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Logbook in February. The contract contract with ST Engineering to undertake auxiliary power unit
was inked at the Singapore airshow. support the airline’s entire fleet. (APU) maintenance for both its
Vietjet’s entire aircraft fleet will ST Engineering is supporting Boeing 787 and Airbus A320 fleet.
adopt AVIATAR’s Technical Logbook Vietjet with a full suite of compo- EPCOR is the global market leader
for seamless digital pilot-to-main- nent support solutions covering for MRO support for APUs. The con-
tenance collaboration application. component pooling, repair, over- tract inked in October 2021, covered
The adoption of the new technology haul, modification, main base kits, the APU maintenance of l131-9A
further accelerates Vietjet’s digita- component health monitoring and APUs for its Airbus A320 fleet and
lization revolution from cockpit to logistics services for the airline’s Pratt & Whitney APS5000 APUs
maintenance and will be expanded entire fleet. “The component MRO on its Boeing 787 fleet. Vietnam
to all company sectors. The techni- facilities together with life-cycle Airlines has also gained access
cal logbook will also reduce Vietjet’s support capabilities in our global to PROGNOS for APU, EPCOR’s
environmental footprint. network, will be able to provide famous predictive maintenance
excellent support to Vietjet’s fleet. software as part of the contract.
“Vietjet is our first AVIATAR When combined with our compre- Vietnam Airlines has also signed
Technical Logbook customer in hensive component solutions, we up for Boeing Global Services solu-
Asia Pacific. The application will are confident in helping Vietjet tions for its 787 fleet. The Airplane
not only increase the airline’s achieve significant cost-savings Health Management (AHM) service
efficiency but also provide a new and enjoy operational reliability from Boeing allows the airline to
pool of real-time operational data at the same time,” Jeffrey Lam, capture real-time flight data and
which allows, for example, the MCC President of Commercial Aerospace enable predictive maintenance to
(Maintenance Control Center) to at ST Engineering, said during the help optimize fleet performance.
monitor and approve data flows,” Singapore airshow. AHM is powered by Boeing AnalytX,
Zang Thio, Vice President Corporate a collection of software and con-
Sales Southeast Asia and Indian sulting services that transform raw
Subcontinent at Lufthansa Technik data into greater efficiency during
had said at the time of the contract every phase of flight.
announcement. “Our solution is
making a strong case as a second In keeping with other carriers in
generation ETLB solution and we Vietnam, Bamboo Airways has
are proud that Vietjet will join us as also inked MoUs on aircraft main-
a pioneer in Asia Pacific.” tenance services worth millions of
dollars. In March, the airline inked
The incorporation of AVIATAR’s an MoU with Lufthansa Technik –
Technical Logbook on Vietjet’s Germany’s leading MRO provider
entire fleet will result in the air- for maintenance services valued
line replacing its manual and at Є100 million. Both companies
paper-based process of capturing Vietjet also entered into a are exploring a wide range of
technical issues during flight and on US$150 million Memorandum of cooperation in areas related to
ground. This will allow it to improve Understanding (MoU) with comprehensive component sup-
data quality and speed as well as SR Technics in November 2021, port for Boeing 787 and Airbus
transparency. The application’s for MRO services on its CFM56-5B A320 aircraft; maintenance ser-
advanced features and enhanced engine fleet, installed on Airbus vices for engines V2500, LEAP-1A,
back-end capabilities will lead to A320 and A321 aircraft. The work on and CF34; along with other support
decreased turnaround times while the engines will be carried out at SR requirements. Lufthansa Technik
increasing fleet’s technical reliability Technics’ facilities at Zurich Airport is also providing support solutions
and operational safety. AVIATAR’s in Switzerland and in Vietnam. The for Bamboo Airways’ upcoming
Technical Logbook enables com- MoU also includes providing engine new routes to Germany in order to
pletion of flight logbook input and maintenance, technical and training streamline the arrival procedures at
maintenance pre, during flight, and services, component requirements airports. Bamboo Airways and SR
upon arrival as it is seamlessly inte- and repair, and setting up a new Technics also inked an MoU at the
grated in Vietjet’s maintenance and Aviation training center, as a joint Singapore Airshow to explore areas
engineering system. venture between Vietjet and SR of cooperation including CFM56-5B
Technics. engines, training services, also
MRO Onward Vietnam Airlines has contracted providing technical services and
component services by STRADE.
Vietjet has also entered into EPCOR, a wholly-owned subsid- The total value of this cooperation
a comprehensive component iary of Air France Industries KLM could amount to around US$60 mil-
Maintenance-By-the-Hour (MBH) Engineering & Maintenance to lion of signed deals.

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