Air Malta pilots will no longer be seen boarding the aircraft with a 25-kilo document-filled suitcase as the paperwork has been replaced with an iPad.

Cockpit crew used to carry charts and manuals that included details on airways and airports. Now, such information is available at a fingertip.

The national carrier was authorised to operate in a fully digital capacity, using Jeppesen Flite Deck Pro on iPad as its electronic flight bag solution, the airline said.

Jeppesen, part of Boeing Digital Aviation, helped Air Malta achieve the significant clearance from the Civil Aviation Directorate to become one of the initial paperless carriers in Europe.

Flite Deck Pro helped reduce pilot workload, increase situational awareness in flight and lower operating costs through reduced fuel consumption, based on weight savings and easy access to operational information, Air Malta said.

“It has been our goal to become a paperless airline and we look forward to continued operational benefits and improved efficiency,” said Capt. Patrick Calleja, the airline’s head of aircraft operations.

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