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Comply365 Appoints Ilia Kostov as Chief Executive Officer

Veteran Travel and Aviation Software Executive to Lead Global Business Transformation for Leading Global All-in-One Compliance, Safety and Training Platform

Beloit, Wis. / Bristol, England / Tel Aviv, Israel – November 12, 2024 – Comply365, LLC (“Comply365”), a leading global provider of compliance, training and safety management solutions for the aviation, rail and defense industries, announced today the appointment of Ilia Kostov to Chief Executive Officer. Comply365 is a portfolio company of Insight Partners and Liberty Hall Capital Partners (“Liberty Hall”).

Mr. Kostov succeeds Rob Morgan, who first joined Vistair Limited (“Vistair”) in 2015 and helped lead the company through an important period of growth and integration, including overseeing the merger of Comply365 and Vistair, which was announced in January 2024.

Mr. Kostov, a travel and aviation software industry veteran, has more than two decades of experience leading product and sales strategy, finance, operations, marketing and customer service organizations. Mr. Kostov is a business transformation leader who has worked in aviation and broader travel industry software, including roles at Sabre, GuestLogix and Amadeus.

“We are thrilled to welcome Ilia to the team to lead the next phase of Comply365’s value creation. Ilia’s proven track record in product, strategy, operations and acquisition integration makes him an ideal leader and will provide invaluable leadership for Comply365’s next phase of organic and inorganic growth,” said James Black, Partner at Liberty Hall.

“As a multidisciplinary leader with deep experience in the aviation software industry, Ilia has excelled at delivering ground-breaking solutions, enhancing customer experiences, and delivering on aggressive growth goals. We are confident in our belief that he will guide us to new heights,” added Henry Frankievich, Managing Director at Insight Partners.

“I am thrilled to join Comply365 at an inflection point in its already very successful history,” said Mr. Kostov. “I am looking forward to supporting Comply365’s outstanding global team and executing our strategy for the benefit of our aviation, rail and defense customers. Comply365 has an exciting opportunity to introduce an integrated and comprehensive platform that aims to improve safety and compliance, increase operational integrity and reduce operating costs.  This industry-first value proposition and innovation is expected to drive ROI for our customers.”

About Comply365

Comply365 is a leading provider of operational content management, safety management and training management in the highly regulated industries of aviation, defense and rail. Comply365 provides a powerful combination of expertise and products underpinned by unified best practices, providing airlines, rail and defense organizations with a single digital platform to elevate operational excellence, transform safety management and training, with closer integration of relevant data sets across domains. By empowering airline, rail and defense organizations with an all-in-one compliance, safety, training and data platform, Comply365 ensures their crews and assets are always geared for peak operational performance, unlocking unparalleled financial and operational gains through more streamlined, robust and agile operations. Comply365 is the trusted technology partner of many of the most progressive aviation and defense organizations worldwide with a global customer base of over 140 airlines, defense and rail organizations. For more information, please visit www.comply365.com.


About Insight Partners

Insight Partners is a global software investor partnering with high-growth technology, software, and Internet startup and ScaleUp companies that are driving transformative change in their industries. As of June 30, 2024, the firm has over $80B in regulatory assets under management. Insight Partners has invested in more than 800 companies worldwide and has seen over 55 portfolio companies achieve an IPO. Headquartered in New York City, Insight has offices in London, Tel Aviv, and the Bay Area. Insight’s mission is to find, fund, and work successfully with visionary executives, providing them with tailored, hands-on software expertise along their growth journey, from their first investment to IPO. For more information on Insight and all its investments, visit insightpartners.com or follow us on X @insightpartners.

About Liberty Hall

Liberty Hall Capital Partners is a private equity firm focused exclusively on investments in businesses serving the global aerospace and defense industry. Liberty Hall’s principals have a 25-plus year history of working together and have led the investment of over $2.5 billion in equity capital in over 25 businesses serving multiple segments of the aerospace and defense industry, including the investment of over $1.0 billion in equity capital since the formation of Liberty Hall. Liberty Hall was founded in July 2011 as the first, and remains the only, private equity firm focused solely on investments in middle market businesses serving the aerospace and defense industry. Liberty Hall executes a proven and repeatable investment strategy designed to transform middle market businesses into larger, more capable and diverse strategic assets. For more information, please visit http://www.libertyhallcapital.com.

SunExpress Airlines Enables More Efficient Authoring And Delivery Of Smart Content With Comply365 Platform

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Comply365’s ProAuthor to Provide Automated Workflows, Reusable Content, and Standards Tracking

Beloit, WI – FEB. 9, 2022 – Aviation software leader Comply365 is pleased to announce its newest customer, SunExpress will soon leverage a more efficient and streamlined process to create and deliver smart content to its frontline crews.

SunExpress, a leisure carrier based in Antalya, Turkey, recently selected ProAuthor, Comply365’s end-to-end operational content and compliance management system that enables faster, more routine manual revisions, and enables airlines to always be audit-ready.

While SunExpress has already been digitally delivering operational content to its pilots and flight attendants, the airline needed a better way to manage the authoring and distribution process.

By getting smart content right at their fingertips, SunExpress frontline crew members will have access to the appropriate information they need based on their role, location, or other attributes, providing a more personalized and relevant experience that’s unattainable with PDF documentation or less-capable HTML solutions.

Comply365’s mobile app will automate compliance tracking for the 3,500 users at SunExpress and equip frontline employees with electronic forms to send data to the operations staff, to enable data-driven decisions.

SunExpress is a joint venture of Turkish Airlines and Lufthansa that operates scheduled and chartered passenger flights to 90 destinations in 30 countries. It operates a fleet of more than 50 Boeing 737-800/-8 aircraft.

“We warmly welcome SunExpress as the first Turkish airline in the Comply365 community, and we look forward to a strong partnership together,” Comply365 CEO Tom Samuel said. “While SunExpress already has seen success with digital delivery of operational content, the flexibility of our solutions provides value to airlines in every stage of the digital transformation journey – providing them the ability to further improve the efficiency, safety, and compliance of their operations.”

ABOUT COMPLY365
Comply365 is the leading provider of enterprise SaaS and mobile solutions for content management and document distribution in highly regulated industries including aviation, rail, and energy. Comply365 supports the world’s most mobile and remote workforces with targeted and personalized delivery of job-critical data that enables safe, efficient, and compliant operations. Every day, hundreds of thousands of pilots, flight attendants, maintenance technicians, rail conductors and engineers, and energy workers rely on Comply365 for digital delivery of operational (OEM and company) manuals. Having played an instrumental role in the FAA’s approval of replacing the traditional, paper-based, pilot flight bags with electronic flight bags (EFBs), Comply365 partners with clients to transform their industries.

ABOUT SUNEXPRESS AIRLINES
Founded as a joint venture between Lufthansa and Turkish Airlines in 1989, SunExpress is a true sun specialist and offer numerous direct connections between Europe and Turkey. Besides flying its guests to many idyllic holiday destinations in Turkey, SunExpress reconnects them with their families and loved ones with our direct flights from Europe to many Anatolian cities. SunExpress’s headquarters is located in the sunny Antalya, which is known as the touristic capital of Turkey. Another key hub is Izmir on Turkey’s Aegean coast. The company’s second headquarters is located in Gateway Gardens in Frankfurt am Main.

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:    
Gina Duwe, Marketing Coordinator
Comply365
marketing@comply365.com
+1 608 313 1500

Kemal Sulhan, Documentation Center Manager
SunExpress Airlines
kemal.sulhan@sunexpress.com
T   +90 (242) 320 25 70
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Hong Kong’s Metrojet Turns To Comply365 To Further Enhance Safety And Security

Comply365’s Document Distribution & Compliance Management System, Electronic Forms to Transform Operations

Beloit, WI – OCT. 14, 2021 – Aviation software leader Comply365 is pleased to announce that Hong-Kong based Metrojet Limited will rely on Comply365’s mobile platform to deliver personalized and targeted content to their flight crews to raise the bar on safety and efficiency.

Pilots and cabin crew at the business jet operator will have instant mobile access to their most updated operational content, with the ability to quickly search and personalize their documents. Comply365’s solutions will help Metrojet continue to excel in its top priorities of safety and quality by driving higher rates of compliance with real-time reporting insights.

“We are excited at the prospect of implementing Comply365. This platform will provide Metrojet with a reliable solution for the automated distribution and management of flight-related documents directly to flight crew EFB’s,” said Kobus Swart, Director, Flight Operations at Metrojet Limited.

“Making use of a tried and tested document sharing solution such as Comply365 enhances safety and security and raises the Metrojet level of service for our clients and flight crew. In Metrojet’s efforts to reduce the carbon footprint and enhance sustainability, Comply365 offers us less manpower, greater efficiency, and a paperless environment,” Swart said.

As a highly respected business jet company in Greater China and Southeast Asia, Metrojet’s business aviation services include aircraft management, maintenance, charter, and consultancy services. As part of the Kadoorie Group, which pioneered business aviation in Hong Kong, Metrojet became the first business jet operator in Hong Kong in 1997 and is the first and only local operator recognized by the International Business Aviation Council (IBAC) for its 10-year participation in International Standard for Business Aircraft Operations (IS-BAO). Metrojet received its first IS-BAO certificate in 2011 and is now the highest Stage 3 IS-BAO certificate holder.

Not only will flight crews have both online and offline access to important content, but they will be able to send routine data or critical facts to their offices with Comply365’s electronic forms. By replacing a combination of paper and PDF forms, Comply365’s solution will allow the operator to increase productivity and improve operational performance.

“We are excited to welcome Metrojet into our community of Comply365 users, and to see them realize the benefits of a more efficient, digital operation,” Comply365 CEO Tom Samuel said. “It’s wonderful to create partnerships with customers with such a drive for technology and innovation, and we’re confident our solutions will help Metrojet uphold their great reputation for quality, reliable service while providing them with greater insights into their data.”

ABOUT COMPLY365

Comply365 is the leading provider of enterprise SaaS and mobile solutions for content management and document distribution in highly regulated industries including aviation, rail, and energy. Comply365 supports the world’s most mobile and remote workforces with targeted and personalized delivery of job-critical data that enables safe, efficient, and compliant operations. Every day, hundreds of thousands of pilots, flight attendants, maintenance technicians, rail conductors and engineers, and energy workers rely on Comply365 for digital delivery of operational (OEM and company) manuals. Having played an instrumental role in the FAA’s approval of replacing the traditional, paper-based, pilot flight bags with electronic flight bags (EFBs), Comply365 partners with clients to transform their industries.

ABOUT METROJET

Established in 1997, Metrojet as part of the Kadoorie Group, pioneered business aviation services in Hong Kong and remains one of the foremost safety and customer-focused business jet operators and maintenance providers in the Asia Pacific region. The company provides all-inclusive aircraft management, charter, maintenance, and aviation consultancy services to our growing business aviation customer base.

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:    
Gina Duwe, Marketing Coordinator
Comply365
marketing@comply365.com
+1 608.313.1500

Kitty Lau, Manager, Marketing and Communications
METROJET LIMITED
kitty.lau@metrojet.com
(852) 2169 6580

Australian Airline Airnorth Chooses Comply365 To Digitally Transform Operational Content And Processes

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Beloit, WI, USA – June 10, 2021 – Aviation software leader Comply365 is pleased to announce Airnorth, Australia’s second longest operating airline, will begin leveraging the power of Comply365’s mobile platform to deliver personalized and targeted operational documents to its crew, as well as capture compliance data.

The northern Australian airline recently began transforming to paperless flight operations and chose ProAuthor, Comply365’s end-to-end operational content and compliance management system to enable faster, more routine manual revisions, and to allow Airnorth to always be audit ready.

“We are excited to switch from a paper distribution of our manuals to our first Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) model. We needed a reliable solution to distribute manuals and flight briefing information, as well as an authoring platform to improve our document control, and to maintain regulatory compliance,” said Simon Gibbons, General manager of Flight Operations of Airnorth. “Comply365 came out on top, offering a proven solution that will bring tremendous value to our airline and a great user experience for our pilots.”

Pilots will receive flight plans delivered to their iPads via Comply365’s Digital Briefing solution, saving paper and printing costs as well as enabling more timely delivery. Electronic forms will give pilots and cabin, ground, and airport crews the ability to instantly send information to operations teams, offering insights to make data-driven decisions.

Airnorth operates into some of the world’s most challenging environments, operating scheduled and charter services to over 20 destinations for a wide range of companies including mining, defense, and government clients. Based in Darwin, Australia, its serves domestic destinations across the Northern Territory, Western Australia, Queensland, and Victoria, and internationally to Dili, Timor-Leste.

Airnorth becomes the sixth Australian airline to join Comply365’s global customer base.

“It’s always exciting to partner with a new customer to help them transition from paper manuals and processes to a digital operation. We are glad to welcome Airnorth to our Comply365 community,” Comply365 CEO Tom Samuel said. “We look forward to providing a great user experience for Airnorth’s frontline staff, who will be able to receive more personalized and targeted information. We expect this will lead to a more efficient and safer operation.”

ABOUT COMPLY365
Comply365 is the leading provider of enterprise SaaS and mobile solutions for content management and document distribution in highly regulated industries including aviation, rail, and energy. Comply365 supports the world’s most mobile and remote workforces with targeted and personalized delivery of job-critical data that enables safe, efficient, and compliant operations. Every day, hundreds of thousands of pilots, flight attendants, maintenance technicians, rail conductors and engineers, as well as energy workforce rely on Comply365 for digital delivery of operational content, including OEM and internal company manuals. Having played an instrumental role in the regulatory approval of electronic flight bags (EFB) to replace the traditional, paper-based, pilot flight bags, Comply365 partners with clients to transform their industries.

ABOUT AIRNORTH
Airnorth is Australia’s second longest operating airline, mastering the northern skies for over 40 years. Its operations are based in Darwin and include both scheduled and charter services to over 20 destinations, including domestic services across the Northern Territory, Western Australia, Queensland, and Victoria and internationally to Dili, Timor-Leste. More than just a business, Airnorth is a crucial part of the social and economic fabric of the Northern Territory and serves as a vital partner to many of its valued clients. Airnorth has been a part of the Territory for over four generations and is proud to provide essential air services to communities all-year round, enabling prosperity for families, businesses, and entire regions. Committed to providing safe, reliable, and comfortable air travel for its customers, maintaining the highest in safety accreditation standards.

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
Gina Duwe
Comply365 Marketing Coordinator
+1 608-313-1500
marketing@comply365.com

Teyghan Stadelbauer, Marketing and Communications Manager, Airnorth
Teyghan.stadelbauer@airnorth.com.au[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]

Western Global Airlines Turns To Comply365’S Proven Document Management System

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Beloit, WI, USA – May 6, 2021 – Aviation software leader Comply365 is pleased to announce flight crew members at Western Global Airlines will rely on Comply365’s mobile platform to access critical operational content and record their compliance.

Western Global Airlines Turns to Comply365's Document Management SystemPilots and other frontline employees at the Estero, Fla.-based cargo airline will be able to instantly access information they need and maintain individual compliance in and out of connectivity using Comply365’s document distribution and compliance management system.

“We are delighted to be part of Comply365’s reliable, trusted system,” said Captain Scotte Harris, Vice President of Operations at Western Global Airlines. “After researching the market, we are confident in the value Comply365 provides in its proven solution for document distribution and compliance management – it just works, without any worry or hassle.”

Pilots will have instant access to manuals and important memos, and they’ll be able to more accurately and quickly search their manuals, which will always contain the most up-to-date information through automatic revision controls. Western Global will be able to deliver content based on roles, drive higher rates of compliance with reporting insights, and always be able to prove employee compliance to a regulator.

“We are happy to welcome Western Global Airlines into our global community of users,” Comply365 CEO Tom Samuel said. “We look forward to providing their frontline employees with an intuitive user experience they can rely on so they can keep their focus on transporting vital cargo around the globe.”

ABOUT COMPLY365
Comply365 is the leading provider of enterprise SaaS and mobile solutions for content management and document distribution in highly regulated industries including aviation, rail, and energy. Comply365 supports the world’s most mobile and remote workforces with targeted and personalized delivery of job-critical data that enables safe, efficient, and compliant operations. Every day, hundreds of thousands of pilots, flight attendants, maintenance technicians, rail conductors and engineers, as well as energy workforce rely on Comply365 for digital delivery of operational content, including OEM and internal company manuals. Having played an instrumental role in the regulatory approval of electronic flight bags (EFB) to replace the traditional, paper-based, pilot flight bags, Comply365 partners with clients to transform their industries.

ABOUT WESTERN GLOBAL
Headquartered in Estero, Fla., with an MRO in Shreveport, La., Western Global Airlines is a leading provider of worldwide commercial air cargo transportation services utilizing its extensive Company owned fleet of large widebody freighter aircraft. It has created a premier 21st century, high-tech, customer focused air cargo platform servicing customers in e-commerce, express, freight forwarding, logistics, nonprofit, and governmental organizations. In only six years, Western Global has become a rapidly growing powerhouse, safely and reliably flying to 400 cities in 134 countries on six continents while serving a diverse, blue-chip, global client base in the air cargo market with utmost responsiveness.

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
Gina Duwe
Comply365 Marketing Coordinator
+1 608-313-1500
marketing@comply365.com

Mr. Steve Dix
Western Global | Vice President Sales & Marketing
+1 941-907-6810 Ext 1027
Steve.dix@westernglobal.aero[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]

Azores Airlines And SATA Air Açores Add Comply365’S ProAuthor For End-To-End Content Authoring & Distribution

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Beloit, WI – Feb. 22, 2021 – Aviation software leader Comply365 is pleased to announce its two newest airline customers, Azores Airlines and SATA Air Açores, who both will soon leverage the power of streamlined compliance management and improve collaboration and efficiency with Comply365 solutions.

Azores Airlines and SATA Air Açores Add Comply365’s ProAuthor for End-to-End Content Authoring & DistributionThe airlines, both part of the SATA Group based in the Portuguese Autonomous Region of The Azores, recently acquired ProAuthor, Comply365’s end-to-end operational content and compliance management system that enables faster, more routine manual revisions, and enables airlines to always be audit ready.

“We were looking for a manual authoring and delivery solution that would offer a better way to manage our compliance with EASA regulations and IOSA standards as well as provide our flight crews with a great mobile experience,” said Mário Chaves, COO of the SATA Group. “After thoroughly researching the market, it was evident that the value Comply365 would bring to our operations, as well as their innovative team, was the right solution.”

Azores Airlines and SATA Air Açores operate a fleet of Airbus A320 and A321 and De Havilland Dash 8-Q200 and Q400 aircraft, respectively, providing passenger and cargo service within the Azores and international flights to destinations in Europe, North America, and Africa.

While airlines typically spend months preparing for audits using legacy systems, ProAuthor will significantly reduce that time by tracing the manual content with corresponding regulatory standards. By providing the ability to tag standards and automatically run reports, the airlines will always be prepared for audits. ProAuthor will replace rudimentary word processing solutions at the pair of airlines, where technical publications members will now save time during the authoring process by reusing shared content across manuals in both airlines.

“We’re happy to welcome two Azorean airlines to our global Comply365 community, and we look forward to providing a great user experience for their crews,” Comply365 CEO Tom Samuel said. “We’ve proven the value of a unified system for our customers with multiple AOCs, so we’re excited for Azores Airlines and SATA Air Açores to realize the efficiency gains and increased collaboration they will see when they’re both operating within the Comply365 system.”

Comply365’s solutions will provide a consistent end-user experience that reduces training and support, as well as increasing accuracy and safety by enabling frontline operators to navigate fewer systems for manuals and operational data. Pilots and flight attendants will receive more personalized and relevant content through effectivity tagging that enables filtering and searching based on aircraft, parts or other tags specific to the airlines’ operations.

ABOUT COMPLY365
Comply365 is the leading provider of enterprise SaaS and mobile solutions for content management and document distribution in highly regulated industries including aviation, rail, and energy. Comply365 supports the world’s most mobile and remote workforces with targeted and personalized delivery of job-critical data that enables safe, efficient, and compliant operations. Every day, hundreds of thousands of pilots, flight attendants, maintenance technicians, rail conductors and engineers, and energy workers rely on Comply365 for digital delivery of operational (OEM and company) manuals. Having played an instrumental role in the FAA’s approval of replacing the traditional, paper-based, pilot flight bags with electronic flight bags (EFBs), Comply365 partners with clients unlike other service providers to transform industries.

ABOUT SATA GROUP
The SATA Group is involved in air transport, airfield management, and ground-handling services for all airlines landing on Azorean soil since 1941. Its fleet is divided between SATA Air Açores and Azores Airlines, operating flights to the mainland and islands, Europe, Cape Verde, the United States, and Canada, with a combined network of codeshare and interline flights.

Azores Airlines is now renewing its fleet with the Airbus 321neo and Airbus 321neo LR, airplanes able to substantially reduce the carbon footprint of each passenger, reduce costs per flight and continue the company’s growth strategy that contains the mission of taking the Azores to the World and the World to the Azores.

The SATA universe is complete with SATA Gestão de Aeródromos, a company in charge of managing various airport infrastructures in the Azores.

IATA members, SATA Group’s airlines, as well as its Maintenance and Engineering and Handling businesses, have seen their teams’ merit and professionalism rewarded with the sector’s most distinguished certifications.

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:  
Gina Duwe, Marketing Coordinator
Comply365
marketing@comply365.com
+1 608.313.1500[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]