Avionics
Jepp leads the move to declutter cockpits
Aeronautical data specialist Jeppesen is investing heavily in a move from paper-based to electronic products that should enhance flight and ground operatio

Aeronautical data specialist Jeppesen is investing heavily in a move from paper-based to electronic products that should enhance flight and ground operations while helping eliminate the need for paper manuals and charts.

The company has been known for too long as “the boys with the books,” according to vice president of commercial aviation Thomas Wede in his introduction to a recent series of briefings at Jeppesen’s eastern hemisphere headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany. Since the mid-1990s, he said, the company has been investing in the development of a new database that will provide the foundation for a new range of integrated products.