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As the aviation industry continues to demand more of its suppliers, Rusada, the company responsible for Envision™, a leading MRO/Operations and fleet management software solution, has responded to this demand with the launch of Envision Lite™. Designed to drive better business decisions, Envision Lite is an integrated, highly flexible end-to-end aviation solution, delivering maintenance, parts and resource management. Envision Lite has been is designed to achieve maximum results, with minimum set up.

Building on the success of Envision Professional, Envision Lite enables MROs and fleet organisations to achieve better business decisions and to respond quickly and efficiently to change, which is a fundamental requirement in an industry as competitive as aviation. Incorporating the following modules – configuration, resource, maintenance, fleet, materials and finance manager – Envision Lite focuses on the key aspects of maintenance, parts and resource management and offers flexibility and efficiency, process control, and visibility for decision making while supporting compliance requirements.

• Flexibility and efficiency: one single point of entry for ease of use, easy back-office integration, configurable dashboards at the user level for personal control, and overall business process transparency.
• Process control: end to end materials management and maintenance information with real-time updates for control and visibility at every process stage.
• Visibility and decision making: simple navigation without losing the pathway, transaction based rules and alerts, true module integration for accurate planning and invoicing.
• Compliance: synchronises with corporate applications for governance, integrates policies and alerts for compliance with legislation and is CAMO approved.

Across many industries, the need to control costs has never been stronger. However, the need for a software solution to manage the ever-present force of change is paramount to any business. With rapid implementation and a low cost of entry, Envision Lite sets to alleviate these issues, operating a ‘pay as you grow’ approach, while delivering the flexibility needed to respond to internal demands and external market influences quickly and effectively.

David Chisnall, Rusada’s head of sales commented: “Rusada is well-known for providing market-leading software, ‘best of breed’ consultancy and unrivalled implementation services. With Envision Lite, there are no compromises.” He continued: “Contrary to that, Envision Lite includes an improved user interface and provides the user greater choice, including that of a hosted service option, while providing the complete service of software, consultancy and implementation services, designed to ensure best practices are employed and integration with legacy systems goes smoothly.”

Envision™ is the Rusada MRO, operations and fleet management solution for the aviation industry that enables true business transformation by combining MRO, flight operations and fleet management in one integrated, configurable and extendable software solution. Serving aircraft operators, OEMs, MROs and service organisations, the data driven – asset management software provides the visibility and flexibility business needs to respond quickly to external market forces and internal cost and efficiency requirements.

Tiger Airways, based in Singapore and Australia, has selected Aviation FuelSaver^TM to power an innovative fuel efficiency programme.

Developed by aviation software and consultancy specialist, ETS Aviation Ltd,

Aviation FuelSaver^TM is a low-cost fuel-performance tracking system. Linked with ETS Aviation’s own fuel conservation consultancy, it delivers significant cost savings by identifying and recording more efficient ways of operating aircraft.

Stewart Adams, Managing Director for Tiger Airways Singapore, said, “Tiger Airways operates on a low-cost business model that focuses on streamlining operational costs and improving efficiency. Fuel cost is a significant percentage of our operating costs, so we are happy to have our business goals aligned by employing ETS Aviation Limited’s cutting-edge fuel-performance tracking system. We look forward to leveraging this programme to achieve better fuel management, maximise fuel efficiency and potential cost savings for Tiger Airways.” READ MORE

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Andy Smith
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SWISS’s 650 maîtres de cabine are being provided with iPads to ease their overall workload. The devices, which will begin to be issued this month, will simplify the tasks and duties of the airline’s cabin services directors before, during and after the flight. They will also permit the abolition of the traditional printed manuals, with associated environmental benefits in both paper- and aircraft weight-saving terms.

The digitization of processes and procedures is now making inroads into the work of one of SWISS’s key personnel categories. Following a two-month trial involving some 30 such devices, SWISS’s entire corps of around 650 maîtres de cabine will now be issued with iPads for use in their work from the beginning of this month onwards.

At the heart of the programme is a new iPad app that has been specially developed by the carrier. The device and its app provide SWISS’s cabin services directors with a state-of-the-art worktool that is carefully tailored to their specific needs. The app gives the maître de cabine access to all the latest information on their flights and their destinations.

The new app features search, marking and comment functions to facilitate the reading and annotation of all the relevant manuals; and it also incorporates a special briefing function for preparing and conducting the briefings that are such a vital part of the pre-flight procedure. Later releases of the app will see further functions added that should prove useful on the passenger care and assistance front.

The adoption of the new iPads will also enable SWISS to abolish the printing of the extensive manuals which its maîtres de cabine currently use. This should not only make the maître de cabine’s baggage much lighter to carry; it will also benefit the environment, through the paper economies it allows and the weight reductions on board with the corresponding savings in fuel consumption and pollutant emissions.

Swiss International Air Lines Ltd.
Corporate Communications
Phone:  +41 848 773 773
Fax:  +41 44 564 21 27

Derby, UK, June 19th, 2012. Optimized Systems and Solutions (OSyS) has today acquired Superstructure Group, a market-leading provider of aviation safety, quality, risk and regulatory compliance software.

Superstructure’s AQD software enables airlines, cargo companies, corporate jet and helicopter operators, armed forces and airports to collect, assess and manage risk and compliance data more effectively. They are a market leader, with over 100 customers, including some of the world’s largest airlines.

Paul Inman, OSyS Chief Executive Officer said, “Superstructure Group is respected in the aviation industry and is complementary to the products and services we offer. We were extremely impressed with the Superstructure product, people and their software development capabilities; the chance to bring this talent into OSyS was compelling. Adding the industry leading AQD software to our world class offering will enable us to provide an even more comprehensive suite of solutions to our clients, to access new markets and help extend our activities in to the Asia Pacific Region. We are very pleased that the Superstructure UK and New Zealand teams are now part of OSyS.”

OSyS utilizes expertise in software engineering, information management and analytics, combined with extensive industry knowledge, to help companies manage their valuable assets effectively.

Currently OSyS helps its clients manage the performance, operation and maintenance of over 9,000 critical assets for hundreds of commercial airline customers.

NOTES to Editors:

1. Optimized Systems and Solutions (OSyS) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Rolls-Royce Group plc, with 400 employees serving a customer base that includes Fortune 100 companies in more than 70 countries. For over a decade OSyS has been delivering expert insights around the globe to operators of high value assets, to OEMs and to companies that provide asset services. OSyS unlocks the full decision-making power of complex asset data, enabling customers to balance their cost, risk and performance parameters.

2. OSyS core competencies are built on software and consulting expertise for intelligent data management and integration, and predictive analytics that drive equipment health monitoring and management. Extensive OSyS domain knowledge and provenprocesses serve compliance and assurance, risk analysis automation and fleet-plantoperations optimization. OSyS is Expert Insight Delivered. For more nformation, please visit the OSyS website at www.o-sys.com.

3. Superstructure Group is a developer of software products and services for the global aviation industry. The company has corporate and sales offices in London, UK and in Wellington, New Zealand for R&D, regional sales, implementation and support services. The AQD product has been developed by software specialists with over 20 years of experience delivering aviation solutions to airlines and aviation-related organizations. AQD is currently used by over 100 customers globally, predominately commercial air carriers.

Contact:
Louise Pattison
Optimized Systems and Solutions
Tel: +1 703 889 1305
Fax: +1 703 889 1359
louise.pattison@o-sys.com

Trax is proud to announce the newest addition to the family. Silver Airways has chosen to sign with Trax and move forward with the best MRO Solution Software available.

Trax software will help Silver Airways manage their numerous locations and diverse fleet with its MRO software to ensure their maintenance and engineering work and records are in impeccable shape. This will help them to be as efficient and organized as possible.

Jose Almeida, President and CEO of TRAX USA Corp., states “We are very excited to welcome Silver Airways to the TRAX family. We are confident that we will provide them with everything they need to manage their operations effectively and smoothly.”

Silver Airways will be implementing e4, the latest version of Trax Maintenance. This version includes over 20 modules to cater to virtually every aspect of airline maintenance. TRAX Maintenance will be able to assist to Silver Airways in countless ways. From Material Management and Finance to Technical Records and Reliability, Silver Airways will now have aircraft, inventory, and maintenance activity information integrated into a single system.

About Silver Airways

Silver Airways, based in Florida, is a U.S. airline which operates over 100 daily flights between 29 getaways in Florida, The Bahamas, Montana, Ohio, New York, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. In Gainesville, Florida, at the Gainesville Regional Airport (GNV) they have a new state-of-the-art maintenance facility totaling 61,000 square-feet. The airline fleet is comprised of Saab 340Bplus and Beechcraft 1900D aircraft, each powered by jet-turbine engines.

The company is owned by Victor Park Capital, which is a Chicago based investment firm. They had originally launched the airline as VPAA Co. dba/Gulfstream International Airlines in May 2011 after the acquisition of select assets from the former Gulfstream International Airlines, which filed for bankruptcy in November 2010.

For more information please visit: www.gosilver.com

About TRAX

TRAX USA Corp., with offices in the United States and United Kingdom, is the number one seller of airline maintenance software globally. TRAX Maintenance solution has been developed – with Airlines and for Airlines – to provide the most comprehensive and advanced MRO software solution available today. For more information about TRAX, please visit www.trax.aero.

For further information about TRAX Maintenance or media related inquiries call +1.305.662.7400 or e-mail sales@trax.aero

June, 2012, Kirmington, UK – Today BYTRON announced that TNT Airways based in Liege has undergone successful flight trials of skybook®eFB on iPad over a six month period. The iPad implementation is now flying regularly and on-going co-operative development work is continuing.

The skybook® project with TNT was started during late 2011 and has involved an integrated effort by the airline and BYTRON. The project team included three experienced personnel from BYTRON working with the TNT team to ensure that the implementation succeeded.

The TNT implementation includes a number of standard skybook® modules along with additional functionality specifically requested by TNT. Modules include, Electronic Tech Log, Flight Folder incorporating weather and NOTAM alerting, airline operational notices, voyage reporting, digital aircraft library, graphical map of aircraft route and an interactive pilots log allowing the capture of all elements usually recorded on paper copy.

Output from the EFB is transferred to the ground based skybook® Flight Record Vault (FRV) where it is combined with planned flight data to provide a comprehensive dataset for reporting and analysis and onward integration with existing airline systems.

Bill Harrison, IT Director at TNT Airways, commented: “the experience of working with BYTRON people on this skybook® implementation has been truly catalytic. Their “closing the loop” approach has made a considerable positive impact on the day-to-day running of operations, and has enabled us to achieve a fully connected aircraft. We are fast getting rid of paper flight envelopes and working with data that is near real-time; this is revolutionary stuff and skybook®eFB is playing a central part in this project.”

He went on to say “The blend of technology, industry specific knowledge and business experience demonstrated by BYTRON people has helped us set the tone of this project. They were very easy to work with from the very start and we are beyond satisfied with what has been achieved in the air and on the ground.”

Simon Clayton, Aviation Solutions Director at BYTRON, stated: “TNT Airways participation and commitment was evident right from the start. All too often airline operations and IT departments simply don’t fully engage in the implementation of an EFB project. They give the impression of

wanting to pass the baton over to a supplier, and in the process absenting themselves from the responsibility and more importantly from the creative process. TNT Airways people are just not like that; they are terrific to work with, and in particular the Ops people on the ground and in the air demonstrated enthusiasm and flair. We are extremely proud of what we have achieved together.”

About BYTRON:

BYTRON is a UK based company specialising in aviation data systems, delivering weather, operational data and totally integrated 24/7 flight data management solutions for airlines, airports and air traffic control. With over 25 years of experience supplying aviation systems to Air Traffic

Control and Airline customers, we are experts at getting the right data, to the right place, at the right time.

The BYTRON team is second to none within the industry, comprising software developers, software testers, business and aviation specialists. The company’s design philosophy is, and has always been, to provide highly flexible, technically innovative, and compliant user oriented solutions. We believe in being adaptable; reacting quickly to customer requests, enhancing our products to improve the service and help our users.

About TNT Airways:

TNT Airways is part of TNT Global Air Network included in the TNT Express Global Networks & Operations functional unit. TNT Express is one of the world’s largest express delivery companies. On a daily basis, TNT Express delivers close to 1 million consignments ranging from documents and parcels to palletised freight. The company operates road and air transportation networks in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Asia-Pacific and the Americas. It employs 77,000 people and runs a fleet of 30,000 road vehicles and 46 aircraft. TNT Express made €7.2 billion in revenue in 2011.

IRVINE, CA – June 12, 2012.  InfoTrust Group (www.infotrustgroup.com), a leading provider of XML‐based technical publishing solutions and services for the aerospace, high‐tech, defense, and semi‐conductor industries, announced today that it has joined the ATA e‐Business Steering Group. Tim Larson, InfoTrust Group’s product owner for its TechSight/X® S1000D offering and a previous chairman of the ATA e‐Business Steering Group, will represent InfoTrust Group on the Steering Group and as part of the Civil Aviation Working Group (CAWG) where he will contribute to  recommendations on modifying S1000D standards to be the world‐wide accepted future technical data exchange standard for the civil aviation industry.

For more than 20 years, InfoTrust Group has provided standards‐based solutions to many of the world’s largest airlines and OEMs. As a technology provider with proven expertise in developing and implementing iSpec 2200, S1000D, and other standards‐based solutions, InfoTrust Group brings a practitioner’s perspective to the e‐Business Steering Group’s work. InfoTrust Group’s thorough understanding of the use of evolving publication standards — particularly its leadership in helping customers adopt S1000D to improve information accuracy, consistency, and timeliness — will further advance the work of the project team.

InfoTrust Group also represents a voice for its customers who may not participate actively in technology‐based standards groups. “Often customers have a strong business understanding of the need for standards, but they do not have the technical resources to participate directly in standards groups,” said Larson. “Because InfoTrust Group participates in the discussions that impact the evolution of the S1000D standard, we’re able to represent our customers and help ensure that the specification evolves in ways that are responsive to industry needs.”

Prior to joining InfoTrust Group, Larson supported the design and delivery of the first production S1000D solution for a major US‐based airline. Larson brings to the ATA e‐Business Steering Group and the Civil Aviation Working Group an excellent understanding of both the airline industry’s business needs and best practices as they relate to applying complex technical standards to real‐world settings.

“I am pleased to continue to work with the ATA e‐Business community as part of the ATA e‐Business Steering Group and collaborate with a highly talented team to advance the e‐Business standards in support of civil aviation worldwide,” said Larson.

For more information about the ATA e‐Business Program and its working groups, visit http://www.ataebiz.org/home/. 

About InfoTrust Group
For more than 25 years, InfoTrust Group (www.infotrustgroup.com) has provided XML‐based publishing solutions for global organizations and Fortune 500 companies in the aerospace, airline, defense, automotive, high‐tech, publishing, and other industries. Our team of more than 250 experts has deep technical and domain knowledge in XML publishing and content management. We apply our expertise using industry standards such as XML, SGML, S1000D, DITA, ATA, and various military specifications to developing solutions that help customers meet their technical publishing requirements with the highest quality, fastest turnaround, and lowest possible cost. Our TechSight/X solution is in production in many of the largest airlines across the world, and both OEMs and commercial and cargo carriers rely on InfoTrust Group services for the most accurate, transparent, and timely services available today. To learn more about InfoTrust Group’s products, services and solutions, please visit www.infotrustgroup.com.

For more information please contact: Julie Fouque, jfouque@infotrustgroup.com, (303) 627‐6535

AMOS to support extensive growth of SAEI in the near future

Saudia Aerospace Engineering Industries (SAEI), the MRO provider of Saudi Arabian Airlines, has signed for AMOS of Swiss-AS to manage all its MRO services.

Ronald Schaeuffele, CEO of Swiss-AS, says: “We are pleased to closely cooperate with SAEI and to provide them with a state-of-the-art and future-proof MRO software which will help to further ensure SAEI’s sustainability and competitiveness in the future.” SAEI has recently commissioned a US$800 million contract to build 11 new hangars and aircraft maintenance facilities in Jeddah. In this context the management of the Saudi MRO provider has chosen AMOS as the perfect fit to support the challenging expansion plans.

Several implementation companies teaming up in the AMOS project

The kick-off meeting, followed by a solemn contract signing ceremony, has already taken place in Jeddah. Although the implementation is considered complex (high adoption level of AMOS functions throughout all business units of SAEI with several thousand AMOS users), the project is expected not to span more than 18 months.

In order to master all required activities as effectively and efficiently as possible, a consortium of implementation partners works together closely. In this context Swiss-AS is responsible for the proper implementation of AMOS including guiding and assisting SAEI in the definition, streamlining and implementation of the future business processes as well as developing and delivering a comprehensive and highly structured training program for SAEI. Through its long-term partner CrossConsense, Swiss-AS will also engage in crucial steps of the data migration stream of the project.

Furthermore this AMOS implementation will be characterised by an extended on-site presence of the Swiss-AS’ project managers and implementation specialists. All in all Swiss-AS will bring in its immense experience of implementing such comprehensive software like AMOS in a complex MRO environment.

About Saudia Aerospace Engineering Industries (SAEI) and Saudi Arabian Airlines

SAEI is a subsidiary of Saudi Arabian Airlines and is based in Jeddah. More than 130 AC of Saudi Arabian Airlines are fully maintained by SAEI. In addition, SAEI also offers 3rd party maintenance services. The fleet of the national Saudi carrier is mixed and consists of B747, B777-200 & -300, MD-11, A320, A321, A330 and Embraer 170 aircraft.

SAEI has more than 5’200 employees and will expand its MRO facilities at Jeddah’s King Abdul Aziz International Airport considerably within the next couple of years. Once the construction is finalised, SAEI will possess the largest MRO facilities in the Middle East

About Swiss AviationSoftware and AMOS

Swiss-AS’ AMOS is the industry-leading MRO software in Europe and one of the best-selling solutions world-wide, developed and distributed by Swiss AviationSoftware. It is a comprehensive, fully-integrated software package that successfully manages the maintenance, engineering and logistics requirements of modern airlines and MRO providers by fulfilling all airworthiness standards. Swiss-AS is a 100% subsidiary of Swiss International Air Lines Ltd., and counts more than 100 customers worldwide to its loyal customer base, including pure operators of all sizes, major low-cost, regional and flag carriers, large airline groups and MRO providers.

Swiss-AS has its headquarters in Basel, Switzerland and is also represented in Miami, FL, USA. SWISS-AS.COM

Malmo Avaition has selected Aviaition42 to provide software to migrate its Technical Publication Data from Rusada Envision to Amos. This follows on from the successful migration of its maintenance and inventory data. 

June 7, 2012 (TORONTO) – Navtech Inc., a leader in flight operations software and services, has further developed its growing relationship with customer, euroAtlantic airways, through a multi-year agreement for provisioning aeronautical electronic charts for the iPad, in a Class 2 EFB.  Navtech iCharts will be supplied to the non-schedule international airline which operates in the most diverse routes in the US, Canada, Caribbean, Central and South Americas, Africa, Middle East, and beyond.  euroAtlantic airways, who will be celebrating their 20th anniversary in 2013, are also a subscriber to Navtech’s Navigation Data for GE US, and Honeywell FMS.

“We are prepared to work with them and develop a unique solution to their needs for their worldwide operation,” said Mr. Ashley Heard, European Sales Director at Navtech. “They have a 24/7 operational requirement and we are happy to provide a solution using Navtech iCharts which fits the requirement both commercially and operationally.”

euroAtlantic airways is a newer customer to Navtech and the Navtech iCharts for iPad EFB agreement is their 2nd with Navtech in 6 months.  This growing confidence from euroAtlantic demonstrates to the aviation community the strength of Navtech’s offerings, especially the demand for the Navtech iCharts product.  “I am proud that our company has been at 166 different countries around the world and has operated 565 different airports. We are only missing 30 countries to complete the entire world,” said euroAtlantic airways CEO Tomaz Metello.  “The EFB project is a new step towards the future.”

Navtech iCharts is an application that brings Navtech electronic charts to your iPad.  This allows the iPad to be used as a Class 1 EFB, or with regulatory and operational approval, as a Class 2 Type B device.  Navtech has worked with customers to achieve operational approval of the iPad as a Class 2 device.  Navtech’s family of state-of-the-art aeronautical charts products have been developed using research from Human Factor specialists and by gathering data from, and working closely with, pilots having years of experience using aeronautical charts.  Each chart includes enhanced symbology and communication features.  Navtech’s electronic chart viewing application, Navtech eCharts, has been used by Navtech’s customers for ten years. Continued product enhancements will form the infrastructure for Navtech to easily support all Classes of EFB and all devices from tablets to installed avionics.

For more information, visit www.navtech.aero.

About Navtech, Inc.

Navtech, Inc. is a leading global provider of flight operations solutions, serving more than 350 airlines and aviation services customers.  Navtech’s product suite includes aeronautical charts, navigation data solutions, flight planning, aircraft performance software (take-off/landing, weight and balance), and crew planning solutions.  Many of Navtech’s products can be configured as part of an EFB solution, including take-off data calculation, weight and balance, and aeronautical charts.  These products, supported by Navtech’s ISO: 9001 certification, directly support millions of flights each year and help Navtech customers maximize efficiency, reduce costs, ensure compliance with complex national and international safety regulations, and effectively deliver their services.

Headquartered just outside Toronto in Waterloo, Ontario — Canada’s technology center — Navtech also has locations in Stockholm, London, and Ahmedabad, India, and is further supported by satellite offices around the world.  Its home on the web www.navtech.aero is the first and only site for viewing the Navtech Aviation Poster Collection, a collection of hundreds of posters and other ephemera that capture the history of aviation through the arresting graphic design of the day.

About euroAtlantic airways

euroAtlantic was founded by Tomaz Metello,  CEO and major shareholder, and is also partially owned by the largest Portuguese leisure corporation, Pestana Hotels & Resorts. euroAtlantic airways is a   Portuguese registered non-scheduled International Airline, operating in the most diverse routes in North Atlantic (USA and Canada), Caribbean, Central and South Americas,   Africa, Middle East, Pacific,  Australia and Oceania.

Founded as Air Zarco on 25th August, 1993, the company first adopted the trade name Air Madeira until 17th May, 2000, date when the memorandum of association was altered by deed, and the current name of euroAtlantic airways – transportes aéreos s.a. was adopted. Since the outset of its operation, euroAtlantic guarantees insurance cover with Imperio in Portugal. euroAtlantic is FAA (FAR129) e EASA (JAR OPS1) certified and has a standing comprehensive maintenance agreement with TAP Air Portugal.

Contacts: Andrea Murray, 519-747-1170 or amurray@navtech.aero

euroAtlantic airways CEO Tomaz Metello in one of their B767s