ASA in Japan to Support the Airline Community

ASA spent the day today with All Nippon Airways (ANA), meeting with several different departments at both the airport offices and the downtown offices. This is part of ASA’s continuing global commitment to aircraft parts education.

We held Q&A sessions at both sites with a mix of pre-solicited and live questions from ANA staff. Topics included FAA parts approval (including PMA and TSOA), documentation, designees, traceability norms, distributor accreditation, bilateral airworthiness safety agreements, the application of US export law to parts transactions, contract issues – just to name a few of them!

We were able to address some of the concerns that might have otherwise inhibited an air carrier like ANA from buying airworthy parts from sources outside of Japan. By keeping the lines of communication open, we hope to keep the purchasing lines open between ANA and our other members.

Tomorrow (Friday), ASA will join MARPA in hosting the Japan Aircraft Parts Education Seminar. This seminar sold out at 130 seats with attendance by Japanese air carriers, MROs and manufacturers. The speakers come from American Airlines, Chromalloy, Delta Air Lines, the FAA, Heico, Jet Parts Engineering, Mid-American Aerospace and Wencor.