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NEWS

APOC AVIATION ACQUIRES

YOUNG A319

ccess to younger components
Athat will align with commercial

operators’ fleet requirements as air traffic
restarts is the impetus behind APOC Avia-
tion’s determined acquisition policy.

To complement its recent purchases of
other A320 family airframes for teardown,
the company announced that it had just
closed a deal with leading lessor Aircastle
for a 2008 vintage A319 (MSN 3450) that
was returned from lease by Volaris in July.

Access to flexible and immediate funding
to take advantage of this prime asset pur-

chase was swiftly secured through private
placement.

The aircraft is heading immediately for

part-out at Marana in Arizona - the location right-size their fleets in the COVID-19 envi- customers” said Van den Boogaard.

for two earlier APOC teardowns (MSN 1758 ronment we anticipate that more deals will “I’m expecting our next aircraft will be

and 1790) that are now complete. be on the table this autumn. Our policy is to a B737NG.”

It is anticipated that the first service- pursue younger equipment that will be more Actively targeting further acquisitions re-

able parts, including landing gear but not desirable for the in-service fleet, MRO and quires access to capital and APOC Aviation

engines, will be shipped back to APOC’s AOG requirements. We see this as the future is one of the lucky few bidders with acces-
Rotterdam facility in Q4. and anticipate that the value of older narrow sible liquidity post-COVID, and a business

Jasper van den Boogaard, VP airframe body parts will decline significantly,” he said. model firmly geared to growth.
acquisition and trading at APOC Aviation, APOC Aviation was quick to seize this “Airlines and lessors seeking swift trans-

said the company is focused on securing opportunity and already have closed sev- actions to stabilise their balance sheets

the youngest airframes possible. eral Airbus airframe deals this year. “We are always welcome to reach out to us,”
“As operators reflect on their capacity and want a balanced stock to support our he said. Q

TRAVEL
AIR FRANCE-KLM AND
AMADEUS SIGN AGREEMENT
capabilities is expected to complete in higher level of servicing needs, such as

the first half of 2021. business travel agencies.”
ravel agents will now be able “We’re pleased that our NDC content Agents will be able to search, compare,
Tto access Air France-KLM NDC will soon be accessible to Air France- book, and service Air France-KLM content
services through the Amadeus Travel KLM partner agents via the Amadeus in one merged display through their go-to

Pla�orm once they sign bilateral agree- platform,” said Pieter Bootsma, chief Amadeus solution, whether the Travel

ments with the different partners. revenue officer Air France-KLM. API or Selling Platform Connect.

Air France-KLM has been working on “NDC is a key innovation for Air Amadeus will also be enabling corpo-
this project with Amadeus over the past France-KLM as it allows Air France- rate travellers to book via NDC through

few years. KLM customers to benefit from more cytric Travel & Expense.

The prime booking flow of shop, attractive and customized offers, such “We are excited to expand our long-

order, pay has already been integrated, as continuous pricing and tailor-made standing partnership with the Air France-

meaning pilot travel agents will be able bundles.” KLM group, in order to deliver innovative

to book via NDC through the platform in “This agreement is an important step retailing capabilities. This is a significant

the fourth quarter of this year. in our distribution strategy, completing step on our NDC journey to enable adop-

The full integration with servicing our existing NDC distribution network, tion at scale,” said Decius Valmorbida,
especially for travel agencies with a
president travel unit Amadeus. Q
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