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Unisys Logistics Management
System in Service with
MASkargo
Kuala Lumpur based, MAB Kargo Sdn
Bhd (MASkargo), the cargo division of
Malaysia Airlines, has successfully cut
over to Unisys ’cloud-based Logistics
Management System (LMS) to manage
its domestic and international cargo
Garuda Indonesia and MTU Sign Exclusive CF34 Engine services. MASkargo has transitioned
Maintenance Agreement its entire core system functions from
MTU Maintenance has signed an exclusive aircraft. The MRo work will be carried out the previous mainframe-based system
maintenance contract with Asian carrier, at MTU Maintenance Berlin-Brandenburg to Unisys’ cloud-based LMS. “Due to
Garuda Indonesia for its CF34-8C5 engines, and the contract covers 30 to 40 shop visits the nature of our daily operations, we
for a period of five years. Under the contract and services also include the provision of needed a heavy duty system which was
terms Garuda Indonesia will send its CF34- lease engines. All current engine models of accessible system-wide. Being a cloud-
8C5 only to MTU Maintenance for repair. the CF34 family (CF34-1/-3, -8C/E, -10E) are based system, we will be able to access
The CF34-8C5 engine, powers a Garuda supported by MTU Maintenance. regular updates and enhancements
Indonesia fleet of 18 Bombardier CRJ1000 in the future,” said Ahmad Luqman
Mohd Azmi, chief executive officer of
MASkargo. In total MASkargo processes
MTU Maintenance Lease Services to Provide Engine Lease and approximately 1.5 million master and
Support to Embraer house air waybills per year. The Internet-
engine support services. “More and more based system features a user friendly
operators are demanding guaranteed graphic interface and the system enables
spare engine availability to ensure un- users to make reservations anytime and
interrupted flight operations,” said Martin anywhere based on controls built into
Friis-Petersen, Managing Director of the system. Christopher Shawdon, vice
MTU Maintenance Lease Services. “With president Logistics Solutions for Unisys
our continuously growing pool of spare said: “our cloud-based delivery model
engines and extensive know-how in the allowed MASkargo to transition to our
lease engine market, we can help them cargo management system much more
improve their operational reliability and quickly than it would have been able
cost competitiveness.” MTU Maintenance to transition to a traditional software
MTU Maintenance Lease Services B.V., Lease Services will now be Embraer’s environment. MASkargo also joins our
a subsidiary of MTU Aero Engines and recognised supplier of CF34-10E lease community of leading air cargo carriers
Embraer will enhance existing cooperation engines and lease support services. The to have input into, and benefit from,
plans with the creation of a new service, agreement will further strengthen MTU on-going enhancements of common
that will provide Embraer E-jet operators Maintenance Lease Services’ position as interest.”
in Europe, the Middle East and Africa the leading independent service provider
with spare lease engines and lease for CF34-10E engines.

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