Kingfisher Airlines, India’s Five-Star Airline, Extends Avionics and APU Contract with Honeywell

“Honeywell’s APU decreases on-aircraftTraffic Control. ADIRS helps pilots keep the
maintenance costs by up to 45 percent whileAircraft on course by sensing its movement in all
experiencing up to 60 percent fewer unscheduledthree dimensions. The MCS7200 SATCOM
repairs over other APUs in its class size,” saidsupports on board internet, e-mail, telephone
Mike Madsen, Vice President of Airlines, Honeywellmobile usage while allowing crew communication in
Aerospace. “This reliability, coupled with lowervoice and data with ATC and ground teams.
weight, increased route efficiencies and highKingfisher – APU/Avionics
reliability provided by the Honeywell avionicsHoneywell’s LED navigation lights are the
package, will reduce Kingfisher’s overallnewest addition to A320 family product offering
operating costs through lower fuel burn, moreand are now standard equipment on all new
direct routing, and reduced maintenance andA320s, with a plug-in upgrade option available to
training costs.”existing fielded aircraft.
“At Kingfisher Airlines, our promise to our“Honeywell provides a unique advantage of
customer is safety and service, and that is whythe widest avionics product range that is common
we have been provided the five-starto Kingfisher Airlines’ A320 and A330 fleet. By
designation,” said Mr. Hitesh Patel, Executivebecoming the launch customer in the Indian
Vice President, Kingfisher Airlines.subcontinent region for Honeywell’s new LED
“Honeywell’s ability to customize itsnavigation lighting products, Kingfisher Airlines
service offering to match with airlines’ specificacknowledges Honeywell as innovators of
needs adds to their credit of being aproducts with longer life and higher reliability,”
technologically superior company.”said Mr. C. S. Tomar, Vice President, Kingfisher
Honeywell’s 131-9A APU is the mostAirlines.
commonly used APU for single-aisle commercialTogether, the APU, avionics suite and LED lighting
transport, with more than 1,700 APUs in serviceupgrades help reduce maintenance and operating
including forward-fit and retrofit. An APU is a smallcosts while increasing passenger safety and
gas-powered turbine engine that provides bleed aircomfort.
for main engine starting and electrical power forThe multi-million dollar contract extends selection
cockpit and galley systems.of avionics suites up to 130 A320 family aircraft
Honeywell introduced the 131-9A in 1998 andand 20 A330 aircraft deliveries through 2015. APU
continues Kingfisher – APU/Avionicsservice for the A320 is extended until 2023.
technological advances to the design –forKingfisher Airlines is India’s only five-star airline
example, an available de-rate modification reducesrated by Skytrax, and the only one to offer
fuel consumption by 5 percent by optimizingpremium first class domestic service.
power output for the aircraft, while also reducingBased in Phoenix, Arizona, Honeywell’s
carbon and other emissions.aerospace business is a leading global provider of
The full avionics suite includes:integrated avionics, engines, systems and service
-- Enhanced Ground Proximity Warning Systemsolutions for aircraft manufacturers, airlines,
(EGPWS)business and general aviation, military, space and
-- Airborne Collision Avoidance Systemairport operations.
(ACAS II) and Mode S TransponderHoneywell International ( is a Fortune 100
-- Weather Radar with Forward-Lookingdiversified technology and manufacturing leader,
Windshear Detection Systemserving customers worldwide with aerospace
-- Solid State Flight Data Recorder (SSFDR)products and services; control technologies for
& Solid State Cockpit Voice Recordersbuildings, homes and industry; automotive
(SSCVR)products; turbochargers; and specialty materials.
-- Quantum™ Line Communications/NavigationBased in Morris Township, N.J., Honeywell’s
Sensors including Radio Altimeter, Antenna, ADF,shares are traded on the New York, London, and
DMR, MMR, VOR and VDRChicago Stock Exchanges. For more news and
-- High Frequency Voice/Data Radio and Couplerinformation on Honeywell,
-- Flight Management Systems (FMS) includingThis release contains certain statements that may
retrofit on 19 A320s of erstwhile Air Deccanbe deemed “forward-looking statements”
-- Air Data Inertial Reference Systemwithin the meaning of Section 21E of the
(ADIRS).Securities Exchange Act of 1934. All statements,
-- ACARS ATSU AOC Softwareother than statements of historical fact, that
-- High Speed Satellite Communication Systemaddress activities, events or developments that
(SATCOM Models: MCS7200 for A330 andwe or our management intends, expects,
Optional MCS7120/HD710 for 12 A321)projects, believes or anticipates will or may occur
-- LED Navigation Lights Upgrade for existingin the future are forward-looking statements.
A320 family aircraftsSuch statements are based upon certain
-- Optional Weather Information Network Serviceassumptions and assessments made by our
EGPWS, invented by Honeywell, provides a terrainmanagement in light of their experience and their
display and alerts the flight crew if the aircraftperception of historical trends, current conditions,
approaches too close to terrain. Honeywell’sexpected future developments and other factors
patented ACAS (aka TCAS - Traffic Collisionthey believe to be appropriate. The
Avoidance System) provides a display offorward-looking statements included in this release
surrounding aircraft and alerts the flight crew ifare also subject to a number of material risks and
another aircraft comes too close for safety.uncertainties, including but not limited to economic,
Honeywell’s radar provides essential weathercompetitive, governmental, and technological
detection up to 320 nautical miles, turbulencefactors affecting our operations, markets,
detection up to 40 nautical miles, andproducts, services and prices. Such
forward-looking windshear detection up to fiveforward-looking statements are not guarantees of
nautical miles. FDR & CVR recorders recordfuture performance, and actual results,
flight data parameters and cockpit voicedevelopments and business decisions may differ
conversation for analysis. CNS enables cockpitfrom those envisaged by such forward-looking
crew to interact with ground stations such as Airstatements.