Avfuel Announces In-House Flight Planning Company - Avplan
/Avfuel Corporation has announced the addition of a dedicated flight and trip-planning subsidiary called Avplan. Avfuel acquired Pacific Coast Forecasting (PCF) of Van Nuys, Calif., in the first quarter of 2010 to enhance the trip-planning and ground-handling arrangements Avfuel has long provided to existing customers.
Adding the option of in-house, professional trip planning will streamline and enhance Avfuel’s service matrix, allowing for quality control. Avplan Trip Support provides flight briefing, weather analysis and comprehensive flight support for international and domestic flight departments, and provides competitive fuel rates at more than 2,000 locations worldwide.
Avplan innovations include several proprietary software planning tools that keep pilots more informed and therefore safer during each leg of flight. It also includes an integrated customer information system (ACIS – Avplan Customer Information System) to support speed, accuracy, security and intricate details of trip planning, flight briefings and more. With the new system, planners have instant access to aircraft and trip data for optimal service to pilots and passengers, ensuring that each trip goes more smoothly. Changes can be made with unprecedented speed and accuracy, and built-in are backup and redundancy checks.
Avfuel Director of Flight Support Mike Wittman said that the newly developed Avplan software systems allowed Avfuel to organize and access information with unprecedented ease to support its flight department customers. He also said that Avplan would not only provide customers with efficient and personalized international and domestic trip planning, but also provide the resources and Avfuel backing to make the entire trip faster, safer and easier, regardless of where they are going.
“For close to 40 years Avfuel has supplied fuel and related aviation services to loyal customers, and our philosophy has always been to assist any request in order to make each customer experience flawless and truly memorable,” said Avfuel President and CEO Craig Sincock.
FLIGHT PLANNING
Computerized flight planning
Weather services
Customs and immigration support
Arrival and departure slots
Competitive, reliable fuel
Visas
Government agency relations
Flight following
Communication
NOTAMs
Permits
GROUND HANDLING SERVICES
Maintenance arrangements
Hotel accommodations
Ground transportation
Complete catering
Security services
Cabin cleaning
PAX handling
Hangaring
Deicing
ABOUT AVFUEL CORPORATION
Based in the United States, Avfuel Corporation serves the global aviation industry via a network of more than 2,000 international locations who offer Avfuel Contract Fuel for jet fuel savings and 600 Avfuel-branded dealers in North America. Avfuel is the United States’ leading independent supplier of aviation fuel and services to FBOs as well as to a diverse market of specialty carriers including airlines, freight companies, military special operations, helicopter users, and corporate flight departments.
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