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Centrik from TrustFlight.. What else ?

Trials, Errors, Audits, Findings, Root Cause, Corrective Plan, Actions

Like every single operator Air Vitosha is not exempt from operational gaps or in needs to enhance its productivity through Compliance.

Compliance is the core of any airline operator, this is not optional; so much that there is a dedicated mandatory role for this : Compliance Monitoring Manager. For the compliance team to be able to present the compliance status of the company a dedicated framework has to be put in place. With today’s technology, this is a digital based solution, fed via internal and external audits and reports.

When time came to implement a system, robust and flexible, Air Vitosha, after a review that lasted more than a year, chose Centrik QMS.

Centrik 5 QMS removes costly, outdated paper-based processes and procedures, increasing efficiency, improving safety and ensuring complete compliance across what is considered one of the most highly regulated and safety critical industries in the world : Aviation.

With modules to manage Risk, Safety, Compliance, Manuals, Documents, Meetings, Training, EFBs and much more, this all-in-one management system for every element of Air Vitosha operation will bring a total overview of the quality status of the company as a whole.

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A beautiful plane flies beautifully

Some planes are iconic, some planes are just planes. When you ask around the pilots which airplane they wish to fly or wished they flew, there is always the same coming around. Learjet 30 series are there, like 9H-THB, but also the Dassault family, among the Dassault range of planes there is a mythical one : The Falcon 50.

The 50 EX version has a 3000 Nm range, on three 731-40 engines. When we had the opportunity have one with us, we couldn’t say no. The airplane will be operated by Air Vitosha, starting this summer. This Dassault workhorse has been fully check at a Dassault maintenance facility and is ready to cross the Atlantic ocean for its first scheduled operation.

Stay tune for some interior pictures….

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Carbon Offset in practice

We have discussed this issue before, but this is what it is like at the end.

Thanks to our integrated IT system, all our flights are uploaded from Leon to Azzera servers daily. From there our tailored Portfolio buys carbon offset credits and claims them against our operation. There is always some room for improvement of course, but we have it implemented and it is working.

AIR VITOSHA is carbon neutral in operations from day one as promised. Some talk some do.

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How far away from carbon neutrality are you ?

Aviation is a world of Policies, Procedures, Practices and on top of it the Philosophy of the company that leads the pack…This scheme emerged in the late 80’s from the work of A.DEGANI and E. WIENER, the goal was to evaluate how to create and monitor the Standard Operating Procedures in a flight deck, and how to make them accepted and making sense to all stakeholders.

At AIR VITOSHA the management philosophy is embedded in all of our actions. The successful adherence to the Policies is managed throughout the life cycle of any event. The Procedures are rehearsed during employees indoctrination and also during a yearly refresher for all the workforce. For CO2 emission, the global achievement requires everyone to participate and being convinced of the outcome, else it does not work. The most advertised and challenged event in our industry is the amount of CO2 emitted by any airplane.

Our flight profiles and SOP’s are designed to “beat” the manufacturer numbers of fuel consumption, our fuel load is monitored at dispatch level, and at last but not least, at the conclusion of every flight, the CO2 emissions are offset through our partner AZZERA which is collecting our fuel consumption directly from our scheduling software.

That means that from the get-go, AIR VITOSHA is Carbon Neutral in operations. We are contributing to a worldwide offset with every single flight. As soon as meaningful data will be available we will share them here.

The other CO2 emissions are also offset and the products life cycle are carefully evaluated for a net zero result.

So even if VTO colors are a mix of purple, blue and grey, we are also green….

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How do you track your maintenance ?

CAMP Aircraft Management provides comprehensive tools and services to track, plan, and manage scheduled and predictive maintenance for Air Vitosha airplanes. Fully integrated with Leon Software, everyone from CAMO to the pilots via the dispatchers knows the status of the airframe, not only now but also in the coming hours / days. This allows an optimal decision to be taken in order not to exceed any maintenance stop on the road.

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Air Vitosha Training at Flight Safety International

AVIATION TRAINING AT ITS BEST

Air Vitosha crews trains at Flight Safety to stay sharp, fine tuned, and always be prepared. This empowers VTO crews with unwavering calmness and composure needed for all situations, from the everyday to the unusual. This kind of training is more than fulfilling a requirement. It’s an achievement. And it’s reserved for the sky’s most elite.

Whatever the scope of training—initial, recurrent, advanced or special operations training—we operate with an emphasis on reliability, convenience and flexibility. Our goal with Flight Safety is to advance missions by choosing the specific training support needed, including access to cutting-edge simulator technology, specially designed training environments and the expertise of professional FAA- and EASA-qualified instructors.

An exclusivity contract for the available aircraft types has been signed giving Air Vitosha access to the full range of part.oro requirements for it’s crews.

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PNR GO!

Air Vitosha International has signed an agreement with PNRGo!

This fully integrated solution provides a seamless interaction with all the authorities around the world for passenger’s data submission and control. The expertise and the follow up of PNRGo! gives Air Vitosha Team ( sales and dispatchers) a great peace of mind while producing and filing passengers data for our worldwide operations.

Our customers are therefore certain that all the regulatory submission are made on time, always, this minimize their formalities upon entry in foreign countries.

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ForeFlight is going live at Air Vitosha

After a careful and lengthly evaluation, Air Vitosha is implementing ForeFlight Dispatch, Weight&Balance and Runway Analysis for its fleet of managed and AOC airplanes. The solid workflow and user-friendly interface allows dispatchers to efficiently solve complex solutions of international travel.

The solution has been benchmarked against the competition and the efficiency of ForeFlight dispatch allows a 50% reduction in time to dispatch compared to other products.

This allows a real time EFB implementation in key parameters and gives crews the latest information for a thorough decision making.

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Air Vitosha & Webmanuals

Air Vitosha has selected Webmanuals for the content creation and diffusion of its documentation.
The flexibility and scalability of the solution offers Air Vitosha a head start on compliance and reactivity on this competitive market.
Thanks to this powerful tool, creation, review, validation and publication is streamlined saving time and money on implementation and on maintenance of the documentation.