South Korea’s newest start-up airline, Aero K has just contracted for a package of services with NAVBLUE to ensure a focus on flight operations excellence and efficiency.
NAVBLUE is an Airbus Services company, wholly owned by Airbus, and dedicated to Flight Operations & Air Traffic Management Solutions.
The start-up carrier is also the first Korean customer for Skybreathe, the software designed by OpenAirlines and incorporated in NAVBLUE’s fuel efficiency solutions since 2018.
“Drawing on its strong expertise and ability to leverage tool capability towards sustainable operations, NAVBLUE will provide Aero K with a complete and complementary package, fulfilled by dedicated professionals and best in class tools, backed by its Airbus OEM experience”, said Fabrice Hamel, CEO of NAVBLUE.
Aero K is the newest low cost airline in South Korea, currently operating one A320-200 aircraft on a domestic route averaging three flights per day.
The carrier is looking to increase its fleet and network in the short term with international flights within Asia to China, Japan, Taiwan and Vietnam.
Aero K should receive a second Airbus aircraft by the end of this year and plans to open international flight routes in 2022.
NAVBLUE will provide the following services from the outset of Aero K’s operations.
“Aero K aims to establish itself as the most efficient and eco-friendly LCC in Northeast Asia by achieving not only fuel optimization but also low carbon emission goals through this Skybreathe contract. At the same time, with the cooperation between Aero K and NAVBLUE we want to take advantage of this opportunity to adopt and apply the best practices in terms of green flight beyond the simple fuel management system implementation”, said BK Moon, Fuel Manager of Aero K.
A NAVBLUE customer since 2019, Aero K has been operating Charts+, NFP, N-Tracking, ɅODB, Navigation Database and Flysmart iOS on its first aircraft, an A320-200 operating on Korean domestic routes.
Aero K is putting a strong focus on the importance of implementing robust flight operations practices and efficient procedures as it aims to maximise its operational excellence and cost savings from day one, in a highly competitive low-cost market.
NAVBLUE’s expertise will support the airline in this approach while enhancing its digitalisation, in view of an integration with Skywise.
NAVBLUE provides digital solutions and services, and supports both civil and military environments, on the ground and onboard any aircraft and offers expertise in a range of areas, including digital cockpit operations, Operations Control Centre (OCC) systems, Flight Ops Engineering, Performance Based Navigation (PBN) and Air Traffic Management (ATM).
NAVBLUE employs 550 employees spread across the world, with offices in Canada, France, Sweden, Thailand, UK and US and representatives in several other countries across the globe.
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