Airliner World — September 2017

18 AIRLINER WORLD SEPTEMBER 2017

News Review • International

Technology Collaboration

BOEING WILL partner with FedEx

Express for the next phase of its

ecoDemonstrator trials in its bid to

“accelerate aerospace innovation”.

Starting in 2018, a 777 Freighter from

the cargo carrier’s fleet will be used as

the platform to test emerging

technologies, including both propulsion

and flight deck advancements.

Mike Sinnett, Vice President

of Boeing Commercial Airplanes

Product Development, remarked:

“The ecoDemonstrator programme is

focussed on harvesting exciting technol-

ogies that will benefit our customers,

the flying public and the environment.

This is the latest step in our 38-year

relationship with FedEx Corp.”

David Cunningham, President & CEO,

FedEx Express added: “FedEx is

committed to developing and

implementing innovative solutions that

connect the world responsibly and

resourcefully. We are proud to be

working with Boeing and use our 777F

to play a key role in bringing future

benefits to the entire aviation industry.”

According to Boeing, next year’s three-

month flight testing schedule will

include: installing a compact thrust

reverser developed in-house to save

fuel, flight deck improvements that will

aid operations at busy airports as well

as flying prototype components that

use manufacturing techniques that

reduce material wastage. After the

ecoDemonstrator flights are complete

the freighter will be returned to FedEx

Express’ fleet.

(Photo Boeing)

Airbus Deliveries

The latest Airbus A330-343 for China Eastern Airlines lands at Toulouse on May 24

following its maiden flight. The aircraft, which is wearing the test registration F-WWYH

and construction number 1801, was delivered to the Chinese carrier on June 29 when it

was re-registered B-8971. MARK STEVENS

Airbus delivered the following aircraft during June

A319ceo 1 Shenzhen Airlines

A320ceo 22

Air Arabia, Aerospace Trading Holding (Aeroflot), Allegiant Air,

BOC Aviation (Wizz Air Hungary), China Aircraft Leasing (Spring Airlines) (2),

China Eastern Airlines, China Southern Airlines, easyJet (4), ICBC (China Eastern

Airlines) (2), International AirFinance Corporation (Saudia), Jetstar Pacific (2),

Loong Air (2), Peach Aviation, Spring Airlines, VivaAerobus

A320neo 8 AerCap (China Southern Airlines), AirAsia, CIT (Air India), easyJet, Frontier Airlines, Pegasus Airlines, Scandinavian Airlines (2)

A321ceo 16

Aerospace Trading Holding (Aeroflot), American Airlines (2), Air China,

Bank of Communications Leasing (Hong Kong Express), China Southern Airlines,

Delta Air Lines (2), Frontier Airlines, JetBlue Airways, Juneyao Airlines,

Sichuan Airlines, VietJet Air, Vueling, Wizz Air Hungary, WOW air

A321neo 3 AerCap (SriLankan Airlines), Air Lease Corporation (Novair), Air Lease Corporation (WOW air)

A330-200 2 Airbus Defence (Singapore Air Force), Capital Airlines

A330-300 4 BOC Aviation (EVA Air), China Eastern Airlines (2), South African Airways

A350-900 8 Cathay Pacific (2), Ethiopian Airlines, Finnair (2), Groupe Dubreuil (French Blue), Singapore Airlines, Thai Airways International

Total 64

Improved Performance

for ATR

THE EUROPEAN Aviation Safety Agency
(EASA) has certified the new Standard
3 avionics for the ATR -600 turboprop.
The suite has been co-developed by the
Franco/Italian manufacturer and Thales.
The latest version will, the partners say,
improve pilot situational awareness
through a synthetic vision system (SVS),
the first time such a capability has been
fitted to a commercial airliner, as well
as providing pilots with a more user-
friendly interface.
The most notable addition is the required
navigation performance with authorisation
required (RNP-AR) 0.3/0.3 option, that will

support safe operations in air corridors

with 0.3nm (0.6km) width, enabling safer

operations in mountainous areas or con-

gested traffic environments. The develop-

ment of this latest version of RNP-AR has

been jointly financed by Air New Zealand,

which had asked ATR to investigate

improvements in the systems functionality.

ATR says, the Standard 3 avionics

software will be installed in all new-build

ATRs from the end of this year, and can be

retrofitted to nearly 400 ATR -600 aircraft

that are currently being operated world-

wide, via a simple software upgrade.

(Photo ATR)