AMES CAMO, Continuing Airworthiness Management Organization

News | AMES CAMO

    • 29/04/2025

    BOEING BBJ3 BACK UNDER MANAGEMENT

    We recently signed a new CAMO contract for a Boeing BBJ3 (B737-900ER) for which we previously were the CAMO, from its cabin outfitting project back in 2012 up to 2019. We are glad to have this VVIP BBJ back on our books after being sold to one of our client. We are actively working on reviewing all past maintenance actions to bring it back to our standards. This is our 13th B737NG BBJ currently under contract which represents almost 10% of the BBJ fleet in service, we are proud of this achievement!

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    • 25/03/2025

    CAMO contract for another Boeing BBJ

    We are proud to announce the signature of a new CAMO contract for a USA based Boeing BBJ! This is elevating our number of B737NG BBJ fleet under continuing airworthiness management to 12, quite a high number considering there are no more 737NG BBJs being delivered by Boeing. "I see this contract as a great achievement because this customer has decided to contract us not because of a regulatory requirement but as a willingness to have our company AMES maintain his asset to the best standards" said our CEO Mickael Villermet with the following comment: "There are many BBJs on the market who passed 20 years into service and with time the amount of records is simply increasing, requiring a proper system to organize them and keep track of every modification, damage, repair, part change or task accomplishment. This is what our ADEL tracking system does, and it does it well!"

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    • 21/01/2025

    AIRCRAFT RECORDS REVIEWS

    Our core activity is the continuing Airworthiness Management (CAMO) but this is not our sole field of competence. Indeed our experience gained managing all our aircraft under contract is allowing us to propose our services during pre-purchase inspections where the buyer is looking to make sure the aircraft records are in full compliance with existing and potential future requirements. We are currently working in parallel on a few records reviews for different customers and on various aircraft types. One of them is turning into a records recovery project where we have to retrieve and reorganize all the records, prior to a potential sale. Another one is a consultancy for a potential buyer with limited scope of review, which might turn into a deeper records review once they decide to engage with the seller. After nearly 20 years of operation, we have been involved in several records review projects, most of the time as part of airplane transactions, and this is always a challenging process. We try to bring our expertise for our customers in order to make sure their risk exposure is minimum and find any potential issue before the transaction is done. Reason why this is important to engage experienced staff, feel free to contact us if you have a need for a records review and we will discuss your project!

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    • 21/08/2024

    JOIN US AT THE UPCOMING BOEING BBJ CONFERENCE IN LISBON!

    We are thrilled to announce that the AMES team will be attending its 18th BBJ Owner and Operator Conference in the beautiful city of Lisbon, starting on September 9th! This year, we’ll once again be actively participating in the working sessions, discussing key technical and operational topics related to our BBJ fleet, including models like the B737NG, B737MAX, B747-8, and B787. It’s an excellent opportunity to dive deep into industry insights and share our experiences with other BBJ owners and operators. As an approved BBJ supplier, we’re excited to have a booth during the supplier breakout sessions on Wednesday evening. If you're planning to attend, we would love to meet you! Stop by our booth to explore how our tailored services can support your BBJ operations. Let's connect and collaborate! Looking forward to seeing you there!

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    • 06/06/2024

    BOEING WORKING MEETINGS AT AMES

    Our teams have been working for quite some time with Boeing and BBJ on various technical subjects and this time Boeing proposed to come to our facilities to have a working session. We hosted total 7 Boeing representatives from maintenance engineering and customer support. The main working session has been spent on improving the B737 BBJ active storage / flight ready condition procedures to better match BBJ specific requirements. We made great progress and Boeing engineering will finalize the review internally with a target to get the maintenance manual be updated in the coming months. In addition since we are BBJ MAB co-chairman we worked on the BBJ MPD proposed coming changes in order to bring our practical experience. Based on our reliability data and studies, we provided Boeing with our feedback on fleet issues and specific low utilization defects we are facing. Indeed with our fleet of 12 BBjs for nearly 20 years we have now accumulated a lot of data which allowed us to either adjust task intervals or add reliability tasks on some of our BBjs based on their operating environment. We shared our internal data with the aim for Boeing to provide some recommendations to the other BBJ operators on an optional basis. Those two working days have been really productive and allowed both teams to understand each other better for improved working relations. We did not forget there is more than work in life and we shared with our Boeing friends the good sides of France!

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    • 29/05/2024

    EASA PART-M Subpart I capacity extension

    Our team is counting a new member with Mr Brahim Naji who is bringing us many decades of experience in the fields of Aircraft Review Certificate (ARC) survey and renewal. This is expanding our capacity to offer ARC renewal services for Boeing B737NG, B747-400, B787, Airbus A320 and A330. Brahim is currently working on an A330 ARC recommendation after major check and cargo conversion. If you have any request for such services, feel free to contact us and we will see how we can best assist you.

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    • 28/03/2024

    FIRST BBJ MAX UNDER CONTRACT

    With all of our experience on the B737NG BBJ we were looking to get our first BBJ MAX under contract and this is now achieved! The airplane has arrived at its completion facility, our 737 team led by Jean-René will review previous maintenance and Boeing delivery records in order to enrol the plane into our system. Most of our work will be initially to issue preservation work-orders to the MRO but we will as well review all applicable ADs, SBs and SLs to make our recommendations to the owner. Our target is to benefit from the outfitting ground-time to propose all applicable upgrades and have the best configuration at entry into service to ensure the best reliability. We are ready to work with you on your next BBJ MAX project!

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    • 15/03/2024

    BACK ON AIRBUS A320 CAMO

    One of our customer decided to purchase an A320CJ on which we completed a records review and a full integration into our ADEL system. The plane is currently going through a major maintenance visit including cabin refurbishment, engine shop visit, landing gear overhaul and several cabin upgrades including Ka-Band STC installation. This is giving us the great opportunity to be back on the A320 family CAMO business after a few years break. Christophe and Fabrice have been working hard on this project and we are now back operational on this aircraft type and ready for new Airbus projects!

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    • 21/02/2024

    AMES TO ATTEND THE GULFSTREAM OPERATOR CONFERENCE IN SAVANNAH

    Stephane who is in charge of our Gulfstream fleet will be attending the famous Gulfstream Operators & Suppliers conference in Savannah, from 1st to 4th April 2024. The main purpose of his visit is to learn from the various technical discussions but as well to share with Gulfstream on our fleet issues. If you would like to meet him there, please contact us before the event to set an appointment.

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    • 14/02/2024

    SECOND VVIP B747-8 UNDER CAMO CONTRACT

    A couple of months ago we have been contracted by VIP operator Global JET Isle of Man to perform CAMO activities for a VVIP B747-8 they were adding to their fleet. Considering our company AMES had already 6 years experience managing such a unique airplane model, it appeared to be more efficient for Global JET to contract us on this project. We already had such a cooperation together on a VVIP B787-8 and it worked very well. We are still working on the enrolment phase to review all maintenance history back to Boeing production but we are already fully ready for the daily CAMO activities. This is showing that CAMO Sub contracting on some specific airplane models can be an efficient way for operators to monitor the regulatory airworthiness requirements, using dedicated competent and trained work forces. Our independance is allowing us to be your partner and get you a rapid option to face a short time-line on specific projects. Let us know if you have any request.

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