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FEATURE
A CHAT WITH
COMAIR
Comair operations executive Captain Glen Warden
World Airnews 2200 litres of jet A1 on the DUR /JHB sector.
I was told this fuel burn is even better
correspondent fter a tough last year, Comair un- on the Leap 1 B powered Max 8 - which
Mike Wright got the Ader the guidance of the Business Comair has one.
The technical details on the Comair Boe-
Rescue practitioners, is working hard to
opportunity to chat to pull the airline back into the air and keep ing 737 800 NG include:
South African airline flying. Made of tough stuff, with some great • Honeywell RDR 4000 weather radar.
3-D System using the latest technolo-
equipment - the start of the new Comair
gy to portray weather.
British Airways operated following the guidelines of the Business • Dual FMC certified to PBN 0.1 accuracy.
by Comair about their Rescue plan has gone off with aplomb. • GLS
Speaking to operations director Captain
new generation Boeing Glen Warden recently, he made no bones • A quieter cockpit due to aerodynamic
improvements.
737 800 - in particular about the fact that the new fleet decision • ertical situation display that improves
was a tough one but he and the Comair team
situational awareness and safety
registration ZS ZWG - to believe that with these sustained high fuel • Full face oxygen masks
prices it is hard to make a profit with older
highlight some of this more fuel thirsty equipment. • Integrated CCTV on Lower DU
I flew with captain Wynand Wessels and
aircraft’s features senior flight officer Alicia Rochart from • Rockwell Collins Multi Mode Receiver
providing GNSS auto land capability if
Durban to Johannesburg recently in one of ground equipment is available
the newer B737 800s registration ZS ZWG. • ACARS, capable of supporting the
This is the same plane used in the St Hel- following:
ena trials flown some years ago by Captains 0 VHF transceivers operating in
Martin Louw and Johann Bruwer. Mode A and Mode 2
So, what can South African passengers look 0 SATCOM
forward to when they get a chance to fly in 0 MCDU’s
these Comair new generation B737 800s? 0 FMC
This machine seats 189 pax and very
soon we were pushed back and climbing 0 DFDAU with ACMS functionality
very fast after departing from runway 24 0 ARINC 740/744 Printer
intersection Hotel. 0 CVR
Fuel burn on the new CFM 56 2 BE en- 0 CDS for crew annunciation
gines is about 3,7% better than the previous 0 OOOI Source
B737 800s. 0 Flight compartment chime and call
Interesting to note we consumed about light
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