Rossiya Airlines Gains Paperless Authorization

Rossiya Airlines, a part of the Aeroflot Group, recently gained authorization from the civil aviation authority of Russia to operate in a paperless cockpit environment, using Jeppesen FliteDeck Pro as its electronic flight bag (EFB) solution. Rossiya Airlines and Jeppesen, a part of Boeing Commercial Aviation Services, earlier teamed to integrate the airline’s fleet with iPad-based Class 2 EFB technology. The clearance from the Russian authority allows the airline to eliminate paper-based flight information, which reduces fuel consumption and increases overall operational efficiency. “This EFB authorization marks a key milestone in our process to eliminate bulky, paper based flight materials