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Universal showcases new Feasibility-IQ trip support app integration with Portside’s PFM scheduling system at SDC2024

Universal Weather and Aviation, Inc. announced the integration of its leading mission planning and intelligence app, Feasibility-IQ, with Portside’s Professional Flight Management (PFM) flight department operations management system during this week's Schedulers & Dispatchers Conference in Fort Worth, TX.

This new integration enables PFM users to synchronize their trip details to Feasibility-IQ at the push of a button within the PFM system, allowing them to instantly review detailed mission requirements and access advanced trip support intelligence from Universal.

Feasibility-IQ equips flight departments with comprehensive, vetted information on customs procedures, ground logistics details, crew and passenger entry requirements, facilities, peak periods, location trends, and more for thousands of airports worldwide. It significantly improves the efficiency of flight departments by saving hours of research time per trip leg and equipping operators with intelligence previously only available through Universal Trip Support.

Feasibility-IQ trip support app

This is the second major integration between Universal and PFM, as PFM users were already able to sync mission details, crew/pax manifest data, and other related information from PFM directly with Universal’s uvGO® Mission Management Platform and Universal Trip Support for
mission support.

“PFM users can now not only facilitate trip services by pushing their mission details to Universal from PFM but can now also harness Feasibility-IQ’s real-time planning intelligence for their business aviation missions,” said Guido Groeschel, Executive Vice President, Digital Product Management, Universal. “This is the latest example of how Universal and Portside are collaborating to develop innovative solutions that solve real problems and reduce the operational friction that our mutual clients have.”

“Both PFM and Universal share a commitment to deliver reliable and leading-edge solutions that allow clients to consistently and accurately manage operations,” said Phil Barnes, General Manager of PFM. "The partnership between PFM and Universal will help customers more effectively manage flight and travel logistics end-to-end so they can deliver a high-end, personalized travel experience to their passengers.”

This latest integration builds upon the continued collaboration between Universal and Portside.

In the Summer of 2023, Universal and Portside released an integration between Feasibility-IQ and Portside’s BART Scheduling System. In October 2023, the companies announced that they were working together to start development of an advanced, first-of-its-kind mission management application for the business aviation industry.