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Navtech, Inc. Names Chief Executive Officer and President

February 17, 2009

WATERLOO, Ontario, Feb. 17 /PRNewswire/ — Navtech, Inc. announced that

Michael O. Hulley will be named as Chief Executive Officer and President on
February 26, 2009. Mr. Hulley will also join Navtech’s Board of Directors.

Mr. Hulley, a global senior executive with strong leadership qualities,
comes to Navtech from Tata Consultancy Services, where he was a Senior Partner
responsible for expanding the travel, transportation, and hospitality sectors
of the business. Prior to this, he was the CEO of LeisureLogix, where he led
the company through its product launch, garnering acclaim from industry
analysts, trades and the media, including winning the 2007 Startup of the Year
Award at the PhocusWright travel distribution conference.

Mr. Hulley’s career spans more than two decades in the aviation industry
and includes positions with industry leaders such as Electronic Data Systems
Corporation (EDS), IBM, COVIA/Galileo, United Airlines and Delta. As President
of Transportation Global Industry Solutions at EDS, Mr. Hulley was responsible
for leading and growing the company’s worldwide transportation business. At
IBM, he was Vice President and General Manager of Global Travel and
Transportation where he led strategy, sales and marketing, product
development, and deployment for industry-specific solutions. Mr. Hulley
served as Vice President of Products and Services for the Transportation
Technologies unit of Siemens Nixdorf, where he was responsible for the startup
and management of the Travel and Transportation Division.

“Navtech is a market leader with superior products, strong industry
expertise, and a genuine commitment to its customers,” said Mr. Hulley.
“Together with our senior executive team, I look forward to leading the
company into a new era of customer focus, growth, and quality.”

Mike Hulley brings significant industry, global leadership and technology
expertise to Navtech. His track record speaks for itself,” said Michael Chung,
Cambridge Information Group (CIG) Chief Operating Officer and a member of
Navtech’s Board of Directors. Mr. Chung speaking on behalf of CIG
(www.cigcompanies.com), Navtech’s largest shareholder, and Navtech’s other two
significant shareholders, Externalis S.A. and ABRY Partners LLC (www.abry.com)
said: “We are very pleased to have him join the leadership team and we look
forward to Navtech’s continued innovation and growth under Mike’s
stewardship.”

Mr. Hulley graduated from Memphis State University where he earned a
degree in Civil Engineering and was named DEC Fellow in Artificial
Intelligence after attending a fellowship program at Harvard and MIT
Universities.

About Navtech, Inc.

Navtech, Inc. (www.navtechinc.com), is a leading global provider of flight
operations solutions. Formerly the Navtech and European Aeronautical Group
(EAG) group of companies, the company has locations in Canada, Sweden and the
United Kingdom and services over 350 airline customers. Navtech’s product
suite includes aeronautical charts, navigation data solutions, flight
planning, aircraft performance software (takeoff/landing, weight and balance)
and crew planning solutions. Many of Navtech’s products can be configured as
part of an electronic flight bag (EFB) solution, including dispatch, take-off
data calculation, weight and balance and aeronautical charts. These products
directly support millions of flights each year and help our carrier customers
maximize efficiency, reduce costs and ensure compliance with complex national
and international safety regulations.

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