Surf Air Mobility Inc. (NYSE: SRFM) announced that the Federal Aviation Administration has approved its proprietary flight operations software, OperatorOS, as an authorized system of record for electronic alternatives to paper signatures, records, and manuals.

The approval covers the Part 135 certificate under which Southern Airways Express and Mokulele Airlines operate. With the authorization, pilots, mechanics, dispatchers, and trainers at those airlines can now use electronic systems in place of paper binders. Crew records, training documents, weight and balance data, bulletins, safety reports, and all aircraft manuals on the certificate, including pilot operating handbooks, are now fully electronic.

Louis Saint-Cyr, President of Airline Operations at Surf Air Mobility, said: "Many Part 135 operators still run on paper records and manual processes, and we see the FAA's authorization of OperatorOS as a system of record as a vote of confidence in our software that will help unlock the commercial opportunity for OperatorOS as we bring it to other operators."

According to the company's press release, OperatorOS is developed and tested within Surf Air Mobility's own airline operations before any external release.