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Zagros Airlines Selects Alkym To Update Its Maintenance IT System

Seabury MRO Solutions increases it presence in the Middle East region

Shannon – January 29, 2016:
Seabury MRO Solutions today unveiled another new Alkym user from the growing Middle East region. Zagros Airlines requirement to upgrade its existing technology resulted in the selection of Alkym post an intensive process.

“Today marks another milestone in the growth of the Alkym customer community. Each time we enter a new market we open new opportunities. This is achieved by delivering our market leading solution supported by our professional teams,” said Seabury MRO Solutions Senior Vice President, John Barry. “During this selection process we had to prove how replacing the existing solution would prove a good investment for a growing airline like Zagros”



The Head of Maintenance and Engineering (DMD) at Zagros Airlines, Mr Akbar Bagheri commented on the news: “With our fleet renewal program underway we wished to ensure we had a top quality IT solution in place to control our Technical Operation. This led us to search the market and review the market leading solutions. Based on our in-depth analysis Alkym offered us the best solution to support our ambitious plans. From start to finish Seabury MRO Solutions was responsive to our needs”

Zagros Airlines opted for a 15 concurrent user license with Alkym® Management and Control System for Aircraft Maintenance utilizing all 18 available modules. The on-site implementation project lead by the Seabury MRO Solutions team will last for 9 weeks. It will be split in two phases.

Alkym, the core product of Seabury MRO Solutions, represents one of the most comprehensive and cost-effective solutions designed specifically for the MRO industry to increase operational efficiency, reduce costs, improve performance, and maximize productivity while enhancing growth and meeting future challenges.

2015 In Review – A Year of Continuing Innovation and Market Wins

29th January 2016
For Commsoft, 2015 was a year of continuing innovation and improvement, matched by accelerating sales successes. This was emphasised by several new customers selecting OASES as their chosen MRO IT solution, firmly demonstrating the business value and quality that Commsoft and OASES bring to the market.

Continuing Innovation
The development of OASES over the past year followed the adoption of an extensively-redesigned new Formal Release model with an aggressive development roadmap that was set out in 2014. The past twelve months have seen a range of useful new value generating tools and functionality in formal releases FR1, FR2 and FR3.

Amongst these was the development of a new OASES Mobile App, allowing information to be accessed anywhere, anytime. This innovation was a result of the close cooperation that Commsoft encourages with its client base and was just one of several improvements and developments made to OASES during 2015 through frequent customer community exchanges and detailed analysis of service requests in the highly-successful web-based OASES Servicedesk.  Many more mobile applications are planned for 2016. The past year has also seen a significant increase in the range of interfaces between OASES and finance, ERP and operations systems, thus further driving greater business value.

The growing market successes have in part been facilitated by further investment in support resources allied to extensive enhancements in data migration tools and the recruitment of additional expert implementation staff. Commsoft also significantly expanded its OASES private cloud platform and approximately half of all new customers are currently opting for this facility.

In addition, Commsoft embarked upon a visual transformation of the company, including new branding for OASES that emphasises the company’s drive to continue to modernise and innovate its flagship product now and in the future.

Market Wins
Over the course of 2015, Commsoft welcomed twelve new customer operations to the OASES community from eight countries, of which, nine are airlines, one an MRO organisation, one a CAMO bureau and another, a specialist aviation service provider. They also include Commsoft’s first customer in Central Asia and key major airlines in South East Asia and Central Europe.

The differing business areas of these new customers all serve to demonstrate the growing flexibility of OASES in managing ever-diverse, complex technical operations around the globe. OASES’ global reach has been further boosted as Commsoft’s extensive network of CAMO partners has added corporate aviation and airline customers, such as Limitless Airways in Croatia, and others in Africa, the CIS and Europe:

RVL Group is one of the world’s leading specialist aviation service providers. The group encompasses an airline, an aerial work company and an aircraft engineering facility. It operates and maintains its own fleet, providing services to a range of private and public sector clients throughout Europe, the Middle East and Africa in areas as diverse as aerial surveillance and survey, passenger and cargo ad-hoc and long-term charter, temporary and permanent aircraft modifications for project work, and aerial spraying of pollution dispersants.

VIM Airlines, one of Russia’s largest airlines, selected OASES to support both its scheduled and charter passenger operations, including its current fleet of ten Boeing 757-200s and four Airbus A319s.

Sriwijaya Air, a leading and fast growing Indonesian airline, signed to use OASES for the ongoing maintenance of its fleet of 38 Boeing 737 Classic and 737-800s. The contract also covers Sriwijaya Air’s subsidiary, Nam Air, which is currently operating five Boeing 737-500s. Based at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Jakarta, Sriwijaya Air was founded in 2003 and is now the third largest scheduled airline in Indonesia, operating an extensive domestic route network as well as some regional services.

Travel Service, the largest airline group in the Czech Republic, also joined the OASES community by signing a deal to manage its current fleet of 31 Boeing 737NGs and 2 Airbus A320s. Founded in 1997, Travel Service operates an extensive European LCC route network under the SmartWings brand as well as charter flights and ACMI operations. With subsidiary airlines in Poland, Hungary and Slovakia, each of which operates under a separate AOC, Travel Service aircraft fly to more than 300 airports on four continents.

UVT Aero, a regional airline based in Bugulma and Kazan in the Republic of Tatarstan in Russia, also signed to use Commsoft’s flagship MRO solution for scheduled and charter passenger operations. Using a fleet of eight Bombardier CRJ-200 regional airliners, they fly scheduled routes which include Bugulma to Moscow Domodedovo and Kazan to Moscow Vnukovo as well as Kazan to St. Petersburg and Sochi.

Romaero chose OASES to control its base maintenance activities at its hangars at Bucharest Baneasa Airport in Romania. The system will enable this leading MRO organisation to support third-party airlines and commercial operators from all over Europe. Romaero was founded in 1920 and operates in the fields of aerostructure maintenance and repair for civil and military transport aircraft. It is the largest company in the Romanian aerospace industry. Previous projects have included the building of BAC 1-11 and BN2 Islander aircraft under licence from UK manufacturers. Amongst Romaero ‘s MRO customers are the Romanian Air Force as well as airlines such as Swift Air, Travel Service, SCAT and Air Italy.

Somon Air, a private, fast-growing airline based in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, selected OASES for its developing airline CAMO activities which will control the airline’s six-strong fleet of Boeing 737 ‘Classic’ and NG aircraft. OASES will be implemented by existing Commsoft customer FL Technics, further demonstrating the community aspect of the growing worldwide OASES customer base.

moreJet, founded in 2013 and based in Hampshire, UK, signed to use OASES for planned CAMO activities. moreJet offers turnkey solutions from initial aircraft acquisition through to the complete management and aftercare of large business jets. The company will be using OASES initially in support of its CAMO approval application with the UK CAA and subsequently for its planned ongoing CAMO activities across a variety of aircraft types, including Boeing 737 ‘Classic’ and Airbus aircraft in corporate aviation use.

Nick Godwin, Managing Director of Commsoft, commented: “With over 100 aircraft added to OASES in 2015 from our new and growing client base, we are now serving over 90 aviation engineering operations spread over more than 42 countries on 6 continents.”

CROSSMOS went live on SWISS

January 29, 2016

On January 28th, 2016 CROSSMOS went live on a BOEING 777 of SWISS International Air Lines on its flight from Seattle to Zurich. The introduction of CROSSMOS (ELB) with the first flight of SWISS International Air Lines B777 is another step forward into the paperless future. The new ELB at SWISS consists of two Microsoft Surface 3 tablets – the cockpit and cabin devices, plus a small Swisscom Router which enables device interconnectivity via a WLAN and connectivity via a GSM to a Maintenance Server.

“With the use of an ELB we are promised substantial improvements in quality and efficiency. Through the digitalisation of the data we secure the transfer of error free readings on the current overall real time status of the aircraft including all maintenance and crew activity.“, says Marcus di Laurenzio, project manager of the SWISS Electronic Log Book project.

With this data SWISS improves the awareness of all those involved in the technical condition of the aircraft. In particular, the cockpit and cabin crew will be completely exempt from the paper processes. An improved and faster communication between cabin and cockpit devices will simplify the overview and status of aircraft and ensure a generally better overview.

For the Maintenance team the processes are simplified, in that log entries are digitized and must no longer be input by hand. The on line connection allows a fast bi-directional flow of information between Flight Crew and Maintenance.

“Swiss International Air Lines have decided to work together with CrossConsense, as it was decided that only a bottom up development of an ELB could accommodate all the requirements of SWISS. At the time of the start of the project no such solution was available for evaluation in the market.“, says Peter Wojahn, Chief Technical Officer at SWISS International Air Lines.

“The combination of SWISS International Air Lines, SWISS AviationSoftware and a couple of other airline customers was ideal for us to develop a standard and easy-to-use system.“, states Udo Stapf, CEO of CrossConsense.

Preferred Routes
28 January 2016 by Iryna Pilat

Saving route

You can save as many routes as you need. An easy search will allow you to find every saved route very quickly. You can sort or find it by name of the route, by type of aircraft, by destinations etc.

Easy search of preferred routes

Now, your personnel can choose and use any of the Preferred Routes saved.

Icelandair Extends Their Tablet Based EFB Solution From Scandinavian Avionics Into The B767 Fleet

The SA Group headquarters, Scandinavian Avionics has signed an agreement with Icelandair to install an Electronic Flight Bag solution in their fleet of Boeing 767 aircraft with a tablet based solution from Scandinavian Avionics.

The SA Group is proud to announce that Icelandair extends the SA EFB solution into the Boeing 767 fleet following successful certification of the Boeing 757.  The solution consists of two ruggedized 10.1” Panasonic tablets, Scandinavian Avionics DIC-600 Data Integration Centre Server and tablet power solution. The deployment integrates to existing provisions and facilitates avionics connectivity.

Billund, Denmark, 27.01.2016 – Certification activities are in progress and installation will start in high pace during the spring. Based on our EASA Part 21.J. and 21.G privileges, Scandinavian Avionics can, as one out of a few suppliers design manufacture and certify tailored EFB products in house. This values added, limits risk exposure and increases predictability for customer projects. This is in line with the SA Groups philosophy to provide Turn-Key projects to its valued customers.

The solution provided to Icelandair follows the industry path to introduce COTS tablets in the cockpit while leaning on avionics components for functions to reside in the aircraft for many years.

Hakan Norell, CTO at SA Technologies AB, explains:
“As opposed to other EFB solutions with expensive hardware and high certification costs, we have developed a modular concept that enables the aircraft operator to use commercial windows based tablet as the EFB display. In this project we show that we can support a mixed setup of components in a mixed fleet environment, maximizing the customers’ business case to a very affordable price without limiting future upgrades.”

An electronic flight bag solution benefits any airline or aircraft operator by reducing weight on board and by saving time on updating the physical charts in the flight bag as well as gaining operational benefits with connectivity.

Hilmar B. Baldursson, VP Flight Operation comments:
“The core competence and extensive knowledge Scandinavian Avionics has in the area of EFB has been proven in the preceding Boeing 757 project. We feel very comfortable in the way we jointly shaped the implementation path to maximize our re-utilization of installed systems, in combination with the new EFB function with Server capabilities and full connectivity. The utilization of new technology is crucial in optimizing our daily processes, both today and in the future as we continue to expand.”

Hakan Norell concludes:
“We are very proud to announce that we continued to provide efficient solutions to the Icelandair B767 fleet. The additions leverage the mixed fleet capability of LRUs to reduce the overall operational and maintenance costs and contribute to an increased operational efficiency.”
 

Connection Completed

Air Canada is the first customer to connect to Lufthansa Technik via all modules of the eCommerce platform Aeroxchange.

Easy and direct IT access complementing all the customers’ needs – Lufthansa Technik has always been eager to give its customers a wide range of IT systems and interfaces to fulfill their role as an operator.

Lufthansa Technik began connecting to customers using Aeroxchange’s eCommerce platform in May 2014. The suite of solutions includes services for customers with pooling agreements, component MRO processes and material sale.

Founded in July 2000 by a group of airlines worldwide, the US-based company Aeroxchange designed a suite of solutions that specifically supports the aviation industry supply chain. Aeroxchange’s interfaces ensure that all relevant data generated by Lufthansa Technik customers are directly transferred into Lufthansa Technik´s IT system. Customers connected to the Aeroxchange platform now have more flexibility in terms of their material management.

Air Canada is the first TCS Customer to connect to all three of Aeroxchange’s modules: AeroBuy®, AeroRepair® and the new module AeroComponent®. The latter is Aeroxchange’s pool solution managing all component support transactions including: exchanges, advance exchanges, out-of-contract parts – while keeping track of all part requests, contract quantities, shipment information and return of core units. Customers have complete access to their entire pool contract services with an MRO via the e-Commerce platform.

A premiere for all of the involved parties, as Air Canada is the first user to fully automate the component exchange process with Lufthansa Technik leveraging Aeroxchange’s new AeroComponent® module. The LHT MRO business continues to set the industry standard for system to system automation and is the only MRO supplier directly connected to the new AeroComponent® 2.0 module.

The interface went live December 2015 and has been operating on a very stable level. Today, Air Canada places an average of 60 material orders per week to Lufthansa Technik via the newly established connection. Many customers are already interested in this kind of setup and will soon follow suit.

Kalstar Aviation Selects Alkym to Support the Airline’s Technical Operation

Jan 26th 2016 – Asian Client Base Continues to Grow

Seabury MRO Solutions today welcomed a new client in Asia as the company’s regional client base continues to increase. Kalstar Aviation, an Indonesian airline based in Jakarta, has selected Alkym® Management and Control System for Aircraft Maintenance to ensure it has world-class software at the core of its technical operation.

“We have been working through the robust selection process with the Kalstar team for the past eighteen months. It is always great news when the process highlights your product as the best-in-class for their operation,” commented John Barry Seabury MRO Solutions Senior Vice President. “Once again our ability to provide the highest quality integrated software within the budget of a growing airline was critical to the successful outcome.”

Abdul Haris Mulyana, Vice President with Kalstar Aviation, further commented: “We firstly set about the process to ensure our Technical Team got exactly what was needed to increase our fleet availability and reliability whilst continuing to have the highest safety and quality standards. It was only when they identified the suitable software systems we begin to consider the other key aspects like vendor track record and pricing. Seabury MRO Solutions with its proven solution already deployed in the region successfully proved they could deliver on all our criteria.”

Alkym® Management and Control System for Aircraft Maintenance is one of the most comprehensive and cost-effective solutions designed specifically for the MRO industry. It has over eighteen different modules that are aimed to increase operational efficiency, reduce costs, improve performance, and maximize productivity while enhancing growth and meeting future challenges.

The Seabury MRO Solutions’ project team will be on site in Jakarta in early 2016 with the team ensuring that Kalstar Aviation gets the maximum benefit from the twenty concurrent users of Alkym license they have elected to begin with.

Two New Supplementary Type Certificates Approved For Tablet Based EFB Solution From Scandinavian Avionics

The SA Group headquarters, Scandinavian Avionics has received two new STC approvals for installation of its Electronic Flight Bag solution in B737 and B757

The SA Group is proud to announce two new STCs for its Electronic Flight Bag solution.

Billund, Denmark, 26.01.2016 – The architected solution for B737 consists of two ruggedized 10.1” Panasonic tablets, Scandinavian Avionics DIC-600 Data Integration Centre with avionics interfaces for integration into the aircrafts data buses, ERC-400 Communication Controller for off board communication, EFB control panels with charging capabilities for pilot’s personal devices and Camera Surveillance system.

The architected solution for B757 consists of two ruggedized 10.1” Panasonic tablets, Scandinavian Avionics DIC-600 Data Integration Centre Server with avionics interfaces for integration into the aircrafts data buses, EFB control panels with charging capabilities for pilot’s personal devices and optional Satcom connection.

Certification activities are finalized and installation and activation are done during the spring at several customer locations. Based on our EASA Part 21.J. and 21.G privileges, Scandinavian Avionics can, as one out of a few suppliers design, manufacture and certify tailored EFB products in house. This adds value, limits risk exposure and increases predictability for customer projects. This are in line with the SA Group philosophy to provide Turn-Key projects to its valued customers.
 
The solutions follow the industry path of utilizing COTS tablets in the cockpit while leaning on avionics components for functions to reside in the aircraft for many years.

Hakan Norell, CTO at SA Technologies AB, explains:
“These approvals validate that our developed product portfolio meets the stringent regulatory requirements and can be deployed into all aircraft types. A perfect fit for Airlines with mixed fleets. Utilization of the same equipment in different airframes among the fleets eases maintenance, training and pilot familiarization which in turn yields lower costs of operation.”

An electronic flight bag solution benefits any airline or aircraft operator by reducing weight on board and by saving time on updating the physical charts in the flight bag as well as gaining operational benefits with
connectivity.

Michael R. Truelsen, President, Scandinavian Avionics comments:
“These projects have joined the core competence and extensive knowledge of several companies within The SA Group to make this achievement. Our focus to jointly develop the group to form an agile and competent player also on the avionics product market has  been proven. We are continuing this effort and we have still several aces to play…”

SAS selects eMan Solution

AviIT Ltd. welcomes the news that Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) has selected the eMan solution to streamline the management of its technical publications library. eMan was selected after a comprehensive tender and evaluation process that sought to identify a solution that could replace several existing systems, as well as providing a platform for the evolution of the technical library.

“We wanted a system that would replace existing legacy systems”, comments Torbjorn Haglind, Lead Engineer Maintenance data. “Like many operators, we have also experienced a changing environment with technical publications available in a variety of forms from simple pdf documents through to increasingly complex vendor supplied applications. We wanted a single system that would co-exist with our recently implemented AMOS solution while providing a simple means of delivering the wide range of document types to our engineers and technicians where ever they are located. The eMan solution fits our requirements perfectly, and taking up references showed that AviIT team has a strong record of commitment to supporting their clients”.

Kevin Clark, AviIT Chief Operating Officer is delighted that eMan has been selected by SAS. “We know that SAS has a reputation for high quality in all aspects of its service and the brief to replace existing systems, along with the vision for the technical library function and to provide a smooth implementation with minimal impact on existing operations, was always going to be a demanding one. We are therefore delighted to have been selected to provide eMan. This will be delivered as a managed service and SAS were able to draw confidence from the fact that over 80% of our eMan clients operate in this way. It’s an honour to be working with SAS.”

ASG Completes A330 -200/-300 EFB cfMount™ STC

Avionics Support Group, Inc. (ASG) has received an FAA Supplemental Type Certificate (ST04247AT) for the installation of a cfMount™ on to the -200 and -300 models of the Airbus 330 aircraft.  This will allow the installation of a Class 2 Electronic Flight Bag (EFB). ASGs cfMount™ universally fits to any of the EFB Cradles that ASG offers as well as to the Pivot™ case line by Flyboys.  Additionally, ASGs cfMount™ is tested and rated for G Forces of up to 20g which ensures that your EFB will not become dislodged at any point while in flight.  All installation kits are FAA PMA approved, for more information visit www.asginc.net.