Malaysia Airlines (MAS) is embracing the Lufthansa Systems Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) application suite on its new A330 fleet aircraft to further enhance safety of flight operations and reduce costs.
In a statement today, MAS said the first of the A330-300 passenger aircraft would be fully operational with the EFB by July while the remaining A330 already in the fleet would be retrofitted progressively.
"The EFB, built for the cockpit environment of all sectors of aviation, can eliminate paper from the cockpit, improve crew situational awareness, improve cockpit efficiency, productivity and safety," it said.
It said it selected the Lufthansa Systems software suite, including applications such as e-document viewer, e-charts viewer, airport moving map, performance calculation, e-flight folder and e-form for the EFB system to guarantee consistent information availability throughout the entire flight.
NavAero AB, a Sweden-based company, meanwhile, provides the EFB hardware. MAS said the introduction of EFB on its new A330-300 aircraft marked the bold commitment it was taking towards pushing its efficiency to a new level.
Its executive vice president flight operations, Captain Izham Ismail, said by opting for the EFB, the airline would benefit not only from the weight reduction but improving efficiency in information management.
MAS has ordered 15 Airbus A330-300 and four Airbus A330 freighters to be delivered over the next three years, as part of its fleet renewal programme.
It has to date received five passenger and two freighter aircraft. The passenger aircraft are currently deployed for selected return flight operations from Kuala Lumpur to Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Bali and Shanghai. -- Bernama
In a statement today, MAS said the first of the A330-300 passenger aircraft would be fully operational with the EFB by July while the remaining A330 already in the fleet would be retrofitted progressively.
"The EFB, built for the cockpit environment of all sectors of aviation, can eliminate paper from the cockpit, improve crew situational awareness, improve cockpit efficiency, productivity and safety," it said.
It said it selected the Lufthansa Systems software suite, including applications such as e-document viewer, e-charts viewer, airport moving map, performance calculation, e-flight folder and e-form for the EFB system to guarantee consistent information availability throughout the entire flight.
NavAero AB, a Sweden-based company, meanwhile, provides the EFB hardware. MAS said the introduction of EFB on its new A330-300 aircraft marked the bold commitment it was taking towards pushing its efficiency to a new level.
Its executive vice president flight operations, Captain Izham Ismail, said by opting for the EFB, the airline would benefit not only from the weight reduction but improving efficiency in information management.
MAS has ordered 15 Airbus A330-300 and four Airbus A330 freighters to be delivered over the next three years, as part of its fleet renewal programme.
It has to date received five passenger and two freighter aircraft. The passenger aircraft are currently deployed for selected return flight operations from Kuala Lumpur to Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Bali and Shanghai. -- Bernama
