RocketRoute Wins Customer Rega with Heli-Ops Flight Planning Solution

Guildford, UK, 6th October 2015 - RocketRoute today announces that Rega Swiss Helicopter Rescue has selected its Heli-Ops platform for its business.

Rega provides an around-the-clock emergency medical service from 15 bases in Switzerland with 17 helicopters and will implement RocketRoute across its operations.

The RocketRoute solution provides Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (“HEMS”) with a rapid response flight planning platform that allows planners and pilots to prepare and file flight plans and generate crew briefings without disrupting or delaying an emergency flight.

The key benefits of the system are summarized as:

• Rapid flight planning for emergency flights.
• All data and charts required for low level VFR and IFR flights integrated.
• Automatic and real-time tracking from connected mobile apps.
• Integrated flight logging and crew briefing to meet Swiss CAA requirements.
• Multi-user system allowing all users to see all plans, helicopters and flights in real-time.  

RocketRoute is delighted to have won Rega as a customer to its Heli-Ops platform and sees it as an important step to establishing RocketRoute as a top innovator in helicopter operations.

About RocketRoute

Founded in 2010, RocketRoute is a worldwide flight planning and navigation service for pilots. RocketRoute has processed over 1 million flights and has over 85,000 registered users worldwide. One system that integrates flight planning, briefing, filing, dispatch and tracking. Originally conceived for private pilots, RocketRoute today is used by jet and helicopter operators and by airlines around the world. RocketRoute works on the web, mobile and tablets and is backed-up with a full-time operational support team able to manage flight plans by telephone. Ease of use, superb value for money and innovation has remained at the heart of the company’s values.

Rega helicopters at work

RocketRoute Heli-Ops service