AMS Aircraft Services, a UK-based aviation consultancy, and US-based Zeevo Group, an IT consulting services firm, have announced a strategic alliance to deliver commercial aircraft technical services.
The announcement was made at ISTAT Americas, a North America aviation industry event held on 1-3 March in Texas, US.
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The announcement comes as the global aviation industry finds itself in a difficult operating environment: the coronavirus is depressing airline revenues, particularly in Asia; the Boeing 737 MAX grounding which is affecting aircraft availability; and the accelerating replacement cycle which is expected to trigger a high volume of ageing aircraft retirements.
Joey Johnsen, Zeevo Group chief executive, said that: “These challenges necessitate greater diligence by all stakeholders in the aircraft financing, leasing and operating chain to understand their fleets and have the right processes and technical support procedures in place to expediently react to arising situations in asset management, as well as aircraft maintenance and transitions.”
Lessors, operators, and asset managers are now savvier in lease negotiations, and often their well-negotiated contract terms result in the “creation of intricate return conditions,” said Scott Kopacz, who heads Zeevo’s aircraft technical practice.
“Not acknowledging these conditions years before the scheduled return can have a significant operational impact,” he added.
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By GlobalDataThe alliance wants to deliver technical support services covering pre-delivery, mid-term, and redelivery inspections, either as stand-alone services or as part of turnkey delivery and redelivery support for financiers, lessors, and operators, the two bodies said in a statement.
Mike Skinner, chief executive of AMS Aircraft Services, said: “Teaming up with Zeevo will enhance our aircraft management solutions, expand core competencies and provide an established presence in the Americas, Europe, Middle East and Africa to serve our respective clients.”
Johnsen added that: “a crucial part of transitioning commercial aircraft is an often-overlooked compiling of data, technical records, and requirements with procedures that allow organisations to build knowledge and make informed decisions.”
“AMS has an excellent reputation, and we are thrilled to be forming this alliance to serve our mutual clients. This move is yet another example of our team’s aggressive pursuit of a strategy to leverage dynamic market opportunities and strengthen Zeevo’s evolving suite of services to better serve our growing network of clients and extending further into the aviation industry,” said Johnsen.
AMS was founded in 2001 and it provides technical management services to airlines, aircraft financiers, aircraft lessors and aircraft owners as well as the remarketing and acquisition of commercial transport and corporate/VIP aircraft.
Zeevo Group provides business, finance and information technology consulting services and products to a broad range of clients involved in aircraft leasing, technology and consumer products.
