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The Company

Navtech, Inc. is a global leader in flight operations software and tools for the commercial aviation industry. Used by more than 350 airline and aviation services organizations, Navtech's products and services enable commercial passenger and cargo air carriers to increase safety, maximize efficiency, comply with complex national and international safety regulations and reduce costs in their daily flight operations.

Navtech is headquarted in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada and employs approximately 300 staff worldwide with offices in Stockholm and London. Navtech has satellite offices located throughout the world.

Products

• Flight Planning
• Aircraft Performance
• Charts
• Navigation Data
• Crew Planning

History

Navtech's history goes back over fifty years and its rich heritage comes from two venerable European airlines, British Airways and Scandinavian Airlines, and a Canadian flight operations software company. Navtech, Inc., the Canadian software company acquired European Aeronautical Group in 2006 to form our present organization. European Aeronautical Group

Beginning in 1946, when Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) was founded, SAS Flight Support (SFS) was established as a natural part of the SAS flight operations department. At that time, navigation was carried out by means of simple fundamental methods and tools. In addition to the relatively basic instrument flying, visual control of position was almost as important as "dead reckoning" to determine position using a sextant and astronomical almanacs. SFS was tasked with compiling navigation information from government authorities. It added to this information to create charts of landing areas and airports using the observations of the SAS crews and other staff members. These charts gave highly detailed descriptions of the appearance of landing areas annotated with precise information, such as coordinates.

Later, demands for improved weather information and instrument flying resulted in new products and standards. Early on, mathematical calculations relating to fuel consumption and weight became just as crucial as they are today. Over the first few decades, most of the work on SFS products was carried out manually and supplied as individual written documents or in small print runs.

In 1957, SFS supported the first commercial scheduled flights over the North Pole. These flights demanded great precision both from the crews in the air and from the people on the ground that produced the calculation and navigation documentation. Over time, polar navigation became more and more common. Polar navigation was routinely supported through 1991, when Siberian airspace was opened up, providing for more expedient routes.

Through the years, SFS gained its knowledge by creating a rich resource through pilots, navigators, air-traffic controllers, dispatchers, graphic artists, meteorologists, flying instructors, engineers, programmers, logistics experts and many, many more specialists to guarantee its products' quality and continued enhancement to ensure safe navigation. In 1995, SAS incorporated SFS as an independent subsidiary and in 2005 acquired Thales Aeronautical Services Group forming a new company, European Aeronautical Group.

Thales Aeronautical Services Group

British Airways From its earliest predecessor companies, beginning in the 1920s, British Airway . s had a need for accurate charts. Historical names like Intone, Handley Page, The Daimler Airway, British Marine Air Navigation Company, and Imperial Airways Limited were some of the early companies that later combined to become British Airways. The companies became known as BOAC, with BEA becoming the company serving inter-European flights. Led by BOAC, the post-World War II world entered the jet age with the Comet 1 flying London to Johannesburg in 1952, halving the previous flight time. British Airways launched the world's first supersonic passenger service, simultaneously with Air France, with Concorde in January 1976. Throughout its rich history, British Airways' Aerad Charting Department played a vital role in the company's expansion.

In 1997, British Airways sold its Aerad Charting Department to RACAL Avionics. RACAL Avionics put Aerad together with their Navigation Data Department to form the Aeronautical Services Group (ASG).

Racal Avionics Racal, created in 1950, designed and produced a radio receiver, the famous 'RA17' - in production from 1955 to at least 1973 - designed in cooperation with Dr. Trevor Wadley and utilizing his famed Wadley Loop circuit. In 1979, Racal bought Decca Radar forming Racal-Decca, which conducted business in the United States. In 1983, Racal competed for one of the original licenses to operate a cellular network in the UK, both it and British Telecom were successful.

Racal established the Racal Telecom (now Vodafone) In October 1999, demerged Racal Telecom and Racal sold its telecom business to the American communications group, Global Crossing. In 2000, Racal became Thomson-CSF Racal plc and later was renamed Thales Group.

Thales Aeronautical Services Group In 1879, the Thomson-Houston Electric company was formed in the United States and became a partner with General Electric a few years later. Compagnie Francaise Thomson-Houston (CFRH) was set up as a partner to GE. Through the years, this company was merged with other companies a number of times while focusing on the electronics and defense industries. In 1988, the French government, who had nationalized the companies in 1982, split the consumer electronics and defense businesses in 1999, forming two companies, one being Thomson-CSF (today Thales Group).

In 2002, SAS incorporated SFS as an independent subsidiary and acquired Thales Aeronautical Services Group forming a new company, European Aeronautical Group (EAG).

Navtech, Inc.

Navtech, Inc. purchased EAG in December 2005, creating the current company.

External links

• Navtech, Inc
• European Aeronautical Group