Customization options in electronic flight bag (EFB) apps

Updated 13th April 2026

This article shows how easy it is to customize the skybook electronic flight bag, specifically to your flight crews required workflow. 

The game-changing EFB customization features provide a number of key benefits to airlines:

• No more waiting for unnecessary software updates
• Saved costs on development for simple changes
• No learning coding or training days required
• EFB tailored to the information your operations need

This bespoke offering is unique within the EFB application market. Unlike providers offering a 'one size fits all', we recognize the diverse needs of various aviation businesses and airline operations!

Keeping operators in control with a wide range of Admin settings, allows flight operations to adapt much faster!

How does EFB customization work?

To customize the skybook EFB solution, first assign a super admin user, either from your operations team, or our team can manage this for you if preferred.

This could be the EFB manager, administrator or the primary person responsible for maintaining the EFB. This ensures that only authorised users can modify fields or settings.

Within the app settings on the ground portal, there is a comprehensive list of all the EFB sections that can be customized.

This includes virtually all text fields within the pilots journey logging, relating to the briefing and flight phase workflow.

Change and hide fields

For example, if a super user wants to change a heading from “Total Pax” to “Total Passengers,” they can simply update the label, click save, and the change is applied across all skybook EFBs.

Super users can also hide sections that aren’t needed by selecting “Hidden.” For instance, the “Nature of Flight” field in the Pre-Flight section can be removed from view, making the EFB form instantly cleaner and more relevant to your operations.

Favouriting modules

One way pilots can personalise the application themselves, is by selecting their favourite sections and adding them to the Summary dashboard.

This allows users to tailor their EFB by choosing the modules most relevant to them and accessing them directly from the Summary page, creating a workflow that reflects how they operate.

Favouriting a module is simple! Swipe on the module and tap the star icon. It then appears as a  link at the top of the Summary, with up to 10 favourited modules.

This ability to prioritise key modules significantly enhances the EFB user experience.

Streamlined, bespoke electronic flight bag 

Super admins can tailor the EFB to their needs, making skybook one of the most flexible electronic flight bags on the market; no coding skills required.

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If you would like to try skybook for yourself, be sure to get in touch and you can request a bespoke demonstration.

You may also be interested in these articles:

• Value of an EFB system
• What is an electronic flight bag?
• The power of EFB integrations

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