A wide open look at Ames maintenance planning software & how profits converge

Clear skies ahead for airline maintenance & engineering

2011, Q2 Information Package

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Mainline large carriers

4000 aircraft worldwide

and 21 sites use our software as a strategic planning tool

every day

Fractional Ownership

Regional and feeders

International carriers

Mid-size carriers MRO

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our fans

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WWe cut $3.4 million from our budget and we have been under budget all year…It would be interesting to see what would happen if you tried to take Ames away now.

- Dean Sinerius, Mesa Air Group

- Bronya McAdams, Continental Airlines

AAirlines are in the business of flying people, not maintaining aircraft. Ames allows you to plan effectively plan maintenance and reduce the number of aircraft required out of the schedule…less aircraft in maintenance means more flying without purchasing and maintaining additional aircraft.

EEnables the running of what-if scenarios to look at different plans for any given issue in less time than it took to run one plan using the manual process. An event can be scheduled and rescheduled with any number of tools, but only Ames provides immediate feedback about the effects of a change. Ames positions you to make informed decisions.

- Tom Dunn, Qantas

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overwhelming value

Imagine having these long range planning scenarios developed faster than a flight from Dallas To New York.

PPerfection is rarely ever obtained. However, for over twenty years Omega has continuously engineered improvement for the Ames product based on crucial industry feedback through our annual collaborative forums.

5yr. 10yr. 20yr.

Make informed decisions in minutes with quality data

Easy to use. Easy to maintain.

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Increased availability. Traditional scheduling lends to higher ground time, by building a high volume of safety events. Ames lets your planners easily break away from the manual process and easily compile information from multiple data sources.

Lower maintenance cost definition optimize, optimise ~ to plan or carry out (an economic activity) with maximum efficiency. At Omega we think effectiveness is better than efficiency.

Convergence of profitsAmes long range Planner Creates an optimized maintenance plan for any fleet size or configuration for up to 20 years. Includes budget and fleet planning (availability) functionality.Ames Scheduler Interfaces with the LRP to maintain and add detail to the plan as each visit near production. Compares maintenance requirements from various sources and consolidates them into a visual tool for creating the line and/or RON maintenance schedule.AmesMRO Labor and facility management for MRO organizations

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Ames utilizes SaaS. Convenient, easy, dependable.

Omega provides secure URL with login credentials

Trial user to submit fleet data, Omega responsible for system data entry

Omega will provide two educational WebEx sessions. 1. Product demonstration/familiarization 2. Official training session. Additional sessions available if neededMigrating from trial mode to production mode is easy. The trial server becomes the production server for the new client. No additional set up required.

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An effective path to maintenance planning and

profits converging

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Omega Airline SoftwareDevelopers of Ames, the world leader

in planning and scheduling software for the airline industry

OAS 116 North 8th Street, Midlothian, TX 76065, USA

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