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and subsidiaries including Firefly and include touchless feature which allows system. “The software is only a small part
Maswings and its cargo wing, MASkargo. engineers or technicians to operate the of the system. What more important is the
system using motion detection devices, as people themselves,” he added.
RAMCO appointed MRO Solution well as a more user-friendly and simpler Meanwhile, in a more recent event,
Provider system interface, requiring less time for MAS has announced the disposal of a
In an effort to enhance its MRO data entry tasks. large part of its fleet – all six A380s, four
capabilities, the Malaysian national of its B777-200ERs, two B747-400Fs and
carrier has appointed RAMCO to supply Full Turn Around for Malaysia four A330-200Fs – meaning the entire
and install its aviation suite software as Airlines MASKargo has to go.
a part of initiative by MAS to automate its In a press statement in Kuala Lumpur, This, according sources, will put
MRO operations. MAS Aerospace Engineering (MAE) CEO, pressure on Boeing and Airbus, as the
RAMCO stated, in a press conference Azhari Mohd Dahlan confirmed that customers and potential customers will
in Kuala Lumpur, that the aviation Malaysia Airlines has initiated its full turn be given the rare opportunity to watch the
management software will “help MAS to around programme this year following the market strength for used A380 or even
boost its MRO operations while offering disastrous year in 2014 with the loss of better, having the chance to try out the A380
opportunities to scale up its engineering both MH370 and MH17. themselves at the expense of Malaysia
division’s business”. This, according MAS The appointment of RAMCO as part Airlines. Disposal of the A330-200F will
then CEO, Ahmad Jauhari Yahya will of its Engineering Division reformation not do Airbus any better, with price and ROI
help MAS to facilitate fleet management, took place at the right place, at the right issues lingering the aircraft production.
minimise operation time as well as aircraft time. The loss of two B777-200ER aircraft Meanwhile, should MAS really release
on ground time and will enable them to has more or less crippled the airline- the its two B747-400F aircraft, Boeing, like
offer more slots for third party customers. B777s, apart from its A330 fleet is the Airbus will face trouble maintaining its
The system, according to Virender backbone of MAS. While full installation line of the newer B747-8F, due to the
Aggarwal, CEO of RAMCO is made up has taken place in a record breaking 11 availability of the relatively young B747-
of bar code-enabled feature that will months, question remains whether the 400F aircraft, which will definitely attract
efficiently minimise movement and time system will achieve total operability. This, new buyers.
consumption in warehouses and hangars. according to Aggarwal, depends on how
The system, added Aggarwal, will also the workforce embraces and accepts the
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