[Avionics Today May 28, 2014] Jazeera Airways has signed a new five-year flight planning service contract with Jeppesen, adding the Boeing Digital Aviation subsidiary’s JetPlanner system.
The Middle East regional carrier is looking to use the web-based flight planning system to generate a unique fuel, time and cost performance index for more optimized routes and flight plans.
"Developing optimized flight plans that help to reduce fuel consumption based on efficient routing is a critical operational objective," said Abdulla Al-Hudaid, chief operating officer, Jazeera Airways.