The strategic choice to optimise

your daily operations

 Designed to meet
airline’s expectations
In an ever increasingly competitive market, the aviation industry endures massive on-going
economic pressure. Initial parts provisioning, anticipation of spares requirements, parts
reliability, turn–around-time, repair management, stock management, warranty management
are some of airlines’ crucial tasks. They require considerable up-front
investment and man-hours, without truly solving downtime/risks
probabilities, mainly because of limited available working
capital and theoretical forecasting.

ATR, having assessed the extent of such drawbacks, decided to

give its Operators the possibility of concentrating on their core
business, thus increasing their competitiveness. Such substantial and
strategic advantage is known as the ATR GMA.

adaptable
U n p a r a l l e l e d S u p p o r t f o r y o u r AT R A i r c r a f t

experience
Reduce Single channel
Maintenance
Cost Reduced initial investment
Increase
Guaranteed parts availability
flexible Aircraft
Predicted costs Availability

A turnkey solution for increased aircraft availability, reduced maintenance costs and enhanced safety.

P r i v i l e g e d A c c e s s t o AT R G l o b a l S u p p o r t N e t w o r k

ATR proposes to manage all your off-aircraft maintenance,

logistics, spares investments, warranties and administration
for you in a single source mode. This includes stock holding,
Repair Stations
with shelf-life management, warranties handling, selecting
repair shops, etc.

Vendors OEM
A streamlined administrative and logistic process to mini-
MROs
mise aircraft on-the-ground time and overhead costs.

Customer Uniqueness

Unique Access… To achieve this, ATR works in close cooperation with OEMs
and top-ranking MROs to obtain the best from its individual
network.
 A powerful integration of technical
and operational matters
Having the GMA is about having the reliability, the
availability and the diversity of support solutions Parts ent Maintenance
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only an aircraft manufacturer, together with its OEM M agdeule
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partners, can offer. Predicted fly-by-the-hour costs re lie ve s
g ra m m e
T h is p ro b er so m e The combined strengths of ATR
th e cu m
with the integration of operators’ specifics and ai rl in es
fr o m
R sp ar e p ar ts . and its OEM network result in
in g AT
o f m an ag particular ly speedy and reliable
expectations, form the basis of its success. maintena nce managem ent
service.
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S p a re P a rt
Examples of what can be included in the GMA: repair Maint enace Parts Modu les
and overhaul of Line Replaceable Units (LRUs), of TOCK
O n -S it e S On-A ircraf t Off-A ircraf t
main elements (landing gears, engines, propellers), P o o l A cc e
ss
C. Check s Rotab les
rotables maintenance, spare provisioning… a in E le m e
n ts
Loan of M Struc tural
inspe ctions Prope llers

Landi ng Gears

Engin es

GMA
Parts Management Module

Operators do not need to invest in high value LRUs. With regard to the minimum equipment list
(MMEL) stock holding, further assistance is at hand with the ATR option of leasing inventories.
A highly beneficial complement to the on-site inventory is the ATR’s Pool Access Service offering
“up-front” standard exchanges with guaranteed lead times for the delivery of LRUs.

Miami Paris CDG Singapore Auckland The Parts Management module is:
• A cash flow tool, as it enables signi-
ficant reduction of up-front and opera-
tional investments
• A time saving tool, as it single sour-
ces spares from an integrated supply
chain.
• An operational tool, as it guarantees
timely spares availability and reduces
downtime. In addition, availability and
loan of main elements is offered as
and when required.

Paris is the main distribution center for localised

warehousing of pool supplies.
Maintenance Management Module $
Scheduled Maintenance Task Unscheduled Maintenance Task

Operators see aircraft ownership simplified by its inherent

cost-control and predicted costs features. Cash flow is
made easier. GMA
Thanks to the integrated ATR network, stated rates are Mature Aircraft

competitive rates, yet they relate to a superior service.

New Aircraft

Aircraft Life
• Rotables repairs & overhauls

• Engines

• Propellers

The Maintenance Management Module is:

• An accurate forecasting tool for maintenance and repair budgets
throughout the aircraft lifecycle
• An accounting risk saving tool, as it removes the need to be
concerned with residual stock values and depreciation rates
• A quality assurance tool, as it uses a second-to-none supply chain.

A modular approach
The GMA concept is to offer as many solution as possible to airlines’ operational
maintenance contraints. Such concept was born out of ATR’s belief that each airline has
specific needs and ideas on how to best run its operations. Therefore, ATR created a
portfolio of services enabling ATR Operators to select various services, as and when they
view them to be required for their specific approach.

OPERATOR
RESOURCES
& CONSTRAINTS CONSULTING

Operators can choose… GMA … to find the best fit.

PARTS
MODULE MAINTENANCE
MODULE

Working together for maximum profitability

The strategic choice to optimise

your daily operations
 • Guaranteed parts availability and Turn around times
• Reputed first-class support and services in a single source mode.
• Guaranteed technical integrity
• Increased aircraft availability and asset care

The appeal of the ATR GMA

• Flexibility and Adaptability
• Reliability and quality privileged access to an aircraft
manufacturer’s historical experience, in addition to
• Financial Risk reduction MROs and OEMs data
• Predictable costs & budgets • A strategic business choice
• Easy cash flow monitoring
• More time to concentrate on core business and
increased profitability

A proven product

Well over one third of the total ATR fleet flies around the world with the GMA.

We have signed the GMA Agreement with ATR three
years ago. The main reasons why we have chosen the
ATR GMA program was:
• FIXED COST per flying hours
• SIMPLIFICATION OF LOGISTICS though a single
channel concept
• STANDARD EXCHANGE pool service.
At today after three years experience we can confirm
the benefits of the GMA agreement in terms of budget
estimate, cost control and global service guarantee.
Valerio Dell’Angela
V.P. Technical Department
Air Austral has been operating one ATR72-500 under
the ATR GMA since July 2000. An immediately obvious
benefit became the minimisation of “aircraft on the
ground” time. Indeed, the GMA support brings about
notable avoidance or reduction of delays.
Another appreciable advantage is the spare parts
supply guarantee and ease of access to ATR stock.
This relieves us from the costs and burden of LRU
management.
To conclude, from our experience, I would certainly not
hesitate in recommending the use of the GMA to other
ATR Operators.
Joseph Sabetta,
Technical Logistic Manager
 Should you need any further information,
please contact:
Commercial Customer Services
Tel: +33 (0)5 6221 6314
Fax: + 33 (0)5 6221 6222
Email: commercial.services@atr.fr

© ATR Customer Services 2008

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