Three large charter operators have signed digital services agreements with Boeing for the implementation of products in the ForeFlight family of flight planning and electronic flight bag (EFB) solutions.
ForeFlight’s (Booth G67) flight planning has been expanded to a suite of capabilities and worldwide coverage that include ForeFlight Mobile EFB, Dispatch flight operations planning, integrated runway analysis, and ForeFlight Fuel Advisor. Web-based Dispatch helps operators integrate flight planning and briefing functions, by quickly transmitting new flight plans to assigned crew members, according to ForeFlight.
ForeFlight flight plans include optimized Eurocontrol-valid routes. Runway analysis allows pilots to fly with the maximum payload possible while meeting terrain- and obstacle-clearance requirements in case of loss of one engine during the takeoff phase of flight.
Under the agreement with Comlux Group, the VIP charter operator will replace and enhance its existing flight planning and inflight solutions with ForeFlight Dispatch and ForeFlight Mobile EFB. Comlux has been a user of Boeing’s Jeppesen charting and NavData solutions and will continue using those, with Jeppesen charts integrated with ForeFlight Mobile EFB. Comlux is also joining ForeFlight’s Development Partnership Program and will collaborate with ForeFlight developers on new flight operations software solutions.
Gama Aviation also signed an agreement to implement ForeFlight Dispatch, adding to its use of Boeing digital services that include Jeppesen navigation and charting services. Gama is planning to switch to paperless operations and has secured EFB Type B approval for use of ForeFlight EFB by the flight crew. The company will also participate in ForeFlignt’s Development Partnership Program.
Luxaviation is replacing its existing flight planning and inflight solutions with ForeFlight Dispatch, ForeFlight Mobile EFB with integrated Jeppesen charts, ForeFlight Runway Analysis, and ForeFlight Fuel Advisor. The charter operator has 16 air operator certificates for its worldwide operations and is working with regulators and ForeFlight to gain full regulatory approval to use the ForeFlight products in all of those operations.
“For years we have been closely monitoring ForeFlight’s rapid innovation in the [business aviation] space,” said Luxaviation chief aviation officer Robert Fisch, “and we believe that their product suite is now mature and capable enough to support a truly global operation like ours.”