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New Delhi: Honeywell (NYSE: HON) announced today that it will provide a suite of its safety and navigational avionics, as well as the fuel-efficient Auxiliary Power Unit (APU), to Kingfisher Airlines. The airline also finalized a long-term service agreement on the Honeywell APU to further reduce operating costs, and will be the launch customer in the Indian subcontinent region for Honeywell’s LED navigational lighting.
“Honeywell’s APU decreases on-aircraft maintenance costs by up to 45 percent while experiencing up to 60 percent fewer unscheduled repairs over other APUs in its class size,” said Mike Madsen, Vice President of Airlines, Honeywell Aerospace.
“This reliability, coupled with lower weight, increased route efficiencies and high reliability provided by the Honeywell avionics package, will reduce Kingfisher’s overall operating costs through lower fuel burn, more direct routing, and reduced maintenance and training costs.”
“At Kingfisher Airlines, our promise to our customer is safety and service, and that is why we have been provided the five-star designation,” said Mr. Hitesh Patel, Executive Vice President, Kingfisher Airlines. “Honeywell’s ability to customize its service offering to match with airlines’ specific needs adds to their credit of being a technologically superior company.”
Honeywell’s 131-9A APU is the most commonly used APU for single-aisle commercial transport, with more than 1,700 APUs in service including forward-fit and retrofit. An APU is a small gas-powered turbine engine that provides bleed air for main engine starting and electrical power for cockpit and galley systems.
Honeywell introduced the 131-9A in 1998 and continues Kingfisher – APU/Avionics technological advances to the design –for example, an available de-rate modification reduces fuel consumption by 5 percent by optimizing power output for the aircraft, while also reducing carbon and other emissions.
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