Flight Options Fraxxie Is Flying With JeppView Flightdecks

Flight Options is another that's opted out of this week's make-up NBAA show, but don't count the Cleveland-based company out of the business. With a fleet of 88 pre-owned aircraft available for fractional ownership, Flight Options is in a strong position to satisfy customer concerns about flying safety and economic operations. |

The company keeps costs down by offering only used aircraft. The Flight Options fleet features eight different models ranging from the CitationJet to the Gulfstream IV, with quarter-share acquisition prices ranging from $790,000 to $5.75 million.

CEO Kenn Ricci calls his company "the value play." Flight Options has refitted its entire fleet with Jeppesen's JeppView paperless cockpit, and is enhancing its aircraft passenger communications and entertainment systems as well.

The company says it's worked with Jeppesen to expand the functionality of the JeppView system to include aircraft performance calculation features, electronic maintenance and operation manuals, and aircraft wiring diagrams. "These additions allow for convenient maintenance at multiple facilities," Flight Options says.

Installation of the paperless cockpit will improve fleet readiness, enhance safety, reduce pilot workload, and free up cabinet space formerly used for books of charts, the company adds, for "owner amenities."

That's important to Flight Options, as it strives to offer the most attractive and customer-friendly interiors it can in its used aircraft. Flight Options has wired all of its aircraft for the Internet too, in anticipation of new systems allowing true broadband communication.