KUALA LUMPUR: Boeing announces that Qantas will be the launch customer for the its Onboard Performance Tool (OPT) for iPad.
The OPT gave pilots the ideal speed and engine settings for any aircraft, in any weather, on any runway, Boeing said in a statement from Seattle.
It helped to create vast gains in efficiency, range and payload.
This marked the first time the OPT application had run on iPad.
The Australian carrier would deploy the OPT for iPad on 130 of its Boeing airplanes in the fourth quarter of 2012.
The mobile OPT might be used as a standalone solution or as backup to Class 2 or 3 Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) applications http://www.boeing.com/commercial/flightops/efb.html.
An Electronic Flight Bag replaced the pilot’s traditional, heavy flight bag with a light hardware and software package that calculated performance, displayed charts, improved taxi positional awareness, provided video flight deck entry surveillance and allowed electronic access to documents.
Use of an EFB improved flight data accuracy, ground reports and paper handling and storage costs.
The original OPT application for EFB solutions had been available since early 2000 and has over 120 customers.
Per Noren, vice president of Information Services, Boeing Commercial Aviation Services, said the mobile OPT was the latest of the company’s industry-leading airplane applications, part of its Digital Airline solutions suite.
“It was developed to give our customers a marketplace advantage as they serve their customers and run the most efficient operations possible.
“Boeing has a unique portfolio of digital solutions and we’re rapidly expanding it, making use of our existing and new, innovative technologies,” he said.
Captain David Oliver, head of Flight Technical for Qantas, said, “The Boeing mobile OPT is well-aligned with our flight deck mobile strategy.
We especially appreciate the OPT’s remarkable flexibility, which allows us to define unique policies and configurations to suit our needs.” John Maggiore, director of Airline Performance Management, Boeing Commercial Aviation Services, said since the initial offering in mid-July, more than 80 airlines had requested quotes or more information about OPT for iPad.
“We have been very successful in the marketplace with our existing OPT application, but our customers told us they wanted a version for iPad.
“When they talk, we listen, because we want to give them the competitive advantage they need to be successful every day.
“That’s all part of the Boeing Edge,” he said.
Boeing was continuously innovating and transforming a number of its existing and new applications to be deployed via mobile devices, in addition to developing entirely new applications. — Bernama
The OPT gave pilots the ideal speed and engine settings for any aircraft, in any weather, on any runway, Boeing said in a statement from Seattle.
It helped to create vast gains in efficiency, range and payload.
This marked the first time the OPT application had run on iPad.
The Australian carrier would deploy the OPT for iPad on 130 of its Boeing airplanes in the fourth quarter of 2012.
The mobile OPT might be used as a standalone solution or as backup to Class 2 or 3 Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) applications http://www.boeing.com/commercial/flightops/efb.html.
An Electronic Flight Bag replaced the pilot’s traditional, heavy flight bag with a light hardware and software package that calculated performance, displayed charts, improved taxi positional awareness, provided video flight deck entry surveillance and allowed electronic access to documents.
Use of an EFB improved flight data accuracy, ground reports and paper handling and storage costs.
The original OPT application for EFB solutions had been available since early 2000 and has over 120 customers.
Per Noren, vice president of Information Services, Boeing Commercial Aviation Services, said the mobile OPT was the latest of the company’s industry-leading airplane applications, part of its Digital Airline solutions suite.
“It was developed to give our customers a marketplace advantage as they serve their customers and run the most efficient operations possible.
“Boeing has a unique portfolio of digital solutions and we’re rapidly expanding it, making use of our existing and new, innovative technologies,” he said.
Captain David Oliver, head of Flight Technical for Qantas, said, “The Boeing mobile OPT is well-aligned with our flight deck mobile strategy.
We especially appreciate the OPT’s remarkable flexibility, which allows us to define unique policies and configurations to suit our needs.” John Maggiore, director of Airline Performance Management, Boeing Commercial Aviation Services, said since the initial offering in mid-July, more than 80 airlines had requested quotes or more information about OPT for iPad.
“We have been very successful in the marketplace with our existing OPT application, but our customers told us they wanted a version for iPad.
“When they talk, we listen, because we want to give them the competitive advantage they need to be successful every day.
“That’s all part of the Boeing Edge,” he said.
Boeing was continuously innovating and transforming a number of its existing and new applications to be deployed via mobile devices, in addition to developing entirely new applications. — Bernama
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