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customers’ frequently consumed
SATAIR AND GAMECO inventories of low-value, non-repair-
able parts at their facilities. This is
EXTEND LONG-TERM AIRBUS done through monitoring of con-
MANAGED INVENTORY DEAL sumption through messages which
generate orders for replacement
parts electronically and refill the
stock according to agreed inventory
levels. The bigger the turnover of
parts, the lower the service fee, and
the scope of part numbers managed
can be in the hundreds or thousands.
With AMI, GAMECO supports more
than 350 Airbus aircraft operating
Guangzhou Aircraft Maintenance non-repairable Airbus proprietary in China consisting primarily of the
Engineering Co. (GAMECO) has parts. Airbus A320 family, A330 and A380
signed a contract with Satair extend- for which all the part numbers scoped
ing its long-term agreement for the “SINCE 2016, THE AMI in the AMI solution are exclusively
Airbus Managed Inventory service. SERVICE HAS CONTRIBUTED procured and managed by Satair.
The agreement extends the contract TO A REDUCTION OF AOG “We are very pleased that GAMECO
for a multi-year period to secure ORDER RATE, INCREASE OF continues to entrust Satair with man-
long-term flexibility and reliability to THE MATERIAL AVAILABILITY aging its expendable procurement.
GAMECO’s inventory management. AND PLANNING ACCURACY “The past five years of service testify
Five years ago, GAMECO became AT GAMECO,” said Andy Lee, to the great benefits GAMECO has
the first customer in China for Satair’s Managing Director, Satair China. recognised in Satair’s AMI solution
AMI solution which supports aviation including a successful reduction of
customers in reducing their inventory AMI is a fee-based service offer- priority orders,” said Bart Reijnen,
holding costs for high-usage and ing that automatically replenishes CEO, Satair.

MEGGITT INKS LEAP 1C ment we are better able to service
the needs of our growing customer
SUPPORT DEAL WITH CHINA base, ensuring swifter turnaround
times and more efficient operations.
SOUTHERN AIRLINES GROUP “Together with the MRO services we
can now offer from our newly estab-
Meggitt has signed a three year Asia Pacific for Meggitt’s Services & lished Lufthansa Technik partnership
warehousing and logistics agree- Support division. “We are delighted in Shenzhen, we look forward to
ment with China Southern Airlines to be working with China Southern building even stronger relationships
Group to support Aircraft on Ground Airlines Group Import & Export with our Chinese customers and
(AOG) activities on the Leap 1C in the Trading to support AOG activities business partners over the years to
China region. Under the agreement, in the region. Through this agree- come.”
the China Southern Airlines Group
will house a pool of Meggitt engine
sensors and heat exchangers to dis-
patch to customers directly in case
of an AOG incident, enabling a faster
return to service for local Chinese air-
line customers. CFM International’s
Leap-1C engine powers Comac’s new
generation single-aisle jet, the C919.
The engine uses Meggitt technology
and is designed to deliver up to a 15%
reduction in fuel consumption and
CO2 emissions.
“China is such an important market
for us and it will only continue to
grow as the C919 fleet expands,” said
Adrian Bunn, SVP General Manager,

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