of the claim is currently unknown 
and will be resolved with the partner.

Subsequent event

On December 21, 2015 the Company granted a non-exclusive license to use certain of its intellectual property to a technology company for an aggregate license fee of 
$2.5 million USD, payable in the first quarter of 2016.  Payment for this license has been delayed until the second quarter of 2016.

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Independent Auditors’ Report

To the Shareholders of FLYHT Aerospace Solutions Ltd.

We have audited the accompanying consolidated financial statements of FLYHT Aerospace Solutions Ltd., which comprise the consolidated statements of financial 
position as at December 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, the consolidated statements of comprehensive income (loss), changes in equity (deficiency) and cash flows 
for the years then ended, and notes, comprising a summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatory information.

Management’s Responsibility for the Consolidated Financial Statements

Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of these consolidated financial statements in accordance with International Financial Reporting 
Standards,  and  for  such  internal  control  as  management  determines  is  necessary  to  enable  the  preparation  of  financial  statements  that  are  free  from  material 
misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

Auditors’ Responsibility

Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits in accordance with Canadian 
generally accepted auditing standards. Those standards require that we comply with ethical requirements and plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance 
about whether the consolidated financial statements are free from material misstatement.

An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements. The procedures selected 
depend on our judgment, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making 
those risk assessments, we consider internal control relevant to the entity’s preparation and fair presentation of the consolidated financial statements in order to design 
audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the entity’s internal control. An audit 
also includes evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates made by management, as well as evaluating 
the overall presentation of the consolidated financial statements.

We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained in our audits is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion.

Opinion

In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of FLYHT Aerospace Solutions Ltd. as at 
December 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, and its consolidated financial performance and its consolidated cash flows for the years then ended in accordance with 
International Financial Reporting Standards.

Emphasis of Matter

Without modifying our opinion, we draw attention to Note 2 in the consolidated financial statements, which indicates that FLYHT Aerospace Solutions Ltd. has a net 
loss and negative cash flows from operating activities for the year ended December 31, 2015 and is dependent upon obtaining profitable operations and/or additional 
financing to fund its ongoing operations. These conditions, along with other matters as set forth in Note 2 in the consolidated financial statements, indicate the existence 
of a material uncertainty that may cast significant doubt about FLYHT Aerospace Solutions Ltd.’s ability to continue as a going concern.

Chartered Professional Accountants

April 5, 2016

Calgary, Canada

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Consolidated Statement of Financial Position

December 31, 2015 
$ 

December 31, 2014 
$

Assets 
Current assets 
  Cash and cash equivalents (note 6) 
  Restricted cash (note 13) 

Trade and other receivables (note 7) 

  Deposits and prepaid expenses 

Inventory (note 8) 

Total current assets 

Non-current assets 

Property and equipment (note 9) 
Intangible assets (note 10) 
Inventory (note 8) 

Total non-current assets 

Total assets 

Liabilities 
Current liabilities 

Trade payables and accrued liabilities (note 11) 

  Unearned revenue (note 12) 

Loans and borrowings (note 13) 
Finance lease obligations 
  Current tax liabilities (note 25) 

Total current liabilities 

Non-current liabilities 
  Unearned revenue (note 12) 

Loans and borrowings (note 13) 
Finance lease obligations 
Provisions (note 15) 

Total non-current liabilities 

Total liabilities 

Equity (deficiency) 
  Share capital (note 16) 
  Convertible debenture – equity feature (note 13) 
  Warrants (note 16) 
  Contributed surplus 
  Deficit 

Total (deficiency) 

Total liabilities and deficit 

1,301,955 
250,000 
898,166 
137,861 
1,716,313 

4,304,295 

202,775 
34,992 
936,805 

1,174,572 

5,478,867 

2,757,707 
1,087,197 
 5,840,418 
27,922 
4,978 

9,718,222  

58,144 
374,555 
15,555 
263,596 

711,850  

10,430,072  

53,895,046 
222,531  
          -  
8,439,136  
 (67,507,918)  

(4,951,205)  

5,478,867 

3,910,962
250,000
959,786
183,750
1,917,249 

7,221,747 

217,186
34,992
801,621  

1,053,799

8,275,546 

2,129,622
1,484,345
572,782
25,973
-

4,212,722

191,401
5,462,701
43,478
235,019

5,932,599

10,145,321

53,496,969
220,700
163,771
7,865,143
(63,616,358)

(1,869,775)

8,275,546

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements. Going concern (note 2d). Contingencies (note 28)

On behalf of the board 

Director – Bill Tempany 

Director – Paul Takalo

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Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income (Loss)

For the year ended December 31

Revenue (note 18) 

Cost of sales 

Gross profit 

  Distribution expenses (note 21) 

  Administration expenses (note 22) 

  Research, development and certification engineering expenses (note 23) 

Results from operating activities 

Finance (income) (note 24) 

Finance costs (note 24) 

Net finance costs 

Loss before income tax 

Income tax expense (note 25) 

Loss for the period 

Total comprehensive loss for the period 

Loss per share 

  Basic and diluted loss per share (note 17) 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

2015 
$ 

10,457,125 

3,213,290 

7,243,835 

3,977,633 

3,676,953 

2,802,552 

(3,213,303) 

(239,375) 

912,654 

(673,279) 

(3,886,582) 

4,978 

(3,891,560) 

(3,891,560) 

(0.02) 

2014
$

6,882,028

2,550,051

4,331,977

3,392,991

3,548,518

777,749

(3,387,281)

(156,265)

1,047,815

(891,550)

(4,278,831)

54

(4,278,885)

(4,278,885)

(0.03)

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Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity (Deficiency)
For the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014

Share 
Capital 
$

Convertible 
Debenture 
$

Warrants 
$

Contributed
Surplus 
$

Deficit 
$

Total Equity 
(Deficit) 
$

Balance at December 31, 2014 

Loss for the period 

53,496,969 
- 

220,700 
- 

163,771 
- 

7,865,143 
- 

 (63,616,358) 
(3,891,560) 

(1,869,775)
(3,891,560)

Total comprehensive loss 
for the period 

Contributions by and 
distributions to owners 

Issue of common shares 
Issue of warrants 

  Share-based payment transactions 
  Share options exercised 
  Warrants exercised 
  Warrants expired 

Total contributions by and 
distributions to owners 

- 

- 

- 

- 

(3,891,560) 

(3,891,560) 

62,000 
- 
- 
183,920 
152,157 
- 

1,831 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 

- 
154,001 
- 
- 
(43,657) 
(274,115) 

(86,378) 
- 
442,676 
(56,420) 
- 
274,115 

398,077 

1,831 

(163,771) 

573,993 

- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 

- 

(22,547)
154,001
442,676
127,500
108,500
-

810,130

Balance at December 31, 2015 

53,895,046 

222,531 

- 

8,439,136 

 (67,507,918) 

(4,951,205)

Balance at December 31, 2013 

Loss for the period 

48,318,003 
- 

231,318 
- 

1,057,652 
- 

7,458,093 
- 

 (59,337,473) 
(4,278,885) 

(2,272,407)
(4,278,885)

Total comprehensive loss 
for the period 

Contributions by and 
distributions to owners 

Issue of common shares 

  Share-based payment transactions 
  Share options exercised 
  Warrants exercised 
  Warrants expired 

Total contributions by and
distributions to owners 

- 

- 

- 

- 

(4,278,885) 

(4,278,885)

58,000 
- 
1,008,573 
4,112,393 
- 

(10,618) 
- 
- 
- 
- 

- 
- 
- 
(854,003) 
(39,878) 

93,531 
588,589 
(314,948) 
- 
39,878 

5,178,966 

(10,618) 

(893,881) 

407,050 

- 
- 
- 
- 
- 

- 

140,913
588,589
693,625
3,258,390
-

4,681,517

Balance at December 31, 2014 

53,496,969 

220,700 

163,771 

7,865,143 

 (63,616,358) 

(1,869,775)

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows

For the year ended December 31

Cash flows used in operating activities 

Loss for the period 

  Depreciation – property plant and equipment 
  Convertible debenture accretion 
Payment of debenture interest 

  Amortization of debenture issue costs 
  Government grant accretion 

Equity-settled share-based payment transactions 

  Change in inventories 
  Change in trade and other receivables 
  Change in prepayments 
  Change in trade and other payables 
  Change in provisions 
  Change in unearned revenue 
  Unrealized foreign exchange 

Interest expense 
Interest paid 
Income tax expense 
Income tax paid 

Net cash used in operating activities 

Cash used in investing activities 
  Acquisitions of property and equipment 

Interest income 
Interest received 

Net cash used in investing activities 

Cash flows from financing activities 

Proceeds from issue and exercise of share options and warrants 

  Repayment of borrowings 

Payment of finance lease liabilities 

Net cash from financing activities 

Net (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents 

  Cash and cash equivalents, beginning 

Effect of exchange rate fluctuations on cash held 

Cash and cash equivalents, ending  

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

2015 
$ 

(3,891,560)  
56,873 
711,993  
(496,633) 
10,677 
163,368 
442,676 
65,752 
17,969 
45,889 
605,257 
28,577 
(530,405) 
(218,991) 
3,917 
(3,917) 
4,978 
- 

(2,983,580) 

(42,462) 
(2,128) 
2,128 

(42,462) 

236,000 
(78,462) 
(25,974) 

 131,564 

(2,894,478) 

3,910,962 

285,471 

1,301,955 

2014
$

(4,278,885)
65,322
784,404
(502,487)
88,530
149,001
588,589 
(874,377)
(195,614)
(38,195)
(1,486,537)
86,591
571,912
(212,393)
3,885
(3,885)
54
(950)

(5,255,035)

(10,236)
(2,000)
2,000

(10,236)

3,952,015
(80,592)
(24,300)

3,847,123

(1,418,148)

5,184,803

144,307

3,910,962 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

1. Reporting entity

FLYHT Aerospace Solutions Ltd. (the “Company” or “FLYHT”) was founded in 1998 under the name AeroMechanical Services Ltd. FLYHT is a public company 
incorporated under the Canada Business Corporations Act, and is domiciled in Canada. The Company has been listed on the TSX Venture Exchange since March 
2003, first as TSX.V: AMA and as TSX.V: FLY since 2012 and has been listed on the OTCQX marketplace since June 2014 as OTCQX: FLYLF. The Company’s head 
office is located at 300E, 1144 – 29th Avenue NE, Calgary, Alberta T2E 7P1. 

The consolidated financial statements of the Company as at and for the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014 consist of the Company and its subsidiaries.

FLYHT is a designer and developer of products and software for, and a service provider to, the global aerospace industry. The Company supports aviation 
customers in different sectors including commercial, business, leasing and military operators. FLYHT’s headquarters are located in Calgary, Canada with sales 
representation in the United States, China, and the United Kingdom.

2. Basis of preparation 

(a) Statement of compliance

These consolidated annual financial statements have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”). These consolidated 
financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors on April 5, 2016.

(b) Basis of measurement

The consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a historical cost basis except for financial instruments at fair value through profit or loss, which 
are measured at fair value in the statement of financial position (“SFP”).

(c) Functional and presentation currency

These consolidated financial statements are presented in Canadian dollars, which is the Company’s functional currency.

(d) Going concern

These consolidated financial statements have been prepared on the basis that the Company will continue to realize its assets and meet its obligations in 
the ordinary course of business. As at December 31, 2015, the Company had negative working capital of $5,413,927, a deficit of $67,507,918, a net loss of 
$3,891,560 and negative cash flow used in operating activities of $2,983,580 for the year.

The Company has incurred significant operating losses and negative cash flows from operations over the past years. The achievement of positive earnings 
before interest and amortization is necessary before the Company can improve liquidity. The Company has continued to expand its cash flow potential through 
its continued marketing drive to clients around the world. Management believes that the Company’s installation momentum, conversion of installations to 
recurring revenue, new revenue streams, and ongoing sales will be sufficient to meet standard liquidity requirements going forward. 

To continue as a going concern, the Company will need to attain profitability and/or obtain additional financing to fund ongoing operations. If:

  • general economic conditions in the industry or the financial condition of a major customer deteriorates, or 

  • sufficient funds are not available to extinguish the debentures coming due in June 2016, or

  • sufficient funds are not available, or debenture holders do not convert their debenture units to equity, when the debentures mature in December 2016;

then the Company may have to scale back operations to create positive cash flow from existing revenue and/or raise the necessary financing in the capital 
markets. It is the Company’s intention to continue to fund operations by adding revenue and its resulting cash flow as well as continue to manage outgoing 
cash flows. If the need arises due to market opportunities, the Company may meet those needs via the capital markets. These material uncertainties may cast 
significant doubt upon the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.

There is no assurance that the Company will be successful in attaining and sustaining profitable operations and cash flow or raising additional capital to meet 
its working capital requirements. If the Company is unable to satisfy its working capital requirements from these sources, the Company’s ability to continue as 
a going concern and to achieve its intended business objectives will be adversely affected. These consolidated financial statements do not reflect adjustments 
that would otherwise be necessary if the going concern assumption was not valid, such as revaluation to liquidation values and reclassification of statement 
of financial position items.

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2. Basis of preparation (Continued)

(e) Critical Accounting Estimates

The Company prepares its consolidated financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in Canada. The preparation of these 
consolidated financial statements requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues, 
and expenses. These estimates are based on management’s historical experiences and various other assumptions that are believed by management to be 
reasonable under the circumstances. Such assumptions are evaluated on an ongoing basis and form the basis for making judgments about the carrying value of 
assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results could differ from these estimates.

The following are the Company’s critical accounting policies, significant estimates, and assumptions used in preparing our financial statements:

1.  The Company maintains an allowance for doubtful accounts for estimated losses that may occur if customers are unable to pay trade balances owing to 

the Company. This allowance is determined based on a review of specific customers, historical experience, and economic circumstances.

2.  The Company evaluates its deferred tax assets at each reporting date and recognizes deferred tax assets to the extent that it is probable that future 

taxable profits will be available against which they can be utilized. At December 31, 2015, no deferred tax assets were recognized.

3.  The Company records amounts for warranty based on historical warranty data.  A provision is recognized upon shipment of the underlying products.

4.  Consideration received for installation kits is deferred as unearned revenue and corresponding expenses are recorded as work in progress until the system 
is fully functional and customer acceptance has been obtained, at which time the full deferred amount is recognized in revenue along with the work in 
progress as cost of sales. Revenue from Voice and data services is recognized at the end of each month and is based on actual usage during that month.

5.  Revenue from the sale of Dragons, Underfloor Stowage Units and other parts is recognized when the unit is shipped, title is transferred, and collection 
is reasonably assured. Certain customers have prepaid for products or services not yet delivered. These amounts are included in trade payables and 
accrued liabilities on the Statement of Financial Position, and are recorded as revenue in the period in which such products or services are delivered.

6.  Technical services are provided based upon orders and contracts with customers that include fixed or determinable prices that are based upon daily, hourly 

or contracted rates. Revenue is recognized as services are rendered and when collectability is reasonably assured.

3. Significant accounting policies

The accounting policies set out below have been applied consistently to all periods presented in these consolidated annual financial statements including by 
FLYHT’s subsidiaries.

(a) Basis of consolidation

(i) Business combinations 

For acquisitions of businesses, the Company measures goodwill as the fair value of the consideration transferred including the recognized amount of any non-
controlling interest in the acquiree, less the net recognized amount (fair value) of the identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed, all measured as of the 
acquisition date. When the excess is negative, a bargain purchase gain is recognized immediately in profit or loss. 

Transaction costs, other than those associated with the issue of debt or equity securities, that the Company incurs in connection with a business combination 
will be expensed as incurred.

(ii) Subsidiaries 

Subsidiaries are entities controlled by FLYHT. The financial statements of subsidiaries are included in the consolidated financial statements from the date 
that control commences until the date that control ceases. The accounting policies of subsidiaries have been changed when necessary to align them with the 
policies adopted by the Company. 

These consolidated financial statements consolidate the accounts of FLYHT and its wholly owned subsidiaries, FLYHT Inc., AeroMechanical Services USA Inc., 
FLYHT Corp., FLYHT India Corp and TFM Inc. The latter four subsidiaries are inactive.

(iii) Transactions eliminated on consolidation 

Intra-group balances, transactions, and any unrealized income and expenses arising from intra-group transactions are eliminated in preparing the consolidated 
financial statements.

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3. Significant accounting policies (Continued)

(b) Financial instruments 

(i) Non-derivative financial assets

The Company initially recognizes loans, receivables and deposits on the date they are originated. All other financial assets (including assets designated at fair 
value through profit or loss) are recognized initially on the trade date at which the Company becomes a party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.

The Company derecognizes a financial asset when the contractual rights to the cash flows from the asset expire or it transfers the rights to receive the 
contractual cash flows on the financial asset in a transaction in which substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership of the financial asset are transferred. 
Any interest in transferred financial assets that is created or retained by the Company is recognized as a separate asset or liability.

Financial assets and liabilities are offset and the net amount presented in the statement of financial position when, and only when, the Company has a legal 
right to offset the amounts and intends either to settle on a net basis or to realize the asset and settle the liability simultaneously. 

Loans and receivables are financial assets with fixed or determinable payments that are not quoted in an active market. Such assets are recognized initially 
at fair value plus any directly attributable transaction costs. Subsequent to initial recognition, loans and receivables are measured at amortized cost using the 
effective interest method, less any impairment losses. 

Loans and receivables comprise trade and other receivables, and cash and cash equivalents.

(ii) Non-derivative financial liabilities

The Company initially recognizes debt securities issued and subordinated liabilities on the date that they are originated. All other financial liabilities (including 
liabilities designated at fair value through profit or loss) are recognized initially on the trade date at which the Company becomes a party to the contractual 
provisions of the instrument. 

The Company derecognizes a financial liability when its contractual obligations are discharged, cancelled or expire.

The Company has the following non-derivative financial liabilities: debentures, trade payables and accrued liabilities, loans and borrowings, and finance lease 
obligations.

These financial liabilities are recognized initially at fair value less any directly attributable transaction costs. Subsequent to initial recognition, these financial 
liabilities are measured at amortized cost using the effective interest rate method.

(iii) Share capital

Common shares are classified as equity. Incremental costs directly attributable to the issue of common shares and share options are recognized as a deduction 
from equity, net of any tax effects. 

Warrants are classified as equity. Incremental costs directly attributable to the issue of warrants are recognized as a deduction from equity, net of any tax 
effects.

The fair value of warrants is estimated using the Black-Scholes option pricing model.

(iv) Compound financial instruments

Compound financial instruments issued by the Company comprise convertible secured subordinate debentures that can be converted to common shares at the 
option of the holder, and the number of shares to be issued does not vary with changes in their fair value.

The liability component of a compound financial instrument is recognized initially at the fair value of a similar liability that does not have an equity conversion 
option. The equity component is recognized initially at the difference between the fair value of the compound financial instrument as a whole and the fair value 
of the liability component. Any directly attributable transaction costs are allocated to the liability and equity components in proportion to their initial carrying 
amounts.

Subsequent to initial recognition, the liability component of a compound financial instrument is measured at amortized cost using the effective interest method. 
The equity component of a compound financial instrument is not re-measured subsequent to initial recognition.

Interest relating to the financial liability is recognized in profit or loss. On conversion, the financial liability is reclassified to equity and no gain or loss is recognized.

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3. Significant accounting policies (Continued)

(c) Inventories 

Inventories are measured at the lower of cost and net realizable value. The cost of inventories includes expenditures incurred in acquiring the inventories, 
production or conversion costs, and other costs incurred in bringing them to their existing location and condition. The amount of inventory that is expected to be 
recovered more than 12 months after the reporting date is presented as a non-current asset.

Net realizable value is the estimated selling price in the ordinary course of business, less the estimated costs of completion and selling expenses. Any writedown 
to net realizable value is recognized as an expense. Reversals of previous writedowns are recognized in profit or loss in the period when the reversal occurs. 

AFIRS raw material inventories include general parts, which are held pending installation and sales to customers. The weighted average cost method is used.

AFIRS finished goods consists of AFIRS units that have been assembled or purchased and are held pending sale to customers. The weighted average cost 
method is used to determine the carrying cost of purchased AFIRS units. The carrying cost of AFIRS units assembled by the Company includes AFIRS raw 
material component costs plus a standard labour allocation. The weighted average cost method is used for components, while the labour component allocated 
to each unit is valued using a standard cost.

Installations-in-progress includes product costs, and other direct project costs. When the system is fully functional, the installations-in-progress balance is 
recognized as cost of sales to correspond with the full unearned revenue amount then recognized as revenue. 

The production of Underfloor Stowage Units and Dragons is outsourced and the weighted average cost method is used.

(d) Property and equipment  

(i) Recognition and measurement 

Items of property and equipment are measured at cost less accumulated depreciation and accumulated impairment losses. 

Cost includes expenditures that are directly attributable to the acquisition of the asset including those that are directly attributable to bringing the asset to the 
location and working condition for its intended use. 

Software that is integral to the functionality of the related equipment is recognized as property and equipment, otherwise it is considered an intangible asset.

Gains and losses on disposal of an item of property and equipment are determined by comparing the proceeds from disposal with the carrying amount of 
property and equipment. Net gains (losses) are recognized in profit or loss.

(ii) Subsequent costs 

The cost of replacing a part of an item of property and equipment is recognized in the carrying amount of the item if it is probable that the future economic 
benefits embodied within the part will flow to the Company, and its cost can be measured reliably. The carrying amount of the replaced part is derecognized. 
The costs of the day-to-day servicing of property and equipment are recognized in profit or loss as incurred.

(iii) Depreciation

Depreciation is calculated using the depreciable amount, which is the cost of an asset less its residual value. Depreciation is recognized in profit or loss at rates 
calculated to write-off assets over their estimated useful lives since this most closely reflects the expected pattern of consumption of the future economic 
benefits embodied in the assets.

Leased assets are depreciated over the shorter of the lease term and their useful lives unless it is reasonably certain that the Company will obtain ownership 
by the end of the lease term.

The depreciation rates are as follows:

Computers 

Software 

Equipment 

Leasehold improvements 

30% declining balance

12 months straight line

20% declining balance

Term of lease (7 years)

Estimates of depreciation methods, useful lives and residual values are reviewed at each reporting date and adjusted if appropriate. Any changes in these 
estimates are accounted for prospectively.

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3. Significant accounting policies (Continued)

(e) Research and development (“R&D”) 

(i) Recognition and measurement

Expenditure on research activities is expensed as incurred. 

R&D costs consist primarily of consulting expenses and parts related to the design, testing, and manufacture of Automated Flight Information Reporting System 
(“AFIRSTM”) and the design and testing of all software systems and products (including UpTime, FLYHTASD, FLYHTMail, FLYHTStream and FLYHTFuel). Other 
R&D costs include testing, patent application and certification.

Development activities involve a plan or design for the production of new or substantially improved products and processes. Development expenditure is 
capitalized only if development costs can be measured reliably, the product or process is technically and commercially feasible, future economic benefits are 
probable, and the Company intends to and has sufficient resources to complete development and to use or sell the asset. The expenditure capitalized includes 
the cost of materials, direct labour and overhead costs that are directly attributable to preparing the asset for its intended use, and borrowing costs on qualifying 
assets. Other development expenditure is recognized in profit or loss as incurred. 

Capitalized development expenditure is measured at cost less accumulated amortization and accumulated impairment losses.

(ii) Subsequent expenditure

Subsequent  expenditure  is  capitalized  only  when  it  increases  the  future  economic  benefits  embodied  in  the  specific  asset  to  which  it  relates.  All  other 
expenditures are recognized in profit or loss as incurred.

(iii) Amortization

Amortization is calculated based on the asset’s cost less its residual value.

Estimates of amortization methods, useful lives and residual values are reviewed at each reporting date and adjusted if appropriate. Any changes in these 
estimates are accounted for prospectively.

(f) Leased assets

Leases where the Company assumes substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership are classified as finance leases. Upon initial recognition, the leased 
asset is measured at an amount equal to the lower of its fair value and the present value of the minimum lease payments. Subsequent to initial recognition, the 
asset is accounted for according to the accounting policy applicable to that asset. Other leases are operating leases and the Company does not recognize the 
leased assets in its statement of financial position. Initial direct costs for operating leases are expensed immediately.

As a lessee, FLYHT has several finance leases for computer hardware and leasehold improvements.

As a lessee, FLYHT has an operating lease for its premises.

(g) Intangible assets

Intangible assets that are acquired by the Company and have finite useful lives are measured at cost less accumulated amortization and accumulated impairment 
losses.

Acquired intangible assets with indefinite useful lives are stated at cost and are not amortized.

The license with Bombardier that allows FLYHT access to technical documents has an indefinite life and is not amortized. The Company presently has dealings 
with Bombardier and sees no end to that relationship.

An intangible asset is derecognized on disposal or when no future economic benefits are expected from its use or disposal.

(h) Government assistance 

(i) Government grants

Government grants related to qualifying research expenditures are recognized in profit or loss to match the costs that they are intended to compensate when 
there is reasonable assurance that they will be received and the Company will comply with the conditions associated with the grant.

(ii) Government loans

Low-interest or interest-free government loans are measured initially at their fair value and interest is imputed on the loan in subsequent periods. The benefit 
of the below-market interest rate is measured as the difference between the fair value of the loan on initial recognition and the amount received. This benefit 
is accounted for according to the type of grant.

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3. Significant accounting policies (Continued)

(i) Lease payments 

(i) Operating lease payments

Payments made under operating leases are recognized in profit or loss on an accrual basis over the term of the lease. Initial direct costs for operating leases 
are immediately expensed.

(ii) Finance lease payments

Minimum lease payments made under finance leases are apportioned between finance costs and a reduction of the outstanding liability. The finance cost is 
allocated to each period during the lease term so as to produce a constant periodic rate of interest on the remaining balance of the liability.

(j) Provisions 

A provision is recognized if, as a result of a past event, the Company has a present legal or constructive obligation that can be estimated reliably, and it is 
probable that an outflow of economic benefits will be required to settle the obligation. Provisions are determined by discounting the expected future cash flows 
at a pre-tax rate that reflects current market assessments of the time value of money and the risks specific to the liability. The unwinding of the discount is 
recognized as finance cost.

(i) Warranties

The Company warrants that the AFIRS products shall be free of defects during the term of each agreement. Also, FLYHT warrants that it will deliver all data 
services required by the customer accurately and on-time. A provision for warranties is recognized when the underlying products or services are sold. The 
provision is based on historical warranty data.

(k) Impairment 

(i) Financial assets (including receivables)

A financial asset not carried at fair value through profit or loss is assessed at each reporting date to determine whether there is objective evidence that it is 
impaired. A financial asset is impaired if objective evidence indicates that a loss event has occurred after the initial recognition of the asset, and that the loss 
event had a negative effect on the estimated future cash flows of that asset that can be estimated reliably. 

Objective evidence that financial assets are impaired can include default or delinquency by a debtor, restructuring of an amount due to the Company on terms 
that the Company would not consider otherwise, or indications that a debtor will enter bankruptcy.

The Company assesses impairment of each customer’s receivable balance by analyzing historical trends of the probability of default, timing of recoveries and 
the amount of loss incurred, adjusted for management’s judgment as to whether current economic and credit conditions are such that the actual losses are likely 
to be greater or less than suggested by historical trends. 

An impairment loss regarding a financial asset measured at amortized cost is calculated as the difference between its carrying amount and the present value 
of the estimated future cash flows discounted at the asset’s original effective interest rate. Losses are recognized in profit or loss and reflected in an allowance 
account against receivables. Interest on the impaired asset continues to be recognized through the unwinding of the discount. When a subsequent event causes 
the amount of impairment loss to decrease, the decrease in impairment loss is reversed through profit or loss.

(ii) Non-financial assets

The carrying amounts of the Company’s non-financial assets, other than inventories, are reviewed at each reporting date to determine whether there is any 
indication of impairment. If any such indication exists, then the asset’s recoverable amount is estimated. For intangible assets that have indefinite useful lives, 
the recoverable amount is estimated at year end. The Company’s non-financial assets that are subject to impairment include: property and equipment and 
intangible assets.

The recoverable amount of an asset is the greater of its value in use and its fair value less costs to sell. In assessing value in use, the estimated future cash flows 
are discounted to their present value using a pre-tax discount rate that reflects current market assessments of the time value of money and the risks specific to 
the asset.  Fair value less costs to sell is assessed on an asset by asset basis at the point in time when a sale may be probable.

For the purpose of impairment testing, assets that cannot be tested individually are grouped together into the smallest group of assets that generates cash 
inflows from continuing use that are largely independent of the cash inflows of other assets or groups of assets (the “cash-generating unit”, or “CGU”). The 
Company’s corporate assets do not generate separate cash inflows. If there is an indication that a corporate asset may be impaired, then the recoverable 
amount is determined for the CGU to which the corporate asset belongs.

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3. Significant accounting policies (Continued)

(ii) Non-financial assets (Continued)

An impairment loss is recognized in profit or loss if the carrying amount of an asset or its CGU exceeds its estimated recoverable amount. Impairment losses 
are allocated to reduce the carrying amounts of the assets in the CGU on a pro rata basis. 

Impairment losses recognized in prior periods are assessed at each reporting date for any indications that the loss has decreased or no longer exists. An 
impairment loss is reversed if there has been a change in the estimates used to determine the recoverable amount. An impairment loss is reversed only to the 
extent that the asset’s carrying amount does not exceed the carrying amount that would have been determined, net of depreciation or amortization, had no 
impairment loss been recognized.

(l) Revenue

(i) AFIRS sales

AFIRS fees from service agreements are deferred as revenue and corresponding expenses are recorded as an asset (installations in progress). Once the system 
(including the AFIRS unit and installation kit) is fully functional and accepted by the customer, the full deferred amount is recognized in revenue along with 
the installations in progress as cost of sales. Revenue from the sale of Dragons is recognized when the unit is shipped, title is transferred, and collection is 
reasonably assured.

(ii) Voice and data services

Revenue from Voice and data services is recognized at the end of each month and is based on actual usage during that month.

(iii) Parts sales

Revenue from the sale of goods is measured at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable. Revenue is recognized when persuasive evidence 
exists, usually in the form of an executed sales agreement, that the significant risks and rewards of ownership have been transferred to the buyer, recovery of 
the consideration is probable, there is no continuing management involvement with the goods, and the amount of revenue can be measured reliably.

Revenue from the sale of Underfloor Stowage Units is recognized when the unit is shipped, title is transferred, and collection is reasonably assured.

(iv) Services

Technical services are provided based on orders and contracts with customers that include fixed or determinable prices that are based on daily, hourly, or 
contracted rates. Revenue is recognized in proportion to the stage of completion of the transaction at the reporting date.

(v) Other income

License fees and royalties paid for the use of FLYHT’s assets (i.e., trademarks, patents, and software) are recognized on an accrual basis.

(m) Employee benefits

(i) Short-term employee benefits

Short-term employee benefit obligations are measured on an undiscounted basis and are expensed as the related service is provided.

The  Company  follows  accrual  accounting  for  wages,  salaries,  commissions  and  variable  compensation  payments.  The  commission  policy  outlines  how 
commissions are calculated and when payment is made to employees.

(ii) Share-based payment transactions

The grant date fair value of share-based payment awards granted to employees is recognized as an expense, with a corresponding increase in equity, over the 
period that the employees unconditionally become entitled to the awards.

Share-based payment transactions are equity-settled. Share options granted to directors and employees are measured using the fair value of the equity 
instruments granted at the grant date, which is determined using the Black-Scholes option pricing model.

If options are promised to an employee before the grant date, the Company recognizes the expense at the service commencement date based on fair value. 
Once the grant date is established, the earlier estimate is revised so that the expense is recognized based on the actual grant date fair value. 

FLYHT estimates the expected forfeiture rate at the option grant date and updates the estimate over time as new information becomes available. Forfeitures 
may occur if the employee’s relationship with the Company is terminated prior to expiry.

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3. Significant accounting policies (Continued)

(n) Share-based payment transactions to non-employees

(i) Stock options granted to consultants

The Company grants stock options to consultants. These share-based payment transactions are equity-settled. Transactions with non-employees are measured 
based on the fair value of the goods or services received, at the receipt date. Fair value is measured at the date the Company obtains the goods or the 
counterparty renders service.

FLYHT estimates the expected forfeiture rate at the option grant date and updates the estimate over time as new information becomes available. Forfeitures 
may occur if consultants do not fulfill their obligations before the options vest, or if the consultant’s relationship with the Company is terminated prior to expiry.

(ii) Agent warrants

When the Company issues common shares, warrants, and debentures through brokered private placements, agent warrants are issued to the agents as 
consideration for their services.

Warrants are classified as equity. Incremental costs directly attributable to the issue of warrants are recognized as a deduction from equity, net of any tax 
effects.

The fair value of warrants is estimated using the Black-Scholes option pricing model.

(o) Finance income and finance costs 

Finance income comprises interest income which is recognized as it accrues in profit or loss, using the effective interest method. The Company earns income 
on its cash and cash equivalents (bank deposits) and its restricted cash (Guaranteed Investment Certificates). 

Finance costs comprise interest expense and accretion on borrowings, and unwinding of the discount on provisions and are recognized in profit or loss using 
the effective interest method.

Foreign currency gains and losses are reported on a net basis, as either finance income or finance costs.

(p) Foreign currency

(i) Foreign currency transactions

Foreign currency transactions are translated to Canadian dollars at the exchange rate in effect on the transaction date. Foreign currency denominated monetary 
assets and liabilities at each reporting date are retranslated to the functional currency at the exchange rate in effect on that date. The foreign currency gain or 
loss on monetary items is the difference between amortized cost in the functional currency at the beginning of the period, adjusted for effective interest and 
payments during the period, and the amortized cost in foreign currency translated at the exchange rate at the end of the reporting period.

Non-monetary items that are measured in terms of historical cost in a foreign currency are translated using the exchange rate in effect on the date of the 
transaction. 

Foreign currency differences arising on retranslation are recognized in profit or loss.

(ii) Foreign operations

The assets and liabilities of foreign operations are translated to Canadian dollars at exchange rates in effect at the reporting date. The income and expenses of 
foreign operations are translated to Canadian dollars at exchange rates in effect on the transaction dates. 

Foreign currency differences are recognized in other comprehensive income in the cumulative translation account. 

Foreign exchange gains or losses arising from a monetary item receivable from or payable to a foreign operation, the settlement of which is neither planned 
nor likely to occur in the foreseeable future and which, in substance, is considered to form part of the net investment in the foreign operation, are recognized in 
other comprehensive income in the cumulative amount of foreign currency translation differences.

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3. Significant accounting policies (Continued)

(q) Income tax

Income tax expense comprises current and deferred tax. Current tax and deferred tax are recognized in profit or loss except to the extent that it relates to a 
business combination, or items recognized directly in equity or in other comprehensive income. 

Current tax is the expected tax payable or receivable on the taxable income or loss for the year, using tax rates enacted or substantively enacted at the reporting 
date, and any adjustment to tax payable in respect of previous years.

Deferred tax is recognized in respect to temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and 
the amounts used for taxation purposes. Deferred tax is not recognized for the following temporary differences: the initial recognition of assets or liabilities 
in a transaction that is not a business combination and that affects neither accounting nor taxable profit or loss, and differences relating to investments in 
subsidiaries to the extent that it is probable that they will not reverse in the foreseeable future.

Deferred tax is measured at the tax rates that are expected to be applied to temporary differences when they reverse, based on the laws that have been 
enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting date. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are offset if there is a legally enforceable right to offset current tax 
liabilities and assets, and they relate to income taxes levied by the same tax authority on the same taxable entity, or on different tax entities, but they intend to 
settle current tax liabilities and assets on a net basis or their tax assets and liabilities will be realized simultaneously. 

A deferred tax asset is recognized for unused tax losses, tax credits and deductible temporary differences, to the extent that it is probable that future taxable 
profits will be available against which they can be utilized. Deferred tax assets are reviewed at each reporting date and are reduced to the extent that it is no 
longer probable that the related tax benefit will be realized.

When a taxable temporary difference arises from the initial recognition of the equity component separately from the liability component of a compound 
financial instrument, the resulting deferred tax liability is charged directly to the carrying amount of the equity component.

(r) Earnings per share

The Company presents basic and diluted earnings per share (“EPS”) data for its common shares. Basic EPS is calculated by dividing the profit or loss attributable 
to common shareholders of the Company by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted EPS is determined each 
period by adjusting the profit or loss attributable to common shareholders and the weighted average number of common shares outstanding, for the effects of 
all dilutive potential common shares, which comprise debentures, convertible debentures, share options, and warrants.

4. New standards and interpretations not yet adopted

The following new accounting pronouncements have been issued but are not effective and may have an impact on the Company. All of the following new or 
revised standards permit early adoption with transitional arrangements depending upon the date of initial application:

IFRS 9 – Financial Instruments replaces the current multiple classification and measurement models for financial assets and liabilities with a single model 
that has only two classification categories: amortized cost and fair value. (January 1, 2018).

IFRS 15 – Revenue from Contracts with Customers replaces IAS 11 Construction Contracts, IAS 18 Revenue, IFRIC 13 Customer Loyalty Programmes, 
IFRIC 15 Agreements for the Construction of Real Estate, IFRIC 18 Transfer of Assets from Customers, and SIC 31 Revenue – Barter Transactions Involving 
Advertising Services. The standard contains a single model that applies to contracts with customers and two approaches to recognizing revenue: at a point 
in time or over time. The model features a contract-based five-step analysis of transactions to determine whether, how much and when revenue is 
recognized. New estimates and judgmental thresholds have been introduced, which may affect the amount and/or timing of revenue recognized. The new 
standard applies to contracts with customers. It does not apply to insurance contracts, financial instruments or lease contracts, which fall in the scope of 
other IFRSs (January 1, 2017). 

IFRS 16 – Leases replaces IAS 17, Leases. Under the new standard, more leases may come on-balance sheet for lessees, with the exception of leases with 
a term not greater than 12 months and leases considered to be of small value (January 1, 2019).

The Company has not completed its evaluation of the effect of adopting these standards on its consolidated annual financial statements.

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5. Determination of fair values

A number of the Company’s accounting policies and disclosures require the determination of fair value, for both financial and non-financial assets and liabilities. 
Fair values have been determined for measurement and/or disclosure purposes based on the following methods. 

(a)  Share based payment transactions: measured using the Black-Scholes option pricing model; 

(b)  Loans and borrowings: for measurement purposes, fair value is calculated based on the present value of future principal and interest cash flows, 
discounted at the market rate of interest at the inception of the loan. In respect of the liability component of convertible debenture, the market rate of 
interest  is  determined  by  reference  to  similar  liabilities  that  do  not  have  a  conversion  feature.  In  respect  of  the  convertible  debentures  and  the 
debentures, as there has been no material change in the Company’s market rate subsequent to the issuance dates, carrying value approximates fair 
value; and

(c)  Trade  and  other  receivables,  trade  payables  and  accrued  liabilities:  carrying  value  approximates  fair  value,  due  to  the  short-term  nature  of  the 

instruments.

6. Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents consist of cash balances and bank deposits with an original maturity of three months or less.

7. Trade and other receivables

Trade receivables  

Non-trade receivables and accrued receivables 

Total 

December 31, 2015 

December 31, 2014

$ 

874,112 

24,054 

898,166 

$

944,835

14,951

959,786

Non-trade receivables consist of earned interest income receivable, input tax credits, and government grants receivable. The Company’s exposure to credit and 
currency risks is disclosed in note 26.

8. Inventory

AFIRS raw materials 

AFIRS finished goods 

Installations in progress 

Balance 

Less current portion 

Non-current portion 

December 31, 2015 

December 31, 2014

$ 

946,082 

1,047,415 

659,621 

2,653,118 

(1,716,313) 

936,805 

$

951,269

752,333

1,015,268

2,718,870

(1,917,249)

801,621

In 2015, AFIRS raw materials and changes in AFIRS finished goods units and installations in progress recognized as cost of sales amounted to $2,289,676 (2014: 
$1,521,962). Included in this amount was a write down of inventories amounting to $66,196 in 2015 (2014:  $203,618) resulting from a review of slow moving 
inventory parts. All inventories are pledged as security for the bank loan and debentures.

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9. Property and equipment

2015 

Cost 

Balance at January 1 

Additions 

Balance at December 31 

Accumulated Depreciation  

Balance at January 1 

Depreciation for the year 

Balance at December 31 

Carrying Amounts 

At January 1 

At December 31 

2014 

Cost 

Balance at January 1 

Additions 

Disposals 

Balance at December 31 

Accumulated Depreciation  

Balance at January 1 

Depreciation for the year 

Disposals 

Balance at December 31 

Carrying Amounts 

At January 1 

At December 31 

Computers 
and Software 
$ 

491,800 

19,111 

510,911 

385,118 

35,261 

420,379 

106,682 

90,532 

Computers 
and Software 
$ 

898,919 

73,523 

(480,642) 

491,800 

803,805 

36,088 

(454,775) 

385,118 

95,114 

106,682 

Equipment 

$ 

242,019 

23,351 

265,370 

169,570 

15,309 

184,879 

72,449 

80,491 

Equipment 

$ 

230,297 

36,722 

(25,000) 

242,019 

172,021 

18,984 

(21,435) 

169,570 

58,276 

72,449 

Leasehold 
improvements
$ 

44,121 

- 

44,121 

6,066 

6,303 

12,369 

38,055 

31,752 

Leasehold 
improvements
$ 

166,972 

10,000 

(132,851) 

44,121 

128,667 

10,250 

(132,851) 

6,066 

38,305 

38,055 

Total

$

777,940

42,462

820,402

560,754

56,873

617,627

217,186

202,775

Total

$

1,296,188

120,245

(638,493)

777,940

1,104,493

65,322

(609,061)

560,754

191,695

217,186

The Company leases equipment under several finance lease agreements. Certain leases provide FLYHT with the option to purchase the equipment at the end 
of the lease term. At December 31, 2015, the net carrying amount of leased property and equipment was $52,704 (2014: $89,612). 

As of December 31, 2015, all property and equipment is pledged as security for the bank loan and debentures (note 13).

FLYHT did not enter into any new lease agreements in 2015.

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10. Intangible assets

The intangible asset balance of $34,992 at December 31, 2015 (December 31, 2014: $34,992) is the value of the license with Bombardier that allows FLYHT 
access to technical documents. It has an indefinite life, is not amortized, and is tested for impairment annually. The Company presently has dealings with 
Bombardier and forsees no end to that relationship.

All intangible assets are pledged as security for the bank loan and debentures.

11. Trade payables and accrued liabilities

Trade payables 

Non-refundable customer deposits 

Compensation and statutory deductions 

Accrued liabilities 

Total 

December 31, 2015 

December 31, 2014

$ 

1,037,011  

1,020,675 

570,659 

129,362 

2,757,707 

$

650,712

790,405

516,881

171,624

2,129,622

Compensation and statutory deductions include accrued vacation pay, variable compensation, and statutory payroll deductions.

12. Unearned revenue

Unearned revenue classified as current consists of sales type agreements revenue that will be recognized when the AFIRS Solution is fully functional and 
expected to be recognized as income in the next year.

All amounts recorded in unearned revenue are non-refundable.

December 31, 2015 

December 31, 2014

Balance January 1 

AFIRS sales: shipped 

AFIRS sales: revenue recognized 

Voice and data services: prepaid 

Voice and data services: revenue recognized 

Balance December 31 

Less current portion 

Non-current portion 

$ 

1,675,746 

2,597,785 

(3,131,261) 

19,033 

(15,962) 

1,145,341 

1,087,197 

58,144 

$

1,103,834

2,727,911

(2,146,871)

92,084

(101,212)

1,675,746

1,484,345

191,401

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13. Loans and borrowings

Bank loan 

The Company currently has no bank debt and has available to it an operating demand loan up to a maximum of $250,000 (2014: $250,000). The operating 
loan bears interest at Canadian chartered bank prime plus 1.5%. The operating demand loan is secured by an assignment of cash collateral in the amount 
of $250,000 and a general security agreement including a first ranking security interest in all personal property. The amount of the cash collateral has been 
disclosed as restricted cash. As at December 31, 2015 and 2014, the facility had not been drawn.

Government loans 

The Technology Partnerships Canada (“TPC”) loan was non-interest bearing and unsecured. The loan was repayable annually, based on 15% of the initial 
contribution when the Company achieved more than 10% growth in gross revenues above the previous year’s gross revenue and the gross revenue for the year 
is greater than the base amount. The base amount is defined as the Company’s gross revenue in fiscal 2004, which was at $556,127. The obligation under TPC 
was fulfilled in 2015.

Under SADI, the Company has, at December 31, 2015, an outstanding repayable balance of $1,820,816, compared to $1,967,507 at December 31, 2014. The 
amount is repayable over 15 years on a stepped basis commencing April 30, 2014. The initial payment on April 30, 2014 was 3.5% of the total contribution 
received and the payment increases yearly by 15% until April 30, 2028 when the final payment is 24.5% of the total contribution received. A summary of the 
SADI loan carrying value as at December 31, 2015 and 2014 and changes during these years is presented below.

Balance January 1 

Interest accretion 

Repayment 

Balance December 31 

Less current portion 

Non-current portion 

2015 

$ 

899,600 

163,369 

(78,462) 

984,507 

90,234 

894,273 

A summary of the SADI outstanding payable balance as at December 31, 2015 and 2014 and changes during these years is presented below.

Balance January 1 

Repayment 

Balance December 31 

Convertible debentures

2015 

$ 

1,899,278 

(78,462) 

1,820,816 

2014

$

818,828

149,001

(68,229)

899,600

78,462

821,138

2014

$

1,967,507

(68,229)

1,899,278

The debenture issued December 23, 2010 originally had a face value of $3,159,000 and was set to mature on December 23, 2014. The fair value of the conversion 
feature was determined at the time of issue as the difference between the principal value of the debentures and the discounted cash flows assuming an 18% 
rate. The conversion feature was classified as equity and had an original value of $231,318 based on an exercise price of $0.40.  The associated debenture 
warrants had an exercise price of $0.75, were exercisable by December 23, 2014, and had an original carrying value of $163,771.

On December 22, 2014 approval was received to extend the maturity date of the debenture from four to six years. The debentures were convertible into 
common shares at a conversion rate of $0.40 per share at any time up to December 23, 2015. The associated debenture warrants were also extended to 
December 23, 2015.

On December 15, 2015 approval was received to lower the warrant exercise price to $0.20, extend the conversion feature to December 23, 2016, and lower the 
conversion price to $0.25.

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13. Loans and borrowings (Continued)

Convertible debentures (Continued)

The debenture has a face value of $3,039,000 as at December 31, 2015 (December 31, 2014: $3,101,000). The conversion feature has a carrying value of 
$222,531 as at December 31, 2015 (December 31, 2014: $220,700). The debenture warrants have a carrying value of nil as at December 31, 2015 (December 
31, 2014: $163,771), as they expired on December 23, 2015. 

The debentures are secured against all personal property of the Company, with the exception of the Company’s intellectual property, and are subordinated 
in right of payment to all existing and future bank and/or governmental indebtedness of the Company. If the debentures are converted to shares, a portion of 
the value of the conversion feature recognized in shareholders’ equity will be classified to share capital along with the conversion price paid. The debenture 
continues to bear interest at a rate of 8% per annum, accrued and paid annually in arrears commencing December 31, 2011.

Redeemable debentures

In two tranches on April 18 and May 28, 2013, the Company issued an aggregate $2,110,000 of debentures in a debt offering. The debentures mature on June 
30, 2016 and bear interest at a rate of 12% per annum on the contributed amounts, which shall be accrued and paid annually in arrears commencing December 1, 
2013. Purchasers of debentures received a capital discount premium of 10% on the financing, meaning that for every $1.00 debenture acquired, FLYHT shall owe, 
on the maturity date, principal equal to $1.10 to the debenture holder. The purchasers of the debentures were also issued one common share of the Corporation 
for every $1.00 principal amount of debentures acquired pursuant to the offering. A total of 2,110,000 common shares were issued under these tranches. All 
of the securities issued thereunder were subject to a 4-month hold period. The debentures are not listed on any stock exchange and are not convertible into 
common shares. The debentures are secured against all personal property of FLYHT, including FLYHT’s intellectual property and are subordinated in right of 
payment to all existing and future secured bank and/or governmental indebtedness of FLYHT and any existing security already registered against FLYHT’s 
assets. The fair value of the debenture was determined at the time of issue as the difference between the principal value of the debentures and the discounted 
cash flows assuming an 18% rate.

TPC 

SADI 

Debenture payable 

Convertible debenture payable 

Balance December 

Less current portion 

Non-current portion 

14. Operating leases

Operating lease rentals are payable as follows:

2015 

$ 

- 

984,507 

2,269,545 

2,960,921 

6,214,973 

(5,840,418) 

374,555 

2014

$

-

899,601

2,128,842

3,007,040

6,035,483

(572,782)

5,462,701

Premises $ 

410,750 

433,419 

437,952 

437,952 

437,952 

2016 

2017 

2018 

2019 

2020 

2021 

72,992 

Total

2,231,017

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15. Provisions

Product warranty - non-current provision 

Balance January 1 

Provision made during the period 

Provision used during the period 

Balance December 31 

2015 
$ 

235,019 

72,735 

(44,158) 

263,596 

2014
$

148,428

157,942

(71,351)

235,019 

A provision for warranties is recognized when the underlying products or services are sold. The provision is based on historical warranty data.

16. Capital and other components of equity

Share capital

Authorized:

Unlimited numbers of common shares, and classes A, B and C preferred shares, issuable in series, having no par value.

The preferred shares may be issued in one or more series. The directors are authorized to fix the number of shares in each series and to determine the 
designation, rights, privileges, restrictions and conditions attached to the shares in each series.

Issued and outstanding:

Common shares: 

Balance January 1, 2014 

Exercise of employee options 

Exercise of warrants 

Debenture conversions 

Balance December 31, 2014 

Exercise of employee options 

Exercise of warrants 

Debenture conversions 

Balance December 31, 2015 

Number of 
Shares 

158,817,268 

2,774,500 

10,443,367 

145,000 

172,180,135 

600,000 

542,500 

155,000 

173,477,635 

Value
$

48,318,003

1,008,573

4,112,393

58,000

53,496,969

183,920

152,157

62,000

53,895,046

In 2015 warrant and option exercises together with convertible debenture conversions resulted in the Company issuing a total of 1,297,500 shares for total 
proceeds of $236,000, including: 

e)  542,500 warrants were exercised at $0.20 per share for proceeds of $108,500 

f)  100,000 options were exercised at $0.25 per share for proceeds of $25,000

g)  500,000 options were exercised at $0.205 per share for proceeds of $102,500

h)  155,000 convertible debentures were converted at $0.40 per share

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16. Capital and other components of equity (Continued)

Stock option plan

The Company grants stock options to its directors, officers, employees and consultants. 

In the second quarter of 2015 the Company granted 2,803,050 stock options to employees, officers and directors under the stock option plan.  The stock options 
will expire December 31, 2018, and have an exercise price of $0.25 per share.

In the third quarter of 2015 the Company granted a total of 475,000 stock options to one officer and two employees under the stock option plan. The stock 
options will expire December 31, 2018 and have an exercise price of $0.165 per share.

In the fourth quarter of 2015 the Company granted a total of 500,000 options exercisable at a price of $0.205 per share to an officer of the Company under 
the stock option plan. 100,000 of the stock options expired on December 31, 2015 with 100,000 additional stock options expiring on December 31 of each 
subsequent year (the last 100,000 stock options expiring on December 31, 2019).

The Company has a policy of reserving up to 10% of the outstanding common shares for issuance to eligible participants. As at December 31, 2015, there were 
17,347,764 (2014: 17,218,014) common shares reserved for this purpose.

All outstanding options vested immediately at the grant date and were granted at an exercise price not less than fair market value of the stock on the date of 
issuance. No options remained unvested as at December 31, 2015 and 2014.

A summary of the Company’s outstanding and exercisable stock options as at December 31, 2015 and 2014 and changes during these years is presented below.

2015 

Number of 
options 

7,802,250 
3,778,050 
(600,000) 
(2,244,000) 
8,736,300 
8,736,300 

Weighted average 
exercise price 
$ 
0.34 
0.23 
0.23 
0.27 
0.32 
0.32 

2014

Number of options 

7,472,500 
3,230,750 
(2,774,500) 
(126,500) 
7,802,250 
7,802,250 

Weighted average
exercise price
$
0.27
0.41
0.25
0.30
0.34
0.34

Outstanding, January 1 
Options granted 
Options exercised 
Options expired 
Outstanding, December 31 
Exercisable, December 31 

Weighted average life remaining for the options outstanding and exercisable is 2.0 years. The exercise prices for options outstanding at December 31, 2015 
were as follows:

Exercise price: 

$0.165 
$0.250 
$0.250 
$0.400 
$0.420 
$0.450 
$0.530 
Total 

All options 

Exercisable options

Number 

475,000 
1,807,500 
2,716,050 
2,337,750 
50,000 
1,200,000 
150,000 
8,736,300 

Weighted average remaining 
contractual life (years) 
3.0 
1.0 
3.0 
2.0 
2.0 
1.0 
2.0 
2.0 

Number 

475,000 
1,807,500 
2,716,050 
2,337,750 
50,000 
1,200,000 
150,000 
8,736,300 

Weighted average remaining
contractual life (years)
3.0
1.0
3.0
2.0
2.0
1.0
2.0
2.0

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The weighted average fair value of the options granted during the year that were valued using the Black-Scholes option pricing model was $0.12 (2014: $0.20). 
The fair value of the options granted and valued using the Black-Scholes option pricing model were valued with the following weighted average assumptions:

Risk-free interest rate 
Expected life (years) 
Volatility in the price of the Company’s common shares 
Dividend yield rate 

Warrants

Outstanding January 1, 2014 

Warrants exercised 

Warrants expired 

Outstanding December 31, 2014 

Warrants extended 

Warrants exercised 

Warrants expired 

Outstanding December 31, 2015 

17. Earnings per share

Basic earnings per share

Number 

14,711,867 

(10,443,367) 

(319,750) 

3,948,750 

- 

(542,500) 

(3,406,250) 

- 

2015 
0.75% 
3.37 
76% 
0.00% 

Weighted average 

exercise price

$ 

0.23 

0.31 

0.30 

0.75 

- 

0.20 

0.20 

- 

2014
1.48%
3.69
74%
0.00%

Value

$

1,057,652

(854,003)

(39,878)

163,771

154,001

(43,657)

(274,115)

-

The calculation of basic and diluted earnings per share for the year ended December 31, 2015 was based on a weighted average number of common shares 
outstanding of 172,423,488 (2014: 166,441,119). The calculation of diluted earnings per share did not include stock options of 8,736,300 (2014: 7,802,250), nil 
warrants (2014: 3,948,750) and convertible debentures of 7,597,500 (2014: 7,390,000) because they would be anti-dilutive.

18. Revenue

Voice and data services 

AFIRS sales 

Parts sales 

Services 

Total 

2015 

$ 

3,986,813 

3,372,421 

2,932,100 

165,791 

10,457,125 

2014

$

3,657,300

2,054,251

718,567

451,910

6,882,028

Voice and data services include fees for communications usage. AFIRS sales includes revenue from AFIRS and Dragon hardware sales along with the parts 
required to install the unit. Parts sales includes spare AFIRS units, spare installation kit parts, L-3 AR revenue and Underfloor Stowage Units. Services include 
technical, repair and installation support services.

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19. Operating segments

The Company has one operating segment.

Geographical Information

The following revenue is based on the geographical location of customers.

North America 

South / Central America 

Africa / Middle East 

Europe 

Australasia 

Asia 

Total 

2015 
$ 

5,754,913 

266,203 

1,432,230 

542,037 

694,992 

1,766,750 

10,457,125 

2014
$

3,321,408

304,449

1,194,644

317,112

658,366

1,086,049

6,882,028

All non-current assets (property and equipment and intangible assets) reside in Canada.

Major customers

Revenues from the three largest customers represent approximately 42.9% of the Company’s total revenues for the year ended December 31, 2015 (2014: 30.9%).

21. Distribution expenses

Salaries and benefits 

Stock based compensation 

Contract labour 

Office 

Travel 

Equipment & maintenance 

Depreciation 

Marketing 

Other 

Total 

2015 
$ 

1,983,579 

91,658 

829,298 

328,855 

472,078 

40,216 

 29,840 

100,169 

101,940 

 3,977,633 

2014 
$ 

1,652,340

84,971

354,320

275,427

449,215

22,180

26,910

55,610

472,018

3,392,991

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22. Administration expenses

Salaries and benefits 
Stock based compensation 
Contract labour 
Office 
Legal fees 
Audit and accounting 
Investor relations 
Brokerage, stock exchange, and transfer agent fees 
Travel 
Equipment and maintenance 
Depreciation 
Other 
Total 

23. Research and development expenses

To date, all development costs have been expensed as incurred.

Salaries and benefits 
Stock based compensation 
Contract labour 
Office 
Travel 
Equipment and maintenance 
Components 
SRED tax credit 
Depreciation 
Other 
SNC litigation settlement 

Total 

2015 
$ 
1,972,362  
276,008 
153,594 
257,614 
160,360 
85,840 
399,619 
59,544 
211,307 
64,138 
10,098 
26,469 
3,676,953 

2015 
$ 
1,964,388 
 75,011 
 595,821 
 197,618 
52,143 
 65,038 
 27,877 
(216,708) 
16,936 
24,428 
- 

2,802,552 

2014
$
,468,711
417,278
245,678
276,983
151,566
141,438
372,423
74,066
215,660
98,438
15,217
71,060
3,548,518

2014 
$
1,874,482
86,341
538,874
288,686
37,882
56,555
52,308
(241,677)
23,195
12,060
(1,950,957)

777,749 

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24. Finance income and finance costs

Interest income on bank deposits 

Net foreign exchange gain 

Finance income 

Bank service charges 

Interest expense 

Government grant interest expense 

Debenture interest expense and accretion 

Debenture issuance cost amortization 

Finance costs 

25. Income tax expense

Current Tax Expense

Current income tax expense 

Deferred income tax expense 

Deferred Tax Expense

Unrecognized deferred tax assets

2015 
$ 

4,978 

- 

4,978 

2014
$

54 

-

54

Deferred tax assets have not been recognized in respect to the following items:

Capital assets 

Intangibles 

Inventory 

Non-capital loss carry-forwards 

Share issue costs 

Scientific research and experimental development expenditures 

2015 
$ 

2,128 

237,247 

239,375 

22,699 

3,917 

163,368 

711,993 

10,677 

912,654 

2015 

145,562 

77,332 

2,162 

12,071,922 

20,598 

7,535,586 

19,853,162 

2014
$

2,000

154,265

156,265

21,995

3,885

149,001

784,404

88,530

1,047,815

2014 

180,622

107,370

2,342

10,643,137

52,432

6,735,345

17,721,248

The Company has non-capital losses for income tax purposes of approximately $40,996,307 which are available to be applied against future year’s taxable 
income. The benefit of these non-capital losses has not been recognized in the consolidated financial statements because it is not probable that future taxable 
profit will be available against which FLYHT can use the benefits. These losses will expire as follows: 

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Amount
$
2,461,959
3,390,309
5,596,948
6,997,140
2,791,748
6,596,636
4,351,802
2,313,255
1,464,723
1,890,509
3,141,308
40,996,307

25. Income tax expense (Continued)

Year 

2015 
2026 
2027 
2028 
2029 
2030 
2031 
2032 
2033 
2034 
2035 
Total 

Reconciliation of effective tax rate

Loss for the period 

Total income tax expense 

Loss excluding income tax 

Tax Rate 

Expected income tax recovery 

True up from prior year 

Change in rate and other 

Non-deductible expenses 

Stock based compensation 

Change in unrecognized temporary differences 

26. Financial risk management

2015 
$ 

(3,896,538) 

4,978 

(3,891,560) 

26.0% 

(1,011,806) 

- 

(1,241,807) 

11,582 

115,096 

2,131,913 

4,978 

2014
$

(4,278,885)

54

(4,278,831)

25.0%

(1,069,708)

(636,299)

-

200,624

147,147

1,358,290

54

The Company’s operating activities expose it to a variety of financial risks, including credit, liquidity and market risks associated with the Company’s financial 
assets and liabilities.  FLYHT has established procedures and policies to minimize its exposure to these risks, and continually monitors its exposure to all 
significant risks to assess the impact on its operating activities.  The following details the Company’s exposure to credit, liquidity, currency, and other market 
risks.

Credit risk

The Company’s exposure to credit risk is influenced mainly by the individual characteristics of each customer. Management considers the demographics of 
the Company’s customer base, including the default risk of the industry and country in which customers operate. Approximately 28.5% (2014: 13.1%) of the 
Company’s 2015 revenue is attributable to transactions with a single customer; however, geographically there is no concentration of credit risk. 

Each new customer is analyzed individually for creditworthiness before the Company’s standard payment and delivery terms and conditions are offered. 
Customers that fail to meet the Company’s benchmark creditworthiness may transact with FLYHT only on a prepayment basis. The AFIRS Solution is subject 
to a retention of title clause, so that in the event of non-payment the Company will have a secured claim. To further minimize credit exposure, the sale of most 
AFIRS Solutions requires payment in advance of any product shipment. At each reporting date, the Company establishes an allowance for impairment that 
represents its estimate of incurred losses.

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26. Financial risk management (Continued)

The aging of receivables at the reporting date was:

December 31, 2015 

Accounts receivable 

Impairment 

Net receivable 

December 31, 2014 

Accounts receivable 

Impairment 

Net receivable 

0-30 days 
$ 

865,067 

- 

865,067 

0-30 days 
$ 

646,795 

(37,747) 

609,048 

31-60 days 
$ 

39,128 

- 

39,128 

31-60 days 
$ 

326,522 

(37,728) 

288,794 

61-90 days 
$ 

(5,953) 

- 

(5,953) 

61-90 days 
$ 

107,106 

(37,731) 

69,375 

91+ days 
$ 

537,393 

(537,469) 

(76) 

91+ days 
$ 

271,218 

(278,649) 

(7,431) 

Total
$

1,435,635

(537,469)

898,166

Total
$

1,351,641

(391,855)

959,786

The Company believes that the unimpaired amounts that are past due by more than 30 days are still collectible, based on historic payment behavior.

The movement in the allowance for impairment in respect of trade and other receivables for the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014 was:

Balance, January 1 

Provision 

Amounts written off 

Impairments recovered 

Balance, December 31 

Liquidity risk 

2015 
$ 

391,855 

165,164 

(19,550) 

- 

537,469 

2014
$

198,007

409,478

(203,651)

(11,979)

391,855

The Company’s approach to managing liquidity is to ensure that it will always have sufficient liquidity to meet its liabilities when due, without incurring 
unacceptable losses or risking damage to the Company’s reputation. The Company manages its liquidity risks by having cash available, by maintaining a 
conservative capital structure, by prudently managing its credit risks, and by maintaining its relationship with the capital markets to meet any near-term liquidity 
requirements.

The following table details the contractual maturities of financial liabilities, including estimated interest payments.

December 31, 2015 

Accounts payable 

Compensation and statutory deductions 

Finance lease liabilities 

Accrued liabilities 

Loans and borrowings 

Total 

< 2 months 
$ 

1,034,319 

84,525 

4,970 

39,215 

- 

1,163,029 

2-12 months 
$ 

1-2 years 
$ 

2,692 

270,134 

24,849 

61,650 

5,840,418 

6,199,743 

- 

108,000 

15,794 

9,715 

103,768 

237,277 

2-5 years 
$ 

- 

108,000 

- 

18,782 

414,386 

541,168 

> 5 years 
$ 

- 

- 

- 

- 

1,212,427 

1,212,427 

Total
$

1,037,011

570,659

45,613

129,362

7,570,999

9,353,644

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26. Financial risk management (Continued)

December 31, 2014 

Accounts payable 

Compensation and statutory deductions 

Finance lease liabilities 

Accrued liabilities 

Loans and borrowings 

Total 

Currency risk 

< 2 months 
$ 

2-12 months 
$ 

1-2 years 
$ 

2-5 years 
$ 

> 5 years 
$ 

638,598 

406,298 

4,970 

43,641 

- 

1,093,507 

12,114 

110,584 

24,849 

115,030 

585,146 

847,723 

- 

- 

29,818 

- 

5,819,600 

5,849,418 

- 

- 

15,794 

12,953 

360,335 

389,082 

- 

- 

- 

- 

1,370,267 

1,370,267 

Total
$

650,712

516,882

75,431

171,624

8,135,348

9,549,997

A significant portion of the Company’s revenues and a portion of its expenses are denominated in U.S. dollars. Management estimates that a 1% weakening 
of the Canadian dollar relative to the U.S. dollar would increase net earnings by approximately $102,932 (2014: $65,743) and a strengthening of the Canadian 
dollar would decrease net earnings by approximately $102,932 (2014: $65,743). 

The Company mitigates its currency exposures by the international nature of the business where a portion of its cost of goods sold are in currencies that 
naturally hedge a portion of U.S. dollar revenue. The Company has not engaged in activities to manage its cash flow foreign currency exposure through the use 
of financial instruments. 

The Company has exposure to foreign exchange risk for working capital items denominated in U.S. dollars. At December 31, 2015, working capital denominated 
in U.S. dollars was approximately positive $90,053 (2014: positive $3,109,586). As a result a 1% weakening of the Canadian dollar would increase net earnings 
by approximately $901 (2014: $31,096) and a strengthening of the Canadian dollar would decrease net earnings by approximately $901 (2014: $31,096). 

The Company mitigates its working capital exposure by managing its U.S. dollar denominated working capital items to limit the requirement to convert either 
to or from U.S. dollars to fulfill working capital payment requirements.  

Although  there  are  limited  expenses  under  contracts  denominated  in  EUR  and  GBP,  fluctuations  in  these  currencies  would  result  in  insignificant  foreign 
exchange variances. In respect of other monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies, the Company ensures that its net exposure is kept to 
an acceptable level by buying or selling foreign currencies at spot rates when necessary to address short-term imbalances.

Interest rate risk 

Borrowings issued at variable rates result in exposure to interest rate risk, which would affect future cash flows if interest rates were to rise.  Fluctuations in 
the prime interest rate could result in exposure for the Company with regards to the bank credit facility, which bears interest at Canadian chartered bank prime 
plus 1.5%. The Company’s exposure to interest rate risk as at December 31, 2015 and 2014 was minimal as the credit facility had not been drawn.

Market risk 

Market risk is the risk that changes in market conditions, such as foreign exchange rates, interest rates and equity prices will affect the Company’s income or 
the value of its financial instruments.  The Company’s objective in managing market risk is to manage and control exposure, while optimizing return.

Fair values versus carrying amounts

The fair values of financial assets and liabilities approximate carrying values.

Capital management

FLYHT’s objectives when managing capital are to safeguard the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. In order to maintain or adjust the capital 
structure, the Company may issue new debt, sell assets to reduce debt, or issue new shares. There were no changes in the Company’s approach to capital 
management during the year.

27. Related parties

(a)  Throughout 2014, the Company engaged in transactions with a company owned by a former director to supply consulting services in promoting the 
Company’s product as a preferred solution for enhanced aircraft tracking and triggered data transmission. No similar services were contracted during 
2015.

(b)  In the third and fourth quarters of 2015, the Company entered into an agreement with a company with ownership that is related to an officer of FLYHT.  
The company supplied consulting services in recruitment and supplied a contract resource to develop tools used to enhance the Company’s ground based 
software. 

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Included in contract labour: 

Included in accounts payable and accrued liabilities:

For the three months ended 
December 31 

For the year ended 
December 31 

2015 
$ 

- 

30,114 

30,114 

2014 
$ 

5,621 

- 

5,621 

2015 
$ 

- 

41,114 

41,114 

2014 
$ 

74,418 

- 

74,418 

(a)  

(b) 

Total 

December 31

2015 
$ 

- 

30,114 

30,114 

2014 
$

-

-

- 

All of the transactions with the related parties were at exchange amounts that approximated fair value. All other transactions with related parties were normal 
business transactions related to employee and director positions within the Company. These transactions included expense reimbursements for business travel 
and expenses paid by the related party, and were measured at exchange amounts paid to a third party as substantiated with a third party receipt.

Transactions with key management personnel 

Key management personnel includes all persons with direct or indirect authority and responsibility for planning, directing and controlling the activities of the 
Company, and includes directors and the FLYHT executive team. 

In addition to salary and variable compensation, the Company also provides non-cash benefits to key management personnel. Certain executive officers are 
entitled to a mutual term of notice of six months.

Compensation for this group comprised:

Salary 
Director fees 
Variable compensation 
Retiring allowance 
Share-based payments 
Short-term employee benefits 

Total 

Directors of the Company control 2.6% (2014: 4.1%) of the voting shares of the Company.

2015 
$ 
1,299,019 
167,494 
368,870 
324,000 
305,855 
123,858 

2,589,096 

2014 
$
1,138,733
125,928
221,471
275,000
208,418
131,425

2,100,975

Subsidiaries

FLYHT Inc. 
AeroMechanical Services USA Inc. 
FLYHT Corp. 
FLYHT India Corp. 
TFM Inc. 

28. Contingency

Country of Incorporation 

Ownership interest

United States 
United States 
Canada 
Canada 
Canada 

100%
100%
100%
100%
100%

Subsequent to year end FLYHT received a claim from a partner totaling $0.8 million USD for past and potential future warranty claims relating to reliability of some active 
AFIRS units. The claim asserts a design defect has led to the reliability issues. The resolution of the claim is pending review.  The result of the claim is currently unknown 
and will be resolved with the partner.

29. Subsequent event

On December 21, 2015 the Company granted a non-exclusive license to use certain of its intellectual property to a technology company for an aggregate license fee of 
$2.5 million USD, payable in the first quarter of 2016.  Payment for this license has been delayed until the second quarter of 2016.

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Corporate Information

REGISTRAR AND 
TRANSFER AGENT

Computershare Trust Company 
of Canada 
Telephone: 1-403-267-6800 
Online: Investor Centre – 
contact us section 
www.computershare.com 

SHARE LISTING

Shares are traded on the TSX Venture 
Exchange and the OTCQX Marketplace

Ticker Symbols: TSX: FLY 
and OTCQX: FLYLF

DIRECTORS

Bill Tempany 
Doug Marlin 
Mike Brown 
Paul Takalo 
Jacques Kavafian 
Jack Olcott  
Barry Eccleston 
John Belcher 
Mark Rosenker 

OFFICERS

Chairman, FLYHT Aerospace Solutions Ltd. 
President, Marlin Ventures Ltd.
Partner, Geselbracht Brown
Director
Director
President, General Aviation Company
President, Airbus Americas, Inc.
Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, ARINC Inc.
United States Air Force (retired)

Thomas R. Schmutz 
Nola M. Heale 
Derek Graham 
Jeff Brunner 

Chief Executive Officer
Chief Financial Officer
Chief Technical Officer
Vice President, China Operations

INVESTOR RELATIONS

AUDITOR

Email: investors@flyht.com 
Telephone: 1-403-250-9956 
Toll free: 1-866-250-9956 
www.flyht.com

The Howard Group Inc. 
Dave Burwell 
Email: dave@howardgroupinc.com 
Telephone: 1-403-410-7907 
www.howardgroupinc.com

KPMG LLP 

Calgary, Alberta

LEGAL COUNSEL

Chris Croteau 

Tingle Merrett LLP, Calgary, Alberta

HEAD OFFICE

300E, 1144 - 29 Avenue NE
Calgary, Alberta T2E 7P1

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FLYHT 
AEROSPACE 
SOLUTIONS 
LTD.

FLYHT AEROSPACE 
SOLUTIONS LTD.

300 E, 1144 – 29 Ave NE
Calgary, AB, T2E 7P1
Canada 

Phone: 1.866.250.9956 
Fax: 1.403.291.9717

www.flyht.com