Avidyne And Jeppesen Say Their Partnership Further Enhances Safety For European Pilots

Avidyne and Jeppesen are pairing up to announce that Jeppesen's European VFR Charts package is being certified as an optional subscription for Avidyne's EX500 and EX5000 Multi-function display (MFD) customers.

"Avidyne and Jeppesen recognize the situational awareness benefits of electronic charts in the cockpit," said Thomas Wede, Jeppesen Senior Vice President and General Manager, Aviation.  "We are pleased to continue that relationship by offering our mutual customers in Europe access to electronic versions of these safety-enhancing piloting tools." 

"Jeppesen is recognized as a world-leading supplier of flight information," said Patrick Herguth, Avidyne's Chief Operating Officer. "The ability to add their European VFR Charts package to our MFDs is another example of our commitment to enhancing safety and making flying simpler for our customers."

"Avidyne's continues its efforts to enhance safety for new and existing customers," said Avidyne President and CEO, Dan Schwinn. "As a result of our longstanding partnership with Jeppesen, we are pleased to now be able to offer our European customers this valuable region-specific chart package that makes flying in Europe easier and safer."

Jeppesen's European VFR Charts package (formerly Bottlang Charts) is the most comprehensive European VFR flight guide covering over 2200 airports in 29 European countries. Besides full-color Visual Approach, Landing and Area Charts, the charts package contains general and country-related text sections including Regulations, Communications, Meteorology, Aerodrome Directory and more for the planning and execution of flights within Europe under Visual Flight Rules. As with CMax Charts, most European VFR Charts geo-referenced so that the 'ownship' symbol and flight plan position can be overlaid right on the chart display.  Charts are easily updated via a monthly subscription through Jeppesen with multiple options for regional coverage.

Avidyne's CMax Electronic Approach Chart software, including Jeppesen's worldwide coverage of airport diagrams, is now standard on all new EX500 and EX5000 Multi-Function Displays (MFDs). Avidyne will also enable current EX500 and EX5000 MFD customers to upgrade for a fraction of the previous cost for the CMax option. 

All new Avidyne EX500 and EX5000 MFDs now come standard with CMax Charts capability.  The European VFR Charts option for CMax-equipped EX500 and EX5000 MFDs in Q4 2009.

FMI: www.avidyne.com, www.jeppesen.com