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AVTECH Sweden AB (publ) and PLAY airlines have today entered into an agreement for AVTECHs Aventus and ClearPath services, with a start date in April 2024 and an expected annual value of around 0.5 MSEK dependent on the number of aircraft and EUR exchange rate.

The ClearPath and Aventus services, both utilizing state-of-the-art high-resolution aviation weather forecasting from the UK Met Office, will provide precise and tailored tactical decision support for PLAY pilots to improve the efficiency of each individual flight. By providing flight crews with the latest weather inputs and guidance on the most efficient flight altitudes, PLAY can take maximum advantage of prevailing winds and temperatures to reduce its overall total CO2 emissions. This leads to improved flight execution and efficiency, increased situational awareness and reduced workload for the pilots. In addition, ClearPath also warns of turbulence along the flight path which increases the comfort for all passengers travelling with PLAY.

About Aventus

The Aventus Full-flight Winds service provides optimized weather uplinks for each stage of a flight, including the climb, enroute and descent phases. Aventus is a unique and patented system, enabling accurate wind information and 4D Trajectories for flights, making use of the very best in atmospheric modelling to create wind data packages for the different phases of a flight. Data packages are uplinked in real-time to the aircraft to enable the onboard Flight Management Computer (FMC) to accurately calculate a flight profile and the time when each route waypoint will be reached. The Aventus solution is environmentally friendly as it enables aircraft to fly more efficient altitudes and RNP approaches resulting in immediate airline fuel and CO2 savings benefits. The service is also imperative for future time-based flight operations, an area where Aventus provides even larger overall environmental and operational benefits. Time-based operations will increase the efficiency and punctuality of individual flights and of the air transport system.

About ClearPath

ClearPath is the latest addition to AVTECHs service offering. The service delivers an optimum flight path for each individual flight in real-time. The calculation of the optimum flight path is fully automatic and based on a combination of actual aircraft performance data and tailored high-resolution weather from Met Office UK. This gives the pilots tactical decision support to operate each flight more efficient resulting in up to 3% average reduction in fuel consumption and CO2 emissions. ClearPath is delivered as a service that requires no aircraft hardware investments which allows airlines to test it in their operations for free.

About PLAY

PLAY is a new Icelandic low-cost airline operating flights between North America and Europe. PLAY offers low-cost flights and a safe and pleasant journey in our new and comfortable Airbus aircraft. At PLAY, safety is the name of the game. Our other core values are on-time performance, simplicity, happiness, low prices, and safety. Yes, we said safety twice because that’s how we play it. Learn more at https://www.flyplay.com/.

Swiss-AS is pleased to announce that Aero K Airlines, an ultra-low-cost airline based in the Republic of Korea, has opted for the AMOS Airline Edition to streamline operations, increase efficiency, and reduce overall maintenance costs of its fleet composed of Airbus A320 aircraft.

Aero K Airlines recognised several challenges within their existing MIS and business processes. These challenges included data manipulation issues that were partly due to human factors and partly due to poorly designed software. While comprehensive user training can mitigate the human factors, professional solutions are required to resolve software-related issues.

To address these challenges, Aero K decided to migrate from its current MIS to AMOS. Key to this decision was the robust business logic of AMOS, which has been honed over 35 years of service to many valued customers, as well as the continuous evolvement of the software with next-generation technologies, including Flutter, to remain at the forefront of industry advancements. 

In addition to the Airline Edition, Aero K Airlines has adopted Swiss-AS Cloud Hosting services. This solution not only provides the airline with a fully dedicated cloud hosting environment, but also ensures optimal operating conditions, as Aero K will benefit from AMOS Operational Services (AOS), covering the application and database server administration.

“Aero K Airlines is enthusiastic about joining the AMOS community and we look forward to a promising future with Swiss Aviation Software Ltd.” says Mr In Son, MIS Administrator of Aero K Airlines.

New e logs will save over 300,000 sheets of paper from being used

• Digitising the technical and cabin logbook will save over 300,000 sheets of paper records from being printed and stored every year.
• Transitioning from paper to digital reporting will also increase efficiency for easyJet’s flight crew, cabin crew and engineering teams.
• The e-techlog system is from renowned aviation technology company, Ultramain, and will be rolled out to easyJet’s 346-strong fleet of the Airbus A320 family by the end of 2025.

easyJet is replacing weighty Paper Technical and Cabin Logs previously used by cabin crew, engineers, ground crew and flight crew with the new e-techlog system, which will be rolled out across its 346-strong fleet of aircraft during 2025.

The move represents another way the airline is trying to reduce its operational waste, with the transition expected to save more than 300,000 sheets of paper from being printed and stored every year.

Additionally, the new e-techlog system will help streamline the maintenance reporting process for flight crew, cabin crew and engineering – enabling easyJet to increase line maintenance productivity in the process.

Bolstered by real-time flight and cabin crew reports, the new system will in particular aid easyJet with fewer ground delays, lowering aircraft maintenance times to enable greater aircraft availability and ultimately less disruption for passengers. 

David Morgan, Chief Operating Officer at easyJet, said:

“Rolling out Ultramain’s state-of-the-art technology across our fleet of aircraft will not only improve the reporting processes for our crew and engineering teams but will also see fewer delays on the ground, which will help further enhance the travel experience for our customers.

“Our continued investment into innovative solutions like the e-techlog means we’ll not only find quicker solutions to defects but by cutting our paper use and the weight on the aircraft, we are also taking another small but important step to reduce our environmental impact too.”

Speaking on the transition to digitised reporting, Mark McCausland, President and CEO of Ultramain Systems, added:

“We are thrilled to welcome easyJet as our newest ULTRAMAIN ELB partner and user. By embracing a paperless process for their electronic technical and cabin logbook, easyJet has demonstrated a dedication to excellence and innovation.

“Together, we are paving the way towards a more efficient future in aviation. We are excited to support easyJet as they transition to a more efficient, paperless operation.”

Once fully rolled out, the e-techlog will be run through Ultramain’s software and will be installed on operational iPads accessible to easyJet personnel on the ground and in the air. This will enable both crew and engineers to raise and share maintenance issues, in real-time whilst on the ground, and in doing so give the engineers ample time to order new parts in advance, saving on-ground delays and operational downtime.

Additionally, transitioning from pen and paper to a fully digitised process leaves no room for errors or misinterpretation as the software will enable engineers to identify the problem instantly as they board the aircraft thanks to the interactive cabin map feature included with the e-techlog.

ENDS

For further information, please contact the easyJet Press Office on 01582 525252, log onto www.easyJet.com or follow @easyJet_Press

⎯ Suite includes N-Flight Planning, Mission+ FLIGHT and Flysmart+
⎯ First Mission+ FLIGHT customer in Malaysia

Toulouse, France, 12 June 2024 – AirAsia (AXM), the leading low-cost airline in South-East Asia, the largest by fleet size and destinations, has signed an agreement for N-Flight Planning, Mission+ FLIGHT and Flysmart+, three state-of-the-art NAVBLUE solutions which will help the airline digitalise and enhance its flight operations. Air Asia was also part of the Early Adopter Program with Mission+, providing feedback during the development and testing phase as NAVBLUE continues to innovate its next generation platform.

N-Flight Planning, NAVBLUE’s award-winning flight planning solution, has been chosen by AirAsia based on its track record of being one of the safest, most efficient and optimised flight planning applications on the market. The scalability and customisability of N-Flight Planning makes it the ideal choice for AirAsia with its multiple bases of operations throughout the region, each with its own unique operational requirements and scale.

Mission+, NAVBLUE’s Electronic Flight Assistant (EFA), optimises the pilot’s journey from preparation to closure of a flight: this EFA gathers all the information pilots need in one single application on a globe-centric display and reduces their workload, streamlining the flow of information between ground and onboard systems. AirAsia has selected Mission+ FLIGHT, a module of Mission+ for mission management providing briefing packages, flight follow-up and reporting capabilities to pilots.

Flysmart+ continues to help the airline to optimise aircraft performance and Weight & Balance calculations, and to ease access to electronic documentation. It is also interfaced with Mission+, allowing quick access to mission information, time savings, and reduced risk of errors.

Through its subsidiaries, AirAsia will implement Mission+ FLIGHT across 6 affiliated airlines and 4 countries in Southeast Asia by the end of this year: Thailand (Thai AirAsia – AIQ and Thai AirAsia X – TAX); Indonesia (Indonesia AirAsia – AWQ); the Philippines (Philippines AirAsia – APQ) and of course Malaysia, with AirAsia Malaysia (AXM) and AirAsia X (XAX).

Marc Lemeilleur, CEO of NAVBLUE said: “AirAsia has been a NAVBLUE customer for almost ten years with N-Flight Planning and we are proud that the airline has decided to expand its NAVBLUE service portfolio today by choosing more of our innovative solutions to digitalise its pilot briefing process. Tailored for our customer and co-designed together, this suite of state-of-the-art solutions will enable AirAsia to really enhance and optimise their operations.”

Captain Suresh Bangah, Group Director of Flight Operations at AirAsia, added: “With the addition of these NAVBLUE solutions to the ones already used by AirAsia, we are taking our flight operations to another level, by offering our pilots the latest technologies and tools to optimise their workflow and streamline their daily operations, enabling them to navigate in more efficient and safe conditions, for the benefit of our customers.”

Based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, AirAsia currently operates a fleet of over 200 Airbus aircraft flying to more than 165 destinations in 25 countries and by Q3 this year, the airline will have a total of 240 aircraft operationally managed by Mission+ FLIGHT.

About NAVBLUE: NAVBLUE is a leading services company, wholly owned by Airbus, dedicated to Flight Operations solutions and services for airlines and aircraft operators, on the ground and onboard. NAVBLUE combines aircraft manufacturer expertise, flight operations know-how and agile development to enhance operational efficiency, optimise resources and increase productivity, for a safe and sustainable aviation. NAVBLUE delivers a reliable, optimum and customised user experience to more than 600 customers worldwide, in a range of areas, including digital cockpit operations, Operations Control Centre (OCC) systems, Flight Ops Engineering and Performance Based Navigation (PBN). NAVBLUE employs 500 employees spread across the world, with offices in Canada, France, Poland, Singapore, Sweden, Thailand, UK and US and representatives in several other countries across the globe. Discover NAVBLUE’s solutions here: www.navblue.aero.

About Airsia: The birth story of AirAsia, the aviation arm of Capital A, is an industry legend. It started back in 2001 when Tony Fernandes and Kamarudin Meranun bought an ailing airline with two aircraft and 200 staff and turned it into the fourth largest in Asia, with more than 200 aircraft and 21,000 staff across Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines and more. With affordability, inclusivity and accessibility underpinning the operation, AirAsia has carried more than 800 million guests to over 160 destinations in its network. With the mission to serve the underserved, it has connected people and places, and has
largely been credited for democratising air travel in the region with its famous tagline ‘Now Everyone Can Fly’.

ESPOO, Finland (June 10th, 2024) QOCO Systems, a leading provider of aviation software solutions, announces that it has received an investment of several million euros to accelerate its international expansion. The investor, Finnish private equity company Juuri Partners, becomes a minority shareholder of QOCO Systems, supporting the company’s international growth and product development. The investment will be used mainly to recruit new talent in software development, sales, and marketing.

QOCO Systems helps airlines, MROs, and OEMs around the world to increase their operational efficiency with advanced SaaS solutions, driving the digitalization of aircraft maintenance operations and planning. The company recently launched MROTools.io – Assignment, a modern solution that combines HR, maintenance, and flight ops systems into one easy-to-use interface. QOCO Systems’ clients include Rolls-Royce, Finnair, and TAP Air Portugal, among others.

“QOCO has been accelerating its growth and investing strongly in product development for the past two years, and now was the right time to bring in outside support to continue this development,” says Matti Nevala, CEO of QOCO Systems. “The investment from Juuri Partners allows us to expand our capabilities through new hires, and we plan to recruit at least 15 new members into our international team during 2024–25.”

QOCO Systems’ current team includes 50 people representing 13 different nationalities, operating in Finland, France, Ireland, the Netherlands, and the UK. The company prides itself on its ability to attract and onboard skilled experts from different countries and cultures.

”We are very impressed with the expertise and dynamic of the QOCO team, as well as with the significant benefits their innovative products bring to clients while advancing the development of aviation maintenance as a whole. By improving the efficiency of maintenance processes and related data flows, QOCO can also impact sustainability matters in the industry,” says Partner Markus Einiö from Juuri Partners. “The company’s global and well-known clientele offers interesting opportunities to not only QOCO, but also its talent. We believe that the company will be a very attractive employer to top experts with high career ambitions.”

Going forward, QOCO Systems’ strategic focus will be in Europe and the Middle East, but it is also preparing for North American expansion at the end of 2024. In the US, the company has an existing client relationship with Endeavor Air, a subsidiary of Delta Air Lines. QOCO Systems is also in negotiations with various clients in other regions around the globe.

QOCO Systems recently won the SUPERFINNS title awarded to the most promising growth company of the year.

Comply365 And Vistair To Unify Brands As Comply365 With Strategic Rebrand Focused On Operational Transformation In Aviation, Defense & Rail

The unified brand of Comply365, effective immediately, reflects the company’s wider market offering empowering airline, rail and defense organizations with the only, all-in-one compliance, safety, training and data platform designed to keep customers’ teams and assets always geared for peak operational performance.

Beloit, US, and Bristol, UK – June 4, 2024 — Comply365 and Vistair, who announced their merger in January this year, today revealed that they are consolidating their two brands into a single entity under the Comply365 name.

The new Comply365 offers an even stronger, more powerful combination of expertise and products underpinned by unified best practices, providing airlines, rail and defense organizations with a single digital platform to elevate operational excellence, transform safety management and training, with closer integration of relevant data sets across domains.

The unified digital platform by Comply365 ensures robust compliance within highly regulated and dynamic markets, removes operational data blind spots, and enables customers to unlock unparalleled operational efficiencies. It unshackles teams from a siloed approach with disconnected data by proving a more holistic, informed, and forward-looking view of operational data, enabling teams to deliver at the highest performance standards.

Rob Morgan, CEO of Comply365 said, “Following the merger of Comply365 & Vistair, and coming together under the unified brand as Comply365, we will retain the core values and principles that have defined our success to date, while leveraging our combined expertise and strengths to set new benchmarks in operational performance for our customers. As the company continues to embark on this transformative journey, our customers can expect accelerated product innovation, deeper insight into industry best practice, and unwavering commitment to excellent customer service – all of which combine to unlock unparalleled financial and operational gains for our customers through more streamlined, robust and agile operations.”

Rob continued, “Our unified brand marks a renewed dedication to shaping and leading the future of operational transformation across aviation, rail and defense, and building successful long-term partnerships with our customers.”

Alongside the unified company name, a fresh new brand identity for Comply365 will be launched. Leveraging the Vistair visual identity and Comply365 name, it embraces the trust and familiarity of the company’s existing 120+ customers worldwide, and one that will unify the company’s global presence to continue to drive innovation and support expansion in core markets.

Comply365 will unveil a new website later in the summer to better reflect the company’s expanded solutions and customer base, as well as leverage the upcoming Comply365 Connections365 Customer event series kicking off in September for a dedicated brand launch.

San Diego, California, June 3, 2024: World-leading digital documentation solution, Web Manuals, has been selected by Copa Airlines, the flag carrier of Panama, to streamline the airline’s content management processes.

Copa Airlines {NYSE: CPA} subsidiary of Copa Holdings, S. A, and a member of the global Star Alliance network, has been recognized for the eighth consecutive year as the “Best Airline in Central America and the Caribbean” by Skytrax, and was also recognized by Cirium, as the “Most Punctual Airline in Latin America in 2023”.

Capt. Bolivar Domínguez, Flight Operations VP, Copa Airlines, says: “We are beyond excited to join Web Manuals vibrant community. Manuals can now be more efficiently edited using the Web Manuals platform and we can strengthen the service provided to operational areas and ensure consistency along our manuals system. We eagerly anticipate the potential time savings and safety benefits this partnership will bring to our growing team.”

Krister Genmark, Chief Commercial Officer, Web Manuals, says: “Central & South America is a key market for us with a thriving aviation sector. This partnership marks a significant milestone for the US team. It’s a privilege to support such an influential carrier and optimize its document management processes. We greatly appreciate Copa Airline’s confidence in our team and look forward to strengthening our collaboration as we commit to ensuring a successful digital journey.”

Web Manuals has 10 customers in Latin America. Copa Airlines marks its 6^th airline customer in the region.

About Web Manuals

Web Manuals specializes in developing digital document management solutions for the aviation industry. It is revolutionizing aviation manuals and regulatory compliance by making the digitization, authoring, and distribution of operational documentation easy and accessible to operators of all sizes. What used to be a laborious manual task is now made simple: the rapid authoring, reviewing, publishing, distribution, and control of an entire manuals library is now a seamless operation. This brings significant savings in time and administrative costs, while improving regulatory compliance and flight safety. 

Web Manuals is rapidly expanding its global footprint. It has more than 600 customers and partners worldwide, and offices in New York, San Diego, Singapore, Sydney and Malmö, Sweden.  

⎯ Five-year contract for entire all-Airbus fleet
⎯ Entry-into-service planned this year

Amsterdam, 4 June 2024 – Portugal’s flag carrier, TAP Air Portugal, has chosen NAVBLUE’s Mission+ FLIGHT and Flysmart+ solutions, which will support their evolving Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) requirements for a more integrated and connected digital Flight Operations environment.

TAP Air Portugal, that has been using NAVBLUE solutions since 2020, will now increase operational efficiency with Mission+ FLIGHT, the integrated electronic flight folder module of Mission+, NAVBLUE’s Electronic Flight Assistant, while reducing crew workload for pre-flight, inflight and post-flight performance computations with Flysmart+.

Mission+ FLIGHT is the integrated electronic flight folder module for mission management that provides briefing packages, flight follow-up and reporting capabilities to pilots.

The solution manages the data workflow between the Integrated Operations Centre (IOC) systems and the crew’s application on the flight deck. It also allows to monitor and archive all the exchanged mission data such as flight acceptance and post flight reports.

Mission+ Flight increases efficiency reducing manual entries and risk of errors and enhances pilot’s situational awareness while reducing their workload. Before and during flight, the solution provides briefing packages automatically on pilots’, operations team’s and dispatchers’ tablets.

It is also compatible with FOMAX Aircraft Interface Device, a Flight Operations & Maintenance Exchanger currently equipped across parts of TAP’s fleet, that allows automatic retrieval of mission critical information overhead at each waypoint in the Mission+ FLIGHT Navlog.

Flysmart+, NAVBLUE’s aircraft performance and Weight & Balance calculation tool, is integrated with Mission+ FLIGHT;

● Launch buttons for all modules directly from Mission+ FLIGHT;
● Data communications between both solutions, allowing automatic retrieval of information from Mission+ FLIGHT to Flysmart+, such as departure and arrival airports, aircraft type,
or registration number.

Marc Lemeilleur, CEO of NAVBLUE, says: “TAP Air Portugal was looking for a truly integrated and connected EFB environment to support their pilots’ mission management activities in terms of Ground to Air solutions. Our solutions will provide TAP Air Portugal pilots with better situational awareness, reducing their workload and manual entries, making their journey seamless while improving operational efficiency and safety of the airline”.

Mário Bento, TAP Air Portugal Flight Operations Director, says: “With the adoption of NAVBLUE’s state-of-the-art EFB solutions, we aim to improve the pilot experience, streamline workflow in the cockpit to optimise flight management and take advantage of aircraft connectivity to foster better communication and coordination with our operational departments. This crucial step aligns with our commitment to digital transformation and sustainability, driving us towards a more innovative and ecofriendly future in aviation.”

Founded in March 1945, TAP Air Portugal is the flag carrier of Portugal, part of Star Alliance, and operates a fleet of 81 aircraft, all Airbus (A319, A320, A321, A330). The airline serves a complex network of routes on around 80 destinations in Europe, Americas and Africa.