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MTrust to Ease ID Centre at
Gatwick
Human Recognition Systems’ (HRS)
MTrust will reduce pass rejections
Electric Taxiing in China Within the scope of the agreement, and waiting times, streamlining the ID
Honeywell and Safran have signed a China Aviation Energy and Emission Centres operations to increase security
Memorandum of Understanding with Solutions (CAEES) will assist the joint and improve service.
China Aviation Energy and Emission venture in assessing Chinese airports’ London Gatwick Airports has
Solutions to evaluate the benefits of the on-ground operational practices and selected MTrust, a revolutionary
EGTS electric taxiing system for Chinese associated regulations. The partners Airport ID Pass Application vetting and
airlines and airports and its potential will also work together to quantify issuance solution, hosted in the Cloud.
deployment in the country. fuel savings and greenhouse gas MTrust provides streamlined ID Pass
EGTS is a technology being developed emissions reduction in China, in order to management with absolute certainty of
by Honeywell and Safran under their substantiate all potential benefits. identity. Developed in close partnership
EGTS International joint venture. It uses As the world’s second largest and with the UK’s second largest airport,
the aircraft’s electrical power to drive fastest-growing aerospace market, MTrust is now live with 2,500 authorised
motors on the main landing gear wheels. China represents an attractive market signatories, providing them with the
This enables the aircraft to push back for EGTS. tools they need to submit and track pass
and taxi autonomously without using its “Chinese airlines are operating on applications.
main engines, saving up to four per cent the ground in quickly-growing aircraft Neil Norman, CEO at HRS, said, “We
block fuel consumption per flight as well traffic flows leading to significantly decided it was time to re-evaluate and re-
as up to 75 per cent of carbon emissions higher taxi times,”said Zhang, CAEES think (and not just automate) the existing
and up to 50 per cent of NOx emissions. General Manager. 25 year old Airport ID pass process
and improve it for all stakeholders. We
believe airports, on-airport companies
Bell Helicopter Furthers Customer Support Efforts in China and other stakeholders need a new,
Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company, Bell Helicopter and its customers. community and industry wide, solution
has announced several key initiatives Ashton worked as an aircraft that can create improved security,
to strengthen the aftermarket support maintenance engineer in Canada customer service and efficiency. And
for its growing customer base in China. and accumulated vast maintenance that is exactly what we have created
The announcements were made as part experience with various aircraft, with MTrust”
of Bell Helicopter’s participation in including Bell helicopters. While As Michael Ibbitson, CIO at Gatwick
Airshow China in Zhuhai. studying in China in 2011, Ashton was explained, “As we look towards 45 million
Dean Ashton joined the Bell offered a position at Chongqing General passengers and a second runway, it’s
Helicopter team in China service as a Aviation Company and served there for important to be ready for growth and
Customer Service Engineer. Based in two years as the vice general manager. a significant increase in the number of
Shanghai, Ashton will be responsible In this role, Ashton was people that will require an airport pass.
for representing Bell Helicopter to our responsible for greenfield design of By 2021-22 we want to be in a position
customers across China and developing the maintenance facility, recruiting to handle 40 million passengers a year,
and enhancing customer satisfaction by a growing team of experienced whilst creating an additional 1,200 on-
providing a direct, personal link between mechanics. airport jobs.”

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