MCLEAN, Va., April 16, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Flight Explorer (FE), a global flight tracking and IT solutions provider to the aviation community, today announced the release of Flight Explorer Professional(tm) Edition 8.5. With Version 8.5, Flight Explorer has added powerful collaboration, airport delay filtering and quick zoom tools to its industry leading Aircraft Situation Display (ASD) system. The new collaboration tools, including drawing object alerting and map image 'save and share' functionality, help to further improve a flight operations' ability to distribute real-time flight and airspace information across their organization in a matter of seconds.
FE Professional is the industry's most accurate, reliable and widely-used ASD. The system goes beyond "flight tracking" by incorporating multiple data feeds, dynamic weather overlays, situational alerts and forecast weather and air traffic management tools to make FE Professional an essential flight operations management tool.
"The new features available in Version 8.5 really reinforce our commitment and focus on delivering cost-saving decision support solutions to our global customer base," said Flight Explorer CTO Jeff Scozzafava. "Dispatchers, ATC coordinators and pilots now have an easier way to ensure that they are all viewing the same common operating picture and information when making collaborative decisions that may have a significant impact on their daily flight operations. We look forward to continuing to build upon Version 8.5 to further enhance our customers' ability to share real-time flight information across all facets of their organization."
Key Version 8.5 additions include:
-- Save Map Image to File -- This new feature allows any map window
to be saved to an image file and quickly emailed to personnel for
further discussion. Users can specify the file name/path, image
format, map window and automatically convert the saved image to
grayscale.
-- New Drawing Object Category -- Drawing objects are now included in
a new "alert" category that allows users to push alert areas or
closed airspace areas to all users and guarantee they will be seen.
Users can also save a User Defined View with the drawing object to
a file and forward it on to their pilots and other dispatchers as
needed.
-- Minimum Airport Delay Level -- Users can now set the minimum
airport delay level to be displayed, allowing only delays
important to the user to be shown on FE Professional.
Additionally, users can vary the size of the FAA airport delay
dots by magnitude of delay to make them more or less prominent on
the screen as required.
-- More Quick Zoom Areas -- New regions are now available in the
Quick Zoom menu including but not limited to Europe, Asia,
Australia, South America and Africa. Users can also define their
own specific regions via the .ini file.
-- JETNET Aircraft Owner and Operator Data -- JETNET provides up-to-
date aircraft owner, operator and key contact person information
for almost 30,000 aircraft worldwide. JETNET's data is now fully
integrated into the Flight Explorer Professional Online Reporting
Tool (ORT), enabling users to view the aircraft information within
the Flight Explorer program as well as export the data into
Microsoft Excel for marketing analysis and to quickly set up
direct mail campaigns.
-- Meteorlogix Surface Fronts & Pressure Levels -- Users now have the
ability to overlay Meteorlogix weather fronts and pressure levels
worldwide over a 24-hour forecast period.
-- Range Ring Pixel Accuracy -- Users can now view plane rings,
drawing objects, airport range rings and Desktop Interface rings
with improved pixel accuracy. The improved accuracy allows for
more accurate alerting and ETOPS analysis.
-- Clear Route Analyzer Re-Routes -- Users can now quickly clear
Route Analyzer routes without having to directly access the Route
Analyzer feature.
FE Professional 8.5 also brings with it updates to key data sources, as well as other enhancements in response to requests from Flight Explorer's global customer base.
About Flight Explorer
Flight Explorer (FE) is a global flight tracking, information technology and communications solutions provider to the commercial and business aviation community with over 800 corporate clients, including more than 85 percent of North American major and regional airlines. Additionally, consumers can enhance their travel experience with Flight Explorer's free online flight tracking and airport information tools. For more information please visit www.flightexplorer.com.