ARINC Offering New Global Weather Radar Service for Epic Cockpits

ARINC Direct is introducing what it calls "an entirely new graphical weather radar service for business jet operators," that includes coverage of major world regions where aviation weather radar data has not previously been available.

The new Expanded Weather Radar service, which ARINC says is available immediately, is offered to ARINC Direct customers operating business aircraft equipped with Honeywell Epic avionics.

In addition to the contiguous U.S., the initial service will cover Alaska, Hawaii, Canada, Puerto Rico, Western Europe, Australia, Japan, Korea, and Guam.  By the end of 2007, ARINC Direct expects to phase in additional coverage in East Asia including Malaysia, China, and Taiwan.

Bob Richard, ARINC Direct's senior director said worldwide weather data such as this service has never been readily available before to any operators.

Besides offering expanded geographic coverage, the service also improves on conventional weather radar by providing accurate overlays of the true local radar coverage, ARINC says. This outline feature allows pilots to identify parts of a flight path where severe weather might develop without being detected by ground radar.

ARINC Direct has added the service to its flight service portfolio, making it available at no extra cost (other than standard transmission charges) to customers who subscribe to ARINC's graphical cockpit weather service that already provides world-wide winds aloft information, satellite images and continental U.S. radar returns.  09-25-2007.

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