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The new version is designed with and for pilots and offers improved features such as single procedure selection

Raunheim, 26 April 2022 – Lufthansa Systems today announced the release of the iPadOS-based charting solution for pilots, Lido mPilot 6.1, which is now available in the App Store. With this version, airline customers can look forward to better usability through significantly improved workflows, enhanced situational awareness, and increased efficiency in downloading data.

“The Lido Pilot Solutions are designed together with, and specifically for, pilots. We continually strive to improve the user experience of our apps and are excited to share some new features within the Lido mPilot, which make the workflows of pilots more efficient than ever before,” explained Philipp Barzen, Head of Product Strategy & Chief Product Owner Lido at Lufthansa Systems. 

The new version of Lido mPilot comes with the single procedure selection feature, which also enables charts to display in split view. KLM has already successfully tested Lido mPilot 6.1 in practice. “For us at KLM, the evolution of this product has benefited us greatly, due to the ability to select a single procedure for take-off and landing by runway and type. It not only improves the process of setting up the flight, but also significantly reduces the time to do so,” said Maarten Koudijs, Air Traffic Management, Digitizing & Navigation at KLM Royal Dutch Airlines. “The readability of the chart is enhanced, as it displays only the particular procedure and its pertinent information. Moreover, the split view allows the pilot to more easily read the navigational information.”

Lufthansa Systems is pleased to introduce new weather features that reduce the data consumption by 90 per cent. After a flight plan is loaded, the app sends coordinates along the route, building a 500 nautical miles radius to the weather server. The corridor extends on both sides, left and right, in order to depict only the relevant weather for the flight, so pilots can focus on the most pertinent information based on the corridor.

To increase the safety of missions, the Lido mPilot now also offers the display of an own-ship symbol on terminal charts. By displaying the own-ship symbol on the airport moving map, enroute modules and terminal charts, pilots benefit from improved situational awareness.
Lufthansa Systems continues to enhance the dark mode colors to improve the functionality of the app in low-light conditions and improve the iPad’s battery consumption. By updating the dark mode colors for terminal charts, which maintain the minimum color contrast ratios, Lufthansa Systems improved the legibility of our charts, reducing eye strain in low-light conditions.

Registering Lido mPilot is made easier now when using the new registration option via MDM. Barry Comerford, Head of Flight Operations Technical & Captain Boeing 737-800 at Jet2 confirms this enhanced feature with their experience: “The biggest benefit for us is around the MDM auto-registration, especially because we are in the middle of an iPad and MDM refresh. Previously the DDS process was very onerous for airlines, and now it is almost a non-event.” In a nutshell, the airline administrator can set up and distribute registration files to pilots, which will pre-fill all the required data on Lido mPilot’s registration page. This simultaneously synchronizes with Lido’s back-end systems to speed up the automatic approval.

Caption (Copyright: Lufthansa Systems): Lufthansa Systems launches Lido mPilot 6.1 with improved features such as single procedure selection.

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About Lufthansa Systems
Lufthansa Systems GmbH & Co. KG is a leading airline IT provider determined to shape the future of digital aviation. It draws its unique strengths from its ability to combine profound industry know-how with forward-looking technological expertise and has lived by its slogan “We’re into IT” for more than 25 years. A wholly-owned subsidiary of the Lufthansa Group, the company offers its more than 350 customers an extensive range of successful IT products and services for the aviation industry, many of which are market leaders. Lufthansa Systems’ pioneering portfolio covers all of an airline’s business processes – in the flight deck, in the cabin and on the ground. As a tech company and airline IT provider, Lufthansa Systems is committed to identifying its own environmental footprint and improving that of its airline customers across the globe. Headquartered in Raunheim near Frankfurt/Main, Germany, Lufthansa Systems employs around 2,400 people at its locations in 16 countries.

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4,600 plus Southwest employees and third-party staff are now empowered to streamline maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) processes for its fleet of almost 730 aircraft

Chicago, US, April 25, 2022 – IFS, the global cloud enterprise applications company, announces that Southwest Airlines has deployed IFS as its enterprise maintenance management standard to optimize operational performance by safeguarding aircraft reliability and availability. IFS is now live across the airline’s total fleet of almost 730 aircraft including the Boeing 737-700, 737-800 and 737 MAX 8.

Southwest, the U.S.’ largest domestic carrier by enplanements, servicing over 100 destinations, has undertaken an initiative to replace multiple legacy maintenance and compliance systems to harmonize mission critical processes into a single solution. This solution allows Southwest to stay true and focused on its principles of quality and compliance while further modernizing its already industry-leading processes. 

Now live, the IFS solution provides Southwest maintenance personnel the information they need to streamline configuration control and compliance management processes. The additional insights delivered by IFS are helping drive efficiencies through the transformation and automation of processes enabled with a mobile user experience. As part of its MRO digital transformation, Southwest conducted an end-to-end review and refinement of its processes to identify a greater optimization of its technical operations as well as promote a more digital way of working and moving away from paper. The digitization of processes is also positively impacting compliance by providing real-time validation at the point of maintenance.

Southwest becomes the latest airline to deploy IFS, alongside other industry leaders that include Air France-KLM Group, China Airlines, LATAM Airlines, Qantas, and more.

“Effectively operating and delivering a fleet of safe and reliable aircraft is our utmost priority and this starts with maintenance. IFS gives us the peace of mind and control we need to not only maximize the airtime of our fleet but deliver what is important to our customers – on-time flights and a great travel experience,” said Landon Nitschke, Southwest Airlines Senior Vice President, Technical Operations. “The value of IFS does not stop at aircraft maintenance – the solution’s open architecture means we have embedded it and made it an integral component of our enterprise-wide IT ecosystem. With careful planning and preparation, we are proud to have successfully undertaken the largest single MRO system migration in the history of our industry.” 

In deploying IFS for aviation maintenance, Southwest has implemented comprehensive and built-for-purpose airline maintenance functionality built into IFS Cloud. To learn more about how IFS supports airline operators visit www.ifs.com/aviation.

About Southwest Airline

Southwest Airlines Co. operates one of the world’s most admired and awarded airlines, offering its one-of-a-kind value and Hospitality at 121 airports across eleven countries. Celebrating its 50th Anniversary in 2021, Southwest took flight in 1971 to democratize the sky through friendly, reliable, low-cost air travel and now carries more air travelers flying nonstop within the United States than any other airline1. Based in Dallas and famous for an Employee-first corporate Culture, Southwest maintains an unprecedented record of no involuntary furloughs or layoffs in its history. By empowering its nearly 54,0002 People to deliver unparalleled Hospitality, the maverick airline cherishes a passionate loyalty among as many as 130 million Customers carried a year. That formula for success has brought industry-leading prosperity and 47 consecutive years3 of profitability for Southwest Shareholders (NYSE: LUV). Southwest continues to develop tangible steps toward an environmental sustainability goal of achieving carbon neutrality by 2050. Learn more at Southwest.com/citizenship about how Southwest Airlines leverages a unique legacy and mission to serve communities around the world.
1) U.S. Dept. of Transportation most recent reporting of domestic originating passengers boarded
2) fulltime-equivalent active Employees 
3) 1972-2019 annual profitability

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About IFS 

IFS develops and delivers enterprise software for companies around the world who manufacture and distribute goods, build and maintain assets, and manage service-focused operations. Within our single platform, our industry specific products are innately connected to a single data model and use embedded digital innovation so that our customers can be their best when it really matters to their customers—at the Moment of Service. The industry expertise of our people and of our growing ecosystem, together with a commitment to deliver value at every single step, has made IFS a recognized leader and the most recommended supplier in our sector. Our team of 4,000 employees every day live our values of agility, trustworthiness and collaboration in how we support our 10,000+ customers. Learn more about how our enterprise software solutions can help your business today at ifs.com.
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Patryk Fournier
Marketing Communications Manager, Aerospace & Defense, IFS 
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Conduce are delighted to announce Jazeera Airways have selected eTechLog8 as their Electronic Log Book (ELB) to replace all paper journey, defect, and technical logs across their A32X fleet.

The Conduce eTechLog8 application will be fully integrated into Jazeera’s CAMO solution – Commsoft OASES – to enable real time aircraft status data to be available 24/7.

eTechLog8 has been selected following a formal RFP process and is considered by Jazeera as the most ultra-modern and flexible ELB available that is well positioned to address the needs of the fast growing Kuwaiti airline. eTechLog8 is widely adopted in the Middle East, being in use with 5 other operators. The Conduce depth of experience and practical ELB knowledge is expected to facilitate an on-time and on-budget ELB project, with full fleet paperless ELB operations targeted for Q4/2022.

Paul Boyd, Managing Director at Conduce said “Conduce is excited to be working with the Jazeera Airways team to implement eTechLog8. Jazeera is the 21st AOC operator to have selected eTechLog8, which is now fully established as the leading and most modern electronic logbook (ELB) solution available today. We welcome Jazeera to the eTechLog8 family and look forward to a long and mutually beneficial relationship on the road to greater efficiency through digitalisation.”

About Conduce:  With offices in the UK and Australia, Conduce provide robust mobile solutions for the world’s airlines.  eTechLog8 is the leading ELB solution to replace paper technical logbooks. eTechLog8 is certified around the world and fully integrated with leading MIS/MRO back-office airline systems. (www.conduce.net)

About Jazeera Airways: Jazeera Airways operates commercial and cargo flights out of its Jazeera Terminal T5 at Kuwait International Airport. The airline flies to over 45 popular destinations across the Middle East, Central and South Asia, Africa and Europe comprising high-demand business, leisure and weekend destinations. (www.jazeeraairways.com)

Starting its services in the early 1970s, ADAC Heliservice (formerly ADAC Luftfahrt Technik) has half a century of experience in helicopters and components maintenance and service. ASQS is very pleased to welcome the 20th independent maintenance organisation that chooses IQSMS as their safety and compliance monitoring software.

Headquartered in Bonn-Hangelar and with two further branches in Landshut and Halle-Oppin, ADAC Heliservice provides service and professional expertise to keep customers helicopters ready-to-operate.

With a fleet of more than 50 helicopters in 37 stations, ADAC Luftrettung is one of the largest Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS) operators in Europe, for whose maintenance and service ADAC Heliservice is responsible.

Over 180 employees ensure the highest standards of safety for patients and crew and contribute significantly to the growing experience which attracts clients worldwide.

Amongst ADAC Luftrettung and ANWB Medical Air Assistance in the Netherlands a large number of operators from several police helicopter-squadrons trust the high-quality service and reliability of ADAC Heliservice.

As an approved maintenance organisation according to EASA Part 145, CAMO according to EASA Part-CAMO and design organisation according to EASA Part 21J, ADAC Heliservice offers not only the maintenance of helicopters of the types Airbus Helicopters H135 and H145 and their components, but also numerous other services such as major and minor modifications or the sale of helicopters.

Their overall experience in line and base maintenance and CAMO are also available for third-party clients.

ADAC Heliservice’s customers sometimes carry out emergency and rescue flights with highly sensitive patients in difficult areas or terrain, which is why safety is one of the core values. We are more than thrilled to support such an experienced company when it comes to safety issues, in doing the utmost to keep customer´s helicopters safe and to further contribute to a solid safety culture across all levels of the company.

The IQSMS Quality-, Reporting- and Risk Management Modules, as well as the Reporting- and Auditor App, will help ADAC Heliservice in staying compliant with national and international regulations and standards, and to properly manage upcoming changes or identify high risks within the organisation. This systematic step will guarantee the company’s goal to ensure the highest standards of safety for patients and crew.

“The straightforward implementation with a very experienced safety and quality manager, gave us a deep insight on the organizational structure and the needs of the company, thus providing us information on how IQSMS is used. The use of our web-based Safety Management System will enable the company to move from paper-based audits to a complete digital process, which will foster the company’s reporting culture, enhance their safety performance and improve their quality assurance.” – Mareike Meyer, Project Manager at ASQS.

ASQS looks forward to a long and fruitful cooperation and is very much delighted to support its new customer with its experience in the field of integrated safety and quality management.

11th April 2022 – OASES, the Airworthiness and MRO software developer, welcomes a partnership with new start-up airline, AirConnect.

The company, based in Otopeni, Romania will initially operate ATR 72s and are looking to expand CAMO services. Opting for OASES Cloud services, the company will implement a number of modules including Airworthiness, Planning, Line Maintenance and Materials Management.

AirConnect use of the ever-evolving OASES will future-proof its business growth while offering a unified and configurable platform for driving and monitoring their MRO operations.

Florin Necula, Chief Operations Officer of AirConnect said “We are a new and highly ambitious airline and as such we wanted an MRO software partner that we can rely on and grow with. OASES will provide a solid foundation for our airworthiness and maintenance activities moving forward whilst bringing major benefits to our customers through operational efficiencies and improved productivity.”

Paul Lynch, Managing Director of OASES, said, “AirConnect joins a long line of aviation partners who have selected OASES as their maintenance and airworthiness software of choice. We look forward to working closely with them as they grow and expand their operations across Europe and beyond.”

The OASES implementation team are currently working with AirConnect staff to have OASES fully deployed and operational within a ten-week timeframe.

About OASES
OASES is used by 130 aviation organisations – national carriers, large third-party maintenance providers, and independent operators – and supported in 55 countries across 6 continents. Commsoft is an MIT group company, part of the Valsoft Corporation portfolio.
Commsoft’s OASES, (Open Aviation Strategic Engineering System) is the all-in-one software for airworthiness maintenance control, meeting strict regulatory requirements. It enables airlines, fixed wing and rotary operators, MROs, and CAMOs to increase efficiencies in the management and monitoring of every procedure or intervention.

About Air Connect
The company starts operations in June 2022, offering domestic flights in Romania, connecting regional airports with nearby hubs and holiday (charter) flights directly from regional airports to Greece, Turkey, Bulgaria, and Montenegro.
The experience of the team comes from various relevant travel related areas ranging from airline professionals, ground handling, tour operating and maintenance.
AirConnect is a new airline incorporated in Romania by 5 private investors driven by the desire to serve the regional market in the country.

For further information please contact:
Tom Hedges, Group VP Marketing, Aspire Software, Aphinity Portfolio
+447860 293 533
tom.hedges@aspiresoftware.com

Toulouse, France, 5th April 2022

Air Corsica, the flag carrier of the French insular region of Corsica, selected NAVBLUE’s RNP AR services to allow them to operate in diverse weather conditions while reducing their environmental footprint.

Required Navigation Performance with Authorization Required (RNP AR), is a Performance Based Navigation (PBN) specification based on satellite positioning system.

Authorizing a navigation accuracy from 0.3NM down to 0.1NM and turns after the final approach point, the RNP AR concept offers significant operational and safety benefits, positively impacting fuel consumption and pilot workload. 

Air Corsica, has performed the inaugural RNP AR APCH flight on Monday April 4th on flight XK773 from Paris Orly, to Runway 20 in Ajaccio Napoleon Bonaparte Airport (IATA: AJA, ICAO: LFKJ). NAVBLUE supported Air Corsica in obtaining their Operational Approval, delivering the ops package and Flight Operations Safety Assessment (FOSA). In addition, NAVBLUE provided training for pilots with an RNP AR e-learning and a FFS (Full Flight Simulator) training.

RNP AR on runway 20 at Ajaccio is an instrument procedure that follows a similar trajectory as the visual approach, allowing Air Corsica to operate in more diverse weather conditions. 

Compared to existing circle to land instrument procedures the RNP AR provides several benefits:

• Greatly improves the published minimas
• Enhances safety by providing a fully managed and repeatable procedure
• Reduces distance flown (by 10 nautical miles), and consequently fuel burn and emissions at each flight.

Overall by using RNP AR, Air Corsica significantly reduces the likeliness of weather diversions, while improving the efficiency and environmental impact of its operations.

NAVBLUE had collaborated with the French authorities to produce the original procedure design of the RNP AR APCH procedure into Ajaccio.

“NAVBLUE is proud to have supported Air Corsica with its adoption of RNP AR operations”, said Fabrice Hamel, CEO at NAVBLUE. “With the growing number of RNP AR procedures around the world, NAVBLUE has unmatched experience assisting airline operators obtain the necessary approvals from regulatory authorities.”

About Air Corsica: Air Corsica has always wanted to sustainably anchor social, societal and environmental themes within its company. Societal and environmental issues are more than ever at the heart of business development strategy, and are now part of the selection criteria motivating consumer purchases.

Air Corsica has set itself the goal of developing its international network in summer 2022 while consolidating its local and national market.

This is why, starting this year, the company is going to strengthen their actions in favor of sustainable development and make them known in order to improve its image as a virtuous company and attract new passengers.To reduce our greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions into the atmosphere, Air Corsica is committed to implementing a modern and ambitious policy, based on the modernization of its air fleet, the reduction of general fuel consumption and aircraft weight. Air Corsica undertakes to finance projects to offset its CO2 emissions. The synergy between these actions will limit our carbon footprint and reduce our CO2 emissions by 16% per seat/km by 2025, compared to 2019.

About NAVBLUE: NAVBLUE is an Airbus Services company, wholly owned by Airbus, and dedicated to Flight Operations & Air Traffic Management Solutions. NAVBLUE provides products and services, and supports both civil and military environments, on the ground and onboard any aircraft and offers expertise in a range of areas, including digital cockpit operations, Operations Control Centre (OCC) systems, Flight Ops Engineering, Performance Based Navigation (PBN) and Air Traffic Management (ATM). NAVBLUE employs 460 employees spread across the world, with offices in Canada, France, Sweden, Thailand, UK and US and representatives in several other countries across the globe. More info at: www.navblue.aero

While safety and on time performance are playing an important role in the flight operations, the development and availability of software solutions to improve aircraft loading process and synchronize communication between key stakeholders is a vital for the Weight & Balance process.  

Evionica, well known for its fast and easy to use passenger and cargo aircraft Weight & Balance solutions – confirmed that is continuing to develop a mobile app for Digital LI/R. This new solutions for ground handling operations aims to accelerate data exchange and simplify decision making process. It enables real-time synchronization and communication between Load Control and Ramp Agents/Loadmasters. 

Digital LI/R will assure our operations safer and paperless. It works on mobile phone that is innovative and Evionica will continue to improve our Safety Performance Results.” – said Maciej Zochowski, Wizz Air, Regional Ground Operations Manager.

How Digital LI/R will improve Weight & Balance operations? 

• Seamless communication between Load Controller and Ramp Agent/Loadmaster 
• Always up to date Loading Instructions  
• In place trim validation prior change request 
• Accessible on mobile phone — on any device with a web browser 
• Low-bandwidth internet connection optimized 

Digital LI/R’s intuitive interface is designed to receive, monitor and confirm payload information and review the most up-to-date information, allowing seamless payload confirmation. A live trim validation and consistent communication ensure that compliance is followed. The mobile application works even with low-bandwidth internet connection.  

While Evionica is highly committed to safety, performance and excellence, we are proud that our Digital LI/R is allowing a greener and more safe Weight & Balance process.‘’ said Mateusz Godun, CEO Evionica.  

Evionica’s Digital LI/R app will be available for showcase during upcoming EMEA MRO & Flight Ops IT Conference on 8th & 9th June in London. 

Allegiant Air, headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada signed a multi-year contract with NAVBLUE to use N-Preferential Bidding System (N-PBS).

N-PBS is an innovative seniority-based crew bidding system that will enable Allegiant Air to maintain the airline’s schedule integrity while improving the crew members’ quality of life.  

The solution will be deployed for flight attendants, who will enjoy the enhanced product features with a wide range of bidding preferences and the ease of use it provides. Adopting NAVBLUE as the PBS for flight attendants is one more way Allegiant Air continues to enhance their relationship with the Airbus digital suite. 

Allegiant Air, which has also been using NAVBLUE’s N-Flight Planning and Flysmart+ solutions, currently has an all Airbus fleet composed of A319/A320s.