Texel Air is an established cargo airline with international operations headquartered in Bahrain and a growing subsidiary Texel Air Australasia based in New Zealand.

Facing increasing complexity across multiple aircraft, different regulatory requirements and a drive to scale; their leadership prioritised a move away from manual, paper-based dispatch and operations, towards a digital EFB implementation.

The challenge: Complexity, compliance & urgency

Texel Air’s daily operations span two continents, requiring flawless data, real-time weather/NOTAM access, and seamless coordination between dispatch, pilots, and regulatory stakeholders.

Some challenges included:

• Siloed, manual systems for dispatch and documentation
• Difficulty integrating data from planning and scheduling tools
• Limited, hard to access weather data for New Zealand’s secondary airports
• Tight implementation deadlines, where time is of the essence for their growth targets

Why Texel selected skybook for their EFB implementation

Working together with Bytron, Texel Air Bahrain first selected skybook in 2024.

Building on their success with skybook, Texel Air Australasia joined a year later to start implementation of the EFB solution. Trusting the Bytron team to deliver seamless digital transformation across both divisions of the airline.

Texel had a fast-tracked technical set up, with pilot projects and demonstrations delivered in days.

Essential features included:

• Airfield Watch for digital, visual weather and NOTAM tracking, highlighted by Texel Air as a must
• Centralised document library, self-briefing, full dispatch flight data management and compliance-ready record storage
• Automated integrations into their planning and crew scheduling systems

Working closely with Bytron

Texel Air and Bytron have been working together in an agile and collaborative manner. With proactive weekly calls, open feedback loops and rapid troubleshooting:

• Stakeholders on both sides such as the Chief Commercial Officer, Product Specialists, OCC Manager ensure requirements are met and any blockers are swiftly resolved.
• Integration with existing tools and regulatory workflows are prioritized, ensuring smooth implementation, user adoption and future scalability.
  
  

Nicola O'Donnell, Customer Account Manager at Bytron

Working with Texel Air has been a great example of collaboration. Their openness and commitment to improving processes made it easy to align skybook with their operational goals. Seeing Texel Air go live with our EFB solution and now supporting Texel Air Australasia through the same journey, has been incredibly rewarding. 

Texel Air Results & business impact

Digitised Operations
Paper-based dispatch, briefing and record keeping replaced by a unified, digital workflow

Efficiency Gains
Automated data has reduced repetitive admin, while real-time information (including secondary airport weather data) now supports faster decisions. 

Compliance
The record vault module retains long term post-flight data, supporting audits, safety and regulatory requirements.

Texel also required DHL specific delay codes into the pilots EFB flight phase log and shown on post-flight reports dashboard.

Scalability
skybook is being implemented to cover both Bahrain and New Zealand AOCs, with flexibility to grow further.

Ready to take your EFB implementation to the next level?

Delivering for both Texel Air and Texel Air Australasia, shows that with the right EFB platform and a provider that is agile, responsive and user-focused; digital transformation across multiple subsidiaries can truly take flight!

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