Tag: Compliance and Quality

Alaska Airlines partners with Comply365 to Power Operational Excellence

Posted on February 4, 2025 by - News

Alaska Airlines partners with Comply365 to Power Operational Excellence

Beloit, WI / Bristol, England / Seattle, WA – Feb. 4, 2025 – Comply365, a leading global provider of document management, compliance, training and safety management solutions for the aviation, rail and defense industries, today announces a new partnership with Alaska Airlines to implement the DocuNet platform across the airline’s operations.

The selection of DocuNet signifies the beginning of an exciting partnership with Alaska Airlines to modernize and streamline operations, improve crew productivity, and increase compliance across the airline’s technical publication’s ecosystem. The DocuNet platform enables the ability to author, distribute, and view all operational content in a single integrated platform, empowering crews to access critical information anytime, anywhere – whether on the ground or in the air.  The platform is designed to improve operational workflows and reduce manual processes across the end-to-end technical publications lifecycle, combined with highly intuitive and user-centric interfaces for all channels and devices.

“As an airline hyper focused on operational performance and caring for our guests, Alaska is continuously looking for innovative ways to enhance efficiency across our business,” said Terry Walters, Director of Fleet Tech Support at Alaska Airlines. “DocuNet by Comply365 will empower our teams to quickly access and manage essential documents, improving compliance and accelerating processes – for the benefit of our employees and our guests.”

“We are delighted to partner with Alaska Airlines to support their mission of operational excellence,” said Ilia Kostov, CEO of Comply365. “With our extensive global customer base, Alaska Airlines joins a powerful community of airlines worldwide who leverage DocuNet to streamline operational content management, and we look forward to helping Alaska Airlines to achieve new heights in efficiency and operational agility.” 

About Comply365
Comply365 is a leading provider of Operational Content Management, Safety Management and Training Management in the highly regulated industries of aviation, defense, rail and space. Comply365 provides a powerful combination of expertise and products underpinned by unified best practices, empowering its customers to elevate operational excellence, transform safety management and training management, with closer integration of relevant data sets across domains. Comply365 product portfolio ensures its customers’ 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, defense, rail and aerospace organizations worldwide. For more information, please visit comply365.com.

Comply365 Announces Acquisition of ASQS

Posted on January 27, 2025 by - News

Comply365 Announces Acquisition of ASQS

Accelerates investment in safety management to create a leading global all-in-one operational content, safety and training management offering

Beloit, Wis. / Bristol, England / Vienna, Austria – January 27, 2025 – Comply365, LLC (“Comply365”), a leading global provider of operational content, safety and training management solutions for the aviation, rail, defense and space industries, announced today it has executed a definitive agreement to acquire Aviation Safety & Quality Solutions S.à r.l (“ASQS”), a global provider of safety and compliance management systems (“SMS”). This acquisition marks a significant milestone in Comply365’s growth strategy,including acceleration of its investment in safety management and Comply365’s mission to create a best-in-class, integrated offering to elevate safety, training and operational performance for its worldwide aviation, rail, defense and space customers. Comply365 is a portfolio company of Insight Partners and Liberty Hall Capital Partners (“Liberty Hall”). 

The acquisition of ASQS will enhance Comply365’s product capabilities, strengthen its service offering in safety management and expand its global customer base. The ASQS team have deep expertise in all areas relating to safety management, including compliance and risk management. Their sophisticated safety management solution, iQSMS, will complement Comply365’s existing SMS product, SafetyNet, positioning the combined business as a key player in the safety management space.

Ilia Kostov, CEO of Comply365 said: “We are delighted to welcome the ASQS team into the Comply365 family. They bring a wealth of talent, specialized knowledge and complementary product strengths to our organization. This acquisition demonstrates our commitment to invest in safety management, a central component of our value proposition and vision to create a best-in-class, integrated offering connecting the mission-critical functions of operational content management, safety management and training management.”

Günther Schindl, CEO of ASQS said: “I am excited to join Ilia and the Comply365 team to support their vision of delivering a safety-focused, integrated operations offering. The acquisition of ASQS by Comply365 is a significant milestone in ASQS’s journey and will allow us to better serve our customers with differentiated and connected safety management capabilities.”

Henry Frankievich, Managing Director at Insight Partners said: “The acquisition of ASQS will enhance Comply365’s position as a key player in the global safety management space. We look forward to accelerating the combined company’s strategy to deliver one interconnected offering to its worldwide customer base.”

James Black, Partner at Liberty Hall added: “With safety management at the core of Comply365’s product strategy, the acquisition of ASQS marks an important milestone in the company’s growth and vision for the future. The addition of the iQSMS solution directly complements our existing product portfolio and demonstrates our steadfast commitment to creating a best-in-class, integrated offering across operational content, safety and training. Alongside our partners at Insight Partners, we look forward to supporting Comply365’s continued growth and delivering even greater value to our customers.”

Completion of the transaction is expected in the second quarter of 2025, subject to applicable regulatory approvals.

Legal advice to Comply365 was provided by Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP and E+H Rechtsanwälte. The shareholders of ASQS were advised by Lindner Stimmler and E.M.I. Avocat à la Cour.

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About Comply365

Comply365 is a leading provider of Operational Content Management, Safety Management and Training Management in the highly regulated industries of aviation, defense, rail and space. Comply365 provides a powerful combination of expertise and products underpinned by unified best practices, empowering its customers to elevate operational excellence, transform safety management and training management, with closer integration of relevant data sets across domains. Comply365 product portfolio ensures its customers’ 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, defense, rail and aerospace organizations worldwide. For more information, please visit comply365.com.

About ASQS and iQSMS®

ASQS (Advanced Safety and Quality Solutions) is a leading global provider of aviation safety, quality and risk management software, headquartered in Vienna, Austria, with offices in Bangkok, Thailand and Calgary, Canada. With its core product iQSMS, the company specializes in developing and delivering intuitive, user-friendly solutions that support aviation organizations of all types in their daily operations. Founded in 2009, ASQS has many years of experience in aviation safety and quality management, as well as extensive knowledge of the industry’s regulatory requirements. ASQS believes it is the first global provider to integrate AI technology into an SMS application. The company supports aviation organizations of all sizes worldwide, helping to streamline internal workflows through digitization and automation to maximize efficiency in day-to-day aviation operations. For more information, visit asqs.net.

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 September 30, 2024, the firm has over $90B 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 libertyhallcapital.com.

Aer Lingus Selects Comply365’s DocuNet to Elevate Operational Performance, Efficiency, and Compliance

Posted on January 20, 2025 by - News

Beloit, Wis. / Bristol, England / Dublin, Ireland – January 20, 2025 – Comply365, LLC (“Comply365”), a global provider of safety, compliance, and training management solutions to the aviation, rail, defense and space industries, today announced that Aer Lingus, Ireland’s national carrier, has selected Comply365’s DocuNet, an enterprise-wide document management system enabling Aer Lingus to author, distribute and view all operational and regulatory content in a single integrated platform. This partnership with Comply365 aims to elevate the airline’s operational performance, streamline efficiency, and ensure stringent compliance across its operations and AOCs. 

DocuNet’s robust and modern document management platform will support Aer Lingus in managing a wide range of critical operational processes, from regulatory documentation to internal workflows. It also drives operational agility, enabling its teams to work more efficiently in today’s fast-paced aviation industry with timely and targeted delivery of important content to end-users and ensuring they are maintaining utmost compliance.  

“We are excited to partner with Comply365 leveraging DocuNet to modernize our operational processes and drive highly efficient service delivery,” said Conor Nolan, Director of Safety & Security at Aer Lingus. “DocuNet is empowering our teams with both flexibility and standardization of end-to-end processes, handling all data formats on a single platform, ensuring consistency and efficiency across all manuals and all AOCs. Moreover, the advanced compliance capabilities ensure users are utilizing the latest content and enable us to streamline auditing processes and procedures.” 

Ilia Kostov, CEO of Comply365, also commented, “We are delighted to partner with Aer Lingus to drive operational performance improvements and enhance the airline’s overall efficiency. DocuNet’s platform is designed to streamline complex operational processes, and we look forward to supporting Aer Lingus in achieving its operational goals. This partnership with Aer Lingus extends Comply365’s reach across all of the IAG Group, enabling flexibility for IAG airlines to share and communicate technical content using the same platform.” 

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About Aer Lingus 
Aer Lingus is the Irish flag carrier, founded in 1936. Aer Lingus operates over 100 routes from Dublin, Cork, Shannon and Knock to Europe, the UK and North America. Reaffirming its commitment to its North American expansion, the airline will operate 24 transatlantic routes in 2025 from Dublin, Shannon and Manchester, UK to North America and the Caribbean. 

Aer Lingus is a 4-star airline, awarded by Skytrax, the international air transport rating organisation. Aer Lingus is a member of International Airlines Group (IAG), one of the world’s largest airline groups. As part of IAG, Aer Lingus has pledged to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050 and has committed to powering 10% of its flights using sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) by 2030. 

 
About Comply365 
Comply365 is a leading provider of Operational Content Management, Safety Management and Training Management in the highly regulated industries of aviation, defense, rail and aerospace.  Comply365 provides a powerful combination of expertise and products underpinned by unified best practices, empowering its customers to elevate operational excellence, transform safety management and training management, with closer integration of relevant data sets across domains. Comply365 product portfolio ensures its customers’ 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, defense, rail and aerospace organizations worldwide with a global customer base of over 140 organizations. For more information, please visit www.comply365.com. 

Wizz Air Chooses Comply365 To Support Growth

Posted on May 15, 2019 by - News

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Comply365 to Transform Manual Authoring for Leading European Low-Cost Carrier

Beloit, WI – May 15, 2019 – Wizz Air, one of Europe’s fastest growing airlines, is transforming its content manual authoring process for both company and operating manuals with Comply365’s end-to-end content management and distribution platform.

As the leading low-cost carrier in Central and Eastern Europe, Wizz Air needed an innovative way to speed up its documentation process to support its rapid growth plans. Wizz Air operates one of the youngest aircraft fleets in the world with its Airbus A320 and A321s.

They fly under two AOCs (Air Operator Certificates): Wizz Air Hungary, based in Budapest, and Wizz Air UK, based in London Luton. Since both airlines share the same aircraft types, significant portions of content of their flight operating manuals could be sourced once and then shared for efficiency.

“We were looking for a modern system for our Operations departments that would allow us to author and maintain one set of common content and leverage it where possible across our network,” Wizz Air Chief Operations Officer and Chief Technical Officer Heiko Holm said. “We not only got an innovative solution that will scale with us as we grow, but an experienced Comply365 team that’s wonderful to work with.”

Wizz Air transported 34 million passengers in 2018, a 20-percent jump from the previous year. It operates a fleet of more than 100 aircraft across 25 bases in Europe.

“We warmly welcome Wizz Air to our global community of diverse Comply365 users,” Comply365 CEO Tom Samuel said. “We are pleased they chose Comply365 as a partner to streamline and modernize their authoring process across multiple subsidiaries. Not only are we able to meet Wizz Air’s immediate needs, our experience serving long-time clients such as American Airlines and Southwest Airlines proves we can continue to effectively support Wizz Air as they grow their operations.”

Wizz Air recently accepted delivery on the first of 256 Airbus A321neo aircraft to support their growth strategy throughout and beyond Europe. But with that ongoing delivery, the carrier needed a faster way to author operating manuals so new aircraft could be brought into service without delay. Comply365’s authoring system can repopulate effectivity statements from manual authoring in existing, identical aircraft manuals, allowing Wizz Air to create manuals for aircraft before they are delivered.

“This was a very time-consuming process that we had to do manually, so we’re really looking forward to publishing manuals much faster, more efficiently and accurately,” Holm said. “Comply365’s editor also makes it relatively simple for anyone to author OEM or company manuals in XML compared to other systems that require a degree of XML knowledge.”

“At Comply365, we’re investing in a fashion that provides an innovative way to safely and efficiently provide end users with targeted and personalized content,” Samuel said. “We’re proud to support the pilots, cabin crew and ground and maintenance teams at Wizz Air with the data and insights they need to make critical decisions and continue growing.”

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 WIZZ AIR

Wizz Air is the largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe, it operates a fleet of 112 Airbus A320 and Airbus A321 aircraft, and offers more than 650 routes from 25 bases, connecting 146 destinations across 44 countries. At Wizz Air, a team of approximately 4,500 aviation professionals delivers superior service and very low ticket prices making Wizz Air the preferred choice of 34 million passengers in 2018. Wizz Air is listed on the London Stock Exchange under the ticker WIZZ and is included in the FTSE 250 and FTSE All-Share Indices. Wizz Air is registered under the International Air Transport Association (IATA), Operational Safety Audit (IOSA), the global benchmark in airline safety recognition. The company recently received the highest 7-star safety rating by airlineratings.com, the world’s only safety and product rating agency, and was recently named 2017 – European Airline of the Year by Aviation 100, a renowned annual publication that recognizes the year’s most outstanding performers in the aerospace industry.

FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Comply365 Marketing
marketing@comply365.com
+1 608.313.1500

Andras Rado
Wizz Air Group
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Vistair provides partnered document management solution for TUI Group

Posted on February 14, 2018 by - News

TUI Group has selected DocuNet for the management, control and distribution of flight operation manuals across its entire Boeing fleet. As part of the newly executed agreement, Vistair will provide filtered regulatory manual revisions to accommodate TUI fly Nordic, TUI fly Belgium, TUI fly Netherlands and UK-based TUI Fly Airways, delivering manual content to both the crew and EFB platforms.