Web 24.6 Application Update (July 2024)

Web 24.6 Application Update (July 2024)

The following updates are a part of the 24.6 web release in July 2024. 

New Features

Aircrew Academy Integration

The Integration offers both manual and real-time synchronization features. The manual process involves an initial one-time data load, retrieving Aircrew Academy modules to build Avianis training items and mapping Aircrew Academy users to Avianis personnel. The real-time sync feature ensures continuous updates from Aircrew Academy, including new, updated, or deleted modules and users' training status updates.
  1. Manual (initial once off data load)
    1. Retrieving Aircrew Academy Modules to build Avianis training items
    2. Retrieves Aircrew Academy Users to map to Avianis Personnel. 
  2. Realtime Sync (from Aircrew Academy)
    1. New/Updated or Deleted Modules
    2. Users Training status updates

Baldwin Integration

Baldwin, established in 2004, specializes in designing and implementing robust safety management systems (SMS) for operations of all scales. They also offer vital business capabilities to sustain, extend, and provide steadfast support for these systems. The current integration release is the first step of integrating Baldwin's FRAT capabilities into Avianis.
  1. All trips will be synchronized with Baldwin Realtime. Any time a trip is saved, updated, or deleted, Baldwin's system will be updated accordingly.

CAMP Integration Enhancements

The CAMP integration has been improved to include enhanced data logging and a streamlined integration process to support scalability.
  1. The ability to exclude non-grounding items from due lists.
  2. The option to pull in discrepancies based on the overall aircraft state

Flight Following Enhancements

With the new FlightRadar24 data service, we are now able to expand upon the features we are able to offer for flight following. This release includes:
  1. Flight Following is now supported for Vendor Aircraft
    1. Avianis will only listen to Vendor Aircraft movements -3hrs/+4hrs the departure date/time of when there is a flight in Avianis that is assigned to that vendor aircraft. 
    2. When Vendor Aircraft setting of 'Enabled Flight Following' = Yes, then they will...
      1. Appear on the Fleet Map
      2. Advance the flight card on the Operations Dashboard 
      3. Option to generate a single flight tracking page 
      4. Send notification emails 
    3. Notification emails are supported through the Account Contact designation or manually adding from the Operations Dashboard flight card. 
  2. Ability to enable/disable Aircraft instantly from the Aircraft Profile. The Flight Following settings will always be visible and no longer require an intervention from the Avianis Support team to begin tracking. 
  3. New column on the Aircraft Search page: Flight Following Enabled. This supports a faster way to manage which tails have this feature enabled. If only some of the 4 settings are 'Yes' then the column will display 'Partial'. 
See also Flight Following Updates below for additional work on this integration.

Flight Following settings now on Vendor Aircraft profile


New 'Flight Following Enabled' column on the Aircraft Search page


Opportunity Enhancements

As a part of our Sales Enhancement initiative for Charter Sales users, we continue to deliver on improvements to Opportunities/Deals in this and following releases. This release includes: 
  1. Edit Deal records en masse to keep your queues relevant to recent work... 
    1. Access from the new red 'Cleanup' button in the upper right of the Deal Search page 
    2. Option to either set status to Cancel or permanently Delete 
      1. Deleting is limited to 5,000 records at one time
    3. As a part of this release, we are also offering a one-time script for organizations that would like to clean up +10,000 Deal records or Deals that do not have an Expected Close Date populated. Please contact the Avianis Support team to request.
  2. Newly created Deals that are not Opportunity type will now also automatically populate the Expected Close Date with the current date. 
  3. The Trip and Quote widgets have been removed from Deals that are not Opportunity type. 
Cleanup Deals feature


Avinode Enhancements  

This release completes the work for Avinode that was part of our Sales Enhancement initiative for Charter Sales users we began delivering in Q2 2024. This release includes: 
  1. Cancelling an Avianis Opportunity has the option to automatically Decline the associated Avinode RFQ and include a message that will be posted to the Buyer. 
  2. When an Avinode Buyer Cancels an RFQ in Avinode, it will automatically mark the Avianis Opportunity as Lost and their Cancellation Reason will be listed in the Opportunity's Activity Feed. 
  3. Avinode settings page is behind a module, so if Avinode is not in use/relevant for your operation this page will no longer be visible unless requested. 
Cancel an Avinode RFQ automatically by Cancelling the associated Avianis Opportunity  


Discrepancy Enhancements

Several new features and functions for Maintenance Discrepancies include:
  1. Discrepancy Notifications for Maintenance users that may not work daily in Avianis but want to be aware of any new items that may be written up either from the web or mobile app. When a new Discrepancy is created, an email will be sent. User may choose to receive email notifications for... 
    1. All/any aircraft from Maintenance > Discrepancies > Settings (tab)
    2. Select aircraft from My Company > Aircraft > [select tail] > Maintenance (tab) > Notifications
  2. Discrepancies with a Deferral Type no longer require a Deferred Until Date when either Deferred Hours and/or Deferred Cycles are provided. (Note: These will still display on the Schedule Board with a 120-day length from the Date Reported when not provided.)
  3. Discrepancies without a Deferral Type ("N/A") now have an optional Expected Close Date. When the Expected Close Date is provided, the Discrepancy will display on the Schedule Board. When not provided, it will not display on the Schedule Board.
  4. Added validation on save for all Discrepancy date fields. 
Discrepancy Notifications for all aircraft 


Discrepancy Notifications for a select aircraft 


Other New Features

  1. Review ForeFlight estimations and planning information from within Avianis without applying them to a flight. If a flight is linked to a ForeFlight, a blue info icon will display next to the 'FT'. When clicked, a module will appear for a side-by-side comparison of what is currently in ForeFlight vs Avianis. 
  2. New ForeFlight integration setting gives the ability to turn off all updates/changes from ForeFlight into Avianis, but continues to push all updates/changes from Avianis to ForeFlight. When 'Update Avianis from ForeFlight changes automatically' = NO, then Avianis will never apply the ForeFlight ETE or reflect any itinerary changes that are made in ForeFlight. 
  3. New Quote Master Line Item condition of 'Itinerary' allows a user to designate a condition for a charge is based on a specific departure and arrival destination. 
    1. Itinerary locations may be an airport, country, US state, or specialized regions...
      1. All International - References any country that is not designated on the aircraft profile or in operations settings if not specified for an aircraft. 
      2. Continental USA - Lower 48 states. 
      3. Outside USA - Any location is a country that is not the USA. 
      4. CARICOM - Any location within a member state or associate member state. 
      5. "Anywhere" - Indicates any location
    2. Option to apply unidirectional or bidirectional 
    3. Considers totals only for the applicable flight legs for the following Calculation Methods: Flight Time, Nautical Mile, Per Segment, Fuel Surcharge, Total Overnights, Total Days. 
  4. New column on the Flight Leg Search page: Fuel Added. Number will display the Fuel Added value from the flight log.
Reference the ForeFlight estimations from within Avianis


New setting for the ForeFlight integration


New Quote Master Line Item condition of 'Itinerary'


Updates 

Flight Following Updates

  1. If the ETA is updated/adjusted after departure, that time will reflect on the tracking maps icon display. 
  2. The Operations Dashboard progress bar now more accurately moved based on the estimated time completed for a flight. 
  3. Addressed a handful of edge cases where tracking was not connected to the Avianis flight appropriately. 

Operations Updates

  1. Delay Threshold checks will only require a reason if the threshold is later that the estimated time, not before. 
  2. If a Delay Threshold reason is already provided, the pop-up will not appear (as on a resave). 
  3. Delay Threshold reason requirements do not apply to flight time duration.
  4. Trip Tasks may be associated to a flight leg after the initial save.  
  5. When a flight log is saved in Zulu but resaved in Local, the OUT and IN times will correctly update. 
  6. PNRGo integration setup URL has been corrected. 
  7. Updates from PNRGo will successfully update in Avianis. 
  8. Resolved an issue where ForeFlight would return an incorrect airport upon updating. 

Schedule Board Updates

  1. Creating flights from the Schedule Board with more than 3 legs will only result in one Trip. 
  2. Template fields for Discrepancies with date will display correctly, including: Closed Date, Date Reported, Deferred Until Date, Extension Deferred Until Date, and Ops Check Date. 
  3. Schedule Board timeline will only display for the dates selected. 

Other Updates

  1. Vendor Aircraft tail numbers may now be edited without an error. 
  2. When a Vendor is preferred as Directory Profile, then the Directory Profile name will display on the Airport Search services list. 
  3. Resolved issue for some Personnel where the Aircraft Type Ratings would not properly load on their profile.
  4. When Change Control is by Trip Stage, Crew Ack notifications will no longer send when disabled. 
  5. All conditions by Country will now correctly apply and trigger for Service Templates and eAPIS.
  6. Copying an exact value on the Expense Search page to filter by will work successfully. 
  7. My Company > Files page will load successfully for all users and organizations. 

System Updates

  1. For organizations using SSO, locked Personnel/users will be prevented from logging in. 
  2. Generalized performance improvements (load speed)
  3. Full refactors of the following functions:
    1. Wyvern integration 
    2. CAMP integration 
    3. FlightDocs integration 

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