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INDUSTRY NEWS AND UPDATES

Tablet Devices for All SWISS Cabin
Crew Members
Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS)
has announced that it will provide tablet
devices for all its cabin personnel as
part of a broader drive at the company
to bring greater digitalization to its
services and activities. SWISS will now
be providing tablets for every member
Ameco Upgrades MRO Capabilities of its 3,500-strong cabin crew corps. “In
Ameco is keeping pace with the rapid Boeing 737MAX C-checks in the coming equipping every one of our cabin crew
developments in new-generation aircraft one or two years. Ameco also performed members with their personal tablet device,
maintenance and the MRO services its first 2C-check for a Boeing 777-300ER, we’re taking a further major step towards
provider recently completed its first this May. Ameco has been providing Boeing a digital future and a paperless workplace,”
3C-check on a Boeing 747-8F operated by 787 maintenance service for the global says Reto Schmid, SWISS’s Head of Cabin
an international customer. Ameco started customers since 2014 and four international Crew. “This is a major investment for us in
its first Airbus A350 maintenance service customers have already signed up. Ameco our cabin personnel; but it’s one that we’re
in November of 2015, when Ameco offered also started line maintenance and releasing pleased to make, to enhance their working
its first Airbus A350XWB releasing service services for Air China’s Boeing 787 fleet day.” The airline had earlier received a
for Finnair in Shanghai. Air China is slated from May and plans to undertake the letter positive response for the issue of such
to commence induction of its Boeing check on Boeing 787s in the coming two devices to its maîtres de cabine. Every
737MAX, Airbus A350XWB and Airbus years. Ameco completed its first Sharklet cabin crew member – currently some
A320neos in the next two years and Ameco retrofit on an Airbus A321 for Air China 3,500 employees – will be issued with their
is preparing for the MRO work on these last year and in 2017, Ameco will undertake personal tablet by the company from this
three new aircraft types. Ameco will also Sharklet retrofit on seven A320s for a December onwards and the effort will be
invest in addition of Airbus A320neo and domestic customer. completed in two months.

Fokker 70 Fleet to End Service
with KLM in October
KLM will complete the final flights of its
Fokker 70 aircraft on 28 October. KLM will
be devoting much social media attention
to the departing Fokkers in the run up
to 28 October. The very last commercial
Fokker flight will depart from London. KLM
Cityhopper had begun replacing its Fokker
fleet with the modern E-Jet, Embraer 190
and Embraer 175+ in 2008, which facilitated
further expansion of its existing network,
higher flight frequencies, and lower costs.

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