ARINC Flight Planning Services Chosen by Leading Scottish CharterMay 3, 2006Annapolis, Maryland—Air Charter Scotland, that country’s leading provider of executive jet charters, has contracted to use the flight planning and support services of ARINC Direct, a leading U.S. provider of flight services for business and corporate aircraft. The two companies signed an agreement April 24. “The web-based ARINC Direct service offers a powerful ability to optimize our flight route planning within the European Eurocontrol environment,” stated Derek Thomson, Air Charter Scotland Operations Director. “They have many tools that are both intuitive and easy to use, including a full-featured runway analysis capability, the latest weather data and NOTAMs, and a very useful Aircraft Situational Display.” “We are very pleased Scotland’s leader in executive charter operations for both the business and leisure markets has chosen ARINC Direct to meet its flight planning and support requirements,” stated Edward Montgomery, Managing Director ARINC EMEA. “Our ARINC Direct portfolio includes many time-saving and value-added features to assist them in getting charter clients to their destinations on time and within budget.” ARINC Direct recently announced an expanded marketing initiative in Europe and has enhanced its portfolio to meet the needs of European operators. The company offers best-in-class flight tools and services, backed by a responsive and knowledgeable, fully staffed support center operating 24x7. “The charter business by its nature requires us to accommodate short-term changes in travel plans. We believe the ARINC Direct suite will meet our needs very well, and help us to provide better service for our customers,” continued Thomson. Air Charter Scotland is the country’s prime air taxi/executive air charter operator, established for over ten years. With bases in both Edinburgh and Glasgow, it operates a fleet of executive aircraft ranging from 4 to 9 passenger capacity, and flies to destinations throughout Scotland, the UK, Scandinavia and Northern Europe. Its professional pilot training and engineering maintenance complies with the same rigorous standards as the scheduled airlines. The company serves international businesses, banks, private individuals, scheduled airlines, hospitals, the manufacturing industry, the media, and the tourist industry—all of whom benefit from the time-saving experience of private air charter. For more information visit the web site at www.aircharterscotland.com. ARINC Direct, the world’s most complete source of business aviation services, recently announced its entry into the European market. The company provides a wide range of flight support and planning services, communications technologies, aircraft modification services, and SKYLinkSM, the world’s first broadband satellite communications service for business aircraft. For European information contact ARINC Direct Europe, at arincdirectemea@arinc.com.ARINC Incorporated is the world leader in transportation communications and systems engineering. The company develops and operates communications and information processing systems and provides systems engineering and integration solutions to five key industries: airports, aviation, defense, government, and surface transportation. Founded to provide reliable and efficient radio communications for the airlines, ARINC is headquartered in Annapolis, Maryland, and operates key regional offices in London and Singapore, with over 3,200 employees worldwide. ARINC is ISO 9001:2000 certified. Release: 06-71 Corporate Communications |
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