Air show apps

Keep minute-by-minute flight display schedules, ground attractions and visitor information together, with rapid updates when weather or operations change the plan.

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Why VIKIN works for air shows

Your air show combines a time-sensitive, minute-by-minute, flying programme with a large visitor site containing countless ground based attractions, food vendors, activations and facilities. Weather, aircraft availability, and operational decisions can alter the order or timing of displays. A printed programme cannot reflect those changes once it is in a visitor’s hand, leaving them out of sync with what’s really happening, meaning they might miss what they’ve traveled to see.

However, the displays are only part of the event. Attendees also need to find entrances, viewing areas, facilities, static aircraft, traders and ground attractions. Long distances and a congested mobile network make a dependable digital guide especially useful.

When the on-site decisions mean there’s changes, organisers like you are already busy enough, so you need tools to keep attendees in-the-loop that aren’t adding to your workload.

VIKIN brings the live programme and practical information into a single app, so attendees can explore and discover more at your event, and navigate the site even when the reception is poor. Organisers can keep visitor-facing details up to date, using easy and straightforward tools that connect with the systems they’re already using.

Why VIKIN is great for organisers

VIKIN makes it simple for your to manage your event: keep information up-to-date, work efficiently, and communicate directly with your attendees.

Rapid Attendee Communication

Communicate directly with attendees via instant push notifications & in-app content posts to share event updates, safety alerts, marketing content and scheduled sponsor messaging.

Event notificationsSend setlist changes, safety alerts, and important updates directly to your attendees.
In-app content postsPublish articles and longer-form content when a short notification is not enough.
Marketing communicationsSend out promotional notifications for your own marketing, vendors, or sponsors; only to attendees who have explicitly consented to receive them.

Effortless Content Management

Manage schedules, locations, artists, vendors, sponsors and practical information in a single place.

Organiser web portalCreate, update, manage, review and publish attendee-facing content with just a few clicks.
Permissions, roles, and delegationGive your team access to make changes, while protecting sensitive actions and reserving the ability to review and make changes to content before publishing.
Production map previewBring your to-scale production map into VIKIN, and make it easy to position stages and facilities when planning your event. Your production map stays private, it is never shown to attendees.

Operate from the field

Update information, and send push notifications from your phone while you're moving around the site with Backstage, our app for organisers.

Mobile content managementTake current event data into the field and update it from Backstage, even when phone signal is patchy.
On-site location editingIt is almost guaranteed that things will move around during the site build. Check and adjust map locations on the go, using GPS to confirm the final position.
Mobile notificationsSend important updates directly to attendees from your phone, without returning to the production office.

Learn and improve

Understand what attendees use and value so you can react before, during, and after your event; without tracking attendees personal information.

Aggregated usage statsLearn what attendees are interested in, across schedules, artists, searches, vendors, sponsors and other app content.
Event-day insightsEasily see what attendees are up to during the event, so you can react in real-time and apply lessons for future events.
Privacy-conscious designThere's no need to track personal or identifying attendee data; with VIKIN all attendees are anonymous.

Why attendees love apps from VIKIN

Help your attendees discover, plan, and find their way around your event; with a helpful experience that is personalised for each attendee.

Everything available offline

Keep essential event information in the hands of your attendees, even when phone signal is poor.

Event content, kept on-deviceVIKIN apps keep all event information - artists, schedules, vendors, sponsors, maps and more - available on-device so it remains available without needing a network connection.
Reliable low-bandwidth updatesOur bespoke content distribution infrastructure distributes only the content that's changed since the last time the app was opened by an attendee - reducing network usage.
Offline experiencesEven if your site Wi-Fi goes down, or the local phone mast struggles with demand, attendees can still discover and plan, when a normal website would struggle.

Stay informed in one place

Bring current schedules, announcements, practical guidance and event content into one branded experience.

Fully branded appYour event is a carefully curated experience. Your app will match your branding and vibes, and feel distinctly yours.
Dynamic dashboardThe VIKIN home tab highlights timely and relevant content, depending on where the attendee is and when they look.
Everything: in one place.Bring schedules, FAQs, directions, profiles, locations and announcements together in a single location, so attendees don't need to go elsewhere to see what's on.

Find your way around

Combine interactive maps and offline way-finding to make an unfamiliar site easier to explore.

Interactive location detailsDiscover stages, vendors, facilities and other useful places with detailed supporting information.
Offline way-findingSometimes an event site can be daunting. In-app way-finding makes it easy to navigate to a location, even if it's all the way across the site.
Find MySave a tent, vehicle, meeting point, your friend's tent, or anything else, and find the way back later. Find My surfaces naturally in the app when it's most relevant.

Discover what matters

Help attendees find relevant artists, activities, locations, and vendors at the right moment.

Intelligent searchFind artists, vendors, locations, FAQs and other in-app content from one search, without needing an internet connection.
Contextual discoverySurface content that attendees will find useful, according to where there are and when they are looking.
Detailed profilesGive artists, workshops, vendors and partners enough detail to encourage attendees to discover and learn more about what's on at your event.

Integrations and event data

Bring your display schedules and event information into VIKIN from structured spreadsheets, or connect the systems you're already using through a custom integration that we can build in-house.

Crescat synchronisation for teams already managing event information in Crescat. Manage your data in one place, and effortlessly sync it into your VIKIN app with our official integration.
Spreadsheet imports for structured schedules, people, places and other event data that you currently manage in spreadsheets.
Custom integrations are also possible, if you're using another content management platform or if you're using custom tools internally.

Ticketing, payment, and other event ecosystem integrations are on our roadmap. Need one? Let us know when you speak with us and we can plan it in.

Poor phone reception? No problem.

A massive audience arriving at an large open site like an airfield can put local mobile networks under significant strain. In a VIKIN app, display schedules, maps, vendors, sponsors, and practical guidance are available offline on the device, and compact updates can still reach attendees if a bit of signal is available.

Support for a event where programme changes are inevitable

We work with your team to get display, attraction and site information into the app in the best way for attendees, alongside testing the app before the event and preparing live communication workflows. On-site support is available for teams that want VIKIN present during the event days for an extra pair of hands.

"We engaged VIKIN Event Apps to build the Canowindra Live App, and to say the process was seamless would be a massive understatement. The team is absolutely amazing - they even joined us on-site for all nine days of the event to ensure everything ran perfectly. The app completely revolutionised our event communications. The most noticeable impact? A significant decrease in the number of people wandering into Balloon HQ at 5:00 AM looking for info! By pushing out real-time notifications and directing guests to launch sites, the app did the heavy lifting for us. We were also able to support the local economy by loading businesses onto the app, offering specials that visitors could redeem in-store. 'Wow' just doesn’t cut it - VIKIN Event Apps delivered a world-class solution."
Debra Clarke - Event Organiser

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Frequently Asked Questions

A few of our most frequent queries from organisers like you. Got a question not answered here? Get in touch and we'll be happy to help.

Can we update display times during the air show?

Yes! You can update schedule information and send notifications through our organiser tools, like our web portal or Backstage, our organiser app. Attendee devices receive compact changes reliably, even when connectivity is poor.

Will visitors still see the programme with poor signal?

Yes. Downloaded schedules, maps, profiles and practical information remain available offline, and our reliable content distribution infrastructure has been proven to work even when other apps won't load.

Can the app carry safety and operational messages?

Yes. Notifications and in-app information can be used for safety guidance, site changes and other important visitor updates. Your team remains responsible for deciding, approving, and sending operational messages.

Can we include our ground attractions as well as the displays?

Of course! The in-app programme can show flying displays, static exhibits, demonstrations, talks, family activities and more in one searchable guide, alongside vendors, sponsors and other helpful event info.