Exciting news for the flight simulation community: SimBrief has just rolled out a major update, bringing real-world airline routes across Europe and beyond to its renowned flight planning platform. For years, SimBrief users have relied on accurate North American routings, but European routes were trickier to implement due to data restrictions and the complexity of coordinating across multiple countries.

Now, with this groundbreaking upgrade announced on October 16, 2025, SimBrief delivers Eurocontrol-approved routings for flights within Europe and to surrounding continents, ensuring unparalleled realism for virtual pilots.

This update, detailed on Navigraph’s blog (https://buff.ly/4veef2G), marks a significant leap forward in making European flight planning as precise as its North American counterpart.To showcase the update’s potential, SimBrief tested the new routes with a Jet2 Holidays Boeing 737-800 flight from London Stansted (EGSS) to Skiathos, Greece (LGSK). The three-hour journey, crossing Belgium, Germany, Austria, Croatia, Serbia, Kosovo, and Albania, was planned seamlessly using a real-world, Eurocontrol-validated route. SimBrief’s dispatch interface now highlights these authentic routings with a “Real World” label, making it easier for simmers to select accurate flight paths.

Even better, users can validate their flight plans directly with Eurocontrol’s IFPUV Free Text Editor, ensuring compliance with real-world standards—a feature that elevates the immersion for simmers aiming for authenticity in platforms like Microsoft Flight Simulator.This upgrade is available immediately for Navigraph subscribers, who can access the new routes as part of their subscription.

However, non-subscribers using older AIRAC cycles may face route conflicts, underscoring the importance of keeping navigation data current. Whether you’re planning a short hop across Europe or a long-haul flight to a neighboring continent, SimBrief’s expanded real-world routes bring a new level of fidelity to your virtual cockpit. As the flight sim community continues to demand realism, SimBrief’s latest enhancement proves it’s a vital tool for crafting flights that feel as close to the real thing as possible.