Brice Seating’s FeatherWeight™ Seating Selected by Japan Airlines

GREENSBORO, NC — 5 May, 2010... Leading aircraft seat manufacturer Brice Seating, a part of the TIMCO Aerosystems family of interior products, announced today that its latest FeatherWeight™ series seat has been selected by Japan Airlines (“JAL”) for its new B767 aircraft deliveries.   This will mark the formal launch of Brice’s new seat design, which will be fitted on the new B767’s starting in 2011.

The FeatherWeight™ series seat is designed to maximize space efficiency, giving passengers a higher level of comfort and functionality, while providing operators cost savings through lower weight and better maintainability over the life of the product.

Rick Salanitri, President of TIMCO Aerosystems, observed, "It is exciting to reach this important milestone in the development of the new Brice seating product and we couldn’t be happier for this to happen with our valued customer, Japan Airlines.  JAL has set high goals for lower total cost of ownership on interior products, and we are thrilled to help them exceed those goals with our new FeatherWeight™ seat.”

Through Brice Seating, TIMCO Aerosystems supports the world’s leading airlines with innovative seating design and manufactured solutions, including the new FeatherWeight™ series of weight-saving seats.  TIMCO Aerosystems, a division of TIMCO Aviation Services, Inc., is one of a select few providers that can support its customers through every facet of the interior modification process, from state-of-the-art design and engineering to systems and structures manufacture, integration and certification.

For more information, please contact Jeff Luedeke at 1.336.668.4410, ext. 3153.  Email: jeff.luedeke@timco.aero