Direct Flight Planning, Automated Reports, Graphical Weather
All Incorporated
Jeppesen’s JetPlan flight planning service and Satcom
Direct’s FlightDeck Freedom cockpit communications services
can now be accessed by customers for a fixed annual cost. Jeppesen
and Satcom Direct have announced a teaming relationship that allows
each company to sell a bundled solution to their customers
combining flight planning services and cockpit communications.
The agreement enhances Jeppesen’s JetPlan flight planning
service by providing direct cockpit communications capability via
Satcom Direct’s FlightDeck Freedom (FDF) service. FDF
supports flight deck communications via Inmarsat, Iridium, and SITA
VHF and transmits flightcritical data to the flight crew, including
pre-departure clearances, Digital ATIS, oceanic clearances, current
airport weather, graphical weather, and flight plan routes.
Dispatchers and maintenance personnel can monitor the aircraft
through automated takeoff and landing reports, e-mail messages to
and from the aircraft, and can see aircraft position at any time
with Satcom Direct’s new SD Flight Tracker. Flight crews also
have direct access to cabin and satellite network monitoring and
performance tools while en route.
Jeppesen’s Flight Planning solution includes JetPlan
flight planning and flight plan filing services accessed via the
JetPlan.com web interface. Customers can also access the JetPlan
databases that include en route text weather briefings, en route
navigation fees, online user manuals, worldwide aviation weather
maps, text weather reports, worldwide NOTAMs, FAA Approved RAIM
Prediction Reports, and coming next month, graphical flight
tracking.
"The partnership between Jeppesen and Satcom Direct brings
additional value plus a one-stop solution for our mutual customers.
Combining the best-in-class flight planning service and aircraft
communications is a natural fit to enhance efficiency and provide
economic benefits for Business Aviation operators," said Thomas
Wede, Jeppesen senior vice president and general
manager, Aviation.
Jeppesen has plans to enhance the JetPlan flight planning
service to include EU ETS calculations for all flight plans filed
for European travel. It is anticipated that this capability, and
other enhancements including integrated weight and balance
calculations, will become available in the first quarter of
2010.