ELMS Aviation announces partnership with easyJet

Monday 11th October 2021

Leading European low-cost carrier easyJet has signed a long-term partnership with ELMS Aviation (ELMS) to adopt its leading Competence & Compliance Software Solution (The ELMS Solution), initially in its Part 145, as part of its ongoing digital transformation.

The agreement marks the latest in a string of notable new customer signings for ELMS and is a further endorsement of the value-add that ELMS provides to its customers from a staff development, competence, and compliance perspective. The ELMS Solution will form a key cog in easyJet’s continuous improvement programme, providing the organisation with unprecedented levels of transparency, integrity, and visibility of personnel competence and thus capability on both an organisational and individual basis.

Phase 1 of the implementation has already taken off at easyJet’s Liverpool, UK base, with the wider roll-out of the product at easyJet’s maintenance locations over the coming months.

John Scale, ELMS’ General Manager, commented: “This is a significant endorsement of our product and we are proud to be working in partnership with such a prestigious airline. This partnership along with the support of our existing customers provides a solid foundation from where we will be announcing exciting product enhancements and developments in the coming months.”

Head of Insourced Maintenance at easyJet, Adrian Evans, commented: ‘’As part of our commitment to continuous improvement we are pleased to team with ELMS to provide a streamlined solution for the management and tracking of staff competence and skills development of our part 145 teams.

We are excited to be a part of the ELMS journey and to help develop the product going forward to suit our evolving business needs.”

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About easyJet:

easyJet is Europe’s leading airline, offering a unique and winning combination of the best route network connecting Europe's primary airports, with great value fares and friendly service.

easyJet serves Europe’s most popular routes more frequently than any other airline, carrying more than 96 million passengers in 2019 – more than 16 million travelling for business. The airline has over 300 aircraft operating on nearly 1,000 routes to more than 150 airports across 35 countries. Over 300 million Europeans live within one hour's drive of an easyJet airport.

easyJet aims to be a good corporate citizen, employing people on local contracts in eight countries across Europe in full compliance with national laws and recognising their trade unions. The airline supports a number of local charities and also has a corporate partnership with UNICEF which has raised over £14m for the most vulnerable children since it was established in 201The airline takes its sustainability seriously. It is the first major airline to offset the carbon emissions from the fuel used for all of its flights. The airline sees this as an interim measure until new technology becomes available to decarbonise aviation. In the meantime, easyJet will continue to support innovative technology, operate efficiently and aim to fill most of its seats. Since 2000, it has improved its carbon emission per passenger kilometre efficiency by over one third and has a target to reach a 38% reduction by 2022.

Innovation is in easyJet’s DNA – from its launch over 25 years ago when we changed the way people fly to the present day where we lead the industry in digital, web, engineering and operational innovations to make travel more easy and affordable for our passengers.

The airline was named as Britain’s Most Admired Company of 2020 in the transport sector, retaining the leading position for a second year running. Britain's Most Admired Companies study is the longest-running annual survey of corporate reputation in the UK.

About ELMS Aviation

ELMS Aviation (ELMS) is an aviation-based software company with a wealth of experience in the aviation, IT services and technology industries. ELMS has developed the aviation Engineering, Maintenance sector’s leading Competence and Compliance Management System (The ELMS Solution).

The ELMS solution is utilised globally by a growing number of aviation Engineering and Maintenance organisations that have adopted ELMS as an integral part of their Safety Management Systems (SMS). ELMS offers a 360-degree solution to evaluate the key elements of competence – Knowledge, Skills and Attitude in a secure cloud-based platform, providing the ultimate tool to ensure compliance with the latest regulations in relation to personnel competence.

By utilising the latest cloud computing technology, ELMS has developed a solution that provides organisations with a robust management system offering first level assurance of competence standards. The solution offers real-time data with unprecedented levels of transparency and integrity to enhance management systems encompassing continuous learning and development, manpower planning, and operational efficiency.

For more information about ELMS Aviation www.elmsaviation.co.uk