31 Facts About Jeppesen

Jeppesen is an American company offering navigational information, operations planning tools, flight planning products and software.

Jeppesen is headquartered in Inverness, Colorado, a census designated place in Arapahoe County.

Jeppesen has offices in locations around the world, including Neu-Isenburg, Massa, Crawley, Gothenburg, Canberra and Gdansk.

In 1941, Jeppesen moved the company from Salt Lake City, Utah, to Denver, Colorado.

In 1973, Jeppesen NavData® was first used commercially in flight management computer guidance systems.

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In 1974, Jeppesen entered the flight training business when Times-Mirror merged it with Sanderson Films.

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.

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 2000, Jeppesen purchased Nobeltec, Inc, a Portland, Oregon-based company that provides marine navigation software and charts;.

In 2003, Jeppesen became the first commercial organization to be certified by the Federal Aviation Administration as a Qualified Internet Communications Provider ;.

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.

Jeppesen 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.

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 bags;.

In 2009, Jeppesen received FAA approval to design and validate required navigation performance procedures in the United States;.

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.

In 2012, Jeppesen-designed arrival procedures are rolled out for Denver International Airport.

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In 2013, Jeppesen introduces Mobile FlightDeck VFR for general aviation pilots.

In 2013, Jeppesen concludes sale of journey planning business to SilverRail Technologies.

In 2016, Jeppesen sold its Marine Division to Digital Marine Solutions.

In 2017, Jeppesen announced an alliance with ForeFlight, to integrate electronic Jeppesen charts with ForeFlight Mobile, a leading electronic flight bag application.

On October 23,2006, The New Yorker reported that Jeppesen handled the logistical planning for the CIA's extraordinary rendition flights.

Jeppesen was named as a defendant in a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union on May 30,2007, on behalf of several others who were allegedly subject to extraordinary rendition.