Method and system to send burst of uplink messages using acars over internet protocol channels

A method comprising:

• transmitting one or more uplink messages from an ACARS over Internet Protocol (AoIP) ground datalink service provider to an AoIP gateway server, when an AoIP communication channel is available;
• determining whether the one or more uplink messages have been received by the AoIP gateway server;
• storing the one or more uplink messages in the AoIP gateway server when received;
• notifying the AoIP ground datalink service provider when each uplink message is received by the AoIP gateway server;
• determining whether there are any pending stored uplink messages to be sent from the AoIP gateway server to a communications management system onboard an aircraft;
• sending the pending stored uplink messages, one at a time, from the AoIP gateway server to the communications management system;
• transmitting a respective acknowledgement from the communications management system to the AoIP gateway server, when a corresponding uplink message has been received by the communications management system, wherein subsequent to each respective acknowledgement being received by the AoIP gateway server, the corresponding uplink message is discarded at the AoIP gateway server;
• and
• sending each uplink message from the communications management system to one or more ACARS end systems onboard the aircraft;
• wherein subsequent to each respective acknowledgement being received by the AoIP gateway server, a next one of the uplink messages is sent from the AoIP gateway server to the communications management system.