NAVBLUE supports Qatar Airways to deploy PBN in Morocco
NAVBLUE is pleased to announce the successful completion of a PBN implementation project in Morocco on behalf of Qatar Airways. NAVBLUE and Qatar Airways, worked with Office National Des Aéroports (ONDA, the Air Navigation Service Provider of Morocco) and the Direction Générale de l’Aviation Civile (DGAC, the civil aviation regulatory authority of Morocco) to design […]
Hong Kong Air Cargo Cuts Over to NAVBLUE’s N-OC Suite
Hong Kong Air Cargo, the subsidiary of Hong Kong Airlines, has successfully migrated to NAVBLUE’s N-Ops & Crew lite, a vanilla, cost-effective cloud version of N-Ops & Crew (formerly N-RAIDO), featured with speedy deployment. In a single solution, N-OC enables Hong Kong Air Cargo to plan and distribute their network schedules, maintain full operations control […]
Aeroflot Is the First Russian Operator To Benefit from Airbus and NAVBLUE Advanced Technology for Increasing Flight Safety
Moscow, 19 May – Aeroflot becomes the first Russian operator to install the Braking Action Computation Function (BACF). The technology enables to more accurately evaluate the braking action the aircraft experienced during landing and share the data with airport ground services departments. In parallel, BACF shared data with RunwaySense another NAVBLUE service to support runway condition reporting to […]
NAVBLUE, Hawaiian Airlines partner on N-Tracking to complement existing Flight Planning with full Aircraft Situational Display (ASD) capabilities
NAVBLUE and Hawaiian Airlines are expanding their relationship with Hawaii’s largest and longest-serving carrier selecting the N-Tracking solution after finalizing the RFP for a new ASD and Flight Following tool. Hawaiian Airlines has a long history of working with NAVBLUE with the Preferential Bidding System and Pairing Optimizer for Crew solutions in 2005 and Flight […]
NAVBLUE Supports the Implementation of Performance Based Navigation in Indonesia
NAVBLUE is pleased to announce the successful completion of a Performance Based Navigation (PBN) implementation initiative in Indonesia on behalf of the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). This initiative is part of the EU-South East Asia Aviation Partnership Project, funded by the EU and implemented by EASA. The goal of this initiative was to undertake […]
Frontier Signs Up for NAVBLUE’s Crew Bidding System
Frontier Airlines, the ultra low cost carrier based in Denver, has selected NAVBLUE for their industry leading crew bidding system, N-Preferential Bidding System (N-PBS). This agreement strengthens the relationship between NAVBLUE, a subsidiary of Airbus, and Frontier, who operate an all-Airbus fleet. “We’ve been pleased with the roll out of NAVBLUE N-PBS and continue to work with NAVBLUE to further […]
Air Moldova and NAVBLUE take a step further towards big data in flight operations
Air Moldova, the national airline of Moldova, signed up for the recently launched application of the OPTIMIZE suite: the Performance Factor Optimizer (PFO). This brand-new digital application, connected to the Airbus Skywise platform, offers a significant improvement to the existing Aircraft Performance Monitoring (APM) process. Niko Lukian, technical pilot at Air Moldova and primary focal point […]
AirAsia (India) Limited Expands Partnership with NAVBLUE
AirAsia (India) Limited (“AirAsia India”) signed a long-term agreement with NAVBLUE, a services company wholly owned by Airbus, to use N-Flight Planning, Airport Obstacle Database (AODB) and Flysmart+ services. AirAsia India, a NAVBLUE customer since they started operations in 2014, has also signed up for Navigation+. The NAVBLUE solutions portfolio provides an efficient path for AirAsia India to grow and expand […]
Pilot discretionary fuel… justified extra fuel or unjustified extra cost?
Most regulations will state that the “commander” has the final authority on the fuel load for a flight. For commercial air transport operations, the “commander” means the “pilot in command”. In countries, where there are licensed dispatchers, (for example, in the United States) this final fuel load decision is shared between the commander and dispatcher. […]
