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New deal expands long-standing relationship providing navigation data for fleet

Ethiopian Airlines to debut NavtechFMS Navigation Data on Universal Avionics

When Ethiopian Airlines launched its new fleet of Q400 late March 2010 , the aircraft will debut Navtech FMS Navigation Data on the Universal Avionics’ FMS platform. Ethiopian Airlines, based in Addis Ababa, has relied on Navtech, Inc., a leader in flight operations software and services, for FMS Navigation Data for its current fleet of Boeing 737s. Now, it becomes the first Navtech customer to implement its navigation data on Universal Avionics.

“Establishing an agreement with Universal Avionics is a significant milestone in Navtech’s history of producing data for flight navigation systems,” said Mike Hulley, Navtech CEO. “It’s the icing on the cake to have it debut with a customer with whom we’ve worked so closely and deeply respect.  This is a great trio: Navtech, Ethiopian Air and Universal Avionics.”

Navtech and Universal Avionics launched a partnership, effective with the 1003 ARINC cycle, to enable Navtech to provide data for Universal’s SCN 802/ 902 and 1000/1100 Flight Management Systems. The deal significantly expands Navtech’s ability to support both new and existing customers with specialized flight data.

Navtech’s Navigation Data Services Group pioneered the development of navigation data for flight management computer systems more than 25 years ago and now more than 150 airlines rely upon the company to supply their data. Airlines that use such systems as General Electric Aviation Systems, CMC Electronics, Honeywell, Thales, as well as Universal Avionics and others receive regular updates with all the data required for their routings. The data is loaded in the systems, enabling the pilots to simply choose their destination and get all the appropriate navigational information – including data for take-offs and landings – needed to complete the trip.

Navtech navigation databases are managed, maintained and processed by an experienced team of experts in analysis, handling and processing of specialized navigation data. The data is updated and maintained in accordance with the 28-day AIRNC update schedule.

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