MidEast Jet, first 777 operator to retrofit Boeing's electronic flight bag

The EFB retrofit gives MidEast Jet technology advantages for safe, secure and efficient operations.

MidEast Jet is the first airline to retrofit the EFB - that is, install the technology after the aircraft has been completely manufactured.
Boeing Commercial Aviation Services will install the EFB on the 777-200ER in Germany and will redeliver to MidEast Jet in April, 2005. There are 3 777 operators flying a total of 13 airplanes with the production installed EFB at the production stage.

'The Boeing EFB delivers technology benefits in a digital format,' said David Thomas, MidEast Jet director of operations. 'The addition of the EFB reduces the amount a charts, manuals and logbooks our pilots are used to carrying.

Boeing Commercial Aviation Services will install the EFB on the 777-200ER in Germany and will then redeliver to MidEast Jet.

The EFB includes an on-board performance tool that allows the pilot to instantly calculate the ideal speed and engine setting for an aircraft, in any weather condition, on any runway - or any runway intersection - with any payload.

In addition, the EFB includes the award-winning Jeppesen Airport Moving Map application, which combines high-fidelity, geo-referenced airport taxi charts and precise navigational signals to show flight crews exactly where they are on the surface of an airport. It also gives flight crews a viewer for cabin surveillance systems, helping meet new and anticipated regulatory requirements.

Boeing is offering content, applications, and services that connect all the data generated by an entire flight operation - in the air, on the ground and in the hangar - meaningful to all users: pilots, mechanics, flight attendants, operations departments and airport users - and other potential customers.

Boeing received U.S. Federal Aviation Administration certification for its Class 3 EFB in October 2003, when the first commercial unit was delivered to KLM Royal Dutch Airlines on the carrier's first 777.