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INTERVIEW HONEYWELL

upgrade to many existing weather radar- take offs, the company has developed “This can save airlines as much as
equipped aircraft,” Greer says. SmartRunway and SmartLanding four percent block fuel consumption every
systems. These systems provide timely flight,” Greer says.
SmartPath GBAS warnings during taxi, takeoff and landing
Honeywell has also developed a system that increase situational awareness and Air Traffic Systems
SmartPath GBAS that provides over 26 reduce the risk of runway excursions, Honeywell Aerospace has signed an
simultaneous precision approaches which account for about 95% of all agreement with the Aviation Industry
across four runways. The system runway-related accidents. Corporation of China (AVIC) to modernise
allows an aircraft with precision Global China’s air traffic systems and develop
Positioning System (GPS) data to fly either EGTS Taxiing System capacity for aviation component
complex or straight-in approaches to Honeywell and Safran recently signed manufacturing on the Mainland.
help reduce overall fuel burn and limit a Memorandum of Understanding with Existing ATM infrastructure has
unnecessary flight delays. Shanghai Mexican airline Interjet, to support the reached maximum capacity in China as
Pudong International Airport is testing advancement of the EGTS taxiing system, passengers have increased 100 fold and
GBAS in preparation to become a regional a technology for use on the taxiway and cargo by 70 times over 1981 volumes.
hub for air travel. runway, which brings both fuel savings
SmartPath is, Greer notes, the world’s and emissions reductions to airlines.
only Federal Aviation Administration Interjet is the first airline in America
(FAA) certified and commercially proven to collaborate on the EGTS program,
GBAS system. It was recently certified for following easyJet, Air France and GoAir.
operational use at Sydney International EGTS, the result of a joint venture Honeywell has also
developed a system
Airport in Australia. between Honeywell and Safran, uses SmartPath GBAS
motors on the aircraft’s main landing gear that provides over 26
SmartRunway and SmartLanding to enable it to push back from the gate and simultaneous precision
Systems. taxi using its own electrical power rather approaches across four
In order to facilitate smooth landing and than its main engines. runways
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