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FEATURE SINGAPORE AIRSHOW

TopFlight, Flight Management System
(FMS) on a total of 91 Airbus single aisle
aircraft. TopFlight FMS was also chosen by
Mumbai-based GoAir, one of the fastest
growing low cost carriers in India, for their
brand new fleet of 72 Airbus A320NEOs.
Singapore-based BOC Aviation, one of Asia’s
largest and most successful aircraft leasing
groups with aircraft across more than 60
airlines, also chose the Thales FMS for their
baseline avionics configuration. Most of the
contracts signed across 2015 also include the
Thales Low Range. Radio Altimeter (LRRA)
and the Thales/ACSS T3CAS surveillance
platform, the leader avionics surveillance.
Singapore boasts one of the three global
repair hubs for avionics and In-Flight
Entertainment systems. It is responsible
for a third of Thales’s Avionics repair and
overhaul activities worldwide covering the
entire Australasian territory.
The company’s InFlyt Experience has
been selected by Singapore Airlines to
equip its future fleet of medium-haul A350
XWBs with the Thales AVANT Android based
In- Flight Entertainment system and Ka-
band connectivity solution. The AVANT IFE
system will allow the air carrier to constantly
introduce the newest and most sought after
apps present in the consumer market, to
their passengers. The integration of Ka-
band connectivity to the in-flight system
provides access to the fastest airborne
internet speeds. According to Patrice Caine,
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of
Thales, “The investments and efforts that
Thales has put in developing its operations
in Singapore have today borne fruit with
this announcement. Thales will be supplying
inflight entertainment and connectivity
systems to Singapore Airlines’ brand new The Federal Aviation Administration ABOVE: ATR and the Singapore-
fleet of A350 XWB configured for medium (FAA) and the Civil Aviation Authority based lessor Avation PLC signed an
haul operations. This is an important of Singapore (CAAS) concluded a agreement for the purchase of five
announcement for Thales, because of the Maintenance Implementation Procedures new ATR 72-600 aircrafts during
Singapore Air Show 2016
reputation Singapore Airlines has across the (MIP) agreement, on the side-lines of
world for its excellence in cabin experience the Airshow. This agreement allows TOP: The Thales pavilion at the show
and passenger comfort.” He added, “It also for reciprocal acceptance of safety showcased the AVANT IFE system.
underscores an important milestone in our oversight requirements, as well as the Singapore Airlines has chosen the
Thales AVANT Android based In- Flight
efforts to becoming number one in IFE.” The mutual recognition of procedures for Entertainment system for its future
fleet will be equipped with Thales latest the approval and monitoring of aircraft fleet of medium-haul A350 XWBs
AVANT monitors, the most lightweight ever maintenance organisations. It is the
deployed, featuring full high-definition second agreement under the BASA, OPPOSITE PAGE: A Sukhoi Superjet
which competes in the 100-seat class
video and integrating Avii, the award winning the first being the Implementation with Bombardier and Embraer was on
Thales Touch Passenger Media Unit. Procedures for Airworthiness (IPA) static display at the show
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