Service options to help pilots plan flights—from short to long.
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From GA to BizAvCompany: ForeflightProduct: Foreflight Dispatch includes schedule-to-mobile integration along with tools for complex planning. It recently integrated with Jeppesen International Trip Planning Services to further support trip planning, fuel and ground-handling needs globally. Other additions to the Dispatch application included weight-and-balance improvements, fuel tankering and EAPIS services. After introducing its runway analysis service, Foreflight also developed engine-out procedures for more than 60% of the common business aviation fleet.
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More than Approach ChartsCompany: JeppesenProduct: Jeppesen’s flight planning services are available through a Web interface (Jetplan.com) and via PC software (JetPlanner). Both platforms allow users to graphically depict routes, overlay weather and navigation information, and track a flight in progress. International trip planning is available, with 24/7 customer assistance. The company says its goal for its flight planning service is to calculate an optimized plan for a specific aircraft and routing to file with ATC.
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Connected and IntegratedCompany: HoneywellProduct: Honeywell Forge Aircraft Data- link Services claims the fastest data link speeds available, to help reduce pilot and dispatcher workload. Pilots can convert and upload flight plans from many of the popular third-party flight planning services, and coverage does not require changing current data-communications hardware. Aircraft with the ability to take advantage of the FAA’s NextGen Departure Clearances via data link can receive clearances.
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Trans-OceanicCompany: ARINCDirect Collins AerospaceProduct: ARINCDirect is popular for transoceanic missions and has the ability to change or amend a route on the plotting chart. The plotting chart generates all intersections that are close to a particular area and loads a new route, which can be verified with the aircraft’s FMS. The plotting chart also will automatically populate the equal time points, and at the end of a trip, the software generates a master document that is required after every oceanic trip.
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Staying AheadCompany: Universal Weather and AviationProduct: Universal Weather and Aviation’s has many strategic partners, including data link and connectivity services partners Honeywell Forge and ARINCDirect. Flight planning collaborations include AviationManuals and APG. The company has advanced access to the status of NAS and current Traffic Management Initiatives that affect national airspace air traffic flow, and says it participates in A-CDM to stay abreast of emerging FAA air traffic management tools and procedures.
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