Anticipating complexities with the upcoming rollout of the eu-LISA Entry/Exit System (EES) on 10 November, and subsequent European Travel Information and Authorisation System (ETIAS), Texas-based trip support solutions provider Flight Pro International (FPI) has made a series of efforts and credentials that will greatly benefit its clients.

All future operators into the Schengen Area will be required to participate in the eu-LISA regulations, including registration with the various requirements and declaration of the method they intend to use to connect with eu-LISA.

It is for this reason FPI has expanded upon its standard global trip management services by not only offering to assist its clients with the registration process, but also to become certified with eu-LISA and technically establish a system-to-system connection between the EES system and FlightProConnect.com, its fully mobile-ready, custom trip management software.

“Adding the EU-LISA certification is only one of many approaches we’ve taken to expand our services into areas that will enrich our clients’ flight operations experience,” states president and COO Matt Pahl. “Our primary purpose has always been to provide premier trip management services to our clientele regardless of trip, aircraft or destination types.”

Recently, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention adopted language authored by FPI’s compliance and regulatory team, which has been the engine behind the eu-LISA and other accreditations achieved by the company. In this case, FPI’s guidance on a new procedure regarding bringing dogs into the US was adopted as standard recommendation for any GA operators.

“Whether obtaining regulatory certifications, authoring new guidance procedures, participating in the Customs and Border Protection RSP programme or developing a custom trip management software programme, our goal is to alleviate pain points our clients have experienced before bringing FPI on as an extension of their flight departments,” Pahl says.

FPI’s in-house software development team has made several upgrades to FlightProConnect.com over the last several months geared specifically towards pilots, trip schedulers and dispatchers, including:

- The Trip Planner feature: Users can perform a multi-airport query in order to cross-compare airports, ground handlers and a variety of other noteworthy data that will impact the trip experience for both crew and passengers.

- Offline operations capability with visibility up to 14 days: Users can enjoy the convenience and continuity of organisational benefits while operating the software features fully offline.

- Real-time feedback feature: Users can instantly supply a rating based on a star/points system, leave a comment or most importantly request that an FPI team member respond to a question or need.

- In-app messaging centre for mobile devices: Expanded upon the existing desktop messaging feature, the mobile messaging version allows communications among users of all devices to be consolidated into a more organised global display, providing real-time, bigger picture project visibility for everyone, alongside legacy attributes of being mobile-optimised to cater to the mobile-first world of aviation, hyper-secure and on demand scalable (with pen-testing, geo-redundancy and cloud-based infrastructure).

“As with the rest of FlightProConnect.com, the trip planner feature was designed to coordinate a large amount of pertinent data to be at your fingertips in an organised and quickly-accessible manner, so that your research is as smooth as your operations experience will be when using FPI,” adds Roberto Cormack, FPI EVP, CIO and leader of the FPC development team. “Additionally, all FPC tools are free for FPI clients; no subscriptions or added fees are implemented for access.”