My friend is the Chief pilot of a corporate flight dept. and we are looking to
start a dispatching dept. Can anyone steer me in the right direction for some software?
Check out www.flightops1.com web based scheduling and dispatch software. Its great for corporate flight departments and it also has most of what a charter company would need also.
Sabre- Sucks for international planning but it's real cheap since you can tailor what you purchase.
Jeppesen- Only used it as a back up, can't really give you honest input but what I can say is that was okay when I had to use it.
Navtech-Great for international as well as domestic. Great data base that will not limit aircraft performance set to your standards. My personal choice unless you plan to stay in North America. If so I would use Sabre and save some $$.
LIDO- I hear is VERY VERY VERY Expensive and I hear f:wz is just as pricey. Maybe a United Dispatcher can jump in here as well as a UPS Dispatcher for LIDO.
Where will the office be located and when will you be hiring?
I would recommend NavTech. The software is good and the rates are pretty reasonable. I managed the project to bring NavTech in house at Cargo 360. I might be interested in your project depending on location.
Here is the link: http://www.navtechinc.com/
we use NavTech....I find it pretty easy although it has some annoyances. I work with people who mostly used Sabre in the past, and they all seem to like Sabre better as all their products talk to each other which makes things convienent....It takes some IT work to get Navtech to integrate with software from other companies.
Most corporate flight departments I know of use CTA-FOS. Some use Jepp, I also know flight departments that have used Flightpak which is made by Universal. One company I used to work for used software called Andromeda made by Camp systems, but I think that is pretty rare these days.
Sabre, Lido, Navtech are designed for the airline enviornment. It's apples and oranges.
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