Denim Selects ARINC's AviNet Mail and 
ACARS Solution for Improved Aircraft Efficiency.

Thursday 1st August 2013

Annapolis, Maryland, July 31, 2013-- ARINC today announced that Denim, a leading provider of flexible aircraft & crew capacity solutions for airlines, virtual airlines and non-governmental organizations worldwide, has signed a new contract for AviNet Mail and GLOBALink ACARS.

AviNet Mail provides reliable and economical Type B, e-mail and SMS messaging for mission-critical business-to-business communications for the aviation industry. ARINC's GLOBALink ACARS solution provides instant air-to-ground and ground-to-air data communication for Denim's Embraer 190 planes configured with this new service.  GLOBALink ACARS will enable Denim to operate its aircraft more efficiently and give it more visibility into how its aircraft are performing by maintaining critical, automated, real-time messaging between the flight crew and its maintenance organization.

Alexis Hickox, Senior Director, Aviation Solutions, at ARINC EMEA explained there were several reasons for the change. "ARINC provided a superior solution for Denim. Specifically, they cited ARINC's Type B messaging service, enabling ground-to air communications and lower costs as reasons for their decision."

"ARINC offered us a user friendly, flexible and more technically advanced solution," said Maarten Temminck, Project Manager at Denim. "We provide a number of vital services to our customers worldwide, and we believe we can now do so better with ARINC."

Denim Air ACMI, based in the Netherlands, provides flexible aircraft wet lease solutions world-wide. Its fleet consists of Fokker 50 turboprop and Embraer 190 regional jets. Denim holds an EU-OPS AOC and a Part-M certificate. Denim is an EASA approved training organization for flight and cabin crew.

ARINC Incorporated, a portfolio company of The Carlyle Group, provides communications, engineering and integration solutions for commercial and government customers worldwide. Headquartered in Annapolis, Maryland with regional headquarters in London and Singapore, ARINC is ISO 9001:2008 and AS9100:2009 Rev C certified.

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