Aviation technology firms are entering the Indian market in a big way, tying up with airlines like Air India, IndiGo and GoAir to provide critical components to enhance flight safety and run their businesses.
At last week's India Aviation Show, Air India signed a MoU with major US firm Honeywell to upgrade the landing and takeoff gears of its Boeing 777 fleet, while the two no-frill carriers joined Geneva-based SITA (Societe Internationale de Telecommunications Aeronautiques) for developing business technology solutions.
The company says that Honeywell's 'SmartRunway/SmartLanding' upgrade, which is already in use on a large number of airplanes worldwide, would improve situational awareness for pilots, deliver safer landing and taxiing operations and lower cockpit workload across its Boeing 777 fleet.
The upgrade helps mitigating runway accidents that cost the worldwide aviation industry $1 billion annually for injuries, damage, repairs and inspections. Air India's Executive Director (Engineering) A K Mathew said, “As we expand our network, our pilots are required to fly into an ever-growing number of airports, many of which are continually changing in terms of layout. This system could make it easier for them to navigate these airports regardless of visibility and extend passenger safety even further.”
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