Ameco completed B747 C-check for Air Atlanta Icelandic

On May 27,2003, Ameco completed B747 C-check for Air Atlanta Icelandic. So far Ameco has provide aircraft overhaul service to this customer for total 9 aircraft since 2001. Another two layovers is scheduled in this year at least. 

Ameco signed a 5-years agreement on technical services with Air Atlanta Icelandic in this March. The agreement covers primarily B747 heavy checks. It is Ameco’s third long-term contract with an international customer this year, following Asiana and Thomas Cook AG .

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Ameco completed B767-300 C-check and Strut Modification for Thomas Cook AG

On May 25, 2003, Ameco completed B767-300 C-check and Strut Modification and handed over the aircraft to Thomas Cook AG. This is the first aircraft among 8 signed in the contract. The second layover is being performed and another 3 will be overhauled in this year. 


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Tightening production and preventing SARS  

Since ASRS broken out in Beijing, the Airlines was heavily shocked. But the production situation of Ameco is keeping good by far. According to the contracts singed in the earlier of this year, some international airlines such as Atlanta Icelandic, Thomas Cook AG and Dubai Air Wing send their aircraft to Ameco for maintenance on schedule during this period. The aircraft landing gear overhaul is in the peak. From this January to the May, Ameco completed 15 landing gear overhaul for both international and domestic customers.

Meanwhile, Ameco is taking a series of effective measures to deal with SARS. In order to reduce the risk and to make all customer representatives stay at Ameco most enjoyable, Mr. He Li, CEO and General manager and Mr. Heerdt, General Manager, send a letter to them, in which they offered all representatives the information about SARS issued by Beijing United Family Hospital and ask them be carefully and obey the recommendation for prevention. In addition, GMs have scheduled a short meeting every Tuesday afternoon to report them the latest development and prevention measures of Ameco.

The customer representatives are satisfied with our measures and actions. They expressed that although they were worried before coming to Beijing, they fell better at Ameco now. 

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Ameco Participates MRO Exhibition and Conference in USA 

On April 15-17,2003, Ameco participated the Annual MRO Exhibition and Conference which took place in Ft Lauderdale, United States. The team included Mr. Zheng Yan, Executive Director of Support and Marketing Division, Mr. Ergert, Senior Director Marketing and Sales and Ms. Pan Lihui, Regional Sales Manager for North America. 

There are 320 participants attend this MRO Conference. Ameco was the only MRO- supplier from Mainland China. Ameco welcomed visitors from Northwest Airlines, America Airlines, Connexion by Boeing etc, and exchange views on potential co-operation projects.

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Asiana guests visit Ameco

On April 1, 2003, during Asiana's second Boeing 767 layover in Ameco, Mr. Ok Hwan Cha and 4 other officials from Asiana paid a visit to Ameco.

Mr. He Li and Mr. Heerdt, General Managers of Ameco met the visiting guests. During talks, Mr. He Li expressed that, "Asiana and Ameco have set up mutual trust to each other and both sides are eager to deepen the relationship." Mr. Heerdt expressed that it was of importance to talk face to face with customers. Only by clearly knowing the need of the customers can Ameco provide better services to them. Mr. Ok Hwan Cha also said that he cherished very much the opportunity to be here in Ameco and expressed his wishes of enhancing cooperation between both sides.

Accompanied by the top managers of Ameco, Mr. Ok Hwan Cha and his delegation afterwards toured Ameco's 4-bay-hangar and some other facilities.

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Ameco performed 737 airplane dry wash the first time

On March 19, 2003, Ameco performed 737 airplane dry wash  first time . In order to improve the appearance of CCA airplanes，MM6 have done a trial wash with Nuvite Nupower II on a 737 airplane. 

Airplane dry wash removes oxidation and other stains that normal wet or waterless washing does not remove. After dry wash, a protective coating is left on the paint surface that will retard oxidation, efflorescence and deposition of dust. Environmental concerns are relaxed where wet wash rinsing is prohibited. It does not interfere with other maintenance activities that are in process. An aerodynamically cleaned surface creates less drag and increases fuel efficiency. The attractive airplane appearance helps to promote the reputation of the airline.

This product conforms to AMS 1650，Douglas CSD#1, Boeing D6-17847.At present, It's under discussion between MM and SE to determine whether further development is necessary.

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Long Term Agreement on Technical Services 
between Ameco Beijing and Air Atlanta Icelandic

On March 21, 2003, Ameco signed a 5-years agreement on technical services with Air Atlanta Icelandic. The agreement covers primarily B747 heavy checks. It is Ameco’s third long-term contract with an international customer this year, following Asiana and Thomas Cook AG . Mr. Orn Johannsson, Manager Contracted Maintenance of Air Atlanta Icelandic, Mr. Harry Seeger and Mr. Zheng Yan, Executive Directors of Ameco Beijing, did the signatures.

Since 2001, seven Atlanta Icelandic aircraft visited Ameco's Beijing facilities, two more are about to receive our checks.

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Ameco Participates in 12th Annual African Airline Conference 

On March 9-11, 2003, Mr. Harry Seeger, Executive Director of Support and Marketing Division and Mr. Teng Bin, Director of Sales International from Ameco participated in the Annual African Airline Conference for the second time. The conference about MRO- matters took place in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia.

Ameco was the only MRO- supplier from Mainland China. At the meeting, Mr. Seeger's presentation about joint venture issues in general and Ameco particularly gained highest attention from all sides. Besides general information given about Ameco, dedicated business cases were discussed with a good probability to increase Ameco's market share in Africa within a not too long time from now.

The Annual African MRO Conference after its meanwhile 12th session is the largest and most important event of its kind in and for the African airline industry. It is the platform of communication and cooperation for the African airlines and their MRO -providers as well as for the OEMs. 

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Egypt Air - a new line maintenance customer 

On January 15, Ameco and Egyptair signed a line maintenance and release service agreement for Egyptair's A340 aircraft coming to Beijing. Egyptair is Ameco's 18th international line maintenance customer. 

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Ameco signed an agreement on landing gear overhaul with Southwest Branch of Air China Group

On March 10, Ameco signed a two-years agreement on overhauling the landing gears of B737-300 with Southwest Branch of Air China Group in Chengdu. Mr. Cheng Hong, the Director of the Engineering Department of Southwest Branch, Mr. Benk, the Executive Director of Aircraft Maintenance and Overhaul Department and Mr. Zhu Xiao, the Senior Director of Marketing and Sales Department of Ameco signed the agreement. 

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Ameco and LHT signed a General Terms Agreement for services

On December 11, 2002, Ameco and LHT signed a General Terms Agreement for services provided by Ameco to Lufthansa Technik (excluding aircraft maintenance). At present the services are comprising of repair and overhaul of components and landing gears for LHT. The advantage of such an agreement is to make it easy to add other services without an additional time consuming discussion on general terms. PW 4000 maintenance will be the next service package, which is already under discussion. 
In the past several years, Ameco has provided repeated overhaul services on aircraft, engines and components for LHT.

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Ameco did modifications of the Altitude Reporting Functions in the Ground Proximity Warning Systems (GPWS) of B767 and B737 of Air China

The system engineers of Ameco had independently completed the project design of the Altitude Reporting Functions in GPWS that were to be used on B767s and B737s. The installation of the system was completed for the first time on these two types of airplanes in December of last year and January of this year. Results from the ground tests and actual services showed that the requirements of the design had been met.
In the meantime, Ameco is also capable of doing the design and modifications related to adding the Altitude Reporting Functions in EGPWS.

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Ameco to maintain Boeing767-300ER 

Ameco plans to provide MRO services to two Boeing767-300ER leased by Air China since mid of April this year. The preparation work such as documentation and personnel training have already started. It is known that these two aircraft ( B2493, B2494) are to be leased from one American Airlines. They will arrive at Beijing respectively in mid of April and June after being 4c-checked at USA. 

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Cockpit door modification accomplished for the first Boeing747 of Air China

March 4, 2003,  Ameco successfully completed cockpit door modification for one Boeing747 (B2471) belonging to Air China. The aircraft, after being modification, will meet FAA's safety requirements on flight at North America region. 11 other Boeing747 of Air china will go through the modification recently. 

In the morning of March3, preparation meeting regarding cockpit door modification was held by Airworthiness Dept. of CAAC. Engineers from SE ( Engineering Services Subdivision) briefed the people present at the meeting on the content of the modification and work procedures. They afterwards exchanged views with the technicians coming from China Eastern Airlines and Southern Airlines on some technical details. 

Actually, Ameco was fully prepared for the layover of B2471. Not long ago, Ameco had successfully conducted same type of modification for two Boeing747-300 owned by Air Atlanta Icelandic. 

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Long-term service agreement signed between Ameco and Thomas Cook AG

On March 4, 2003, Ameco received a two-year contract to provide C check, Strut Modification and Painting to 8 Boeing767 belonging to Condor, Thomas Cook's affiliate company. The contract were signed by Dr. Tewes, Executive VP Flight of Thomas Cook AG, Mr..Decher, Technical Director Maintenance Management of Condor Flugdienst GmbH, Mr. He Li, CEO & GM of Ameco, and Mr. Walter Heerdt, GM of Ameco. 

At the signing ceremony, Mr. Decher express that, nowadays, customers are no longer isolated with one to another, but have the tendency to communicate and share views. They choose Ameco as their partner, for they know that Ameco has provided quality services to many other international customers. As a customer, they give great importance to quality and turn around times. 

Both GMs of Ameco expressed their sincere thanks to the trust rendered by the customer. Mr. He Li stressed that, "This is the first long-term contract we signed with an Airlines from Europe. This is a good start for Ameco. We will try our best to fulfill the promise to the customer - to provide quality services and make sure on-time delivery." 

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MRO symposium held for CNAH customer

From Feb.26 to 27, Ameco held the annual MRO symposium for its biggest customer base - CNAH (China National Aviation Holding Co.)

In his welcome speech, Mr. He Li, CEO & General Manager, expressed the sincere gratitude for the great support and trust rendered by the customers in last one year. "We would like take this opportunity to listen to the valuable comments from the customers and keep MRO industry moving forward through shared efforts and ideas", said Mr. he. 

Mr. Walter Heerdt, General Manager, briefly reviewed the work Ameco has done in last year. Ameco is to provide TCS ( Total Component Services) to Air China. In addition, Ameco is seeking cooperation with LHT in order to further reduce the TAT of PW4000 engine overhaul. The first PW4000, which was overhauled through the new processes, has proven to be a success. 

Mr. Ma Kuiliang, VP of Air China said in his speech that, "CNAH's integration process leaves Ameco a tougher task. It is estimated that in the following 10 years, the fleet size of CNAH will become much bigger, with the total number of 116 aircraft growing into more than 200. To cope with higher requirement from the customer, Ameco must develop capabilities, increase the numbers of equipment and technicians, and train their staff members. Air China and Ameco should seek better cooperation with each other for further development of the both companies. 

Mr. Zheng Yan, Executive Directors of Sales & Supporting Division, forecasted the situation of China's domestic aviation industry after being restructured and the development trend of MRO market. The speaker from SR reported what Ameco has done for its main customer - Air China in 2002 and the corrective actions we have taken upon the customers' complaints and views raised in last customer conference. The newly formed LDG alliance by Ameco and LHT was announced at the meeting. 

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A five-years agreement on B767-300 heavy maintenance between Ameco and Asiana Airlines

on Feb. 18, 2003, Ameco and Asiana Airlines signed an agreement on B767-300 heavy maintenance. This agreement entitles Ameco to perform S4C-check and Strut Improvement work for Asiana's B767 fleet and covers 5 years.
So far, Ameco has performed 15 B737 aircraft repainting and 1 B767 C-check for Asiana Airlines.

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