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Air Partner PLC
28 February 2018
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28 February 2018
Air Partner plc
Baines Simmons and Frazer-Nash Consultancy awarded four-year
STEP contract
by the Ministry of Defence
Baines Simmons, part of the Air Partner group, has been awarded
the contract for the Safety Training for Error Prevention (STEP)
programme by the Ministry of Defence (MOD), in partnership with
engineering specialist Frazer-Nash Consultancy. The contract is
worth between GBP2 million and GBP3 million and will span the next
four years, with the option of two one-year extensions. The
contract will also serve as a framework agreement to support and
facilitate safety-related sub-projects across the MOD.
STEP is the successor to the Defence Aviation Error Management
System (DAEMS) contracts, which were technical support initiatives
designed to assist cultural change and facilitate the establishment
of an effective Safety Management System (SMS) across the Defence
Aviation Environment (DAE).
Baines Simmons and Frazer-Nash will provide support within the
STEP programme to further embed Error Management (EM) and to
support the progression towards the next stage of safety maturity,
as an effective SMS is developed across the DAE.
With the formation of the Defence Safety Agency (DSA), there is
the potential opportunity for STEP to deliver a Training Needs
Analysis (TNA) to identify emerging training requirements across
the other MOD regulatory domains and develop appropriate training
and technical support solutions.
Mark Briffa, CEO at Air Partner, said: 'This is an extremely
important initiative for the MOD and I am delighted that we will be
supporting them as they take this next step in further
strengthening the safety processes they have in place. This
contract win is a great start to 2018, following on from a
successful 2017 in which we won a number of contracts with tier one
national carriers, international civil airlines, the Royal Air
Force of Oman and the European Defence Agency, among others."
Andy Llewellyn, STEP Programme Manager at Baines Simmons, added:
"It has been a fantastic team effort to secure the STEP contract,
which allows Baines Simmons and Frazer-Nash to build upon the
success of the Defence Aviation Error Management System (DAEMS)
programmes. Together with the safety professionals within the
Military Aviation Authority (MAA) and those across the DAE
regulated community (with whom we have worked to establish DAEMS),
we have paved the way for the STEP programme. This represents a
challenging but exciting opportunity and we will continue to act as
trusted advisors to the MOD and assist in any way we can to ensure
that an effective SMS prevails, not only within the DAE but across
the MOD as a whole".
Real Admiral Paul Chivers, Director MAA, said: "The Military
Aviation Authority (MAA) have been working with Baines Simmons over
the last 6 years to comprehensively deliver Air Safety training.
The awarding of the STEP contract will allow the MAA to continue
delivering assured Air Safety training alongside our strategic
partner with a common aim of ensuring an increased awareness of Air
Safety with the Defence Aviation Environment."
Tim Andrews, Business Manager at Frazer-Nash Consultancy, said:
"Working collaboratively, we look forward to providing change
management, training analysis and specialist technical support to
the programme, which will help the MOD to prevent accidents, reduce
risk to life, enhance its operational capability and drive down
unnecessary resource expenditure."
It has been a successful period for Baines Simmons, in which it
was also announced that it has secured two separate contracts with
two NATO operating units, the Heavy Airlift Wing at Papa, Hungary,
and the AWACS unit (Airborne Warning and Control System) in
Geilenkirchen, Germany. Baines Simmons will help the units to
understand the benefits and the challenges associated with EMAR
(European Military Airworthiness Requirements) 21, 145 and M
implementation.
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About Air Partner:
Founded in 1961, Air Partner is a global aviation services group
that provides worldwide solutions to industry, commerce,
governments and private individuals. The Group has two divisions:
Broking division, comprising air charter broking and remarketing;
and the Consulting & Training division, comprising the aviation
safety consultancies, Baines Simmons, Clockwork Research and
SafeSkys, as well as Air Partner's Emergency Planning Division. For
reporting purposes, the Group is structured into four divisions:
Commercial Jets, Private Jets, Freight (Broking) and Consulting
& Training (Baines Simmons, Clockwork Research, SafeSkys and
Air Partner's Emergency Planning Division). The Commercial Jet
division charters large airliners to move groups of any size. Air
Partner Remarketing, which is within the Commercial Jet division,
provides comprehensive remarketing programmes for all types of
commercial and corporate aircraft to a wide range of international
clients. Private Jets offers the Company's unique pre-paid JetCard
scheme and on-demand charter. Freight charters aircraft of every
size to fly almost any cargo anywhere, at any time. Baines Simmons
is a world leader in aviation safety consulting specialising in
aviation regulation, compliance and safety management. Clockwork
Research is a leading fatigue risk management consultancy. SafeSkys
is a leading Environmental and Air Traffic Control services
provider to UK and International airports. Air Partner is
headquartered alongside Gatwick airport in the UK. Air Partner
operates 24/7 year-round and has 20 offices globally. Air Partner
is listed on the London Stock Exchange (AIR) and is ISO 9001:2008
compliant for commercial airline and private jet solutions
worldwide. www.airpartner.com
About Baines Simmons:
Founded in 2001, Baines Simmons is a world leader in aviation
safety consulting, specialising in aviation regulation, compliance
and safety management. It is a trusted advisor to more than 750
aviation organisations and more than 40 Aviation Authorities.
Baines Simmons helps to advance best practice, shape safety
thinking and drive continuous improvement to safety performance.
This is achieved through its three service offerings: consulting,
training and outsourced services. Through these services, Baines
Simmons has helped develop the skills and expertise of more than
120,000 aviation professionals across multiple facets of the
aviation industry. Clients include: KLM, SAS, Thomas Cook, Thomson,
British Airways, Virgin Atlantic, The Isle of Man Government, BAE
Systems, MOD, Rolls Royce, Royal Air Force, Royal Navy, Airbus, the
European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and UK Military Aviation
Authority (MAA). www.bainessimmons.com
About Frazer-Nash Consultancy:
At Frazer-Nash, our consultants are applying their expertise and
know-how to develop, enhance and protect our clients' critical
assets, systems and processes. We're renowned for our work in the
aerospace, transport, nuclear, marine, defence, power and energy,
oil and gas sectors and our security, resilience cyber and
information technology expertise.
With around 800 employees, Frazer-Nash operates from a network
of twelve UK and Australian offices.
With our background in delivering safety management expertise
into Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) air safety
initiatives, we are confident that our collaborative teams can
deliver exceptional benefits to the DSA and MoD and drive coherency
across defence.
The depth of our knowledge base means we can transfer the
skills, experience and best practice from one area to benefit our
clients in other fields.
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