Hangar Structure Roof - Uplifting Operation

The date of 01 November 2008 marks an important milestone in CASL’s hangar construction project.At 0900PM, CASL's management team officiated the commencement of the "Hangar Structure Roof - Uplifting Operation" and this critical process of lifting the 1000 plus tones of roof structure to about 23 meters in height has successfully completed after 12 hours of hard work. It labels CASL’s hangar construction has entering into its last phrase of construction.

JAA Airworthiness Course

Mr. Leung Ka Ming from CASL was completed the JAA Airworthiness Course taking place in United Kingdom in October 2008.

Left: Ms Mei Ling Chan

During daily work process of cabin cleaning service, Ms. Mei Ling of CS Department is required to remove stickers that hard to be removed from the interior sidewall of the aircraft, she asked her husband to invent a small handy tool which could help her to remove sticker easily from aircraft interior side wall. After many trial operations, this handy tool demonstrates very effective and has no damaged effect to the cabin interior surface. In order to praise her thoughtful and enthusiastic to work, the company awards HK$3000 dollars to her as a gesture to appreciate her contribution by CEO, Dr. Angus Cheung. 

Chinese Olympic Gold Medal Flight Handled by CASL

Flight Arrival	The most exciting moment
Close shot of Diving Queen and Table Tennis Legend	Group picture of China and Hong Kong senior officials and Olympic medalist team

On 29th of August, CASL is honor to be chosen to provide line maintenance handling service for the special charter VVIP flight by Air China carrying a full team of Olympic 2008 mainland gold medalists to visit Hong Kong. The painted B737 aircraft with Olympic Fuwa landed at 10:40AM and was assigned to berth at outer parking Bay-144. All people on the apron were trying hard to meet the Gold Medalists face to face. After the opening of the cabin door, all focus was concentrated on the Diving Queen Guo Jingjing and table tennis gold medalists Zhang Yiling.

Pratt and Whitney Line Maintenance Support Agreement

CASL is proud to be selected by world’s leading aircraft engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney as one of its service partners in the Asia Pacific Region. An agreement was signed on July 2008 to enable CASL to start the process of providing technical services on behalf of P&W to its customers.

Aircraft Maintenance Professional Training Program

CASL‘s 2-year Aircraft Maintenance Professional Training Program was launched in 2006. It aimed at developing and training young people with Higher Diploma or above qualifications to become aircraft maintenance professionals possessing CASL’s own values. 13 trainees have already completed the training program in CASL in the last 2 years. Moreover they will have opportunity won scholarship and training at overseas maintenance organization. 

International Federation of Airworthiness (IFA) is a Non Governmental Organisation dedicated to improving aviation safety by increasing international communication, awareness and cooperation on all airworthiness issues and particularly that of continuing airworthiness.

Every year, the IFA Scholarship provides sufficient funds for the winner to attend a training course cover airworthiness issues. Mr. Leung Ka Ming one of outstanding staff from CASL was won this scholarship and he will attend the JAA Airworthiness Course taking place in United Kingdom in October 2008.

 CEO & Winner: Leung Ka Ming

CASL organized its "Annual Staff Party" on 27 June 2008 at Regal Airport Hotel. More than 500 staffs and guests had participated in the party.  

Six nominees, from different departments, have received the "Outstanding Staff Award" from our Chief Executive Officer this year. This is to recognize the contributions and efforts made by our staff. The nominees are: 

Lam Kwok Keung - Maintenance Operation

Ng Lai Kei - Maintenance Operation

Poon Man Bun - Maintenance Operation

Cheung Kwok Tang - Ground Services Equipment

Leung Wing Biu - Cabin Services

Chan Mei Ling - Cabin Services

CEO & Winner of Outstanding Staff

Apart from delicious food and attractive lucky draw, a variety of entertaining performances have added excitement and highlights to the party.

The Olympic Torch relay flight

 The Olympic Torch relay flight arrived on April 30 in Hong Kong ? the first stop back in China after its global journey through about 20 cities on five continents. The charter flight carrying the Olympic flame arrived in Hong Kong at 1.53pm from Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City. The Executive Vice-President of Beijing Organising Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG), Mr Yang Shuan held the tinder lamp when disembarking from the plane. The Secretary for Home Affairs, Mr Tsang Tak-sing, the President of the Sports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China, Mr Timothy Fok, the Director of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Mr Gao Siren, and the Director of Leisure and Cultural Services, Mr Thomas Chow, welcomed the arrival of the Olympic flame on the apron. CASL is honoured to provide full service to this special flight, including technical service, ground support equipment and cabin services.

Customer Commendation - British Airways  

BA presented a commendation to a CASL staff in recognition of his honesty and professionalism. We would like to share this case with you and this would set as a model for all of us.

        Staff Name: LO Tung Wai
        Position / Department: Operational Support, Cabin Services

CASL received a complimentary letter from two BA passengers who took BA Flight 27 to HKG on 20 December 2007. The passengers thanked for Mr. Lo Tung Wai’s help and honesty to return the Burberry carrier bag which was left inside the overhead bin of their seats. There were two new gift-wrapped presents inside the bag.

On 13 March 2008, BA presented an appreciation card to Mr. Lo Tung Wai in recognition of his honesty and dedication. CASL is delighted that the professional attitude and performance of our employee are well recognized by our customer. In the meantime, it proves that our "Lost and Found" system has provided a value-added service to our airlines customers and their passengers as well which makes the flying experience an even more enjoyable one.

Mr Wyman Kan, Regional Airports Manager, Greater China and the Philippines, (left) of British Airways, presented the appreciation award to Mr. Lo Tung Wai, Operational Support (right) of CASL.

CASL Spring Dinner Party 2008  

CASL had organised a Spring Dinner party on 29 February 2008. With over 400 participants including honorable guests and CASL’s staff joined.

The party was arranged at the Palace Restaurant with delicious Chinese fine food and a live band show. Participants enjoyed the nice food and dance with the joyful music. After the dinner, lucky draw was followed and brought excitement to the party. All participants had a happy and unforgettable night.

CEO & Guests photo together	All guests & staff dance with the joyful music

Caring Company 2008  

On 23 January 2008, Hong Kong Council of Social Services awarded CASL as “Caring Company" for 6 years in a row, in recognizing our involvement and contributions to the community.

JAL Charity Junket Flight 2007  

CASL has the pleasure to sponsor once again the annual “Charity Junket Flight?organized by Japan Airlines on 4 November 2007. 191 children were on board to enjoy the flying experience.

Customer Commendation  

JAL presented a commendation to a CASL staff in recognition of her outstanding service. We would like to share this case with you and hope this would set as an example for all of us.

        Staff Name: LEUNG Mei Fung
        Position / Department: Part-time Cleaner, Cabin Services

On 9 November 2007, JAL presented an “Appreciation Award?to Ms. Leung Mei Fung in recognition of her attentiveness and contribution while performing cleaning duty on a JAL flight on 26th October 2007. JAL commended Ms. Leung’s professionalism and positive response which eliminated a possible occurrence of an in-flight incident. CASL is delighted that the professional attitude and performance of our employees are well recognized by our customer.

Mr Hideki Moriyama, General Manager (left) of Japan Airlines at HKIA,

presented the ”Appreciation Award?to Ms. Leung Mei Fung, Part-Time Cleaner (right) of CASL 

Industrial Fellow of the University of Warwick  

Chief Executive Officer of China Aircraft Services Ltd (CASL) Dr. Angus Cheung was recently appointed as Industrial Fellow of the University of Warwick.

Asian Aerospace 2007 Expo and Congress held at AsiaWorld-Expo, four-day event has attracted more than 500 exhibiting companies and over 11,000 trade visitors from 69 countries, including strong representation by professionals from China and Asia Pacific countries, and also over 500 accredited media representatives covering the latest products and services in the commercial aviation and aerospace sector. CASL is honored to be one of the exhibitors in this great event.

Highlight

August
Asian Aerospace 2007   CASL will participate in the Asian Aerospace 2007, one of Asia’s most prestigious aerospace events, from 3 to 6 September. As a first-time participant, CASL will exhibit its latest developments in the show. Being the centerpiece of the company’s booth (9E11), CASL’s hangar model was made on a scale of 1:200 for the exhibition. In actual size, CASL’s aircraft maintenance hangar occupying an area of 10,000 square metres will be completed by the end of the 2008. Being capable of housing one wide-body and one narrow-body aircraft at the same time, the hangar will enable the company to enter the aircraft base maintenance business. For further detail, we welcome you to visit our booth.   Hong Kong Express Airways Presented “Letter of Appreciation " to CASL  Hong Kong Express Airways awarded a “Letter of Appreciation?to CASL in recognition of CASL’s excellent support and high quality services. CASL is honored to receive this award and shall strive to provide even better services to our customers. Mr. Johnny Yuk, General Manager, Maintenance & Engineering Dept. (left) of Hong Kong Express, presented the “Letter of Appreciation" to Dr Angus Cheung, Chief Executive Officer (right) of CASL.   CASL received “Safety Recognition Award" from United Airlines  United Airlines awarded CASL "Safety Recognition Award" on 16 August 2007 in recognizing the outstanding safety performance achieved in year 2006. CASL achieved a perfect safety record of zero safety incidents on UA aircraft in Hong Kong. Safety is the top priority in every aspect of our maintenance operations and the most important commitment to our airlines customers at all time. We are very delighted to receive this award again, thanks to the tremendous support from UA. We shall continue to maintain the highest safety standards and provide the best quality of services to all of our airlines customers. Mr Stephen Notley-Smith, Area Manager, Line Maintenance, South Pacific (left) of United Airlines, presented the “Safety Recognition Award" to Dr Angus Cheung, Chief Executive Officer (right) of CASL United Airlines “Safety Recognition Award"
July
State VIP Flight      President Hu Jintao arrived Hong Kong on 29th June 2007 by a State VIP Flight to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the HKSAR. CASL is honored to provide services to this VIP flight, including technical service, ground services equipment and cabin services. Source of the photo: Xinhuanet
June
CASL Annual Dinner 2007       CASL Annual Dinner 2007 was held on 22 June 2007 at the Regal Airport Hotel with over 550 honorable guests and staff attended. We are very delighted to invite more than a hundred guests from our airline customers and authorities to celebrate this significant event. During the dinner, Mr Sun Yu De, our new chairman, gave a speech and introduced CASL’s latest development. 5 staff received “Outstanding Staff Award" from Mr. Angus Cheung, our CEO in recognition of their outstanding performance, excellence in customer service and contributions to the company. Apart from the delicious banquet and live band performance, guests and staff were invited to come up on stage and participated in some exciting games followed by lucky draw, which was the highlight of the evening..   Group photo of CASL’s Management Guest and staff enjoined the game Management toasted to all the guest and staff
April
Wage Protection Movement (WPM)       Labour Department awarded CASL a commendation for participating in the “Wage Protection Movement" which aims to extend the protection to employees' benefits. The government introduced the WPM to encourage employers to enter into written employment contracts with their cleaning workers and security guards, and to offer these workers wages not lower than the average market wage rates. CASL is among 916 organizations which join hands with the government to launch the WPM (as at 30 April 2007). CASL is committed to continuous community caring.   Wage Protection Commendation Pandas arrived Hong Kong by China Southern special flight       A pair of giant pandas given by Beijing as a gift to mark the 10th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to the mainland, was delivered from Chengdu to Hong Kong on 26th April 2007 by a CZ chartered freighter (B744F). CASL is honored to provide services to this special flight, including technical service and ground support equipment services.   One of the two pandas was unloaded after being flown to Hong Kong International Airport Japan Airlines' Achievement of Ramp Incident Free       Japan Airlines awarded CASL the “Ramp Incident Free Award" on 2nd April 2007, for eight consecutive years. CASL is very pleased to be recognized by Japan Airlines in this high standard achievement again. We shall strive to maintain the outstanding safety performance for our customers.   Mr Hideki Moriyama, General Manager (right) of Japan Airlines at HKIA, presented the “Ramp Incident Free Award" to Mr Angus Cheung, General Manager (left) of CASL  Japan Airlines Ramp Incident Free Award
March
Caring Company 5-year Award       Caring Companies that were awarded in 5 consecutive years from Year 2002/03 to Year 2006/07 are highlighted in recognition of their sustainable commitment in good corporate citizenship and contributions to the community. CASL is among the 159 Caring Companies receiving this 5-year Award from Hong Kong Council of Social Services. Mr. Angus Cheung, General Manager (8th left in the front row) of CASL, attended the Caring Company Recognition Ceremony 2006/07 and received the 5-year Award.   Spring Dinner 2007       With more than 400 staff attended, CASL organized an enjoyable spring dinner on 9 March 2007 at Tsing Yi Federal Palace Restaurant. Apart from delicious food, live music and attractive prizes for lucky draw also added much excitement to the banquet.        Lufthansa German Airlines (LH) A380 Route Proving Flight       Airbus and Lufthansa German Airlines flew an A380 (MSN007) to Hong Kong from Frankfurt on 24th March as part of its global airport trial. CASL is honoured to provide services to this special flight, including technical assistance, ground services equipment and cabin services. After finished all the tests and publicity campaign, the superjumbo returned to Frankfurt on 25th March.