VISaer to Provide M&E Software For SATA Air Açores

Wilmington, MA, USA, June 13, 2003 – VISaer, Inc announced today that Portugal based SATA Air Açores will implement the VISaer® software as its enterprise solution for the maintenance & engineering areas of its business for both their regional operation - SATA Air Açores and also their international operation - SATA International.

VISaer believes that the successful implementation of VISaer at SATA will provide even further growth in the strategically important sector of the airline business that SATA operates within.

The VISaer M&E system will offer SATA a fully integrated and web-based access to current and accurate maintenance information. SATA will take full advantage of the extensive functionality of VISaer in the areas of Engineering, SBs & ADs, Aircraft Inventory, Forecasting, Materials & Maintenance Planning and Line Maintenance.

Mr. Pedro Veveiros, M&E Director, SATA said, “Operating characteristics in the Azores need to be adapted to the evolution of a sector that is facing considerable change at the worldwide level. Here at SATA, we are committed to streamlining the company with a view to making it more flexible, using technology suited to its size and market and to improving and monitoring the management system. VISaer will take a significant part in this change and we look forward to capitalising on the benefits that the VISaer system will bring to SATA”.

Mr. Gerry Croarkin, VP of Business Development at VISaer said, “Considering the continued growth at SATA, the VISaer system will assist them in proactively addressing the changing needs of their organisation and will provide them with a competitive edge. VISaer will enable SATA to optimise their maintenance related processes and reduce operating costs and increase performance by replacing the DSIS and various other systems with just one [VISaer] M&E solution.”

About SATA

SATA Air Açores, based in The Azores, an archipelago located midway between Europe and America, forms an important transportation link and effectively shortens routes between the two continents. The company, originally set-up in 1941 was turned into a state-owned company in 1980 and the name changed to Serviço Açoriano de Transportes Aéreos, creating the acronym SATA.

The fleet at SATA Air Açores comprises; four British Aerospace ATP's and one Dornier 228 operating regional flights between the Azorean islands.

SATA International is a subsidiary company of SATA Air Açores, licensed to operate flights outside the archipelago. It is the result of the transformation of the airline company Oceanair, which was acquired by SATA Air Açores in 1994.

SATA International operates a fleet of two Airbus A310-304s, one Boeing 737-300, and three Boeing 737-400s to Europe, Africa, North America and Canada.

Currently, Group SATA’s main routes include Lisbon, Porto, Madeira, Frankfurt, Montreal, Toronto and Boston and are exploring new routes to Brazil and the Dominican Republic.

In 1999, as a modern airline, SATA joined the European Regional Airlines Association, ERA and International Air Transport Association, IATA. The maintenance and flight operations at SATA International are organized in accordance with JAROPS requirements, so the company operates to the highest standards laid down by European aeronautical authorities.

For further information or reservations visit http://www.sata.pt or Contact SATA Air Açores at – Tel: +351 707 22 SATA (707 22 7282).

About VISaer

VISaer, a leader in aviation maintenance and engineering solutions provides a web-based, fully integrated, easy to use, functionally rich, enterprise wide, computer system suited to the specific needs of companies operating in the aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul industry. VISaer provides business process functionality in accordance with regulatory authorities and the commercial management required by the aviation industry. VISaer accommodates both Airline Maintenance and Engineering (M & E) as well as Third Party Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) companies.

For more information, call VISaer at +1 (978) 570-1600 in the USA or at +44 (0) 1925 661725 in the UK. Or, email the Marketing Department at marketing@visaer.com.

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