El Segundo, CA - October 13, 2009 - Teledyne Controls, a business unit of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated (NYSE: TDY), announced today that Jetairfly, the Belgian arm of the TUI Airlines group, has selected Teledyne Controls' Wireless GroundLink® Quick Access Recorder (WQAR) for retrofit installation on six Boeing 737 and two Boeing 767 aircraft. The WQAR will enable Jetairfly to wirelessly transfer flight data and enhance their Flight Operations Quality Assurance (FOQA) program. Delivery is scheduled for Q4 2009.
Jetairfly's selection of the WQAR was based on the system's new Download on Demand (DoD) feature. This function will allow Jetairfly to remotely command flight data download whenever they need earlier access to their data, regardless of airport destination, designated hub or gate connectivity. With the WQAR's DoD capability, the airline can collect critical flight data much faster from almost any airport worldwide.
"We selected the WQAR to resolve time delays associated with recovering and reviewing our aircraft data in a timely manner after flights," said Frank Baetens, Jetairfly's Safety Manager. "In recent months, we operated numerous flights out of Belgian regional airports and encountered significant delays in transferring the data cards from these airports to our office at Brussels National Airport. Data from these
flights arrived at the Safety Department with a delay of several days, which made Management realize that we needed to access our FDM data faster. With Teledyne's WQAR and its DoD function, we will be able to retrieve our flight data after every flight, even when our aircraft land in remote airports away from our main hub."
"We are pleased that Jetairfly recognized the value of our WQAR solution to enhance their FOQA program," said Hans-Juergen Neufert, Teledyne Controls' Senior Manager of Sales and Service for the European region. "Wireless cellular data transfer along with the DoD feature, relieves the manual process and time required to traditionally recover and process aircraft data, significantly streamlining their flight data monitoring process for quicker access to their flight data."
Teledyne's Wireless GroundLink QAR is designed to provide operators with an immediate, reliable and cost-effective solution for transmitting data from the aircraft to the airline's back office. The WQAR offers unprecedented end-to-end system reliability with observed data recovery rates close to 100 percent of all flights flown. The raw data recorded during flight is compressed, encrypted and then transmitted via cellular technology and the internet to the airline's or Teledyne's ground-based data center for processing and analysis. With the WQAR solution, airlines can significantly reduce data delivery delays since the data is typically available within 10-15 minutes after an aircraft has landed, versus several days or weeks with manual data retrieval. In addition to routine automated data transfer, the WQAR can also transfer data in unscheduled out-of-network conditions with its Download on Demand (DoD) feature. DoD allows operators to send a one-time SMS text message command to the aircraft's WQAR unit to activate immediate data download from almost any airport in the world back to the airline's home base. This function allows timely retrieval of critical flight data, which can alleviate physical inspection of the aircraft and significantly reduce delays related resolving Aircraft On Ground (AOG) issues.
Selected by 66 operators, the Wireless GroundLink QAR is the system of choice for airlines worldwide. This innovative wireless system has been certified on numerous aircraft types and is flying on over 1,700 aircraft. Additionally, it's available factory fit from Boeing and Airbus and is delivered on almost 30% of all new B737NG, B777, and A320, A330, A340 and A380 aircraft.
About Jetairfly
Since being founded in 2004, Jetairfly has grown to become the second largest airline in Belgium with a fleet of 12 aircraft that carried 2 million passengers in 2008. Jetairfly flies to 74 destinations (100 routes) during the summer and to 32 destinations (40 routes) during the winter and departs from the Brussels, Ostend, Ličge and Charleroi airports. For more information about Jetairfly, please visit http://www.jetairfly.com/about-jetairfly/en/.
About Teledyne Controls
Headquartered in El Segundo, California, Teledyne Controls is a business unit of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated. Teledyne Controls is a leading manufacturer and innovator of a wide range of aircraft data and information management solutions for air transport, business and commuter aircraft, helicopter, and airport applications. Teledyne Controls supports its many airline, airframe, helicopter, and airport customers with extensive product-support bases and worldwide facilities. More information about Teledyne Controls can be found at http://www.teledynecontrols.com.
About Teledyne Technologies Incorporated
Teledyne Technologies is a leading provider of sophisticated electronics, instruments and communication products, systems engineering solutions, aerospace engines and components, and on-site gas and power generation systems. Teledyne Technologies has operations in the United States, the United Kingdom, Mexico, and Canada. For more information, visit Teledyne Technologies' website at http://www.teledyne.com.
Teledyne Controls Contacts:
Hans-Juergen Neufert
Senior Manager of Sales & Service Europe, Africa & CIS
Phone: +1 310-765-3622
Email: hneufert@teledyne.com
William Cecil
Technical Sales Manager
Aircraft Network & Wireless Solutions
Phone: +1 847-962-6126
Email: wcecil@teledyne.com
