Jeppesen
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Jeppesen is an American
company that specializes in navigational information, operations management solutions and flight training products and services. Airlines and pilots, ship operators and boaters, and railway companies use Jeppesen charts and data for navigation, and operations management tools to plan flights and voyages, schedule crews and fleets and otherwise optimize their operations. The company is a subsidiary of The Boeing Company
. Jeppesen also publishes related software, some of which is used on its electronic flight bag
and in others offered by avionics manufacturers and other third parties.
Jeppesen is headquartered in Englewood, Colorado
, an unincorporated area of Arapahoe County
, with offices around the world, including Neu Isenburg (Germany
), Massa
(Italy
), Crawley
(United Kingdom
), Gothenburg
(Sweden
) and Canberra
(Australia
). The company employs approximately 3,200 people.
Jeppesen's charts are often called "Jepp charts" or simply "Jepps" by pilots, due to the charts' de facto popularity. This popularity extends to electronic charts, which are increasingly favored over paper charts by pilots and mariners as mobile computing devices, electronic flight bags, integrated electronic bridge systems and other display devices become more common and readily available.
, a pilot working for Varney Airlines
, who was the first to make aeronautical charts for pilots to navigate in flight. The information which he collected and the charts that he drew were at first only for personal use, but fellow pilots quickly saw the benefits of using these charts and Jeppesen started selling copies of his chart book for $10. Other pilots started to collect data on their own routes and handing this to Jeppesen for him to include in his navigation book.
United Airlines
, the airline for which Jeppesen worked in the late 1930s after Varney Airlines had merged with several other companies to form United Airlines, was one of the first airlines to start using Jeppesen's charts. After a while the chart business started taking up so much of Jeppesen's time that he quit his job as a Captain
and became dedicated to making charts.
The terminal at then-under-construction Denver International Airport
was named in honor of Jeppesen founder Elrey Borge Jeppesen in February 1991.
1940s
In 1941 Jeppesen moved the company from Salt Lake City, Utah
, to Denver, Colorado
.
In 1947 Jeppesen and the CAA collaborated to introduce standard instrument approach
procedures and to establish the National Flight Data Center.
1957, Jeppesen expanded to Europe by opening an office in Frankfurt
, Germany to provide services to customers in Europe and beyond.
1961, The company was purchased by the Times-Mirror Company (parent company of the Los Angeles Times
).
1970s
In 1973 Jeppesen NavData(R) was first used commercially in flight management computer guidance systems (FMCGS).
In 1974 Jeppesen entered the flight training business when Times-Mirror merged it with Sanderson Films.
1980s
Jeppesen began a series of acquisitions that added to its product and service offerings:
In 1989 Jeppesen purchased Lockheed DataPlan, a flight planning and weather services company. Jeppesen's current president and chief executive officer, Mark Van Tine, formerly worked for this company.
1990s
Between 1990 and 1995, Jeppesen expanded globally by opening offices in Australia and China to serve customers in the Asia-Pacific region, and continued to expand through acquisition by purchasing TannGuide, which became the JeppGuide airport directory; APU, which became part of OpsData; and International Aviation Publishers, which created aviation maintenance training manuals;
In 1996 Jeppesen introduced JeppView, which provided a complete, worldwide library of terminal aeronautical charts on CD-ROM;
In 1996, Jeppesen acquired MentorPlus, a maker of PC-based aviation and marine moving map and flight planning applications;
In 1998 Jeppesen introduced Internet-based delivery of NavData updates.
2000s
In 2000 Jeppesen purchased Nobeltec, Inc., a Portland, Oregon
-based company that provides marine navigation software and charts;
In 2000 Jeppesen was acquired by The Boeing Company
. Boeing bought Jeppesen from the Tribune Company
, which had acquired Times-Mirror and was selling off its non-core assets;
In 2002 Jeppesen's first commercial electronic flight bag and Internet-based chart delivery were introduced;
In 2003 Jeppesen became the first commercial organization to be certified by the Federal Aviation Administration
as a Qualified Internet Communications Provider (QICP);
In 2004 Jeppesen acquired SBS International, a New York City
-based provider of crew scheduling services. Jeppesen acquired SBS through an arrangement with Boeing, which had purchased SBS in 2001;
In 2006 Jeppesen purchased Carmen Systems, a provider of crew scheduling and disruption management software. The company was headquartered in Gothenburg
, Sweden, and had some 300 employees. Jeppesen quickly consolidated Carmen and SBS product offerings and locations;
In 2007 Jeppesen purchased C-MAP, a provider of digital maritime cartography, data services and other navigational information. C-MAP became part of Jeppesen's marine division. It has operations in Italy
, the United Kingdom
, Norway
, Greece
, Poland
, Russia
, India
, Japan
, South Korea
, Singapore
, Malaysia, Australia
and the United States
;
In 2008 Jeppesen purchased Ocean Systems, Inc., an Alameda, California
-based provider of vessel and voyage optimization solutions for commercial marine operations;
In 2008 Jeppesen received FAA approval for its Airport Moving Map application for Class 2 electronic flight bag
s;
In 2009 Jeppesen received FAA approval to design and validate required navigation performance (RNP) procedures in the United States;
In 2009 Jeppesen sold its Nobeltec product line to Signet USA.
2010s
In 2010 Jeppesen received approval from the Civil Aviation Safety Authority
of Australia to design, validate and maintain both required navigation performance and conventional instrument approach procedures;
In 2010 Jeppesen was named the 2010 INFORMS Prize winner for its organization-wide use of operations research.
flights. The allegation is based on information from an ex-employee who quoted Bob Overby, managing director of the company as saying "We do all of the extraordinary rendition flights — you know, the torture flights. Let's face it, some of these flights end up that way. It certainly pays well." The article went on to suggest that this may make Jeppesen a potential defendant in a law suit by Khaled El-Masri. Jeppesen was named as a defendant in a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union
(ACLU) on May 30, 2007, on behalf of several other individuals who were allegedly subject to extraordinary rendition. The suit was dismissed in February, 2008 on a motion from the United States government, on theory that proceeding with the case would reveal state secrets and endanger relations with other nations that had cooperated.
On May 16, 2011, the Supreme Court declined to review the decision of the Ninth Circuit to dismiss the case.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
company that specializes in navigational information, operations management solutions and flight training products and services. Airlines and pilots, ship operators and boaters, and railway companies use Jeppesen charts and data for navigation, and operations management tools to plan flights and voyages, schedule crews and fleets and otherwise optimize their operations. The company is a subsidiary of The Boeing Company
Boeing
The Boeing Company is an American multinational aerospace and defense corporation, founded in 1916 by William E. Boeing in Seattle, Washington. Boeing has expanded over the years, merging with McDonnell Douglas in 1997. Boeing Corporate headquarters has been in Chicago, Illinois since 2001...
. Jeppesen also publishes related software, some of which is used on its electronic flight bag
Electronic flight bag
Electronic Flight Bag is an electronic information management device that helps flight crews perform flight management tasks more easily and efficiently with less paper...
and in others offered by avionics manufacturers and other third parties.
Jeppesen is headquartered in Englewood, Colorado
Englewood, Colorado
The city of Englewood is a Home Rule Municipality located in Arapahoe County, Colorado, United States. As of 2007, the city is estimated to have a total population of 32,532. Englewood is part of the Denver-Aurora Metropolitan Area. Englewood is located in the South Platte River Valley east of the...
, an unincorporated area of Arapahoe County
Arapahoe County, Colorado
As of the census of 2000, there were 487,967 people, 190,909 households, and 125,809 families residing in the county. The population density was 608 people per square mile . There were 196,835 housing units at an average density of 245 per square mile...
, with offices around the world, including Neu Isenburg (Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
), Massa
Massa
Massa is a town and comune in Tuscany, central Italy, the administrative centre of the province of Massa-Carrara. It is located in the Frigido River Valley, near the Alpi Apuane, some 5 kilometers from the Tyrrhenian Sea....
(Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
), Crawley
Crawley
Crawley is a town and local government district with Borough status in West Sussex, England. It is south of Charing Cross, north of Brighton and Hove, and northeast of the county town of Chichester, covers an area of and had a population of 99,744 at the time of the 2001 Census.The area has...
(United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
), Gothenburg
Gothenburg
Gothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated on the west coast of Sweden, the city proper has a population of 519,399, with 549,839 in the urban area and total of 937,015 inhabitants in the metropolitan area...
(Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
) and Canberra
Canberra
Canberra is the capital city of Australia. With a population of over 345,000, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth-largest city overall. The city is located at the northern end of the Australian Capital Territory , south-west of Sydney, and north-east of Melbourne...
(Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
). The company employs approximately 3,200 people.
Jeppesen's charts are often called "Jepp charts" or simply "Jepps" by pilots, due to the charts' de facto popularity. This popularity extends to electronic charts, which are increasingly favored over paper charts by pilots and mariners as mobile computing devices, electronic flight bags, integrated electronic bridge systems and other display devices become more common and readily available.
History
The company was founded in 1934 by Elrey Borge JeppesenElrey Borge Jeppesen
Elrey Borge Jeppesen was an American aviation pioneer. He developed manuals and charts that allowed pilots worldwide to fly safely.-Biography:He was born on January 28, 1907....
, a pilot working for Varney Airlines
Varney Airlines
Varney Air Lines was an airline company that started service on April 6, 1926 as an air-mail carrier. Formed by Walter Varney, the airline was based in Boise, Idaho, United States.-Historical background:...
, who was the first to make aeronautical charts for pilots to navigate in flight. The information which he collected and the charts that he drew were at first only for personal use, but fellow pilots quickly saw the benefits of using these charts and Jeppesen started selling copies of his chart book for $10. Other pilots started to collect data on their own routes and handing this to Jeppesen for him to include in his navigation book.
United Airlines
United Airlines
United Air Lines, Inc., is the world's largest airline with 86,852 employees United Air Lines, Inc., is the world's largest airline with 86,852 employees United Air Lines, Inc., is the world's largest airline with 86,852 employees (which includes the entire holding company United Continental...
, the airline for which Jeppesen worked in the late 1930s after Varney Airlines had merged with several other companies to form United Airlines, was one of the first airlines to start using Jeppesen's charts. After a while the chart business started taking up so much of Jeppesen's time that he quit his job as a Captain
Pilot in command
The pilot in command of an aircraft is the person aboard the aircraft who is ultimately responsible for its operation and safety during flight. This would be the "captain" in a typical two- or three-pilot flight crew, or "pilot" if there is only one certified and qualified pilot at the controls of...
and became dedicated to making charts.
The terminal at then-under-construction Denver International Airport
Denver International Airport
Denver International Airport , often referred to as DIA, is an airport in Denver, Colorado. By land size, at , it is the largest international airport in the United States, and the third largest international airport in the world after King Fahd International Airport and Montréal-Mirabel...
was named in honor of Jeppesen founder Elrey Borge Jeppesen in February 1991.
1940s
In 1941 Jeppesen moved the company from Salt Lake City, Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah
Salt Lake City is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. The name of the city is often shortened to Salt Lake or SLC. With a population of 186,440 as of the 2010 Census, the city lies in the Salt Lake City metropolitan area, which has a total population of 1,124,197...
, to Denver, Colorado
Denver, Colorado
The City and County of Denver is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Denver is a consolidated city-county, located in the South Platte River Valley on the western edge of the High Plains just east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains...
.
In 1947 Jeppesen and the CAA collaborated to introduce standard instrument approach
Instrument approach
For aircraft operating under instrument flight rules , an instrument approach or instrument approach procedure is a series of predetermined maneuvers for the orderly transfer of an aircraft under instrument flight conditions from the beginning of the initial approach to a landing, or to a point...
procedures and to establish the National Flight Data Center.
1957, Jeppesen expanded to Europe by opening an office in Frankfurt
Frankfurt
Frankfurt am Main , commonly known simply as Frankfurt, is the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth-largest city in Germany, with a 2010 population of 688,249. The urban area had an estimated population of 2,300,000 in 2010...
, Germany to provide services to customers in Europe and beyond.
1961, The company was purchased by the Times-Mirror Company (parent company of the Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California, since 1881. It was the second-largest metropolitan newspaper in circulation in the United States in 2008 and the fourth most widely distributed newspaper in the country....
).
1970s
In 1973 Jeppesen NavData(R) was first used commercially in flight management computer guidance systems (FMCGS).
In 1974 Jeppesen entered the flight training business when Times-Mirror merged it with Sanderson Films.
1980s
Jeppesen began a series of acquisitions that added to its product and service offerings:
- Bottlang Airfield Manual added visual flight rules (VFR) approach and airport information for Europe;
- Icarus, which became OpsData, added runway and performance analysis, used to plan and optimize aircraft takeoff and landing performance.
In 1989 Jeppesen purchased Lockheed DataPlan, a flight planning and weather services company. Jeppesen's current president and chief executive officer, Mark Van Tine, formerly worked for this company.
1990s
Between 1990 and 1995, Jeppesen expanded globally by opening offices in Australia and China to serve customers in the Asia-Pacific region, and continued to expand through acquisition by purchasing TannGuide, which became the JeppGuide airport directory; APU, which became part of OpsData; and International Aviation Publishers, which created aviation maintenance training manuals;
In 1996 Jeppesen introduced JeppView, which provided a complete, worldwide library of terminal aeronautical charts on CD-ROM;
In 1996, Jeppesen acquired MentorPlus, a maker of PC-based aviation and marine moving map and flight planning applications;
In 1998 Jeppesen introduced Internet-based delivery of NavData updates.
2000s
In 2000 Jeppesen purchased Nobeltec, Inc., a Portland, Oregon
Portland, Oregon
Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...
-based company that provides marine navigation software and charts;
In 2000 Jeppesen was acquired by The Boeing Company
Boeing
The Boeing Company is an American multinational aerospace and defense corporation, founded in 1916 by William E. Boeing in Seattle, Washington. Boeing has expanded over the years, merging with McDonnell Douglas in 1997. Boeing Corporate headquarters has been in Chicago, Illinois since 2001...
. Boeing bought Jeppesen from the Tribune Company
Tribune Company
The Tribune Company is a large American multimedia corporation based in Chicago, Illinois. It is the nation's second-largest newspaper publisher, with ten daily newspapers and commuter tabloids including Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, Hartford Courant, Orlando Sentinel, South Florida...
, which had acquired Times-Mirror and was selling off its non-core assets;
In 2002 Jeppesen's first commercial electronic flight bag and Internet-based chart delivery were introduced;
In 2003 Jeppesen became the first commercial organization to be certified by the Federal Aviation Administration
Federal Aviation Administration
The Federal Aviation Administration is the national aviation authority of the United States. An agency of the United States Department of Transportation, it has authority to regulate and oversee all aspects of civil aviation in the U.S...
as a Qualified Internet Communications Provider (QICP);
In 2004 Jeppesen acquired SBS International, a New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
-based provider of crew scheduling services. Jeppesen acquired SBS through an arrangement with Boeing, which had purchased SBS in 2001;
In 2006 Jeppesen purchased Carmen Systems, a provider of crew scheduling and disruption management software. The company was headquartered in Gothenburg
Gothenburg
Gothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated on the west coast of Sweden, the city proper has a population of 519,399, with 549,839 in the urban area and total of 937,015 inhabitants in the metropolitan area...
, Sweden, and had some 300 employees. Jeppesen quickly consolidated Carmen and SBS product offerings and locations;
In 2007 Jeppesen purchased C-MAP, a provider of digital maritime cartography, data services and other navigational information. C-MAP became part of Jeppesen's marine division. It has operations in Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
, the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
, Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
, Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
, South Korea
South Korea
The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...
, Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
, Malaysia, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
and the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
;
In 2008 Jeppesen purchased Ocean Systems, Inc., an Alameda, California
Alameda, California
Alameda is a city in Alameda County, California, United States. It is located on Alameda Island and Bay Farm Island, and is adjacent to Oakland in the San Francisco Bay. The Bay Farm Island portion of the city is adjacent to the Oakland International Airport. At the 2010 census, the city had a...
-based provider of vessel and voyage optimization solutions for commercial marine operations;
In 2008 Jeppesen received FAA approval for its Airport Moving Map application for Class 2 electronic flight bag
Electronic flight bag
Electronic Flight Bag is an electronic information management device that helps flight crews perform flight management tasks more easily and efficiently with less paper...
s;
In 2009 Jeppesen received FAA approval to design and validate required navigation performance (RNP) procedures in the United States;
In 2009 Jeppesen sold its Nobeltec product line to Signet USA.
2010s
In 2010 Jeppesen received approval from the Civil Aviation Safety Authority
Civil Aviation Safety Authority
The Civil Aviation Safety Authority is the Australian national aviation authority , the government statutory authority responsible for the regulation of civil aviation.-History:...
of Australia to design, validate and maintain both required navigation performance and conventional instrument approach procedures;
In 2010 Jeppesen was named the 2010 INFORMS Prize winner for its organization-wide use of operations research.
Alleged involvement with CIA extraordinary rendition flights
On October 23, 2006, the New Yorker reported that Jeppesen handled the logistical planning for the CIA's extraordinary renditionExtraordinary rendition
Extraordinary rendition is the abduction and illegal transfer of a person from one nation to another. "Torture by proxy" is used by some critics to describe situations in which the United States and the United Kingdom have transferred suspected terrorists to other countries in order to torture the...
flights. The allegation is based on information from an ex-employee who quoted Bob Overby, managing director of the company as saying "We do all of the extraordinary rendition flights — you know, the torture flights. Let's face it, some of these flights end up that way. It certainly pays well." The article went on to suggest that this may make Jeppesen a potential defendant in a law suit by Khaled El-Masri. Jeppesen was named as a defendant in a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union
American Civil Liberties Union
The American Civil Liberties Union is a U.S. non-profit organization whose stated mission is "to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to every person in this country by the Constitution and laws of the United States." It works through litigation, legislation, and...
(ACLU) on May 30, 2007, on behalf of several other individuals who were allegedly subject to extraordinary rendition. The suit was dismissed in February, 2008 on a motion from the United States government, on theory that proceeding with the case would reveal state secrets and endanger relations with other nations that had cooperated.
On May 16, 2011, the Supreme Court declined to review the decision of the Ninth Circuit to dismiss the case.
Other flight support providers
- Air Routing InternationalAir Routing InternationalAir Routing International , a Rockwell Collins company, is a leading worldwide provider of international trip support and corporate flight handling since 1978. It is also the new home for Ascend™ International Trip Quotes.Air Routing International was founded by Rudy Fabre, Tom Balousek, and...
- Universal Weather and Aviation
External links
- www.jeppesen.com — Jeppesen Sanderson, Inc.
- cms.nobeltec.com — Nobeltec, Inc.