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FLYBE SIGNS UP FOR VISTAIR’S FULL PORTFOLIO OF CLOUD-BASED SAFETY & MANUALS SERVICES

Flybe renews its SafetyNet contract and expands to e-documents and Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) services.

Flybe, one of Europe‘s biggest airlines, has renewed its contract for Vistair to provide its cloud-based SafeyNet safety reporting and management services, and has now expanded that contract to include Vistair‘s electronic manuals service, iPad service, and “Touch Notices” system.

The contract covers Flybe‘s entire fleet of 67 Bombardier Dash-8 Q-400 and Embraer aircraft.

Vistair‘s cloud-based services will replace in-house operations at Flybe.

According to Flybe‘s Director of Flight Operations, Ian Baston:  “Our experience over recent years, in using Vistair‘s SafetyNet service, has boosted our safety compliance and reduced our costs whilst allowing the airline to maintain safety oversight of our growing operation.

“Recently, we have been evaluating the market for further Electronic Flight Bag Applications and  our analysis of Vistair‘s other cloud-based services has convinced us that using combined developmental processes, these will improve our compliance and cut costs as we move towards the goal of a paperless cockpit for all our operations. The proactive approach that we have seen from Vistair during our previous work gives us confidence that we can realise our joint requirements”.

Vistair‘s founding Managing Director, Ian Herbert, said:  “Flybe has always been a visionary airline and was one of the ‘early adopters‘ for our SafetyNet safety management service, and has now decided to expand our relationship to look after their technical manuals, provide an EFB solution in the shape of the iPad, and the “Touch” notices service.

“This extension of our role with Flybe will use state of the art technology to deliver a more reliable and paper-free service”, said Mr Herbert.

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Photo-caption:  Flybe‘s Director of Flight Operations, Ian Baston (left) with Ian Herbert, Managing Director of Vistair.

Notes to Editor:

1. Vistair‘s airline and airport safety management systems include:

• “SafetyNet”, the web-based airline safety reporting system used by a fast-growing list of commercial airlines and all British military aircraft (RAF, Royal Navy, and the British Army);
• “Touch”, the comprehensive operations web-based notice management system and portal;
• “Electronic Flight Operations Manual Services”, the online solution to providing and updating all airline manuals to provide better compliance, including the manuals system for the latest Airbus A380 and Boeing 787.
• “Global Logistics Service”, providing delivery of paper manuals and updates to every flight-deck, crew-room, and flight simulator;
• “Airfield Briefings”, that provides invaluable audio-visual briefings for pilots for individual airports, with voice-recordings by BBC announcers.

2. Vistair‘s operations include:

• Fast-growing HQ at Bradley Stoke in Bristol;
• A global logistics centre at Heathrow and offices at airports in Glasgow, East Midlands, Germany, and Manchester.

3. Vistair‘s customers already include:

• BMI
• easyJet
• Thomas Cook Group airlines (eg, TC Scandinavia, Condor, etc)
• Aer Lingus
• Flydubai
• Ministry of Defence (RAF, Royal Navy, and the British Army)
• DHL Air
• Flybe
• Ryanair
• Jet2.com
• TAG Aviation
• Netjets

Further information:

Vistair:  Ian Herbert;  +44 (0) 845-8478247 or +44 (0) 7813-938892

Flybe:  Liz Sheridan:  liz.sheridan@flybe.com
Sturgess Van Damme:  David Sturgess +44 (0)1275-390552 of +44 (0) 7768-078656