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Donaldson supplies
filters for CSeries
Filtration solution provider Donaldson
Company has been picked to provide
avionics bay cooling-air filters
to Liebherr. The filters are to be
installed in Bombardier’s CSeries
aircraft as part of the integrated air
management system that Liebherr-
Aerospace Toulouse SAS is developing.
“Donaldson’s expertise in providing
advanced filtration solutions that
protect the performance, reliability and
efficiency of critical aircraft systems
uniquely positions us to help Liebherr-
Aerospace supply Bombardier,” said
Pierre Habran, Director, Donaldson
Aerospace & Defence for Europe, the
Middle East and Africa.
Honeywell to supply avionics for China Eastern
Honeywell Aerospace has signed Next-Generation aircraft, scheduled to
several agreements to provide a range be delivered over the next five years.
of avionics products to China Eastern Honeywell has also agreed to provide
Airlines’ fleet. Under the various wheels and brakes for 15 new A330s.
agreements, Honeywell will install Briand Greer, President of Aerospace
several avionics systems, including the Asia Pacific, Honeywell Aerospace
Enhanced Ground Proximity Warning noted, “Honeywell is helping China
System and IntuVue 3-D Weather Radar, Eastern ensure it is well-equipped with
in the cockpits of 58 new Boeing 737 next-generation technology.”

HAECO provides
MRO services for
Cebu Pacific A330s
Cebu Pacific Air has chosen Hong
Kong Aircraft Engineering Company
(HAECO) to provide engineering
services for up to eight of its fleet of
A330-300s. According to the contract,
HAECO will provide inventory technical
management and fleet technical
management services, including
planning of regular comprehensive
maintenance checks, component
pool management, management of
component repairs and overhauls, and
24/7 AOG support. “The efficiencies Ameco completes first cabin mod for Air China
resulting from the sharing of parts Ameco Beijing has completed a Boeing 737-800 cabin modification for Air China,
inventories and HAECO’s strong an upgrade that reportedly involves improvements to the first-class cabin layout
technical capabilities will assist and PC power system installation. According to Ameco, it is scheduled to begin
the airline in providing low fares on working on cabin modifications for another 10 737-800 aircraft for the airline
long-haul routes,” said Cebu Pacific from April 1 this year, part of a series of cabin upgrade projects undertaken by
President and CEO Lance Gokongwei. Air China over the last few years.

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