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         GE Aviation has signed up with imaging
         specialists  GeoEye  to  provide  airlines
         with ICAO-compliant terrain and obstacle
         aeronautical  data.  In  a  global  first,  GE
         will provide ICAO Annex 15 Area-2 terrain
         and  obstacle  databases  to  support  the
         development of new Performance-Based
         Navigation  (PBN)  flight  paths.  “This
         advanced  aeronautical  data,  along  with
         our  Required  Navigation  Performance
         (RNP)  products,  will  accelerate  the
         deployment  of  RNP  flight  paths  (and)     SELETAR ExPANdS
         help ... efficiency in the world’s air traffic
         management  system,”  said  Giovanni   Pratt & Whitney Global Service Partners began construction on its new facility at Seletar
         Spitale,  general  manager  of  GE’s  PBN   Aerospace Park last month. The new, 15,000 square-meter manufacturing facility will
         Services.  As  part  of  the  agreement   include production management, support functions and Global Services Engineering –
         GE  will  support  advanced  terrain  and   Asia, which provides aftermarket repair and design innovation services. This service offers
         obstacle  visualisation,  airport  mapping   what Pratt & Whitney call “optimum air-worthy, high quality, cost effective material reuse
         databases  (AMDB)  data,  pilot  simulator   solutions.”  That  means  re-engineered  and  refurbished  components.  The  new  facility
         training,  and  flight  operations  quality   will add to Singapore’s range of MRO capability, and is expected to be ready for initial
         assurance (FOQA) replay. “Over the next   occupancy during the first quarter of 2013. “Pratt & Whitney Global Service Partners is
         decade,  we  will  eventually  provide  this   proud of its presence in Singapore,” said Jerry Tarnacki, Pratt & Whitney Global Service
         aeronautical data for hundreds of airports   Partners vice president. According to Yeoh Keat Chuan, Assistant MD, Singapore EDB,
         in  the  world,”  continued  Spitale.  “This   aerospace  is  a  key  growth  industry  for  Singapore  and  this  new  capability  will  add  to
         will  become  the  reference  geospatial   the options for airlines to service engines made by Pratt & Whitney, International Aero
         database for the aviation community.”  Engines, General Electric, Rolls-Royce and CFMI®.


                                            gET REAdy, gO                       2015. Giorgio di Roni, GoAir CEO said the
                                            Mumbai-based   budget   carrier   Go   deal was: “a multi-billion dollar contract
                                            Airlines  has  opted  for  Pratt  &  Whitney   not  only  for  the  engines  but  also  for
                                            PurePower  PW1100G-JM  engines  for   maintenance and will be spread over the
                                            its order book of A320neos. The 72 neos   next few years till 2020.” GoAir is reported
                                            will mean 144 lean-burn, quiet engines   as  having  grown  257%  over  the  last
                                            and  an  associated    PureSolutionSM   three years and says it will use the new
                                            maintenance package to plump up Pratt   hardware  to  expand  to  over  300  flights
                                            &  Whitney’s  order  books.  Deliveries   daily  through  a  continued  focus  on  high
                                            of the aircraft are scheduled to start in   aircraft utilisation.
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