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INTERVIEW HONEYWELL

Overall, Honeywell expects to see avionics on growing platforms, which has ‘Smart APU Initiative’ and ‘Connected
continued regional growth and demand for allowed it to grow faster than the industry Weather Radar Initiative’, respectively.
its aftermarket products and services, and average. For instance, Honeywell has the To give you a glimpse of what the
is committed to supporting the aftermarket largest installed base of APUs – 36,000 Connected Aircraft can be like – the
needs of the region to help airlines achieve and growing – in the industry, with service Connected Radar capability is enabled
time and cost savings from reduced aircraft agreements on nearly 5,000 of them. by Honeywell’s most advanced IntuVue®
downtime and quicker turnaround. RDR-4000 3D weather radar system that
What is the future of MRO and how flies on leading commercial airliners. When
How do attitudes towards used parts in the is Honeywell poised to drive this Connected Radar becomes operational
APAC compare to other regions? transformation by tapping on the growth (expected in early 2017), Honeywell will be
Honeywell has seen attitudes towards used potential of the Connected Aircraft? able to download weather hazard data from
parts by the airlines improve in the last five Honeywell’s vision for the future of MRO all participating IntuVue-equipped aircraft,
years and believes that it will continue on embraces the concept of the Connected combine it with multiple other inputs, and
the same trend in the near future. The key Aircraft where operators and maintenance make it immediately available to pilots and
benefits for working with Honeywell on used crew are able to gather real-time data dispatchers using the Weather Information
parts include high quality reconditioned wirelessly from APUs and other mechanical Service app.
equipment, availability of rare and hard-to- components in a seamless fashion, while
find parts, competitive pricing, short lead achieving even greater time and cost Going forward, how does Honeywell intend
times and reduced cost of ownership. savings. This is already becoming a reality to expand its business in the APAC region?
with global high-speed networks like GX Honeywell is continuously evaluating the
Where is demand centred on for used Aviation which has the ability to send data to needs of the region, and is focused on
parts? and from the aircraft for real-time analytics expanding its portfolio of services for its
The industry sees a demand for used parts and applications for operational personnel customers as well as its team of engineers
particularly in the area for genuine parts that and maintainers. The Connected Aircraft and customer support managers in Asia
are guaranteed by the supplier. Honeywell opens the door to wirelessly track, aggregate Pacific. Honeywell’s plan is to best support
is working on expanding its Honeywell and analyse data from various parts of an airlines with in-house MRO and third-party
Aerospace Trading business which helps to airplane, including the wheels and brakes, the service providers by providing knowledge,
procure used parts for operators that want a APUs or other mechanical components that training, engineering expertise and supplies,
lower cost of ownership. historically have not been connected. while lowering the airlines’ cost of ownership.
Honeywell also believes that getting Honeywell is working to develop a way to Following the success of its partnership
on the right platforms paves the way for pull data from wirelessly connected aircraft with various airlines in Asia Pacific, Honeywell
future opportunities and growth. Honeywell brakes and APUs in addition to weather radar is optimistic about future collaborations
has benefitted from putting its engines and systems under its new ‘Smart Brake Initiative’, with airlines and local operators, and
is committed to providing reliable and
industry-leading MRO capabilities for the
commercial aviation industry in the region.

Honeywell’s Connected Radar
which is expected to become
operational in early 2017, will
allow participating IntuVue-
equipped aircraft to download
weather hazard data from
each other and combine it with
multiple other inputs
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