Lion Air takes delivery of first Boeing 737NG with Honeywell
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Honeywell announced that Lion Air has taken delivery of the first Boeing 737NG with Honeywell’s next-generation advanced 3-D weather radar system. Honeywell’s RDR-4000 3-D weather radar was recently certified on the 737NG platform and the Lion Air delivery marks the first single-aisle installation of the advanced weather radar.
Lion Air will be taking delivery of 120 737NGs equipped with Honeywell’s advanced weather radar through 2013. Lion Air also selected Honeywell’s Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System (ACARS) ensuring its usage of the latest technology of avionics and promoting safety products with this growing Indonesian carrier. Lion Air also intends to adopt Honeywell’s “Stable Approach Monitor” (SAM) system for added situation awareness for their flight crew when it is available next year.
Mike Madsen, Honeywell Aerospace Vice President, Airlines said, “Honeywell developed RDR-4000 advanced weather radar after listening to our Airline customers and working with them to create a product that meets their needs by advancing the technology innovations in weather hazard analysis and avoidance,” “By providing longer range weather detection, automatic and more accurate assessment of real weather hazards, and discrimination of non-hazards, this system enables pilots to easily identify the best and most direct routing to avoid turbulence. This ensures a more comfortable ride, while saving fuel. This is a great example of how advanced technology can make things simple - reducing pilot workload, increasing safety and reducing fuel consumption.”
Rusdi Kirana, President Director of Lion Air said, “Lion Air’s greatest focus is the safety of our passengers,”, “We selected Honeywell’s RDR-4000 weather radar and other safety products because they offer advanced safety features that aren’t available in other surveillance and information products.”
(c) Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation. Date posted: 08-Aug-08
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