04 August 2014
Gulf Air has rolled out iPad Electronic Flight Bags to facilitate its flight-critical communications while eliminating paper-based flight material, Bahrain's national carrier said in a press statement.
The airline noted that, as electronic information management devices, Electronic Flight Bags help airline crew perform flight management tasks more easily and efficiently, improving operational performance, while minimising paperwork, reducing printing costs, cutting onboard weight and giving faster access to data.
It said all Gulf Air pilots are currently undergoing extensive training on the iPad Electronic Flight Bags which will be rolled out across the national carrier's entire fleet by early August.
Captain Nasser Al Salmi, Gulf Air's Chief Operations Officer, said the iPad Electronic Flight Bags will be rolled out to all Gulf Air pilots over the coming weeks.
"Gulf Air is committed to all new technology that provides integrated solutions for managing information in the air and on the ground, reduces paperwork, increases efficiency and improves access to information for our pilots where it is most needed. The iPad Electronic Flight Bags meet that requirement helping bring the technological advances of computer information delivery and management to one centralised point - the cockpit," he said.
The airline noted in its statement that Electronic Flight Bags offer advanced information management and deliver more accurate performance calculations, creating significant time and cost savings while increasing safety and streamlining the management of flight information.
Gulf Air said it will move from a paper-based flight manual to an electronic process with Electronic Flight Bags rolled out across the airline's fleet by early August 2014.
Last year, American Airlines became the first commercial carrier to have all of its pilots replace their paper-based reference flying manuals with Apple's iPad.
While Gulf Air did not reveal the cost savings it will accomplish die to the switch, switching from paper manuals to the iPad saved American Airlines $1.2 million (Dh4.4m) in fuel since the iPad is lighter than the almost 16kg kitbag previously used by its pilots.
Gulf Air has rolled out iPad Electronic Flight Bags to facilitate its flight-critical communications while eliminating paper-based flight material, Bahrain's national carrier said in a press statement.
The airline noted that, as electronic information management devices, Electronic Flight Bags help airline crew perform flight management tasks more easily and efficiently, improving operational performance, while minimising paperwork, reducing printing costs, cutting onboard weight and giving faster access to data.
It said all Gulf Air pilots are currently undergoing extensive training on the iPad Electronic Flight Bags which will be rolled out across the national carrier's entire fleet by early August.
Captain Nasser Al Salmi, Gulf Air's Chief Operations Officer, said the iPad Electronic Flight Bags will be rolled out to all Gulf Air pilots over the coming weeks.
"Gulf Air is committed to all new technology that provides integrated solutions for managing information in the air and on the ground, reduces paperwork, increases efficiency and improves access to information for our pilots where it is most needed. The iPad Electronic Flight Bags meet that requirement helping bring the technological advances of computer information delivery and management to one centralised point - the cockpit," he said.
The airline noted in its statement that Electronic Flight Bags offer advanced information management and deliver more accurate performance calculations, creating significant time and cost savings while increasing safety and streamlining the management of flight information.
Gulf Air said it will move from a paper-based flight manual to an electronic process with Electronic Flight Bags rolled out across the airline's fleet by early August 2014.
Last year, American Airlines became the first commercial carrier to have all of its pilots replace their paper-based reference flying manuals with Apple's iPad.
While Gulf Air did not reveal the cost savings it will accomplish die to the switch, switching from paper manuals to the iPad saved American Airlines $1.2 million (Dh4.4m) in fuel since the iPad is lighter than the almost 16kg kitbag previously used by its pilots.
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