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To provide you with the most accurate situational awareness possible, we’ve massively increased our chart update frequency. Your charts are now generated every 30 minutes (starting at 00:15Z)!

This ensures that our Threat and Error Management (TEM) circles always reflect the absolute latest real-time NOTAMs and weather data for your inflight contingency planning. ⛈️📊

This upgraded 30-minute cycle is also the foundation for some BIG new improvements we are currently preparing for you. Stay tuned! 👀

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We’ve upgraded our charts into a dynamic Area Briefing Tool to maximize your situational awareness. Every airport symbol now features a 12-hour WX / Threat forecast circle.

• Visual Forecast: Hourly segments read clockwise. Green means clear; Orange indicates operational threats.
• Smart Logic: The system evaluates TAFs against Lido data and real-time NOTAMs, checking actual available runways against minima, winds, and severe Wx.
• Hourly Updates: Charts are now rendered every 60 minutes (starting at 00:30Z) for highly accurate inflight contingency planning. Sync your app data now to utilize the new layers!

We’ve updated how we display NOTAMs affecting runway closures and approaches:

🔹 Blue Background: Affected runways are now clearly highlighted in blue within the airport list.
🔹 Better Overview: This gives you immediate awareness of critical restrictions alongside the usual symbols.

🔹 Better Connectivity: We improved connection stability to ensure reliable data updates even on slow or restricted onboard WiFi networks.
🔹 Offline Indicator: A new icon now clearly shows when the app is in offline mode, so you are never in doubt about your connection status.
🔹 Pull-to-Update: Simply pull down the chart overview to check for the latest data instantly.
🔹 Smarter Downloads: All charts are now downloaded by default for full offline readiness. You can deselect specific charts by clicking the blue icon (now with a confirmation popup to prevent accidental removal).

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You can now download our brand-new App for Microsoft Windows directly in the Microsoft Store.
Our App is now available on all platforms: iOS, Android and Windows.
Direct download here:
https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9p1ksmnv09jw?hl=en-US&gl=IN

Our new partner Lufthansa Systems Lido provides us with EASA-certified, high-quality aeronautical navigation data.
Our data now complies with key industry standards like ARINC 424, RTCA DO-200 and DO-201 and is updated in sync with the AIRAC 28-day cycle.
✅ Better data, same Planningcharts – no app overload ✅

We’ve accelerated our chart update system for North Atlantic Tracks (NAT-Tracks). As soon as new NAT-Tracks are released, our platform makes the updated charts available within 15 minutes—ensuring dispatchers and flight crews always have the latest routing data to support safe, compliant, and efficient transatlantic operations and easy NAT crossings.

All ATS routes in the Bahrain, Doha, and UAE FIRs now require RNP-1 capabilities. Crews must ensure their aircraft’s Actual Navigation Performance (ANP) remains within limits, especially in environments where GPS spoofing or jamming is a concern. This update emphasizes the importance of robust navigation performance monitoring and equipment verification.