Flexjet has become the inaugural customer of ForeFlight Dispatch by Boeing. ForeFlight Dispatch is a team flight planning component of Boeing's web application that delivers next-generation, multi-user, schedule-to-mobile flight planning capability for flight operations of any size.

With Dispatch, flight plans are created by pilots, dispatchers or automatically via integrated scheduling systems to generate ‘cleared-as-filed’ routes, briefings and operational flight plans, which are then synchronised with the ForeFlight Mobile application on crew devices. Flight watchers or dispatchers can then monitor flights or make changes to flight plans, and all changes are automatically synced back to crew devices, resulting in a more productive flight operation.

Customers across North America and Europe have already tested the new capabilities with live flight operations in an extensive beta programme.

“For the past year, we have beta tested the Dispatch software on our Global fleet, which operate all over the world,” says Tim Montie, director of operations at Flexjet. “The efficiencies that we have realised with optimised flight plan routes, fuel burns and passenger comfort have been outstanding. This has also allowed us to reduce the number of applications that our pilots must maintain, and reduces the amount of actual paper documents that each pilot and aircraft must carry.”

COO Megan Wolf adds: “We regularly seek to drive efficiencies in every part of our business. “ForeFlight, in partnership with us, dramatically improved the flight planning process and created cutting-edge technology for both the dispatchers and the pilots.”

Co-founder and CEO of ForeFlight Tyson Weihs is thrilled to be expanding the relationship: “We worked closely with Flexjet to identify and eliminate the biggest inefficiencies faced by their teams: workflow fragmentation, slow route generation, disconnected systems and complex workarounds to release flights to crew members. We are now addressing these issues by combining the app's historical strengths and our Jeppesen data in a single, streamlined, next-generation flight planning solution.”

With Dispatch, supported flight scheduling systems can send flights directly into ForeFlight so teams can start working with them right away. ForeFlight Web provides a centralised list view of all planned and filed flights so planners have better insight into the status of any flight and the overall view of the day's operations.

Likewise, pilots can easily see flights assigned to them both on the web and on their mobile devices. Flights created by pilots on their mobile devices appear on the web for planners to view and edit, allowing flight crews and planning teams to view more easily. ForeFlight's Sync system ensures that all changes are reflected across the platform for everyone involved.