March 13, 2012
It is now obvious that the chaotic, manually performed spare parts procurement process involving multi-million dollar deals and requiring enormous human resources is unproductive, costly and time consuming. The aviation industry is becoming increasingly globalized therefore optimizing daily operations and related costs are among the top priorities for all market players. This cannot be achieved without shortening the entire spare parts procurement process and the Locatory.com newly introduced Supplier Management Tool (SMT) might be just the right answer to modern aviation supply chain issues. With the help of the SMT procurement executives may save up to 35 working days and cut on average 15% of the inventory price.
The Supplier Management Tool (SMT) is specifically designed to meet the needs of airlines and MROs based in the rapidly emerging markets. When developing and perfecting the new tool, Locatory.com experts focused on facilitating the daily tasks of purchase and supply managers as well as saving their time by optimizing operations and raising effectiveness. And we all know that in the aviation industry saving time and money means making money.
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s and business operations of our clients in the emerging markets we have observed that only 5-10% of all RFQs are dealt with by using parts locators. Most of the RFQs (90%) are still being distributed by sending queries directly to the preferred vendors. On average 7% of the entire RFQ distribution is administered in the open market (i.e. parts locators) and 3% of the RFQs are distributed by other means.? explained the CEO of Locatory.com Zilvinas Sadauskas.
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Table 1. Usual RFQ Distribution
The traditional spare parts procurement process fails to withstand the new aviation industry challenges arising every day. Heretofore this process required to perform up to 9 steps: send a large number of electronic messages to multiple regular suppliers; manually consolidate and analyze the received information. If the obtained result is unsatisfactory the process needs to be repeated by sending out the RFQ to an open market via the spare parts locators. Then the information needs to be manually consolidated again and so on.
In the meantime, by using the Supplier Management Tool and working 40 hour per week, a single aircraft spare parts purchase manager can save up to 5 hours per week, which sums up to 35 working days per year. The tool enables to skip many stages that cannot be avoided by using the traditional method. All that the procurement specialist has to do is to enter the required part number in the system. Locatory.com SMT then automatically distributes RFQs to the preferred vendors and an open market, then gathers responses and consolidates all the information in one simple table. This saves a lot of time that is usually consumed by manually consolidating the data and also gives the procurement executive a chance to compare the prices offered by the preferred vendors against the ones in the open market.
Table 2. Usual aicraft part procurement process vs. Procurement process with SMT
Table 3. Example of required report: All quotes are consolodated in a single table.
?Comparing market prices during the spare parts procurement process allows companies to save up to 15%. The system does not require sending out numerous identical e-mails to countless different addressees, processing the obtained information manually or using additional spare parts locators. All this can be done automatically. In addition to that, SMT users are enabled to upload their surplus stock for sale and generate more income. Moreover, it allows its users to compare different market prices and find new vendors offering the best deals. Implementing the new system does not require additional technical equipment or any structural changes ? it can be easily accessed via the Internet,? says Z.Sadauskas.
According to Z.Sadauskas, companies all over the world spend many hours and valuable resources on maintaining relationships with clients on a daily basis. The constantly increasing competition, complexity of services, geographical extent and highly sophisticated computer technologies facilitate the rapidly developing spare parts supply chain? ?computerization? the role of which is becoming more and more important in modern aviation industry.
Source and photo: Locatory.com
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March 13, 2012
The fleet of the European leisure charter carrier Small Planet Airlines in Poland has been replenished by another Airbus A320 type of aircraft. It is planed that the carrier will start operating the aircraft in the beginning of April. The new aircraft that had been issued with the SP-HAC registration, landed at the Warsaw International Frederic Chopin Airport on the 9th of March.
?Last year already we forecasted that our largest serviced market this year was going to be Poland. Our prognoses were confirmed by the sharp increase in the number of Polish passengers travelling to Greece, Spain, Italy and Bulgaria during the last holiday season. In the Warsaw International Airport passenger number has increased by 7.2% last year. It is only natural that whilst cooperating with the largest travel operators in the region we are also expanding our aircraft fleet,? commented the CEO of Small Planet Airlines Vytautas Kaikaris.
The new aircraft accommodates 180 passengers and may fly without landing up to 5700 kilometres at the speed of 900 kilometres per hour. The A320 is the bestselling most popular narrow-body Airbus aircraft model. Its popularity for short-medium haul flights rests on advanced technologies, flight economy and passenger comfort.
According to V.Kaikaris, Small Planet Airlines does not intend to confine only to the Polish market ? by 2014 the company is looking to introduce more destinations from other European countries and expand their fleet even further. Currently the carrier operates in the Lithuanian, Polish, British, Italian and French markets.?Small Planet Airlines?closely cooperates with the largest and most ? known tour operators and carries holidaymakers to the most popular holiday destinations such as Greece, Spain, Turkey, Egypt, Bulgaria and Italy. Currently the company?s fleet consists of six Boeing 737-300 and two Airbus 320 aircraft.
Source and photo: Small Planet Airlines
March 13, 2012
Ethiopian Airlines has signed a simulator training contract with EGYPTAIR TRAINING CENTER for B777 cockpit crew initial and recurren training.
This Month, EGYPTAIR TRAINING CENTER and the Ethiopian Airlines have finished the contracting phase for training the Ethiopian Airlines? pilots on the B777 Simulator.
The Ethiopian Airlines fleet contains 5 B777 aircrafts and there are more to come, each requires training programs for six crew members.
This co-operation is one result of the new direction of EGYPTAIR to Africa, which includes other aviation training fields.
The B777 Flight Simulator in EGYPTAIR started working in December 2002. The simulator is a level D simulator, manufactured by Thales Training & Simulation, and approved by the European and Egyptian Authorities.
Source: EGYPTAIR TRAINING CENTER
Photo: from youtube.com
March 13, 2012
Considerable adaptability by AFI KLM E&M for its A330 component support convinced Yemenia Airways to sign up again.
In a tense business climate, Yemenia Airways has extended the component support contract it signed with AFI KLM E&M in 2005 for the coming years. Originally, the contract was due to terminate in 2013 and although they are very satisfied with the high quality maintenance performance of AFI KLM E&M, the economic crisis which has severely affected Yemen since early 2011, led Yemenia Airways to review its MRO contracts.
Adaptability and service quality
The terms of the extended contract are the same as those of the original one, covering component support with pool access and repairs for two Airbus 330s. ?We have several advantages over our competitors, namely our good relations with Yemenia Airways, our in-depth knowledge of the customer and, most importantly, our ability to adjust our offering and pricing to satisfy the customer?s needs as closely as possible,? said Fabrice Defrance, Senior Vice President Commercial AFI KLM E&M. For his part, Hassan Al-Huthi, Director Maintenance & Engineering Yemenia Airways highlighted, ?the excellent service quality delivered by AFI KLM E&M?, which prompted the airline to renew its trust in the MRO.
Source and photo : AFI KLM E&M
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March 13, 2012
The list of Iberia flights that will be cancelled on March 16 and 19 due to the pilots strike is now available (see list attached). Iberia will publish soon information about affected flights by the pilots strike called on other dates.
Customers who bought their tickets on www.iberia.com will receive messages if their flights are cancelled, including proposed trip alternatives when available. Customers can ring the special 902 100 988 telephone number established by the company to deal with strike-related queries and procedures when calling from Spain. For calls from other countries, click here. Refunds can also be requested at www.iberia.com. Customers who bought tickets at travel agents should contact them to arrange changes or refunds, so to speedy these procedures.
Iberia will facilitate changes in tickets and refunds to affected customers and will do everything possible to place them on other Iberia flights or on flights operated by other airlines.
The company will keep customers informed at all times via www.iberia.com and its call centers around the world, its Facebook and Twitter pages, all Iberia desks at the more that 100 airports in which it operates, and travel agents.
Iberia thanks its customers for their patience and understanding. It is also grateful to its employees for their extra efforts in assisting customers.
Source: airtransportnews.aero
Photo: Iberia
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