Avinode is integrating its Schedaero flight operations system with the company's FlightBridge travel management platform. The company said the move will allow FBOs, corporate flight departments, operators, and pilots to seamlessly manage trip services—including reservations for hotels, cars, and catering—in one place.
According to Avinode (Booth C9624), the integration of the two platforms will reduce the time it takes operators to copy data from one system to another by auto-populating trip information, streamlining workflows, and reducing the potential for human error. “This industry relies heavily on emails, and when last-minute schedule changes happen it’s a real challenge to keep all parties on the same page,” said Schedaero executive v-p Johan Sjöberg. “Our vision is to streamline this process and allow users to update their data in one place [so that] the rest happens automatically.”
Charter operator Latitude 33 Aviation has been beta-testing the new Schedaero/FlightBridge combination. “In FlightBridge, we love that we can find and compare different rental car companies with prices in just two minutes,” commented charter sales manager Shana Hoernke. “We can choose the best option at the best price quickly and then all the information gets pushed back to Schedaero immediately. During the beta-testing phase of this new integration, we have been saving at least three hours a week in time due to the reduction in duplicate data entry.”
