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being adopted by Emirates is Boeing also received interest Inside the cockpit, Middle transmitter (ELT) and traffic
designed to use “flight data for airline investment in digital East Airlines (MEA) selected collision avoidance system
generated by the aircraft upgrades in Dubai this year. Honeywell Aerospace to supply Mode S transponder from
and its systems and applies South African low cost carrier an integrated avionics suite for Honeywell.
proprietary data management FlySafair signed an agreement its new purchase of 11 Airbus “Our avionics portfolio helps
and analytics technology to to join more than 300 other A321neos, four A330neos and airlines create a path towards
help Emirates better manage airlines using Boeing’s mainte- four A321XLRs. future EASA and FAA safety
their fleet, providing previously nance performance toolbox. MEA’s new Airbus fleet will mandates and provides pilots
unavailable insight into their The technology is described be equipped with Honeywell’s with crucial flight information in
operations,” according to GE. by Boeing as an online system integrated multi-mode receiver, the most efficient way possible.
“We are keen on having pilots capable of generating two and IntuVue RDR-4000 3D weather This makes it easier for them
review their performance and three-dimensional (3D) graph- radar, Pegasus II flight man- to select optimal routes and
become more active in achiev- ical user interfaces, combined agement system and enhanced navigate inclement weather,”
ing best safety standards while with advanced data mining and ground proximity warning said Raghed Talih, the head
optimizing operations,” said search capabilities, to improve system. of Honeywell’s Middle East
AIRLINES INVEST IN CONNECTIVITY, Hassan Alhammadi, divisional the way airlines locate and will also equip the new aircraft Aerospace division.
Lebanon’s state-run airline
access relevant maintenance
Article courtesy: https://
senior vice president of flight
operations for Emirates. information on-demand. with an emergency locator www.aviationtoday.com/
DIGITAL AND AVIONICS TECH
NEWS AIR ARABIA ORDER FOR 120

By Woodrow Bellamy III
A320NEO AIRCRAFT

fleet. Ashi Hoseini, manager of Emirates are adopting GE
Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) Aviation’s electronic Flight
Prominent Middle Eastern Al Baker described being able systems at the airline, recently Operations Quality Assurance
carriers, including Emirates, to provide passengers with said that the airline is also (eFOQA) and Flight Pulse data
Middle East Airlines and Qatar “an excellent connectivity paying close attention to the analytics platforms for its A380
Airways among others made experience with Gogo 2Ku.” future potential promised by and B777 pilots.
"Having access to the
significant investments in new internet, and being connected low earth orbit (LEO) satellites GE describes FlightPulse
in-flight connectivity, digital and available is critical for and would like to see their as a mobile application that
analytics and avionics upgrades passengers, and the demand use of connectivity eventually uses aircraft data and “smart
during the first two days of the for bandwidth will only support artificial intelligence analytics” to enable pilots to
2019 Dubai Airshow. increase," Al Baker said. and machine learning access their own flying metrics
Here are some of the Qatar’s investment in Gogo is applications. and trends. Pilots can see
highlights of those deals that the airline’s second major con- Emirates, another major and review snapshots of their
reference the continuing nectivity investment in recent Middle Eastern carrier also performance at takeoff, cruise,
trend of operators investing years, after becoming the first known for investing in the landing, descent and ascent at
in technologies that digitally Middle Eastern carrier to start newest connectivity, made different times to see where
transform the way they fly and operating what it describes another type of acquisition in they could be saving fuel.
maintain their aircraft. as “super Wi-Fi,” Dubai this year. The eFOQA service
On the connectivity front, with Inmarsat’s GX
Qatar Airways surprised the Aviation connectivity
connected aircraft ecosystem in 2018.
by becoming the first airline GX connectiv-
in the Middle Eastern region ity, enabled by
to adopt Gogo’s 2Ku in-flight Honeywell’s JetWave
connectivity service. satellite communi- low-cost business model.”
Under the agreement the cations hardware The longer-range XLR variant can fly up to 5,400 miles, about is
airline will install 2Ku connec- - which includes Air Arabia, the United Arab Emirates-based low-cost carrier 15% more than the A321LR predecessor, which Air Arabia already
tivity and live television across a Multi-Channel signed a firm order at the Dubai Airshow for 120 Airbus aircraft, operates.
70 of its in-service aircraft. Satellite (MCS) featuring 73 A320neos, 27 A321neos and 20 A321XLRs. Currently, Air Arabia operates from three hubs: Sharjah, UAE
According to Gogo, Qatar will terminal, antenna The carrier is already an Airbus-only airline, with a fleet consist- (SHJ), Casablanca (CMN) and Alexandria, Egypt (HBE). Given
be upgrading its fleet of Boeing controller, modem ing of 54 A320neo family aircraft, including the A321LR. With the the airline’s current fleet, its Morocco operation allows it to fly
787-8, 787-9 and Airbus A380s and router hardware, addition of this aircraft - especially the A321XLR - the airline has nonstop between London Gatwick (LGW) and Marrakesh (RAK),
with the new technologies. and a tail-mounted the opportunity to expand its network. Tangier (TNG) and Fez (FEZ).
The upgrade will involve antenna dual “Air Arabia’s fleet growth strategy has always been driven by With the addition of the A321XLR to its fleet, which the carrier
the replacement of antennas, receivers - is featured commercial demand and we are glad to announce one of the expects to begin taking delivery of in 2023, Air Arabia will now
along with the installation of across a combined region’s largest single-aisle orders with Airbus to support our have the option to fly from its two hubs in Egypt and the UAE to
new modems; wireless access fleet of 130 Airbus growth plans,” said Adel Al Ali, CEO of Air Arabia. the UK. However, it hasn’t made any official announcement if that
points (WAPs) and new line A350s and Boeing “The addition of the A320neo, A321neo and A321XLR com- is in its plans.
replaceable units needed to 777s operated by plements our existing fleet and allows us to expand our service The order from Air Arabia was the second big order for Airbus
enable 2Ku across the targeted Qatar. to further and newer destinations while remaining loyal to our aircraft at this year’s Dubai Airshow. Q

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