AVTECH Sweden AB (publ) and NATS establishes cooperation by signing a Memorandum of Understanding

Today AVTECH Sweden AB (publ) announces the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with NATS which provides a framework to enable strategic cooperation and to develop new product offerings and to generate increased business.

“Signing the Memorandum of Understanding with NATS is a very important step for AVTECH. NATS is the premier Air Navigation Service Provider in the world with a strong focus on commercial activities, and an international growth-plan that goes hand-in-hand with AVTECH’s. The MoU was preceded by in-depth discussions on the compatibility between the two companies’ products, technical know-how and capabilities. The joint understanding is that the companies have all the prerequisites to supplement and support each other well in a number of areas. “

Lars GV LIndberg, Chairman of the Board in AVTECH Sweden AB (publ)

NATS is a UK based company with a wide range of capabilities in Air Traffic Management, over 40 years’ experience delivering air navigation services in the UK, one of the busiest and most complex airspace in the world, and a range of worldwide contracts for delivering Air Traffic Services, Engineering and Consultancy Services as well as Training programmes. NATS’s vision is to be the acknowledged global leader in innovative air traffic solutions and airport performance.

AVTECH is a Swedish publicly listed company that develops services and products for digital Air Traffic Management. Its customers include airlines, airports, aviation authorities, technology companies and aircraft manufacturers who use AVTECH’s products/services to optimize operations in terms of cost, noise and emission, capacity, efficiency, punctuality and safety.

The Memorandum of Understanding is to be followed by in-depth discussions on potential areas of cooperation, after which a number of activities are intended to commence.

For more information, please contact:
David Alvord, CEO
Direct: +46 (0) 8 544 104 80
E-mail: david.alvord@avtech.se

About AVTECH Sweden AB (publ)
AVTECH develops products and services for digital Air Traffic Management (ATM). Its customers include the global aviation industry; e.g. airlines, airports, aviation authorities, technology companies and airline manufacturers. By using AVTECH’s products and services, each individual flight as well as the entire airline operation can be optimized in terms of cost, noise and emission, efficiency, punctuality and safety. The head office is in Stockholm, Sweden with subsidiaries in Toulouse, France and Dubai, U.A.E. AVTECH Sweden AB is listed on NASDAQ OMX First North and has appointed Thenberg & Kinde Fondkommission AB as Certified Adviser.

Air New Zealand sign contract for Aventus Nowcast™

AVTECH Sweden AB has entered into another commercial contract for its Aventus NowCast™ product system, this time with Air New Zealand.

“Previously, another airline in the Middle East has already begun implementing, and thereby solving the challenges of, Time Based Operations (TBO) using the Aventus NowCast™ system. Time Based Operations (TBO) is a key step in the implementation of Performance Based Operations (PBO), which opens up new possibilities to operate aircraft more efficiently than done today.”
Wolfgang Sagmeister, Business Unit Director of Products & Marketing at AVTECH Sweden

Over a short period of time, AVTECH has closed another, strategically important, contract in terms of its wind product, Aventus NowCast™. Aventus NowCast™ has shown great savings of fuel per approach in live trials and operations. The system also reduces the environmental impact in terms of noise and emissions. Moreover, it enables the aircraft to meet required time of arrival (RTA) within seconds, through which gains are seen to be even larger than the direct fuel savings.

New Zealand is a country characterized by a willingness to readily embrace newly invented technologies, in particular for environmental reasons. Fuel efficiency in transportation is a priority as part of the overall government environmental policy in New Zealand. The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) in New Zealand has had an implementation plan for PBN (Performance Based Navigation) in place since the end of 2009 and the policy was issued in April 2012. Implementing Time Based Operations (TBO) is therefore another important step for environmentally conscious countries, like New Zealand, seeking to make long-term environmental progress.

“This agreement with AVTECH represents a significant step forward in our goal of achieving a truly perfect descent and arrival. Under our environmental strategy Air New Zealand have already implemented initiatives that have resulted in more continuous descents, reduced ATC intervention, and the use of tailored arrivals or RNP AR procedures to reduce track miles. Time based 4DT technology is the final step in the journey towards a perfect descent. Air New Zealand looks forward to working with AVTECH in implementing their 4DT technology to further optimise the aircraft descent and arrivals.“ says Bob Fletcher, Air New Zealand’s Manager Operations Support.

“Previously, another airline in the Middle East has already begun implementing, and thereby solving the challenges of, Time Based Operations (TBO) using the Aventus NowCast™ system. Time Based Operations (TBO) is a key step in the implementation of Performance Based Operations (PBO), which opens up new possibilities to operate aircraft more efficiently than done today.” says Wolfgang Sagmeister, Business Unit Director of Products & Marketing at AVTECH Sweden.

For more information, please contact:
Charlotte Johnston Lönnberg
Direct: +46 (0) 8 544 104 82
E-mail: charlotte.johnston@avtech.aero

Commsoft’s OASES chosen by MEGA Maldives Airlines

Commsoft, a world leader in aviation engineering and maintenance systems, is delighted to announce that MEGA Maldives Airlines, the international airline of the Republic of Maldives, has chosen Commsoft’s Open Aviation Strategic Engineering System (OASES) for its ongoing MRO operations.

The airline is keen to commence using OASES as soon as possible for its inventory activities for its fleet of Boeing 757s and 767s and will progressively ‘go live’ with other functionality during the end of 2012 and early 2013.

Using a dual standalone hot/cold server set up, MEGA Maldives will be running a suite of OASES modules, including Core, Materials Management, Production, Planning, Line Management, and Airworthiness.

Nick Godwin, Commsoft’s Managing Director, commented: “Given that we faced intense competition from other MRO system suppliers, we are particularly pleased to have won this contract. It highlights the many benefits that OASES has to offer to aviation maintenance operations of all sizes and further supports our expansion in worldwide markets. Commsoft has invested significantly in further enhancing support for the region”.

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Notes to Editors

About Commsoft

www.commsoft.aero

Founded in 1971, Commsoft (Communications Software (Airline Systems) Ltd) won its first airline contract in 1975. Today, the company is a world leader in aviation engineering and maintenance systems.

Commsoft’s flagship product is OASES (Open Aviation Strategic Engineering System) which is currently in use by over 50 customers worldwide, ranging from national carriers and large third-party maintenance providers to small independent operators.

Commsoft’s Head Office is in Tiptree, Essex. The company also has regional offices in Derby and Norwich and another close to Gatwick Airport as well as an office in Australia and support partners in India and Singapore.

About MEGA Maldives Airlines

http://megamaldivesair.com/en/

Established in 2010, MEGA Maldives Airlines, the international airlines of the Republic of Maldives, is an integrated scheduled charter service specialising in holiday travel to, from and within Asia.

The airline currently flies to Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing, Chongqing, Chengdu, Hangzhou and Incheon on scheduled and charter operations from both Male’ Ibrahim Nasir International Airport and Gan International Airport. Through partner companies in Maldives, MEGA Maldives Airlines also provides in-bound holiday packages and services.

MEGA Maldives Airlines has offices and representatives in Maldives, Hong Kong, London, Beijing and Seoul.
The airline operates a fleet of two G.E. CF6-powered Boeing 767-300ERs and one Rolls Royce RB211-535E4-powered Boeing 757-200. A further 757-200 is expected to join the fleet in 2012.

Air New Zealand sign contract for Aventus Nowcast™

AVTECH Sweden AB has entered into another commercial contract for its Aventus NowCast™ product system, this time with Air New Zealand.

“Previously, another airline in the Middle East has already begun implementing, and thereby solving the challenges of, Time Based Operations (TBO) using the Aventus NowCast™ system. Time Based Operations (TBO) is a key step in the implementation of Performance Based Operations (PBO), which opens up new possibilities to operate aircraft more efficiently than done today.” says Wolfgang Sagmeister, Business Unit Director of Products & Marketing at AVTECH Sweden.

For more information, please contact:
Charlotte Johnston Lönnberg
Direct: +46 (0) 8 544 104 82
E-mail: charlotte.johnston@avtech.aero

US Airways Licenses TechSight/X® Technical Operations & Engineering Edition for Task Cards and Engineering Projects

IRVINE, CA – October 15, 2012 – InfoTrust Group (www.infotrustgroup.com), a leading global provider of XML-based technical publishing solutions and services for the aerospace, high-tech, and defense industries, announced today that US Airways has licensed its TechSight/X Technical Operations & Engineering Edition for the creation and management of task cards and engineering projects.

The selection by US Airways, which uses InfoTrust Group’s TechSight/X ATA Edition for aircraft repair manuals and company manuals, includes hosting and integration services and Serna XML Editor, InfoTrust Group’s recently launched WYSIWYG XML editor

“We are proud to provide a full suite of solutions that helps US Airways address their comprehensive technical information management requirements,” said Geoffrey Godet, President and CEO of InfoTrust Group.

For more information about TechSight/X Technical Operations and Engineering Edition, visit http://www.infotrustgroup.com/Products/Editions/index.htm#TechOps1.

For more information about TechSight/X ATA Edition, visit http://www.infotrustgroup.com/Products/Editions/index.htm#ATA1

About US Airways
US Airways, along with US Airways Shuttle and US Airways Express, operates nearly 3,200 flights per day and serves more than 200 communities in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Europe, the Middle East, the Caribbean, Central and South America. The airline employs more than 32,000 aviation professionals worldwide, operates the world’s largest fleet of Airbus aircraft and is a member of the Star Alliance network, which offers its customers more than 21,500 daily flights to 1,356 airports in 193 countries. Together with its US Airways Express partners, the airline serves approximately 80 million passengers each year and operates hubs in Charlotte, N.C., Philadelphia and Phoenix, and a focus city in Washington, D.C. at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. Aviation Week and Overhaul & Maintenance magazine presented US Airways with the 2012 Aviation Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) of the Year Award for demonstrating outstanding achievement and innovation in the area of technical operations.

About InfoTrust Group
InfoTrust Group (www.infotrustgroup.com) provides information management solutions and services to the aerospace industry that help customers deliver the right information, to the right people, at the right time. For more than 25 years, our content management and XML experts have applied industry standards such as XML, SGML, S1000D, DITA, ATA, and various military specifications to meet information management requirements of the world’s largest airlines and OEMs with the highest quality, fastest turnaround, and lowest possible cost.

Contact: Julie Fouque, jfouque@infotrustgroup.com, +1.303. 627.6535

Aero One® software from 2MoRO chosen by PRICE INDUCTION

An innovative engine manufacturer, PRICE INDUCTION, decided to implement SAP® Business One and Aero One® to manage its finance, purchasing, sales, production and maintenance activities.

Viseo, the SAP® Business One partner in France of 2MoRO was in charge of the ERP and 2MoRO has provided Aero One®, the only add-on certified by SAP® for the MRO of Aerospace industries.

PRICE INDUCTION is a company founded by Jean and Bernard Etcheparre who created and developed companies known worldwide such as LECTRA SYSTEMES and BRIGANTINE AIRCRAFT. In 1996 and 1997 the design of an engine intended for light jets appeared to be a particularly promising subject and analytical studies were started.

The objective of the DGEN program is to develop a family of two spool unmixed flow turbofan jet engines, namely DGEN 380 and DGEN 390, intended for twin engine, 2-6 seats airplanes with a max weight ranging between 1,400 and 2,150 kg (3,417 lb – 5,622 lb).

DGEN jet engines are optimized for a cruise altitude ranging from 15,000 to 20,000 ft and Mach 0.35 with a flight ceiling limited to 25,000 ft. They have low specific fuel consumption, they are lightweight and reasonably priced.

PRICE INDUCTION is also the designer and the provider of the WESTT Solutions, which are educational and research tools based on the DGEN 380 turbofan engine and intended for high schools, universities, aeronautical maintenance training centers and research institutes.

AMOS to be implemented at all five members of the Thomas Cook Group

A group decision

Thomas Cook Belgium, Condor Berlin and Condor Flugdienst are long-term customers of Swiss-AS. Recently, the remaining members of the Thomas Cook Group (TC UK and Scandinavia) decided to replace their legacy system with AMOS. The decision to implement AMOS group-wide across Europe was the result of the latest assessment of the group’s requirements and the new corporate strategy. The benchmark established AMOS as the preferred solution for the travel group.

“We are very pleased to cooperate with the entire Thomas Cook Group. The fact that AMOS is well-known in the group and has now been chosen for all group members, re-confirms AMOS’ functional maturity as well as the good relationship Swiss-AS holds with its customers,” says Ronald Schaeuffele, CEO of Swiss-AS.

Paul Horstink, Head of Group Maintenance organisation at Thomas Cook, states: “The decision to bring all the maintenance organisations of the Thomas Cook airlines together in a Group Maintenance Organisation has been made a year ago and we are well advanced in the implementation phase. AMOS is a huge enabler to maximise the synergy effects in bringing together the organisations”.

Multi-Entity Support for five AOCs

One of Swiss-AS’ latest developments, the Multi-Entity Support, was one key factor for being awarded the contract. This function hosts and integrates multiple financially independent companies on one system, allowing an airline group with subsidiaries in different countries to consolidate all activities on one system while still complying with local regulations.

The Multi-Entity Support in AMOS enables the Thomas Cook Group to manage its multiple AOCs, with multiple financial accounting, maintenance programs and local authorities within one system while realising substantial synergies on group level.

About Thomas Cook Group plc

Founded in 2007 by the merger of Thomas Cook AG und MyTravel, Thomas Cook Group plc is one of the world’s leading leisure travel groups. Thomas Cook UK, Thomas Cook Belgium, Thomas Cook Scandinavia, Condor Flugdienst and Condor Berlin formed the London based group. Thomas Cook Group plc operates in 22 countries worldwide and has about 90 aircraft in operation. The group’s aircraft maintenance is mainly performed in-house: From A Checks to Heavy Maintenance and these services are also provided to 3rd parties.

About Swiss AviationSoftware and AMOS

AMOS – developed and distributed by Swiss AviationSoftware – 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.

The fact that none of them has ever replaced AMOS by another system speaks for itself. Swiss-AS’ AMOS is the industry-leading MRO software in Europe and one of the best-selling solutions world-wide. Swiss-AS has its headquarters in Basel, Switzerland, and is also represented in Miami, FL, USA. SWISS-AS.COM

Expanded capability for Flygprestanda’s rebuilt Performance Guru

Now on iPad for EFB!

Flygprestanda have announced that they are releasing a first version of their iPad Performance Guru, now in October. This application which has been used by operators on Windows since 2004 is completely rebuilt with a new user interface and adopted for EFB use. It’s a native application which means that it will host performance server and airport data on the iPad without the need for an internet connection to do the calculations. The application may also be provided with an optional Weight & Balance module.

The new iPad application will be demonstrated by Flygprestanda during the OPS-IT conference in Bankok in two weeks and at MEBA in December.

New manage/m® Tool enables Advanced Maintenance Interval Scheduling

New manage/m® Tool enables Advanced Maintenance Interval Scheduling

Lufthansa Technik’s WebSuite manage/m^® has been enhanced by a new function. Maintenance Schedule Condition Monitoring (MSCM) is a tool with which the findings and non-findings on an aircraft can be evaluated. The results serve to make interval scheduling more efficient.

Seamlessly integrated into the manage/m^® WebSuite, MSCM enhances the module m/reliability, which provides information about the efficiency of the maintenance program, displaying details on the actual findings and non-findings of an aircraft. What m/reliability now offers its users is an even more extensive data base, with which the maintenance intervals of Maintenance Schedule Items can be evaluated and rated in a substantiated way. The new system, for example, shows if there are fewer findings than actually expected during the inspections of Maintenance Schedule Items in the Maintenance Program.

Within m/reliability’s new function, a number of charts give an insight into the actual efficiency of the maintenance program intervals. An automatic warning function informs the system engineer, if, for example, a Maintenance Schedule Item has had very little findings within an interval. In this case, an adjustment of the according maintenance interval may be a suitable option, enabling the operator to use the full potential of the component in question.

The new function can be easily used by all manage/m^® customers whose entire scheduled maintenance process is handled by Lufthansa Technik , including the scanning and analyzing process of jobcards through m/archive. Therefore, MSCM gives operators and engineers a chance to recheck the intervals and adjust them according to the results. In the long run, it is expected to achieve substantial cost savings and to help keeping the airplane where it belongs – in the air.

Flybe’s training records streamlined with EFOS

Flybe, Europe’s largest regional airline, has selected EFOS from Evoke Systems to provide electronic crew training records in a strategic move away from paper based records.

Maintaining paper training records for 700 pilots and 900 cabin crew geographically dispersed over the UK had become manually intensive, cumbersome and a potentially error prone process for Flybe. Confirmation of training and check statuses under a complex regulatory regime was a continuous challenge. It was clear that the adoption of electronic training records was essential to Flybe’s growth plans. The selection and introduction of EFOS has delivered not only an immediate and huge potential cost saving but also a significant improvement in the efficiency of the training process.

Steve Deverall, Training Standards Manager at Flybe comments that, “EFOS has significantly reduced the burden of paper while speeding up and improving our training processes. Also, by blending training feedback, actual experience and regulatory compliance, EFOS has certainly met the needs of our ATQP for flexibility in pilots’ simulator training.

“We were impressed by Evoke’s presentation and their willingness to engage with us as partners to tailor the product for Flybe’s needs. They have an impressive record, successfully addressing challenges similar to those we faced, and were responsive and helpful during the installation process. And we couldn’t have further developed our ATQP without EFOS.”

Martin Smith, Managing Director of Evoke Systems confirms; “EFOS isn’t just a software package. We back it with extensive domain knowledge and experience to become trusted advisers and partners for our customers.”

The installation of EFOS starting in May 2012, has already delivered positive returns. With the continued and planned expansion at Flybe the training administration task can now be fulfilled without the need for additional headcount.

Flybe has also enjoyed very positive feedback from users; Steve Deverall again; “People don’t usually like change but EFOS has been very well received from the start.”

Note to Editors

About Evoke Systems

Evoke Systems is a British software company founded in September 2001 to provide innovative, cost effective solutions to the airline industry. EFOSTM (Electronic Flight Operations System) is a web-based crew portal and flight operations management system with accompanying offline software which can be installed on Portable Electronic Devices (or Electronic Flight Bags). Evoke Systems has clients in both the commercial and business aviation sectors operating from the UK, Europe and the Middle East.

For more information about Evoke Systems, please contact:

Martin Smith, martin.smith@evoke-systems.aero.

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