Turkey's Leading Cargo Carrier Improves Operational Efficiency With
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CUSTOMER SUCCESS STORY Turkey’s leading cargo carrier improves operational efficiency with advanced avionics Honeywell delivers comprehensive A330 avionics suite to streamline freight operations Overview With a 70 tonnes payload and a range of up to When MNG Airlines ordered four new A330-200F 4,000nm, the aircraft gives MNG Airlines the QUICK FACTS aircraft it wanted to equip them with advanced flexibility to profitably address both regional and avionics that would meet its needs as a mid-sized intercontinental operations. Honeywell solution Avionics suite freight operator. The challenge was to combine safety However, to gain maximum benefit from its and reliability with value-for-money, and the carrier investment and grow the business by expanding Customer results decided that Honeywell’s avionics suite would be the into new routes, the airline needed to equip l Capacity and range of the A330 have best fit for its technology and its new aircraft with a complete, advanced combined with Honeywell’s advanced business needs. avionics suite. avionics technology to deliver a solid foundation for flexible global route “We wanted proven avionics solutions that Background capability and business growth Turkish freight operator MNG Airlines is part of the would not only help maximise the efficiency, l MNG Airlines has minimised operating MNG Group of companies which was started in 1976 reliability and safe operation of our Airbus A330s expenditure through efficiencies, and now includes 40 companies. Based in Istanbul, but that would also reduce operational expenses effective local support and cost-effective and deliver a lower total cost of ownership,” the air cargo carrier started its flight operations in 1997 upgrade paths on routes to Hahn, Germany and Stansted, UK, using said Mehmet Eyigurbuz, technical director of l Comfort and convenience of dealing with the medium-range Airbus A300. MNG Airlines. just one trusted supplier The airline now holds 85 per cent of Turkey’s total “As well as superior technology and an attractive air cargo capacity and is one of the most successful value proposition we also wanted to work with a Why MNG Airlines chose Honeywell A300 operators in the world. Continuing to expand single supplier who could support all our future l MNG Airlines needed to consolidate its its services, it offers scheduled freight flights between needs with a full customer support network.” investment in four new Airbus A330-200F Istanbul, Paris, Luton, Munich, Cologne, Leipzig and freighter aircraft by equipping them with the Tripoli and its aircraft are also available for special Solution latest avionics technology MNG Airlines investigated the technology of freight charter flights. l It wanted a comprehensive suite from one different vendors and decided that a full avionics single supplier suite from Honeywell was the best fit for both its Business Need l It needed solutions that would meet the technical and business objectives. It was also In line with its ambitious growth policy, MNG Airlines particular operational requirements of recently decided that the time was right to expand impressed by the fact that Turkish Airlines has a cargo carrier with a comparatively its fleet and ordered four A330-200Fs, the mid-size Honeywell avionics installed on its A330s. small fleet Airbus freighter that has been praised for its efficient The surveillance avionics solutions include operation. Honeywell’s new RDR-4000 3D volumetric Customer l “This new Airbus freighter aircraft will help our weather radar which uses unique 3D scanning Name: MNG Airlines continued growth by providing superior fuel efficiency, and pulse compression technologies to provide a l Location: Istanbul, Turkey capacity and range for our customers,” said Sedat complete view of weather from 0 to 60,000 feet l Industry: Air cargo Ozkazanc, managing director of MNG Airlines. across a 320nm detection range. l Website: www.mngairlines.com “We had the confidence that all technology was compatible and we had the comfort and convenience of dealing with just one trusted supplier. Introducing Honeywell avionics has allowed us to minimise operating expenditure through efficiencies, effective local support and cost-effective upgrade paths.” Mehmet Eyigurbuz, technical director, MNG Airlines Part of Honeywell’s IntuVue range, it was specially and the flight management system (FMS) delivers The compact’s system’s weight and space developed for the A330 and A340 families and operational efficiencies while reducing training needs reduction can bring fuel savings of as much MNG Airlines was a pilot customer for the new and lowering pilot workload. as $10,000 per year, per aircraft and improved technology. Emergency locator transmitters (ELT) deliver state- diagnostics can reduce maintenance costs by over Advanced collision protection is delivered by of-the-art transmission capabilities with simplified 30 per cent. System reliability can directly decrease the suite’s airborne traffic situational awareness operation and low cost-of-ownership. operating expenses by a minimum of 30 per cent. (ATSAW) system, which includes traffic/aircraft alert “As a cargo operator with some non-scheduled and collision avoidance systems (TCAS/ACAS) to Benefits business and a small fleet of planes, we fly to many improve situational awareness. “Some solutions we considered were collaborative destinations where we do not have spares support,” These systems incorporate the latest in processing offerings from more than one supplier,” said said Eyigurbuz. “Because of this, one of the principal technology and automatic dependant surveillance Eyigurbuz. safety and operational benefits for us is the dual – broadcast (ADS-B) functionality for and improved “We were attracted to Honeywell because we have redundant antenna drive. flight safety. Flexible upgrades minimise operational an existing relationship with the company and it “Other systems have a single motor on each axis costs. was the only organisation that could deliver a cost- and so, if the motor fails, the complete weather Another staple product of the Honeywell avionics effective avionics suite from beginning to end. We radar system is rendered unserviceable. This results suite is its enhanced ground proximity warning had the comfort and convenience of dealing with in a possible diversion or air turn-back and the system (EGPWS), which predicts and warns of just one trusted supplier.” aircraft becoming grounded. potential conflicts between the aircraft’s flightpath Since Honeywell has been involved with both the “Honeywell’s dual redundant drives mean that and terrain or obstacles. passenger and freight versions of the Airbus A330 if one motor fails, the other takes over. This not Hosted in the EGPWS, is the runway awareness since their inception, MNG Airlines benefits from its only improves safety but keeps our planes flying and advisory system (RAAS) which provides comprehensive experience with these aircraft and so we do not lose income and we can fulfil our protection against runway incursions. The system also knows that its systems will be well supported commitments to our customers.” can be easily upgraded to add Honeywell’s by licensed, local technicians from the Turkish The surface awareness provided by Honeywell’s SmartRunway and SmartLanding capability to Airlines Maintenance Centre. RAAS is also particularly useful to MNG Airlines, address the growing concern of runway excursions. Honeywell worked with MNG Airlines to tailor a whose freight charter business can take pilots into Communications and navigation avionics installed solution that has the depth and breadth to meet unfamiliar airports. in MNG Airlines’ aircraft include reliable quantum all its needs. The result is an avionics solution that The collision avoidance system is already certified line radios, air traffic services unit (ATSU), airline improves aircraft safety both on the ground and in with ADS-B In Airborne Traffic Situation Awareness operational communication software and cockpit the air, while increasing overall operational and route (ATSAW) capability, which further enhances safety voice and data recorders with modular crash efficiency. and operational efficiency survival memory. Honeywell research shows that the RDR-4000’s “Introducing Honeywell avionics has allowed us to High frequency voice and data links deliver advanced turbulence detection and windshear minimise operating expenditure through efficiencies, improved communications that are enabled by capabilities have demonstrated a 45 per cent effective local support and cost-effective upgrade satellite communications (SATCOM). reduction in turbulence related incidents and a 26 paths. It has also delivered attractive cost of An air data and inertial reference system (ADIRS) per cent improvement in weather hazard detection ownership forecasts which more than justify our delivers accurate and reliable aircraft information over conventional radar systems. investment,” concluded Eyigurbuz. Honeywell Aerospace Honeywell 1944 E. Sky Harbor Circle Phoenix, AZ 85034 Telephone: 1.800.601.3099 International: 1.602.365.3099 C61-1222-000-000 November 2012 www.honeywell.com © 2012 Honeywell International Inc..