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By Jim Douglas |
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January 28, 2011 - Jeppesen recently agreed to a
five-year electronic flight bag (EFB), tailored digital
charting and navigation service renewal contract with
Jet Airways, a leading commercial carrier based in
The agreement provides Jeppesen solutions for Jet
Airways and its subsidiary carriers Jetlite and
Jetkonnect. The
agreement includes Jeppesen FliteDeck Pro class 2 EFB
services with an enroute situational awareness
application, tailored digital charting services and
NavData navigational information. |
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Jeppesen services in the agreement help Jet Airways move closer to achieving its mission of operating in a paperless flight environment. Jeppesen FliteDeck Pro EFB services allow the airline to transmit seamless real time flight data between pilots and operations staff, including weather, maintenance logbooks and ground information in an integrated format to increase operational efficiency.
“We held
productive meetings with the Directorate General Civil Aviation
(DGCA) authority of India to implement our FliteDeck Pro EFB
class 2 services with Jet Airways, which also clears us to
provide similar options for other commercial carriers of India,”
said Thomas Wede, Jeppesen senior vice president and general
manager, Aviation.
Jeppesen’s
leading tailored airway manual charts for digital navigation are
provided for Jet Airways in the agreement, through Web-based
e-Link tailored charting services, presented in a Windows
operating environment. “We rely on Jeppesen’s leading navigational data and charts and we are looking forward to expanding implementation of Jeppesen EFB services for our entire fleet, which will help decrease the workload for our pilots and crew.” |