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STG Aerospace Secures Airlink
as 12th LED Lighting Customer
STG Aerospace, a market leader in
aftermarket LED cabin lighting solutions,
has announced that South African regional
feeder airline Airlink has chosen to retrofit
12 of their aircraft with the company’s
CFM56-5C Engine on Lufthansa Airbus A340 Crosses 100,000 drop-in liTeMood LED lighting system.
Flight Hours Milestone “Not only were we extremely pleased with
The first CFM56-5C engine to have passed Lufthansa Technik has fully the enhanced quality of the light in the
100,000 flight hours has been service since overhauled the engine four times. As cabin, we were equally impressed by STG
1993 on a Lufthansa Passage Airbus A340. part of such an overhaul, components Aerospace’s ability to meet our supply
The CFM56-5C engine has been operational are thoroughly inspected, repaired if deadlines and the ease with which we are
since November 16, 1993 and today flies in necessary and reassembled following able to install the system on our fleet. Nice
position 1 (outer left) on A340-300 D-AIGS exhaustive tests. The finalized engine result!” said Neil Wilson, Airlink’s Executive
(“Golf Sierra”). “The outstanding reliability is then checked in the test facility, Manager, Fleet Support and RPA. Airlink
of the CFM56 is once again demonstrated where further checking takes place only becomes the 12th airline to install STG
by this number of flight hours,” says upon competing of which the engine is Aerospace’s LED lighting solution; the
Bernhard Krueger-Sprengel, Head of installed back on the aircraft. An engine first installation of which was completed
Engine Services at Lufthansa Technik. “We run-up test is then performed in a noise in October 2016. The South African airline
are very proud of the close and trusting protection hangar, following which the is also the first LED lighting customer in
cooperation developed over the decades engine is certified to commence flight Africa for STG Aerospace.
with CFM International.” operations.

Emirates Opts for Thales
Esterline Illuminated Cockpit Controls for Citation Longitude AVANT IFE for Boeing 777X
All illuminated switch components along advances in high-reliability control Emirates has selected Thales’ AVANT
with the overhead lighting panel for solutions and LED lighting technology have IFE solution for its future Boeing 777X
the cockpit of the new Cessna Citation allowed us to support Textron Aviation’s fleet. The announcement was made at
Longitude super- midsize business jet, goal of offering its customers a state- APEX 2016 in Singapore. The selection of
will be supplied by Esterline Control & of-the-art, cost-effective cockpit.” The the AVANT IFE by Emirates means that
Communication Systems. “Esterline is Citation Longitude cockpit will be fitted Thales will be the first to equip its inflight
proud to continue its long association with with Esterline products such as the Korry entertainment systems on the B777X
Textron Aviation and the Citation family of 389 and 1380 LED pushbutton switches, platform. The world’s largest international
business jets,” said Mike McCoy, president overhead lighting-control panel, and airline, Emirates, has 150 Boeing 777X
of Esterline Control & Communication illuminated knobs, as well as Janco rotary aircraft on order with deliveries slated to
Systems’ Korry facility. “Our pioneering control products. commence in 2020.

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