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Houston TX. July 31, 2013. Optimized Systems and Solutions, Inc. (OSyS) announced today Garuda Indonesia went live with visiumAQDTM, an integrated safety and risk management solution that combines quality assurance audits with flight, cabin, maintenance and ground safety occurrence reporting. The implementation of the system is in line with the airline’s strategic expansion program and forms part of its commitment to constantly improve its safety quality.

visiumAQDTM is a comprehensive set of tools that integrates risk-related activities across organisations; from safety, quality and security management to occupational safety, environmental management and beyond. visiumAQDTM covers all functions from accident/incident reporting, risk assessment, compliance, analysis and investigation through to auditing and corrective action tracking. It has been developed by aviation software specialists and is backed by over 20 years’ experience in delivering aviation software solutions to regulatory authorities, airlines and other aviation-related organisations.

Novijanto Herupratomo, Executive Vice President (EVP) Operations of Garuda Indonesia, said that Garuda Indonesia’s choice to go with visiumAQDTM as its Safety Management System (SMS) is part of its effort to improve its safety quality. “In line with our long-term expansion program, and due to the fact that traffic volumes continue to increase, we are always committed to constantly improving our safety and complying with global flight safety standards.” Mr. Herupratomo said.

Mr. Herupratomo also said that visiumAQDTM is widely used and recognised as a high quality product, and that as the program moves towards being completely browser-based, this will enable their staff right across the organisation to report incidents and be assigned corrective actions.

Garuda Indonesia currently uses visiumAQDTM Audit, Safety and Risk modules. Part of the implementation project involved migrating historical safety data from the legacy system. This data migration brought all recorded safety incidents, along with their classifications and subsequent follow-up findings and actions, into visiumAQDTM, allowing combined analysis of data recorded in the legacy system with new data entered into visiumAQDTM. This avoids any cutover issues in reporting and analysis.

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 100 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 proven processes serve compliance and assurance, risk analysis automation and fleet-plant-operations optimization. OSyS is Expert Insight Delivered. For more information, please visit the OSyS website at www.o-sys.com.

3. Garuda Indonesia, the national airline of Indonesia, serves as full service carrier and provides low cost carrier services under their subsidiaries PT Citilink Indonesia. Garuda Indonesia serves 36 domestic and 19 international destinations in Southeast Asia. To support its network expansion, in 2013 Garuda Indonesia will receive 24 new aircraft, consisting of four Boeing 777-300ER, three Airbus A330, ten Boeing 737-800NG, and seven Bombardier CRJ1000 NextGen. In line with the company’s “Quantum Leap” program, by 2015 Garuda Indonesia and Citilink will operate 194 aircraft with an average age of less than five years.

4. Garuda Indonesia currently operates 112 aircraft with an average age of 5.8 years, consisting of the A330-200/300 to serve international flights to Australia, Europe, China, Korea, and Japan, the B737-800NG to serve its domestic and regional flights, and the Bombardier CRJ1000 NextGen which serves short-haul flights from its hubs in Makassar and Medan.

5. Garuda Indonesia’s service improvement and business transformation, through its “Quantum Leap 2011-2015” program, has gained appreciation from numerous international institutions who have awarded Garuda with a number of prestigious awards. During one of the biggest air shows in the world, Paris Air Show 2013, Garuda Indonesia was named “The World’s Best Economy Class” by Skytrax London. At the same event, Garuda Indonesia was also named as “The World’s Best Economy Class Seats” and ranked eighth place in “The World’s Top 10 Airlines” by Skytrax.

Contact
Azam Begg
Sales Director
Superstructure Group – Wholly Owned Subsidiary of OSyS
Tel: +44 (0) 1179 068700
email: azam.begg@superstructuregroup.com

Trax is proud to announce the newest addition to the family. Caribbean Airlines has chosen to sign with Trax and move forward with the best MRO ERP Software available.

Trax software will help Caribbean Airlines while they begin operations of their fleet at numerous locations. Trax MRO ERP software will ensure their maintenance and engineering work and records are kept 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 excited to be part of the growth of Caribbean Airlines, and it is with great excitement that we welcome them to the TRAX Family.

Caribbean Airlines will be implementing X, the latest version of Trax Maintenance. This version includes over 20 modules to cater to virtually every aspect of aircraft maintenance. TRAX Maintenance will be able to assist

Caribbean Airlines in countless ways. From Material Management and Finance to Technical Records and Reliability, Caribbean Airlines will now have aircraft, inventory, and maintenance activity information integrated into a single system.

About Caribbean Airlines

Caribbean Airlines began in the Republic of Trinidad in 2006. Since then they have grown to serve 16 markets in the Caribbean, South America and North America with a schedule of 530 weekly departures of their 21 aircraft fleet. Their fleet consists of Boeing 737-800, Boeing 767-300ER and ATR 72-600.

For more information please visit http://caribbean-airlines.com/

About TRAX

TRAX USA Corp., with offices in the United States and United Kingdom, is the number one seller of aircraft maintenance software globally. TRAX Maintenance solution has been developed – with Airlines and for Airlines – to provide the most comprehensive and advanced MRO ERP 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

Amsterdam, The Netherlands; 31^st July 2013 – AerData, the provider of software and services for the aviation industry announces that Boeing, the world’s largest aerospace company and leading manufacturer of commercial jetliners and defense, space and security systems will use STREAM records management solution in support of its GoldCare program for airline fleet maintenance. 

STREAM (Secure Technical Records for Electronic Asset Management) is the industry’s foremost web-based solution used by the world’s leading airlines, lessors and MROs to manage scanned aircraft and engine records.

Commenting on the announcement, Mark Nieuwendijk, Managing Director of AerData said; “Boeing is another major industry player to use STREAM, following in the footsteps of several other leading aerospace companies in the past twelve months. STREAM has demonstrated once again its value as the foremost enabler of the paperless engineering process. We are proud that STREAM will be part of Goldcare as it is perfectly suited to the unique service offering that Boeing will provide to its customers.”  

AerData will scan the aircraft technical records and make these available to Boeing personnel supporting GoldCare. GoldCare is a flexible lifecycle solution that offers a tailored combination of maintenance engineering and planning, material management and maintenance execution as a multiyear service managed by Boeing.

About AerData

AerData provides lease management software, engine fleet planning software, records scanning software, fleet and valuations data and technical and backoffice services for aircraft and engine operators, lessors and MROs. With a strong customer focus AerData delivers a reliable and secure service to its clients using latest technologies and state of the art infrastructure.

ENDS

For further information:
Sharon Heaton, Sales and Marketing Co-ordinator, AerData
Phone:  +44 1293 817 685
Email:  sharon.heaton@aerdata.com  

Mxi Technologies, the leader in aviation maintenance management software, announced today that BAE Systems has moved to Maintenix version 8 (v8) in support of the organization’s comprehensive Integrated Maintenance Solution to enable through-life asset sustainment for a UK Typhoon operator.

The use of Maintenix v8 at the core of BAE Systems’ Integrated Maintenance Solution (IMS) provides the organization with valuable insight into the use and management of operator fleets as a means to offer greater value through after-market support. Correspondingly, the adoption of value-added features ensures aircraft and component maintenance is executed and recorded in accordance with stringent safety standards and policies to maximize the availability of mission-ready aircraft and extend asset life.

“It continues to be an objective of our after-market services portfolio to provide an integrated maintenance solution that delivers the best to our customers while reflecting the significant advancements in MRO IT, and with Mxi’s Maintenix software we are confidently able to realize the current and future goals of the program.” 

– Martin Blaze, Aircraft Maintenance & Support Director, Military Air & Information, BAE Systems

News at a glance:

• BAE Systems transforms Typhoon Availability Service with Maintenix

• Move to Maintenix version 8 and adoption of key, value-added features

Read the release online>>

Contact:
Jennifer Smart
Marketing Communications Manager
Mxi Technologies
T 613-747-4698 x 7438
jennifer.smart@mxi.com

PSI Invests More in Industry 4.0 and Export in First Six Months

• With 109 million Euros, new orders 24 % higher than sales
• Group sales increase by 2 % to 87.7 million Euros
• EBIT 31 % below previous year at 3.5 million Euros due to development expenses

Berlin, 30 July 2013 – PSI Group increased its sales in the first half of 2013 by 2 % to 87.7 million Euros (30 June 2012: 85.7 million Euros). The EBIT was, with 3.5 million Euros, 31 % below the figure for the previous year (30 June 2012: 5.1 million Euros). As a result of higher deferred taxes, the group net result decreased to 1.7 million Euros (30 June 2012: 4.1 million Euros). New orders of 109 million Euros were 4 % below those of the previous year (30 June 2012: 114 million Euros), the order book volume on 30 June decreased to 137 million Euros (30 June 2012: 142 million Euros). In the previous year, there were two important new orders in the second quarter with a total volume of 10 million Euros and a licensing of over 2 million Euros.

Energy Management (gas, oil, electricity, heat, energy trading) had 3 % lower sales of 29.7 million Euros (30 June 2012: 30.7 million Euros) in the first six months. The EBIT for the segment was, with 0.6 million Euros considerably lower than the result for the previous year (30 June 2012: 1.7 million Euros). The gas and oil business continued its very good development; the energy trading systems business improved its result. The electrical energy business invested very heavily in multilingualism, support of Asian characters, client capability, voltage stability optimisation and other important special functions for the export to Asia. This should reduce the dependency on the German market that is still marked by the wait and see attitude due to the energy transition.

Sales in Production Management (raw materials, industry, logistics) were, at 43.2 million Euros in the first six months, slightly below the figure for the previous year (30 June 2012: 43.7 million Euros). The EBIT decreased by 37 % to 1.9 million Euros (30 June 2012: 3.0 million Euros). The metals and manufacturing industry businesses continued their good development. In the metals industry, PSI profited with orders from North America resulting from the strongly reduced energy prices as a consequence of shale gas that is leading to significant investments in the steel and aluminium industry in the US. Production Management was burdened by the investments in software for the optimisation and control of larger logistics networks that are well over budget and a functional prototype for highly flexible graphically modelled business process and production flow control that are extremely important for the implementation of the Industry 4.0 concept. PSI is significantly involved in a number of research projects for the Industry 4.0 initiative of the German government.

Infrastructure Management (transportation and security) increased sales by 31 % to 14.8 million Euros (30 June 2012: 11.2 million Euros). The EBIT for the segment increased significantly to 1.7 million Euros (30 June 2012: 1.1 million Euros). The business in Southeast Asia and Poland again developed positively.

The number of employees in the Group increased as of 30 June 2013 to 1,667 (30 June 2012: 1,552) as a result of the expansion of capacity in the export markets. Cash flow from operating activities improved by 61 % to –1.6 million Euros (30 June 2012: –4.1 million Euros). Liquidity decreased as a result of, amongst other things, the repayment of a shortterm loan and by the 0.8 million Euros higher dividend to 23.9 million Euros (30 June 2012: 25.8 million Euros).

PSI will continue to make additional developmental efforts in the third quarter that will offer many extremely attractive opportunities for orders in North America and Asia in the fourth quarter. As reported at the General Meeting, PSI sees 2013 as a year of transition with strong investments in technology, a change in the commercial management and the implementation of a new financial accounting and administration system. In connection with the winning of major contracts, the expectations for the year will become more concrete in the course of the fourth quarter.

On the basis of its own software products, PSI AG develops and integrates complete solutions for energy management (gas, oil, electricity, heat, energy trading), production management (mining, metals, automotive, mechanical engineering, logistics) and infrastructure management for transport and safety. PSI was founded in 1969 and employs 1,600 persons worldwide.

Your contact:
PSIPENTA Software Systems GmbH
Oliver K. Schmidt
Vice President Aerospace Business
Dircksenstraße 42-44
10178 Berlin, Deutschland
E-Mail: oschmidt@psipenta.de

Smart4Aviation announced that a new leisure carrier, Air Canada Rouge, has been using IT solutions from Smart4Aviation. Tools delivered by S4A improve airline’s communication, briefing and fuelling processes as well as perform takeoff and landing computations while lowering costs and increasing revenues.

Air Canada Rouge is currently a subsidiary of its mainline parent – Air Canada. It enables Air Canada Rouge to benefit from more efficient Ops processes and lower the costs in the future.

“We are delighted that Air Canada Rouge is using a number of our products. I am convinced that our solutions will increase the flexibility and efficiency of its flight operations. We are extremely proud of what we have achieved together,” says Michael Lewis, CEO at Smart4Aviation.

Michael Lewis, who currently serves as President and CEO of Smart4Aviation Technologies Americas and VP Global Sales, Marketing and Product Development for Smart4Aviation Technologies BV, will succeed Dirk-Jan Baas, the company’s founder and current CEO, as President and CEO of the Smart4Aviation Technologies Group of companies.

Mr. Baas will lead on our newest venture Smart4Aviaion Flight Management a company dedicated to improving the overall efficiency of Flight Operations.

Mr. Lewis has 25 years aviation and flying experience. He held a Canadian ATR pilot’s license and acted as flight crew on transport category and high performance aircraft. Michael was also Manager of IT for the Flight Operations Branch of Air Canada and was a certified Chief Duty Dispatcher.

Dirk-Jan Baas stepped down from the function of CEO in favor of leading the fledgling company in the Smart4Aviation Group, Smart4Aviaion Flight Management. Mr. Baas expressed confidence in the board’s choice by stating. “Mike’s combination of experience, leadership skills, deep industry knowledge and institutional tenure makes him uniquely qualified to lead Smart4Aviation successfully into the future.”

“I am honored to accept this position and will ensure that the company remains focused on delivering the highest customer value through tight strategic relationships with our Airline partners”, said Michael Lewis, new CEO. “Our mission has always been produce innovative, relevant and insightful solutions enabling Airlines to reach the highest levels of efficiency and safety. We continue to expand on our solutions to provide new opportunities for our customers and Smart4Aviation Flight Management is the next natural evolution to our portfolio.”

In addition to naming Lewis as CEO, Smart4Aviation also announced that Ivo Hop will become Chief Financial Officer. In this new position, Hop will be responsible for managing the financial risks of the rapidly growing company. Ivo has studied international tax law at the University of Maastricht and has worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers and more recently, at Meeuwsen Ten Hoopen. “Together with Mike and a dedicated and tech savvy staff, we are confident that we will lead the Smart4Aviation Group to an even higher level”, said the new CFO.

With the appointment of the new CEO and CFO, the Smart4Aviation Group is focused on investing in innovative and cutting edge technologies which will bring direct value to its clients and the customers they serve. The launching of the new company, Smart4Aviaion Flight Management, testifies to this commitment and strategy.

Smart4Aviation Group, a specialist provider of products and services to the airline IT operations, has announced the opening of its latest venture:  Smart4Aviaion Flight Management, as part of the Group’s international growth plans and aspirations.

The new company will support Smart4Aviation Group’s increased presence on the aviation market, allowing the Group to offer a new range of products and services to a wider market.

With new nearly unlimited computer processing power, Smart4Aviation has begun researching the possibility and a detailed design of a new and updated flight management system, as a next logical step in the company’s future. The concept of an advanced flight management system has long been on former Smart4Aviation CEO Dirk-Jan Baas’s mind and the first steps had already been taken more than a year ago for the realization of this project. Mr. Baas will lead this new company and this initiative.

“The time has come to leave the drawing board and to take flight management to the next level. The industry needs a more dynamic, efficient and above all cost-effective solution to flight management”, said Baas. “There is a lot of enthusiasm for this product, and we will be working together with specialists in the industry to deliver a world class Flight Management System. I cannot wait to launch this product”, he said with eager anticipation.

2MoRO is proud to announce its participation to the official French Prime Minister delegation in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

“We want to be close to our customers and partners in Asia so as to set up a sustainable relationship with them” said David Ferrier, in charge of the Business Development of the company. This visit in Malaysia is linked to the development of the company in Asia Pacific and its willingness to launch a subsidiary in this region.

Smart4Aviation is a fast growing company in the technically challenging business of aviation IT. While growth is a clear indicator of success, for which the business is very proud, that same growth brings with it increased financial complexity and responsibility. So, in order to ensure that corporate capability matches the company’s standing now and for the future, it has been decided to appoint Mr. Ivo Hop, an international tax lawyer, as the first CFO of the business and as an in-house professional who will manage the financial wellbeing of the company.

Ivo has studied international tax law at the University of Maastricht and has worked at Pricewaterhouse Coopers and, more recently, at Meeuwsen Ten Hoopen. With a keen interest in finance, law, technology and aviation, as well as having a great deal of experience in an international setting, he is the ideal candidate to navigate Smart4Aviation through the many challenges and opportunities arising from further growth anticipated in the business.

Mr. Hop took up his new responsibilities on 1 July 2013 and will be responsible for managing the finances of the rapidly growing company.

“Together with our CEO and a dedicated, tech savvy staff, we are confident of leading Smart4Aviation to even higher levels of achievement, customer satisfaction and business success”, said the new CFO.